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My afore mentioned Deacy tribute bass ;o) - Just needs the complete gold hardware and it will be there!

I was looking at the 'isolated bass tracks' thread earlier.. - Anyone know if there are any Deacon bass lines floating around out there? I once heard large sections of Boh' Rap' in a studio broken down, that was pretty amazing, but I never had the chance to crank up the bass on its own.

Do I admit that I have a 'Deacy-alike' black P bass hanging on my wall now?

Seriously? - I was having a long ole chat with 'Stag' today about our John... this is spooky! The guy is practically god!

Good to 'hear' a great result!! Nice one! Now, can you turn it down, I have cracks in my walls from all that bass thunder!!!

Have a look at the thread about the Ibanez Promethean in this very forum.. It's a 500W combo in a small box, that you can remove the amp out of and use seperately should you so wish. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=48607"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=48607[/url] 12Kg!! Combo @ Thomann [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_p5110_promethean.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_p5110_promethean.htm[/url]

Ahhh... smart.. someone has done the typing for me:- [url="http://www.audioholics.com/education/amplifier-technology/the-truth-about-digital-class-d-amplifiers"]http://www.audioholics.com/education/ampli...ss-d-amplifiers[/url]

The market is certainly catching on with the likes of D-Class power amplification.. Another variant is H-Class. I'll spare the details but most get referred to as 'Digital' power amps. Technically, they aren't and whether or not you have a D Class amp with a linear power supply or a Switch Mode Power Supply, the results are more or less the same.. light weight, loud and efficient. I'll spare the details as to which configurations are best for different applications, but there is a ton of info' out on t'interweb. Errrmmm lemme seee now... BK Electronics [url="http://www.bkelec.com/Pro/Amplifiers/MXF1200D.htm"]http://www.bkelec.com/Pro/Amplifiers/MXF1200D.htm[/url] - This is a great company who supply lots of OEM stuff, so you're unlikely to know the name, but their amps go into a lot of PA gear for example. Powersoft are amazing but likely to be out of your price range.. but if you can find a second hand one (theres a couple on ebay) they are pretty much the best. QSC Crown Chevin I think Crest as well? not sure... There's a few to be getting on with.. but be aware, if you are looking for D Class / lightweight you will be expected to pay more than a linear/AB amplifier. If you can deal with 12Kg and want a cheap but awesome power amp, see if you can find yourself a Yamaha P series, such as the 3500, 5000 or the big 7000.

Yes, I am certainly intrigued.. would be fun to pit it against the MarkBass F1 or it's brother the F500 as it appears to be it's nearest contender. I love the idea of slotting the amp into the back of a combo cabinet.. That's great. Infact I was having a discussion with 'Stag' the other day about active cabinets.. I feel I'm about to take a saw to the back of my Epifani UL610 in order to make my Markbass F1 fit inside ;o) +

Cheers Al, I'm sure - if I ever pull my finger out and design some boards, I will be in touch! Thanks!

[quote name='OldGit' post='486190' date='May 12 2009, 05:48 PM']Wow! hang on, the P pickup is on the wrong way round![/quote] Si, interestingly my Fender CIJ Power Jazz Bass Special has *it's* P pup round the wrong way too.. I dunno what difference it makes onally, but it's certainly a lot fatter sounding than my 70's CIJ P. That could just be down to the type of pup tho'.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='486323' date='May 12 2009, 08:27 PM']Shouldn't that be Bl? Alex[/quote] Yeah, there's a typo in the copied text. ;o)

[quote name='stevie' post='486320' date='May 12 2009, 08:25 PM']Thanks. Neville deserves to be [i]quoted[/i] more, don't you agree? Good googling, by the way. [/quote] Yes, yes he should. - I did google.. but then, I didn't pretend to understand what Neville had written "Back to you"... It's ok, I'm only playin' with ya.. just tickled me.

