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I've quickly skimmed the thread - It caught my eye as an avid Hartke'r. It's funny as I found that with my own bass, I had lots of upper mids from the rig but my bass having a slightly subdued lower bass 'bump' meant that I craved a bit more in that region. Actually a simple EQ pedal did the job nicely to boost that region. Interestingly, my passive basses were the opposite and I had too much low mid! Another thing you could try, that won't break the bank is to use a different preamp valve in the LH. It's a safe operation to change it, similar to changing a lightbulb. Depending on model you can alter the sound of the amp. The great thing that I love about the LH preamp is its simplicity and thus, changing the valve can change the character of it's sound too, sometimes dramatically. My two current favourite valves, both found to be useful for vocal mic preamplifiers are (premium) GE 5751which is a very clear sounding lower gain valve. Mine is some sort of high grade one. I have to say,'a 1958 black plates triple mica' and it gets a quiver from the back row at valve conventions heh - but, my 'chuck it in and sound great' valve is a JJ ECC83S (premium and drive tested). They have a natural bump in the upper mids that really seem to make my Shukers sing - way more so that the more standard Sovtek 12AX7WA (or electoharmonix rebadged version) you find factory fitted in a lot of preamps these days. If it's a troublesome frequency, then maybe look at a parametric EQ pedal. Boss used to do one as does the likes of Carl Martin among others. this would allow you to accurately pin point that mid bit you want whilst at the same time zoning in on other areas of your tone too. I'd suggest that you could boost a bit around 1Khz - 4 Khz to help you cut through guitar distortion and cymbal sizzle too.

You'll be fine, I've never heard of a problem with this on a modern bass.

They sound amazing!

Mmmmmm! Lovely jubbly! Thank you so much for posting the voucher code. I would like to buy you a beer should we meet at a bass bash, AM! I've just order up a Green Mile, Blade and Pure Boost. I will set them in my LS-2 loop and hopefully, all going to plan, pull my Boss Metal Zone out. Oh wow, Mooer should REALLY do a mini LS2 for us bass players, that would be the best pedal!! Right then! here's to the 15-25 day wait!

Thanks for the replies guys! Yup, I've got it set to Active - I'll go have a look, I may have missed a gain setting as I haven't had the board out since last week, being busy elsewhere. I too have an 18V EMG system and I am running a few pedals before the B3 as well. Maybe there's some extra boost happening through those too. I'll investigate further and get back to you guys! Definitely clipping on slap passages though and I am sure it is neither the head, bass or pedals separately. - I have to say though, it won't clip with any of my other basses. I know that EMG circuits can be pretty hot!

Has anyone else been able to clip the input of the B3? My Shuker basses have a good strong output level and if I boost my bass EQ I can get an ugly clip noise when slapping for example. There's no global input gain control it seems!

He he! Sorry KillerFridge

It's a pity isn't it! I'd love there to be more wanting to take up bass. It was a point I brought up with my business advisor when I started teaching and he was concerned about getting in enough students. I therefore feel very lucky to say that I have a packed teaching diary filled with awesome bass students! I work bloody hard to make sure I give the best lessons - Hmmm, maybe it's because too many guitarists teach bass as a second instrument? Does this put potential students off? Certainly one of my own students felt that he wasn't getting as much out of lessons as he does now, because the tutor 'dabbled in bass'.

I think the biggest manufacturing disaster was not putting enough strings on the first electric bass - see what it has done to people's perception of bass guitar today! What an epic fail

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1350665995' post='1842082'] It doesn't matter.Fender,Spector,Warwick,Mike Lull,anything.....get a bass you like and play it. You play the music,not the bass. [/quote] Yup, totally totally totally agree. Get a bass set up well that you are really comfortable with and concern yourself with making music on it, not it's price tag * *leaves before Jessie J gets sung out..

I've just reviewed a Danelectro Longhorn for Guitar Interactive Mag - and I have to say, you could 'shred' on it easily with it's cute lil bass neck! Heh, I really liked it!

Soap bar pickups do come in various sizes of 'rectangle' but I feel sure that you can find a suitable model to install. My favourite soapbar pick up is the EMG DC. I've been using them for years. A larger casing and they are active, but EMG do a passive version too. I really like Delano pickups and they have a great range of pick ups with many options available as well as different casing sizes. I'd certainly research all the big brands. There's plenty to choose from. Dimarzio, Delano, EMG, Seymour Duncan, Nordstrand, Wizard, Aero, Bartolini, to name just a small selection.

