Woodinblack

In the end that is why I didn't go for the keys, because I wanted the MPC stuff, but I have a lot of keyboards I can connect it to

19 minutes ago, shoulderpet said:

Hooky is my favourite bass player ever so I loved it, would have been bored to tears if it was a greatest basslines show

Maybe it was badly labeled then - I would watch a program called greatest basslines, but probably not something about peter hook. Still, put the series on record so I can skim over that.

On 15/11/2025 at 22:38, Steve Lawson said:

Absolutely. It's the *perfect* device for me, because after 20 odd years of pushing every effects unit I had to its limits, I finally found something that did all the things I previously couldn't, but having an Anagram-style interface that turned on and off would really help people get started with it 

I felt enthused enough to think about what I was doing. For regular gigging I had a series of patches with various distortions, flanger, and generators (I play background chords and other effects as well), and when playing I switched between them with a external midi controller (as it is unreliable switching patches on the dwarf). There is a huge gap between pedal switches, so your post made me think, why am I even switching patches when I could easily just switch effects on and off.

So now I have redone it all into one big more thought out patch, where I just turn on distortions or not (actually switch channels, I have several distortion sections from a mild overdrive to OTT and switch between them), and the synth parts I just switch the midi between the channels - at the moment the only problem is the footswitch switches between bank 1 and bank 2 and I have to remember which is which, for some reason you can't rename the output!

At the moment it isnt right, the mild distortion is too mild, the heavy distortion too heavy and the echo is way ott, but enough that I can gig it and after each gig I can modify it. 

Great advice, you do tend to go through life thinking that you would get round to all these things later, only for later to come and go a lot.

24 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

but put them near anything that was emitting RF etc and they would buzz. 

Oh could be my issue, both the ME90 and my main pedalboard have bluetooth on them.

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

Mine goes straight into pedal one on my pedalboard (Boss TU-2) without issue.  Just to throw a spanner in your spanner, or something

Yeh, it seems that most peoples do but I have tried several, and going into either the dwarf or the Boss ME90B, if I go straight from the dongle I can't use any drive as the noise will be terrible without the extension lead. If you don't have this issue, then it is good value.

Luckily the more epensive XVive A58 doesn't have this issue, so my problem is now solved!

34 minutes ago, Shanashian said:

Sounds like the Lekato units have really proven themselves — reliable, easy to use, and hassle-free. Now I’m tempted to grab a backup pair too!

Just to throw a spanner in your nice works, I have some of those too and have now upgraded as the noise they generated meant I had to use a separate cable to keep them away from my effects pedal. Not insurmountable, but in the end I had dto get something better

On 23/11/2025 at 22:15, Woodinblack said:

Well, I didn't sleep last night and felt terrible today, so that was fine as I had a gig in the afternoon at 2. I felt dizzy and sick. Easy setup but felt very cold and hot and generally unwell. 

And have been off work since, so today I did a covid test, and yep, lit up like a christmas tree!

Yeh, impressed but with the comment that you wouldn't want it as your only bass. For 3k. And he isn't sure who it is for, but it is certainly for someone.

2 hours ago, SumOne said:

Or another option is UHF, I might try some Lekato WS-70 UHF mentioned earlier in this thread. Usually UHF is an expensive option but those are £33. UHF has lower latency (<3ms) and better range but can colour the sound a bit - at least that was the complaint with some older ones, new ones seem to get generally good reviews though (although the Lekato also has a lot of 1 star reviews on Amazon for the sound quality). 

 

I have some - still have them in the bag as a backup, they do colour the sound a little but worse was the compression on them - if you use a compressor anyway you might not mind it (or you might like it for reasons that people use compressors) but it wasn't what I wanted.

I can't see any explanation of caremelised on Harley Benton's site, but the cheap ones appear caramelised, and the more expensive are roasted. In all the press about roasted neck instruments, they mention the neck has been roasted to give extra stability, in all the caramelised ones they just mention it is a nicer colour. If I was to buy an HB with what I see on the net, I would assume that caramelised was just like the presidential tribute spray tan version!

35 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

The spec says "Bolt-on neck: caramelised Canadian hard rock maple with Roseacer skunk stripe".

From the internet (so it must be true): 

For Harley Benton, caramelized and roasted are not the same thing. Caramelized is cheaper (its offered on €140 models like ST-62) and purely cosmetic. The wood is darkened/colored with some process that only effects the surface.

Roasted is more expensive (models start at €300) and improves stability. A roasted neck is roasted throughout, if you saw it in half it will be the same color throughout.