[quote name='stevie' post='486298' date='May 12 2009, 08:04 PM']Just to amplify that, [i]the magnetoelectrical performance of a loudspeaker driver is often characterized by the force factor B1, in units of tesla-meters. However, the parameter B1-Rc, in units of newtons per -watts, which can be described as a force conversion Fme, allows more meaningful comparisons of magnetoelectrical structures, while a second force conversion factor Fam, with units of -watts per newton, similarly allows comparison between the acoustomechanical characteristics of different cones. The efficiency (ratio of acoustic watts out to electrical watts in) of the driver is derived by multiplying these two force conversion factors together and squaring their product.[/i] Back to you, Alex.[/quote] Written by Neville Thiele, 1993 in the Audio Engineering Society publication. Nicely quoted.

[quote name='ped' post='477688' date='May 2 2009, 01:49 PM']Just made this: [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/BasschatTV"]http://www.youtube.com/user/BasschatTV[/url] Only a prototype at the moment, but hoping we can build up lots of nice bassy videos to the channel. I suppose the way to do it would be for me to tell everyone the password details for logging in and uploading? The formatting on the youtube channel is not much good, I can't move the boxes down the page so the basschat banner shows properly, but it looks OK I guess... ped[/quote] Feel free to add my you tube stuff on to the basschat page.

I was put off the Lexicon stuff by QC issues mentioned on Lexicon's own forum.. I found it too worrying to go ahead and purchase. I have no personal experience of the units though. I chose to go with line 6's UX series interfaces.. and later on the strength of that, bought the X3 live. for 20 quid though.. sounds like a bargain if it works out ok!

[quote name='M4L666' post='483986' date='May 9 2009, 08:11 PM']Does the POD X3 work like a pedalboard? i.e, would I be able to string effects (stomps specifically) together? My Bass PODXT only lets me have 1 of each effect at a time. Or would I be better off buying an actual pedalboard?[/quote] As VK has described, you get the ability to drop a selection of 'effects' into the chain, but there are limitations. It's hard to explain.. but the manual is your best bet for getting an idea of what you can do. You can have an preamp/amp+cab sim, a 'stomb box' a 'modulation effect' and a 'delay' in the chain along with a Wah/volume pedal and compression/boost level. There is also a stereo effects loop available for other pedals. The stomp section includes a massive selection of distortions, filters, octave, synth, compressors etc. The modulation block has all manner of choruses, flange,phase and yet more filters. The delay block.. well.. fairly obvious is a massive selection of delays and echos from strereo multitaps to space tape echo! Ahh.. what else.. oh yeah.. the compression boost button allows you to either compress the signal, boost it or both.. handy for soloing etc. What makes the X3 pretty cool is that you have the ability to run two totally seperate stereo signals and run them as two totally seperate processors. Its up to you how you mix the signals at the output... or not as the case may be! That's only touching the surface of the X3, but I have already found that I havent missed the ability to arrange effects in every possible order on my ole TC Gforce. I guess ultimately it depends on what effects you want to use and what order and whether the X3 can do what you need. If you have any specific questions, there are a few of us on the board with X3's (Or X3 Live in my case) who will be able to help you more.

[quote name='pjbass' post='472087' date='Apr 25 2009, 11:29 AM']+1 for the c300, i followed Dood's recommendation & I've been really pleased with the results from this rack unit- it sounds very open to my ears but can do the squishy stuff well too.[/quote] Ahh yes! Absolutely! - I like sending my bass signal through some of the other instrument programs to see what effect it has.. As you say, some are lusciously squidgy!

[quote name='crez5150' post='475766' date='Apr 30 2009, 10:01 AM']It would be great if there was a manufacture out there that could produce a product with the tone from your head you want straight out of the box.... ;0)[/quote] Hmmmmm... it's a horror film in the making! ;o)

Hi Lee, I guess it depends on what you are wanting your effects to be capable of. Are you looking for digital amp modelling too? Certainly that is what the Vamp is more catered to, as is the likes of the Line 6 units, such as the X3 that I own. If you are after pure effects, then I think looking at companies such as TC Electronic (one of THE best in my opinion, having used their gear for ten years or more), Rocktron, Digitech, Alesis, ART, Lexicon, Zoom... Boss do their own rack gear still I believe.. there is quite a long list of manufacturers out there. My money would go on the TC Electronic G-Force or G-Major everytime..or the Line 6 stuff for digital modelling.