Gunsfreddy2003

I have always liked the sound from EBS amps but the weight of them put me off, this could now be a contender for me! Wonder what it would sound like with my 'Berg cabs? I can't see the amp on the Bass Direct website so wonder if Mark is stocking them? [quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1324506754' post='1475149'] Easily [/quote]

Cheers Andy, some really useful tips there. I have not had the time to plug it into the computer and have a play and to be honest was a little bit daunted by doing this but it sounds like it is the very best way to get the best from this pedal? I was going to go for an Akai Deep Impact but a very knowledgable other BC'er suggested that the the Mark Bass was a much better and cost effective option so I need to stick with it. Problem is that the pre-sets just don't do it for me live! I do have a Boss OC-2 but I am running it before the Synth as that is widely acknowledged as the best place to have it - perhaps I will not just have to get the Aguilar Octamizer that I have GAS for so that I can put it afterwards and run to octave pedals!!! [quote name='AndyP' timestamp='1324297402' post='1472619'] I recently picked up one of these and am not regretting it! I'd been searching for a decent, highly-tweakable bass synth pedal since my GT-6B* went kaput... If you're lacking bottom-end there's a few options... ( a ) [b]increase the amount of "dry" signal[/b] Connect the pedal to your computer and, with the MarkBass software, turn the "mix" knob anti-clockwise. Roll-off your instrument's upper frequencies using its tone knob / on-board EQ ( b ) [b]use an octaver[/b] Try shoving a Bass Octaver after the synth. Note that very few octavers that will actually be able to handle this without going schizo! But if you have a Line 6 M5/M9/M13 you're laughing as it tracks like a beast... Even so, this will give really muddy results if the Coarse Pitch of any of your oscillators is set below 0, so be careful - many of the synth presets already include an oscillator pitched at -12 steps (sub-octave), so your extra octave will come out at a bowel-troubling -24 steps(!) ( c ) [b]detune the oscillators[/b] Set up two oscillators with the same Coarse Pitch (e.g. 0 or -12), and vary the Fine Pitch. Don't be afraid to go a bit wild! Greater detuning will give more DnB-style tones. In general, I'm running the synth through a shedload of other FX anyway - MF-101, overdrive, flange/phase/chorus/etc, delay/reverb... if you want it to sound like a synth, treat it like one! [size=2]* the synth on the GT-6B is still the most tweakable I've come across, once you get used to the menus and assigning parameters to the CTRL and EXP pedals... just wish it had more than one oscillator... and was still in working condition!![/size] [/quote]

Ha ha - same as me then. Can't get the bloody thing to go off at all!! [quote name='Ant' timestamp='1323757504' post='1466549'] My clip light goes on loads I just ignore it [/quote]

I hear what you say but it you are covering a tune with a synth bass sound then you can't start telling the rest of band to play it differently so that everyone can hear me!! I am having big problems with the clip light on the gain side - it seems to stay on nearly all the time even when turned practically off. I have been using it with the MM Stingray 5 and just assumed that the signal was a little 'hot'? Not sure why this is? Does that affect the tone from the pedal? [quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1323723378' post='1466334'] I certainly don't find I lost bottoms end with mine. Bear in mind that bass synth often has 'it's place' in music - not the sort of sounds you get backing up electric guitars with distortion etc. Get the band to create dynamic around you. Getting on the laptop will help too as you can tune the oscillates higher or lower as you see fit - changing not only pitch, but also the tonal emphasis. The knob that changes the character of the preset will give you some shift in tone but for the most part, the computer is the key. You can tune the envelope as well to be more subby and less 'wet' which fattens up the sound. I assume you have the gain balanced right as well (with the light just flickering). Shep [/quote]

Recently bought one of these and whilst I love the sounds that it can make I am struggling to get a sound that cuts through live with my band. Anyone else using one and got any tips on how to overcome this? I know you can plug it into the laptop and adjust all of the parameters etc but I am not sure this will solve the fact that I seem to be losing bottom end when it is engaged. Cheers.

Jon bought my MXR envelope filter off me a few days ago. Absolute gent to deal with, honest and to the point and an extremely prompt payer. Would have no hesitation recommending him to anyone.

Pete came over today and bought my Chunk Systems Agent 00 Funk Mark II pedal - top guy and a very easy transaction!

