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18 hours ago, Steve Lawson said:

The MOD Duo, then the first version of the DuoX, then the more powerful version - I've got a MOD Dwarf as well that I really need to dig into further, but it wouldn't run all of this!) 

Yes, it seemed a lot for a dwarf, that is what I have, mine is way simpler, but it is my daily gigging setup in a cover band so there isn't much out there needed!

9 minutes ago, Steve Lawson said:

 

Wow that is a lot! Mine is really simple compared to that, I think I need to experiment a bit more

15 minutes ago, SumOne said:

I would say as first impressions though, I've used a few stems things and they all seemed more intuitive, faster, and better results. 

Its certainly unintuitive, but for me, that is the way of the MPC so maybe I don't notice it!

I got jura after all and I am very impressed with it - hard to get a bad sound out of the thing, and very easy to use, but then, its a copy of something that was like that, so it makes sense.

34 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

I reckon about 18mm string spacing, so a little wider than a Precision 4-string neck.

Yeh, no good for me, not too much of a problem as I have the 5 string narrow spacing ric which is lovely to play

I was going to get Jura and analog dreams, but I was put off as when i went to get analog dreams there was a 'sign up to NIs marketing list and get $25 off' so I did, then went to check out and got a 'you can't use it for that'

I had MPC stems before, and found it very useful, so interesting to see you didn't get on with it.

I will get round to getting jura before it goes back up - £34 is pretty good as I couldn't get together the money to get a real one in 1982!

4 hours ago, EmmettC said:

The intro to Does Your Mother Know, I'm back to just using a dirty octave sound on my Octabvre because live (and probably faster than it should be) the tracking just isn't reliable enough on the MXR or C4. 

Have you tried playing it an octave up to see if it tracks better, you can always octave down the output, but that would half the required pitch detection time, which might be enough?

25 minutes ago, prowla said:

I had one; the neck is wider to keep the string spacing.

I would've preferred it to have a narrower neck and closer strings.

Yeh, that would undoubtadly be too wide for me to find that comfortable. I guess its back to plan B:

20 minutes ago, EmmettC said:

It can be really frustrating, it's Abba of all things that's highlighting this for me. The intro to Does Your Mother Know, I'm back to just using a dirty octave sound on my Octabvre because live (and probably faster than it should be) the tracking just isn't reliable enough on the MXR or C4. 

Thats not good, it isn't a particularly a fast riff (and we play it faster because.. you know, drummers), but our cover is more like the arctic monkeys so its just distortion for me.

2 hours ago, snorkie635 said:

Gig last week. Sounded very 'Rick-like'.

 

 

How wide is the neck on those, should I ever find one at what I would consider a reasonable price?

2 hours ago, Al Krow said:

- if, as you say, the audience doesn't notice the difference between us playing a song without any synth, then they're even less likely to notice the difference between a keys synth and a quality bass-pedal synth?

I don't think thats meant as a sound difference, the bass synth can sound just the same as a key synth, its the tracking/latency/performance. Keeping the synth consistant on a bass requires quite a lot of discipline which you don't need on actual keys - the actual keys never glitch out or fail to notice where you are playing or respond quicker to higher notes than lower notes etc.d

I don't take keys as it is another to have, but I do take a 16 pad sample pad, and play that for keys on somethings, chords and piano sounds etc. Thats powered from a USB lead from the back of my pedalboard (the HB spaceship ones)

13 minutes ago, prowla said:

I'm thinking about buying one like Chris Childs'.

Whats so special about it?

1. An electric car that doesn't make my wife feel sick

2. A training course so I am not so shit on the chapman stick

3. A group that exactly like my group without the right wing nutters

4. A loft ladder built into the loft

5. win the set for life lottery thing

7 hours ago, cetera said:

Closest I got were the two Dingwall's I bought. An NG3 and a D-Roc.

 

Loved the look of them and the neck/feel was lovely....... but as Chris Childs said at the SE BassBash, they had one great sound and 4 'meh' ones....

Maybe that was my problem with the Dingwall - I never found the great sound!

Then adding the word sold in the title will close of the sale as per usual

25 minutes ago, Gasman said:

Yes indeed, I use a Talman 5-er on flats for the more soothing first set, then a much-up-modded HB PJ Mustang-alike 4-string on rounds for the noisy stuff in set 2

I sold my Talman in the end, I thought it was great for the price but the neck was wide and the headstock was really heavy. Often thought about getting one of the EHBs in short scale though.

15 minutes ago, Owen said:

 There has been an editor update in the meantime and it is doing exactly what I hoped it would in a way that was really easy. Thank you Tonex bods. 

