Dood

An improvement would be to put decent looking tuning keys on it first. I mean cheap is fine at this price point but do they have to be so fugly?

[quote name='Shonks' timestamp='1455266776' post='2977553'] Somebody who loads[b] £5000 [/b]of equipment into the back of a [b]£500[/b] car to travel [b]50 miles [/b]to accept [b]£50[/b] for a gig [/quote] Fixed it for ya

Describe the typical BassChat bass player....

http://dod.com/en-US/products/looking-glass-overdrive What!?? Someone has managed to put a low cut filter in a drive pedal already? AND a treble cut on the output if I understand correctly. Gonna need to hear this http://dod.com/en-US/products/looking-glass-overdrive

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1455188894' post='2976781'] Drip, drip... [url="http://www.woundedpaw.com/fx/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=21"]http://www.woundedpa...&products_id=21[/url] [url="http://ironether.com/pedals/qf2/"]http://ironether.com/pedals/qf2/[/url] [/quote] I like these, a lot - but it's a lot of faith to put in a pedal that you've never heard on bass. Hmmmm!! Still haven't managed to read up fully on the XR12 yet, but I have to say, re: our other conversation about IEM monitoring, I REALLY like it.

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1455224375' post='2977301'] But how? When buying separate costs less than buying whole? [/quote] Ok, so my response lacked depth. Sites for example sell (as far as I know) items that have not passed QC - Instead of the brand trashing them, they sell the parts on to these sites. These parts will of course be cheaper than an official blemish free version. The instrument could have been a full item, but if you remove a ding'd neck from a perfect body, then you can sell the body 'as new'.

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1455219093' post='2977229'] Hi everyone - I can't quite get my head around something I keep seeing on eBay. Some US sellers, who are companies rather than individuals, ssell a "fully loaded" Fender bass body for around £250 before tax etc. and a "fully loaded" fender neck for around £220 before tax, delivery, etc. I don't get it - they've taken off the strings, unscrewed the neck, and are selling them separately, but you could buy the both for less than the cost of the whole item new. What am I missing??? [/quote] Profit.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1455181746' post='2976661'] I assume you're going the COG route now after listing all of the gubbins you were using to get that sound! [/quote] I'm in the process (and probably will for a while) of investigating! A custom route seems to make a lot of sense but I need to make sure I can nail a particular tone before committing it to a build. I'd like to put a Bad Monkey on the lab slab for a closer look though!

[quote name='ratman' timestamp='1455132258' post='2976318'] That'd be right up Tom's street. A Tubescreamer with bass/mid/treble/presence, blend, and maybe a HPF on the wet signal too? Hmmm, could be tasty!! [/quote] My creative juices are flowing!! I've had contact with Tom before chrimbo but that was to do with Guitar Interactive Magazine, so I have his contact details. Something to think about! I'm off to experiment on my 'test rig' now!

[quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1455125375' post='2976216'] Ive had a few monkeys (mod'd and stock ) thought they were ok.also had the Cm2 ,although it sounded great i had a real problem with the volume knob......... using it as a dirty stomp i wanted the volume slightly louder than my clean , at a slight turn the knob goes from to quite to too loud ( was why i sold it) Having gone through a few tubescreamer variants theNobel ODR-1 is really peaking my interest, John K (the highly regarded overdrive king ) over on talkbass is very very impressed with them (cheap as well £59 :-) [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6TWdIEUZGE"]https://www.youtube....h?v=a6TWdIEUZGE[/url] ill be getting one on the weekend if anyone wants any feedback? [/quote] Thank you! I'd seen that you have had adverts in the For Sale section for Monkeys etc. I am interested to hear about the ODR-1 too so yes please! Today, I've been messing with my pedals. I currently have managed to get a TS to do what I want, but the arrangement is a faff. I am using an EQ pedal as a boost that also includes a massive treble boost and low cut (Brian May Treble Boost idea). I'm plugging that straight in to the TS which is then being followed by a cab sim pedal to shape the tone a bit as well as getting rid of the top end fizz. The whole lot is in the loop of a Mosquite Blender giving me my low end back along with the rest of the clean signal. Ideally, I'd like this to all happen in as few boxes as possible. I think a custom build is on the cards

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1455108320' post='2975932'] I'm just gonna sit here drop feeding stuff in... [/quote] You know me well, that's exactly what I am after Gonna need to hear the new Sheehan pedal. I have the now 'old' version and I need a little more from it. I'd love to replace the tone controls with an HPF and LPF on it.

Replied below: [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Dood, I always set the amp input gain so that it's just below the point where the pre-amp clips when I really dig in (I was under the impression this is the optimum setting?).[/font][/color] [i][font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]​That sets the signal going in to the front of the amplifier - the 'preamplifier stages', but does not dictate that the effects send is still running at instrument level though. It could still have a much higher signal at that socket.[/color][/font][/i] I didn't realise that fx loops have a stronger signal. Any reason for that? Surely they are optimised to work with all fx units (am I right in thinking that the implication is that some units work on different signal levels???) [i]Effects Loops in most cases are designed in order to match the levels required by 'outboard' signal devices, such as studio rack effects that accept a higher signal level, known as 'Line Level'. Although modern effects gear is often capable of switching between the two levels. The B3, as a 'pedal' I'm afraid is not.[/i] I'm happy to try the B3 both in-line and in the fx loop, but my preference would be for the B3 in the loop - if it can be done without issue - as it just seems like a better option to me. Yeah, I know that's hardly any justification whatsoever, but I just don't like the idea of having pedals between the bass and amp [i]The B3 is optimised to go between bass and amp rather than in an effects loop.[/i] For information, I have been using a Mark Bass super booster as an amp top pedal in the fx loop for years without issue. [i]Yup, hence my use of the word 'may'. I'm certainly going with my experience of the B3 that I can easily distort with a bass loaded with EMGs and an 18v circuit - and not near line level. YMMV as they say.[/i] All the RH450 manual has to say on the matter of the fx loop is that "[i]This break point can be used as a regular serial effects loop for inserting e.g. modulation effects or other external devices.[/i]" [i]It certainly can, but again, if the device is unable to handle the dynamic range then it will distort. The TC HyperGravity for example is designed to be able to handle line levels as well as instrument levels.[/i] Do the input/output spec figures mean anything in regard to the fx loop signal strength? For example, the RH450 manual says that the pre-amp out is - [i]1/4" Jack, Balanced Output, Max Output, Level = +8dBu[/i] Whereas the B3 manual says of its input - [i]Rated input level -20dBm, Input impedance 1MΩ[/i] [i]Yes - So certainly the above would suggest to me that the output level of the send is capable of being way higher than the Zoom input can handle. 'Capable' that is, but if you wind the amplifier gain control down to the point that you are not distorting the B3, then you'll be fine. However, you may then find that the amplifier is expecting a good strong line level signal, but the B3 is only outputting an instrument level signal. It could appear that your amplifier has lost it's volume somewhat.[/i]