Bloody hell that '81 looks like it is in amazing condition? [quote name='oli@bass' timestamp='1322216458' post='1447970'] I guess you won't mind me adding some pics of mine here... (BTW both pics were taken by Mike before shipping them) [b]1981 StingRay[/b] More pics here [url="http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff59/oliAtBass/EBMM/B022673/"]http://s239.photobuc...s/EBMM/B022673/[/url] [b]1983 Sabre[/b] More pics here [url="http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff59/oliAtBass/EBMM/C004642/"]http://s239.photobuc...s/EBMM/C004642/[/url] [/quote]

Good drummer - used to love this kind of stuff a few years ago now! [quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1322159099' post='1447436'] This is the title instrumental from Nyx' 2007 album 'Torn from Chaos'. You'll recognise the Metallica influences here. You'll also see its light years from what I do now* [url="http://search.4shared.com/search.html?searchmode=2&searchName=09+Torn+From+Chaos"]http://search.4share...Torn+From+Chaos[/url] * played on Warwick Thumb 5 BO for the sake of bass nerdistry [/quote]

Beginning to make some sense! I have PM'd you the signal chain though. [quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1321097385' post='1435333'] Which ever side of the loops you select will act as your signal path - you can still turn those pedals off though. They won't always 'effect' the signal, just be in line. Much like they are at the mo as your board currently stands. The easiest way to think of it is that the LS-2 is an effect. Imagine the pedals in its loops don't exist. Bass - pedal a - pedal b - LS-2 - pedal c - pedal d - amp That's like a regular pedalboard with 5 pedals on it , although in reality there are more pedals as they are 'within the loop' of the LS-2. So which ever channel of the LS-2 is selected forms the signal path. If you think of the LS-2 as a multi effect, that does the job of which ever channel is selected, imagining the signal path gets a little easier (only in A/B mode though!). If I'm not explaining it too well I apologise. If you PM me your current set up in the exact order you currently have it set up I'll write you up an example signal path with the LS-2. Shep [/quote]

Cool - but you mentioned in an earlier post that what is in the loop would also effect the chain afterwards. In the set up below would that have any impact on the ability to use effects independently or alter the sound in the rest of the chain? BTW Shep really appreciate your help and advice with this one! [quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1321043252' post='1434895'] The issue is, you currently want 3 combinations... Pre - Octave - MuTron (if you use one of your basses) Octave - MuTron (of you use the other bass (doesn't require Pre)) Pre - compressor. The way I laid out the chain before... Bass - Pre - LS-2 Loop A: Mu-Tron - Octave Loop B: Comp Amp Would be the closest. It would mean you can switch between the Mu-Tron & Octave together AND the compressor with 1 press. You would also need to turn the Pre on or off though if you needed it. If you use the bass that always needs the Pre then you're fine (as I assume it's always on anyway), but of using the other bass you'd just turn it on for slapping. That should work. [/quote]

Glad to see I am not the only old fart on here then!!! [quote name='mike f' timestamp='1321053554' post='1435068'] I am of old-fartitude enough to have seen them on the Mother's Milk tour at the Apollo in Manchester, 1990. Stood, kind of, and moshed, in front of Flea who was on fire. Actually, the whole band was. And I saw them again this Wednesday at the O2, and I was sat way up high and sat back and watched and took in a great show, bar the technical hitches which actually gave way to lots of jamming, which I liked a lot but the crowd, which I had a great view of, would go flat. Give It Away was amazing with the heaviest ending I've heard for years, I think Flea was using his B*Assmaster. They're still one of my favourite bands. [/quote]

Yeah that was just before they got really big, I had been into them for a while (courtesy of my elder brother) and Mothers Milk is still one of my fave albums by them. I think the Hummingbird probably had a capacity of about 1-2,000 people but could be wrong. The sad thing about that gig though was that John Frusciante was obviously very heavily into the drug thing as he seemed really spaced out, was wheeled onto the side of the stage and then wheeled off at the end, almost like he was in a trance! [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1321052443' post='1435055'] Very jelous of that! I was just a bit too young for that tour, same as Nirvana nevermind tour and still a bit rough by the time inutero was out, see them next year [/quote]