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I know I'm going to sound biased, but there's a local band here in Norwich I know and the bass player uses a P bass in to the combo version of the Hartke stack you have pictured above.The VX3500. It sounds so cool!

The Hartke 4.5XL is one of my all time favourite cabs! The 3500 is a really good match for it too. A mate of mine used that very rig for years. As it happens, I'm thinking of letting one of my 4.5XLs go as I don't need so many at the moment. - I've upgraded my cabinets to use Speakon connectors too!

Lee Pomeroy >>>> Nathan King >>>>> It Bites >>>>>> John Mitchell >>>> my bud Craig Blundell >>>>>> Frost* ;0) Yep, really like It Bites and love Frost* too. I am a prog' bass player at heart, though I love my 'tech' stuff too. I'm a sucker for a great melody mainly! Both Lee and Nat are great bass players and I think can both do 'the pocket' thing really well, but the thing with prog and tech is nailing the more dextrous passages, which they do well. Not with a million notes I mean, but being able to be bang on in terms of time keeping. Otherwise it sounds messy and..well.. A bit pants. No one likes messy pants.

[quote name='keeptrying' timestamp='1338647155' post='1677616'] There's a few to choose from. in the 80's fender japan made the p bass special as mentioned above. witch is what Duff Mckagan played with Guns n Roses [/quote] Interestingly, they called it the Fender Jazz Bass Special, which i thought was odd, as it was only the neck and bridge pickup that gave you any hint to a jazz bass pedigree. The active version, that i own was know as the Power Jazz Bass Special. It includes a switchable 'notch filter' type EQ as well as the passive TBX system for some great sounds. As you say though, definitely a jazz neck. Rumoured to be modelled on a '62 jazz, but i cant confirm that. Also, my CIJ 'US 70's reissue' P bass has an 'A' neck on it. Side by side to my jazz, it is incredibly similar and does not feel like a precision neck. The nut i believe is, if not exactly the same, any the odd millimetre different. These non-export P basses are also very very good and for the money, even if you had to pay 700 , itd still be a good price.

I've never heard any Biyang kit. I'm making an assumption that the Biyang kit falls in to the same catagory as Chord/GLX etc? Akai are obviously as massive brand known for their pro audio/ synths. Is Biyang one of their own companies / manaufacturing factories that are being oushed in the guitar market?

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1338558895' post='1676350'] My rig is a Hartke LH500 and a pair of Mark Bass Club 121 cabs. I love it. However I'm going to be helping out the music dept at my kids' school so I want to get a ligher amp for this purpose. Totally happy to take a single cab with me, and for the ultimate in tiny set ups I'll be taking my Status Streamline. But I'm going to have to move rooms and carry everything everywhere. The Hartke isn't really heavy but it is heavy enough for me to not want to move it every 40 minutes. So I'm looking for a small amp head... and this is the question... which of the current tiny winners sounds the most like my Hartke?? I'm tempted by Dood's F1 - but I also know it won't sound like the LH500. What about the Reidmar? Or the MB500? (I tried a Fusion - didn't like it at all) Until Larry makes a Class D version of the LH500 I'll have to look at something else. All suggestions welcome! [/quote] Indeed mate! The Hartke Kilo isn't a 'gig bag' amp by any means either and for the same reason I had to look elsewhere until such times as there's a baby-amp in the Harke range. I've just gotten the MB800 because i really liked the all FET preamp (as well as the 800w amp lol), which sounds warmer and smoother, but is able to do the typical GK bite n grunge if you want it too. I guess i'd suggest anything with a preamp valve, then i guess you have the option of doing a bit of 'tube rolling' to fine tune the amp of choice? Or, you could use an amp such as the F1 or similar and drop a preamp type pedal in to the mix? LM Tube maybe? Some great suggestions already.

So, i was wearing my BassChat top proudly a while back, not realising my bag strap was covering the 'B'. yes I have fallen foul of being caught out my a sharp witted person in a crowded place. He noticed and everyone else laughed.

Http://www.facebook.com/DoodOnBass and http://www.facebook.com/Dan.Veall I'll be announcing a new and exciting band soon with some absolutely incredible world class artists! And me on bass lolz!

[quote name='EdwardHimself' timestamp='1338381956' post='1673573'] The best way to do it is to use a program like TuxGuitar to write a MIDI drum part, then export it as a MIDI file and import it into whatever DAW you're using to host Superior. [/quote] I'd say it'd probably be better just to write the parts in the DAW you are hosting Superior in. For those who prefer to 'draw it in' then use the Piano Roll function. The ones in Cubase, Reaper or Logic Pro to name three are dead easy. Reaper is my favourite.. And you can also loop small sections as you write them in the DAW. I'm just not sure how it'd be easier to use an external guitar editor?

How about a whole host of simple to use compressors in one box? The TC Electronic Nova Dynamics pedal enables you to do full band, multiband (3 bands), parallel compression and noisegating functions over two pedals in one box that can be configured in any number of ways. For the money, it's easily one of the best IMHO. I think it's better than the EBS Multicomp (true bypass version).

I haven't exported from Reaper for a while now, but i think i just made a short video, then went through all the settings, exprting in turn to see which worked best. Set it to equal the input resolution and it doesnt hurt to keep the frame rate high i have found when i slap it on youtube, but as Mike says, the HD resolutions should work.

Congrats! - Jon's basses are stunning, amazing, beautiful and equalling the very best on the market without the ridiculous prices. You're gonna love this bass!!! I think the third pickup idea is a really cool one! Good idea!