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(EMG Active) PJ for my 4 stringers mostly and for everything else I favour dual-rail pickups, specifically the EMG DC Active models in J bass positions.

I love the deluxe, it's my all time fave drive pedal now I reckon. It just works very well with my own particular set up (though I maybe approach my drive in a different way, maybe not ha ha!) Oh and there's the new little babe sat here in a box that I will be talking to the Guitar Interactive studio soon. So you know what that means! (Oh and you can't ask me now as I've not been up to opening the box yet.) Erik is a great guy, I really like his style of playing and his reviews are making great viewing. Dan

Good for you. I hope that you get what you are owed.

My point above is useful here too. Every band doing a gig in a venue (and being paid for it) needs a contract in place. Sadly so many bands can't be bothered and leave themselves wide open to getting sh&fted.

Most tend to pay up when they receive a letter from the MU legal department. I have not had to dish one out myself yet, but I know that other bands have and settled soon after. However, it does require the band to be in the MU to access that help. Even if the band aren't, it would be wise to flag to the MU about the venue anyway in case there are other bands who have also reported and maybe in the midst of proceedings.

Are your band members in the Musician’s Union? Well worth having a chat with them as their legal department can assist with “writing a firm letter of intent”. Recovering fees and protecting yourselves in the future is something they can help with.

And if I may be as so bold to add my own, here's just a few videos I've done: (Playlist) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF3285qKMRQac1DgPAJeHcX9Rl57CUILr

Adam Neely at the top of the list! https://www.youtube.com/user/havic5 Thing is, he has so much watchable content, I can't list all of it!

In short, yup! B|Amp does indeed give you access to a huge amount of functionality. The DSP speaker profiles just don't appear on any other bass amp I am aware of. Absolutely brilliant. You can think of Forte as being a B|Amp as the signal path integrity is the same, however, think of the Forte as having a B|Amp with it's settings "locked" to an optimal configuration. The EQ is fixed, not fully parametric as an example. Yes, you can save programs on B|Amp and there is also a wireless foot controller for changing your programs (which may of course include a driven patch and then maybe a compressed sound, or EQ adjustments!!) Do I think B|Amp is worth the extra dollar? If you saw the amount of kit I used to grab around in order to achieve what B|Amp can, the answer is a resounding yes. That said, Forte offers up a very strong argument for remaining on my shopping list.

P.s., definitely not the cheapest way, but mine was actually an Apple refurb machine. It was much cheaper than new, so I guess I was lucky that day!

Ah, be careful! Quick example, I have a late 2013 MBP and the memory (16Gb) can't be upgraded as it is on the motherboard. It is said the SSD card can't be upgraded either but I think it is possible to replace the SSD board. I think pre-2012 models you can slot in standard memory and an SSD, but don't quote me on that, go to somewhere like Crucial Memory or OCW who offer upgrades for various manufacturer's kit. I do however agree, get the best you can afford. My MBP is a 2.3Ghz Quad Core i7 with 16Gb RAM ..and I kicked myself over going for only 500Gb SSD. Wish I went for the 1TB.. still, 5 years later, those slot in cards are much cheaper now, so it might still happen. I recorded all of the bass to Ostura's "The Room" album on that MBP I think!

Wow, I somehow missed this post ha ha h!! Ok, so I have a calibrated reference microphone designed for iPhone and iPad. I'll have to dig out it's model number. Every microphone is lab tested and comes with a profile file that you then drop in to the app of choice. It's been a little while since I've needed it, but I think the app I am using is AudioTools. I also have OctaveRTA, A-T Tools, N-Track Tuner and Pocket Audio amongst other tools for various task... Well, it might be fiddling about, but they are all really useful for learning stuff as well.

https://equipboard.com/items/gibson-1978-rd-artist-bass (No idea if this is accurate)

Ah! you pipped me at the post! Indeed the RD.

Both great basses but on the models I tried, the fit and finish and overall tone seemed to be better on the (current model) Steve Harris. The neck felt rolled whereas the Nate I reviewed seemed square in comparison. Tonally I also put the SH up against the RW Mike Dirnt and the SH won me over again, the MD is very nice though. I've big ole hands so the profiles of the necks didn't bother me at all. The only downside of the SH is that it is a boat anchor! Wow, the example I tried out was probably the heaviest P bass I have ever picked up.

Yes when you get in to the TC editor, though I'd need to see if the presets the are available "do bass" specifically. It's been a while since I've looked. Chiming in on the OP, well I've owned all three and although the EBS is very, very good, the TC's tweaks (three band operation, bledjble clean single, adjustable crossover etc etc etc) just makes it practically unbeatable. Out of which TC you like best? Well the HyperG does have more knobs and thus more control - but, what is seriously cool is that you can assign whatever parameter you want to those knobs. You can even set up the Spectracomp's single knob to do multiple tasks as the knob is advanced. I even set up HyperG as an EQ pedal! The EBS sadly can't do that!

I actually picked up the one that was for sale on here. For the price I paid I feel that I’ve ended up with an extremely capable bass. I was actually looking for a parallel fret bass to pair with my Shuker 6. (16.5mm string spacing, slim neck and curvey body) but I couldn’t resist when one came up. My friend and fellow bass geek is a massive Ibanez bass fan and collector. I spoke to him about these and he had nothing but good to say, often using his for live TV shows. So, given that it’s difficult to just try gear out, well, the rest is history.

Sad news indeed! He was in the Sky Arts show "The Art Of Drumming" I believe. He is definitely one of those people who, if you don't know his name, you'll have definitely have heard his playing! Astonishing back catalogue! RIP Hal!

I'm running four hard drives in total. I thought I would add my set up as an example of attempting to keep a resilient back up and save a bit of money* at the same time. *which didn't really happen ha ha! My Mac has an internal SSD. Everything I need daily or at speed is on the SSD. That would include all my recording software and current projects I am working on. I have an archive drive attached via USB3 (The USB3 bit doesn't really matter as USB3 is way faster than a standard spindle HDD anyway). This drive is where things get moved to when I don't need it quickly. It's not a "forget about" drive. I then have a 'Time Machine' HDD also connected via USB and that automatically backs up both the SSD and the archive drive. Finally, one more drive, again non-SSD (at the moment) uses the Carbon Copy application to do a nightly clone of the internal SSD. What this means is that should the SSD fail, I can actually still boot my Mac from the cloned HDD. (I would do this rather than rebuild from the Time Machine back up if I was in a rush). Yes it will boot more slowly, but it will save my backside in the short term, as I need my machine for work every day. Then as a belt and braces approach I I have cloud space where I sync some data for access across all of my work machines. Maybe a bit more detailed than some, but just some thoughts on a possible option for others. The USB drives don't need to be fast for what they do. They aren't expected to be streaming video or anything like that, but I have chosen 7200RPM drives over 5200RPM. The SSD is mind blowingly fast at around 2300MB/s which is just crazy!