Well, I didn't sleep last night and felt terrible today, so that was fine as I had a gig in the afternoon at 2. I felt dizzy and sick. Easy setup but felt very cold and hot and generally unwell. Couldn't get warm in the first half which I think was me as the guitarist was complaining about being hot, but also hands were working like they were cold. We thought at the start it was goimg to be be poorly attended but it wasnt, it was pretty crowded. Second half I had put a fleece on so I was warmer and things were flowing better, but singing was an issue due to feeling sick. It all went well in the end and luckily it was an affternoon gig so we could leave at 4:30. Had a request at the end for surfing USA, but couldn't do that, I would have been sick. Luckily it wasn't very far and it was an easy breakdown and drive home. Came in, had some rice, laid down for 5 minutes, woke up at 10!

Glad I got through it!

I bought a boules mesh chair as I work from home and I wanted a decent chair (actually, my wife wanted to throw out my old chair as it was very grubby), and it was without doubt the worst chair I had ever sat on, no idea who it was moddled on but it was terrible. So we contacted them back, they sent a cushion, and that didn't cut it. So we wrote back and they said I could swap for a different chair, so I swapped for a Master chair, which was also on sale at the time and it is the most comfortable chair I have had. I never worked out how one company could produce two so totally different chairs! Anyway, that one is fantastic

1 hour ago, SteveXFR said:

Ian did a series of videos promoting Spectors and then did a few videos about Spector players for SBL and spent quite a bit of time talking about how amazing the Spector tone is.

Well, yes, he likes them. He also did videos on the top tracks done with a wal, and the last video of him was songs recorded on the rickenbacker

4 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

No "Gimme Some Lovin" 😁

Ah - thats fair then!

1 hour ago, SteveXFR said:

 

You mean like every to Scott Devine picks up a Fender or his mate, Ian with a Spector?

Are they though? Ian isn't on the spector featured artists lists (I notice that guy pratt is, and I have only seen him once play a spector, its normally his pink fender). Scott has a signature overwater. Also both of them are already working for his company and it is quite clear they are working for that.

47 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Gimme Some Loving

 

I think most ordinary folk who know those songs would recognise them from the bass alone.

Would they? Gimmie all your loving is pretty well one note all the way through (ok, yes, its 3 one note riffs)

I would imagine almost noone who wasn't a bass player could recognise that song from the bass line.

Maybe 'Take a walk on the wild side'. 

3 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

I still don't know what an influencer is

Someone who does an advert without saying they are doing an advert.

If you have a problem with an account, just raise a support request rather than making another account and posting here, as lets face it, you could be anyone. When you try to log on there is a forgot password button which will send an email to your registered address and allow you to reset your password.

Having just looked, there is no lock on your account, if you can't remember your password, make a new one.

2 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

😁 Stupidly, I momentarily assumed Belgium is only about 15 miles across...

Depending on your route, it is!

7 hours ago, roger said:

the phrase: 'if you know you know'

 

Never got that phrase as I never knew what it was I was supposed to know

16 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

She tried the wireless out at a gig on Sat and worked great.

 

@Woodinblack Do you guys just use the one wireless? Just wondering if there will be interference / drop-outs if more than one of us get the same wireless set up? I note that, in theory, both the Joyo and Lekato have 4 channels.

We just use one wireless microphone but we also have a wireless sax, wireless bass, wireless X-Air mixer and Wireless IEMs, and haven't had any drop outs or anything. We found that we had a problem with the new Nux Sax wireless, the range wasn't great (certainly compared to the mic), so I now attach an XLR and hang the sax RX up near the front of the stage and the range is hugely better (ie, over double), so maybe that was inteference of them being plugged straight in the desk a few cms from each other - all the other wireless things are connected elsewhere.

1 hour ago, tauzero said:

I couldn't bum-bum the bassline to Good Times or any Motown stuff, and I am a bassist. Sort of. Whole lotta love is a guitar riff. I'll give you Another one bites the dust.

If you know another one bites the dust you probably could get Good Times as it was inspired by that (John Deacon was in the studio when good times was made), or rappers delight, same bassline, or many many other songs. In fact, on whosampled, 254 other songs. So whatever bucket you are in, you probably have heard it somewhere!

What are you adding a 550W power supply to? Noone can answer if 550W is enough, unless they know what you are powering with it!

Replacing the power supply of an amplifier won't do anything unless the power amp output stage was underpowered, which is unlikely, and it would have to be the right power supply so that is no use.

And the question about class D or AB makes no sense with a power supply, that is just about amplifiers

I have blanked out your link as it is of no relevance to bass players.