Ooh thanks for the headsup, I will have a look!

32 minutes ago, scrumpymike said:

I wish! No, that's the Unicorn. The Globe's car park is tiny and parking outside the front is a lottery.

Ah yes, my bad, we have only played the unicorn!

I gave up all music for a long time between 96 and the mid 2000s, but came back to it afterwards a lot more full on. I don't gig for the momey, I have a job that pays fine, I do it for the enjoyment of doing it and i will continue all the time the enjoyment is higher than the hassle. I can see a point in the near future where that might be happening, but I think if I get to that point I may just quit my main group and do something different.

14 hours ago, scrumpymike said:

My band played one of our two annual freebie gigs at the Globe in Somerton. We do these in return for them letting us use their functions room whenever we need to rehearse. Last night we were in the main pub area and as usual it got pleasantly crowded. Although all 4 of us are gig-hardened, the band is relatively new and it was good to feel that our improvement trend continues. The steps are small now but still satisfying.

And at least they have a big car park round the back!

Travelled far and wide yesterday (or at least half an hour away which is the furthest we have been in a while). Sports and social club but sadly very empty. Easy setup, even if it is a long jog with the stuff from the car, but we had been there before so I took a trolley. 

Really quite empty but for some reason seemed an OK gig. Still didn't feel great but got through it fine. Same equipment as yesterday, but I guess I was a bit more used to it and I dind't make many mistakes (apart from strangely moondance, just used to the 5) and the sound was a lot better, probably why I enjoyed it more.

So there weren't many people but of the people there were, they danced, and they came up and thanked us, and we got a private party for january, so must have done ok!

I actually did most of the gig with the XS-1 one octave up and 20% on, and it just gives more bite and an edge on the distortion - more a harmonic boost I guess.

13 minutes ago, jd56hawk said:

Call me crazy but I only buy basses I actually like. 🤔

I only buy basses that I think I am going to like, but sometimes it turns out I was wrong!

Well, no pictures (was I even there?) - we played in a local pub last night, it wasn't our gig, it was the drummers other bands gig, but their singer got a cold and she didn't want to sing -  there maybe more to it then that, but not my issue. Anyway we could all do it so we took it over to not leave the pub without a band (and it is the pub we practice at). Easy enough setup, cramped but we have done it before so know our place, would be easier if the rest of the band didn't stand in the way chatting while I was setting up

I thought I would mix things up - so I took the new rickenbacker, which shockingly only has 4 strings (at the moment), the XVive A58 and the XS-1 octave pedal, so testing everything I got recently.

The XVive, perfect, no noise, no having to work around the noise the lekato that I had, absolute winner.

The ric. Well, its ok, it wasn't cutting through that much, and obviously thee is the lack of string thing. I didn't realise how much I relied on the 5th string, so a few mistakes were made, quite a few on one song, but at least with brick in the wall, I played the whole thing an octave up with the XS-1 an octave down and it sounded pretty spot on.

Some of the rest of the gig I played with an octave up, and mix down to give a bit of bite and it worked well.

The second hand I went back to the Maruszczyk and it felt more comfortable and easier to get a good sound, I think maybe because the output is higher everything is set up for that, so the ric wasn't cutting it much. Still, it was nice to play, but I may leave it for the other group, where i can use it as a drop D bass, I think the loss of the 5th string is something that adds a complication gigging. 

Anyway, second half there were more people, more dancing, and everything went more or less ok, so pretty good, and actually ran out of time without realising it.

Not a bad night, and we have another gig tonight, might try the same things, and see if I get the same result - maybe increase the input gain of the pedal.

I think its great, if money was no object I would get one. Maybe they will do a cut down version at some point

Well, the reason I didn't get one was that I almost did from bass direct when it was £1350, but when I contacted them they said it was an old price and it was £1450, which was more than I wanted. Then Thomann had a reduced one for £1300 and I missed it, then finally there was a second hand one for £1100 which I would have gone for, but I had just bough a ric. So yes, I would expect them to be over £1000 second hand. Whether it is a good deal depends on your opinion, not anyone elses, it is a bass, ultimately it isn't going to be that much different to other basses, but if you like it and can afford it its a good deal.

I would certainly get one if I didn't have so many at the moment.

9 minutes ago, ColdFusion said:

Hey guys, has anyone ever tried one the NS Dimensions 5 fan fret basses? I've been eyeing up one and just curious to hear others thoughts on them. 

I have several times and almost bought one several times, but never actually did as wrong price / wrong time. I found them good to play and sound good, but only in shops etc, never in a gig