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[quote name='WalMan' timestamp='1350413523' post='1838547'] eeeeeeer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxheMhiK1c [/quote] Post of the year - please can we send this man a BC freebie Awesome! [quote name='RichF' timestamp='1350423050' post='1838813'] only problem for me is that Goebbels lacks the menace of Dood. [/quote] Also true. Never mess with the predator and his bass. (and admin rights)

Hi everyone, I'm reminding all users of the Marketplace forum to reacquaint themselves with the forum [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&section=rules&f=19"]guidelines[/url], including the 36 hour bumping rule described [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/183234-rule-changes-to-marketplace-36-hour-bumping-rule-and-trade-valuations/"]here[/url]. The moderation team is having to spend too much time chasing up unnecessary thread 'bumps' when there's plenty of other work that needs doing on the board. I realise that the 'market' is a bit slow at the moment - this is the same for everyone and this happens from time to time on the forum. However, forum users are not daft and will happily search through recent posts for what they are looking for. [size=3][font=arial, sans-serif][b]Any posts that break the 36hr bumping rule will be deleted without notification[/b][/font].[/size]

Looks amazing! No, no, I'm not biased, I just know Jon makes incredible basses and here's yet another example of his eye for detail and flawless workmanship. The guy is one of he best builders on the planet!

Jon Shuker can build stunning guitars as well as EUBs and all manner of wonderful basses too

The Kingstons are nice basses, though not spent as much times as I'd like on them for a decent review for you sorry. I've been a 6 player for a lot of years now. My cheap recommendations for you would be the original Tobias Toby Pro 6 (not the Bubinga bodied version) or the Spector Euro LX6. Both have chunky-ish necks but sometimes come up for a crazy bargain price. The Yamaha 1006 (i think is the model) is a great starter 6 string as are the mid-range Ibanez sound gear models. I played a cracking Spector Holoflash 6 bass ages ago. I really liked it, but I'm not sure of the model number. I think it was a Q6, now discontinued. I love playing 6 strings. I'm a fan of a closer string spacing (around 16mm). Don't feel that you *have* to get the same spacing as a four string. On some basses, i think that it's not as helpful as you may think! Fat and very wide necks can be unwieldy with a high action! Oh and the usual comments about not being able to slap as well on a 6 are nonsense You might have to adjust your technique a bit, but it's perfectly do-able

Well, I think that's pretty cool. I think it's easy to forget that a massive amount of work goes in to developing and delivering a touring show. It's a shame you can't post too much information about it, but can understand why. Nevertheless, it's great to have heard a bit about it. So it was mainly for lighting, or stage power / FOH too? Either way, it sounds like a massive set of plans!

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1350033296' post='1833685'] I've just taken delivery of a second hand LH500, bought here on basschat and it has possibly the least number of controls I've ever seen on an amp. Four control knobs marked 'Volume', 'Bass', 'Mid' and 'Treble' and that's it. Am I right in my assumption that the 'Volume' control attenuates the amount of signal from my bass passing into the preamp and then onto the power amp? Most amps I've used in the past have had an input gain control, which attenuates the amount of signal going into the preamp and then a volume control which attenuates the amount of signal passing from the preamp to the power amp. Interestingly, I recently watched a an 'AmpegTV' video on YouTube which demonstrated how to set the levels on an SVT-CL. To get a loud, clean tone, they recommend you wind the ouput volume level control all the way up then control the volume with the input level control. On the LH500, it looks as though they've decided to remove the 'wide open' volume control and allow the user to control the volume by varying the input gain. I may be way off the mark but I'd be interested to hear other, more informed BC'ers thoughts [/quote] This is correct, the volume control is actually the gain control for the preamp. The preamp is wired directly to the power amplifier with no master volume control. As you say, it's like the master is all the way up. I've had a few Hartke amps..I still have two and the LH is the cleanest, punchiest amp I've owned. (lH1000) highly recommended.

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1349908957' post='1832271'] Not a lot of love for Muse on this forum........ I recently designed the power distribution system for their latest tour. I am really proud of it and wish them all the best [/quote] Am I the only one who thought this was a rather cool and impressive job? Without you, things would be a bit dark and quiet, right? lol! Tell us more!

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1349214937' post='1823561'] I wouldn't want to be in a band with anyone who uses [i]there [/i]where they should be using [i]their[/i]. P [/quote] Likewise.