Raslee

Late starter at 21 ish, although i had dabbled with a few chords on geeetar for a year prior. First joined some Salopian/Welsh hippies band and was asked if i wanted to play bass doing cheesey covers; my first bass was a Ibanez TR bass. Then I was put on a funk apprenticeship when a bassist left a mates funk band, my mate showed me the basslines and i was in at the deep end but listening to P-funk/Funkadelic etc was my saviour. Bought a Musicman and Trace amp-joyness. Was tought the tunes and spent 5-6years flying the mothership in both UK and Europe....was never one for practicing so never got any good really...could just about play the bands tunes. Moved to Devon, did a music course for a year learning some theory and joined the university of Dub reggae, graduated with herbers. I'm also a youthworker so I did a stint teaching bass which was great for me too as it gave me an opportunity to learn how to play Discovered basschat a few years ago, change my bass guitar and rig with what seems like every week as a result , not because i'm searching for the ultimate bass/rig (is there such thing?) but the fact i love trying different gear when i can. I still dub the low notes today with a few local reggae players although admittedly throughout my days i've also always loved bands like Ozric tentacles and Gong and therefore dabble in a bit of the psychedelic prog now and then; actually got a band going at the mo with a few local festies lined up.....niceness. Currently am loving my custom Fender Jazz bass, Lakland JO5 and Musicman Stingray to deliver all this. Jazzfunkfusionreggaedubprogrock player i guess

Another order to the clan, needed a cheap back up.......Mrs bought that excuse

I'm a bit of a dumb ass with the old logic and stuff but i got a quick Q, if its easy feel free to answer...if its long winded dont worry to much. I got a DJX Yamaha toy synth, i've linked it up to logic, midi coming in etc. The DJX has sounds built in, so i'm like playing drum sounds in from the Djx and the bass drum comes in on say note D#2 into logic ...but in Logic my bass drum is on C1 using a AU (Addictive drummer) drum machine...can i transpose or change the key of whats coming in...or change in logic where the bass drum should be to use the sounds live in logic? Hope this makes some sense. Cheers

Stir it up - Bob Marely

[quote name='alexclaber' post='1105207' date='Jan 27 2011, 04:15 PM']Yes, I'm looking forward to it too! [/quote] Any news on a release date....ish ?

Yeah i'm really looking forward to this...i've been waiting for a decent reggae cab to come along.

I used to own a boss SY synth stomp box, tbh i never used it a lot because i thought the tracking and sounds were limited although i'd love to try the Markbass or Moog synth...but somewhat out my pricing. Thats interesting what you said about the ME50B drop outs, someone else mentioned that when i was reading up.

Well this new world of effects is proving to be quite an adventure so far. I've got an old school classic Boss ME6B which i bought off here recently and i must say i'm really impressed with the sounds for the things i would like to try, namely the synth sounds/filters etc. Anyway my dilemma is i am getting drawn towards an ME50B due to having access to the dials easily for changing parameters on the fly, also it has a buitl in expression pedal unlike the ME6B.....if i keep the ME6B then i will soon buy a new expression pedal which is halfway to the price of an ME50 ish (not many exp. pedals for sale here unfortunately), plus if i get a ME50B i'll have to sell the ME6B (wife bass politics). I've read mixed reviews of the synths on both models but in general the synths seems to be better on the ME6B. The ME50B has more options to use and seems a better tool for live. I intend on mixing the synth sounds with my main bass sound via something similar to a Boss LS2 and controlling the synth via a expression pedal and also a seperate volume pedal that i have. I play mainly dub reggae and a bit of prog; the reggae that i am jamming at the moment is mainly electronic and has modern uk roots dance vibe, similar to this vibe ish: (i think this is played synth and seperate bass but would like to try similar live) Any opinions ?

Just been looking at these too: [url="http://www.bargeconcepts.com/vbjr.html"]http://www.bargeconcepts.com/vbjr.html[/url] & [url="http://www.xotic.us/effects/x_blender/"]http://www.xotic.us/effects/x_blender/[/url] - look interesting. I've also got a guy offering to build an A/B thats works both on/off or A or B unlike my Behringer pedal and then a Y box to put my signal from my effects to mix with my bypass clean bass sound then to the amp, £73 i think is what he said.

[quote name='EskimoBassist' post='1100295' date='Jan 23 2011, 11:31 PM']This could be done with the Morley Blender - a mixable effects loop, controlled by an expression pedal. Youc an go from 100% dry to 100% wet (and everything in between) to taste and switch on the fly by using your foot. Pretty cool, huh? [url="http://www.morleypedals.com/dfxb.html"]http://www.morleypedals.com/dfxb.html[/url] Hope that's of some help. Otherwise you could hit up sfx, he's done a lot of custom work for members on this forum and has many happy customers![/quote] That looks an interesting pedal that may do what i need. My amp is at our studio at the mo so i am unable to try this (silly Q coming) - when using the effects send and return does the main signal to the bass amp remain on or does it automatically switch off? I'm using a Orange Terror Bass amp.

[quote name='clauster' post='1099908' date='Jan 23 2011, 06:19 PM']So you want to able to switch between clean bass, effected bass and a blend of the two?[/quote] Yeah that sounds about right

I could with some advice if poss folks -i don't normally do effects until now. I want to have one clean bass guitar signal going direct to my amp and also a signal going to my effects unit ...basically a mix between straight clean signal to my amp and and one going to the effects - both being able to be played together or solo'd. I've got this this Behringer pedal that i haven't tried out yet, namely a AB200 A/B switch, not sure if this i going to allow me to do this or do i needa bypass thingy - how do they work? As i say i want to be able to switch my effects in and out whilst still playing a clean signal direct to my bass amp...ideally the clean signal will be switchable also so that i can run just the effects signal if needs be. Does this make any sense? i can be a bit dumb at explaining myself

I'm not sure if this is what i'm trying to do, i don't normally do effects until now. I want to have one bass guitar signal in, then going to my effects unit and i want a seperate a clean signal direct to the amp that bypasses the effects entirely...basically a mix between straight clean signal to my amp and and one going to the effects. I've got this this Behringer pedal that i haven't tried out yet, namely a AB200 A/B switch, not sure if this i going to allow me to do this? As i say i want to be able to switch my effects in and out whilst still maintiaining a clean signal direct to my bass amp...ideally this will be switchable also so that i can run just the effects signal if needs be. Not sure if this is the same thing as yours, so if not...i'll cut and paste a new thread here....i'm quite confused although i'm sure its simple (but then so am i)

Nice one (or should i say raspek) for getting to Jamaica! Best advice i got was to try and relax behind the beat, smile and feel the vibe. Get a really good bass sound too, one that you can feel more than you can hear it may be worth learning a few classic riddims too as that is a big thing in Jamaican music. Classic riddims will make a good practice and a bit of good reggae knowledge - look on youtube for Stalag, Swing easy, Real Rock, Sleng Teng, Drifter, Cuss Cuss, Full Up (As in pass the kutchie/dutchie ), Queen of the minstrels, Revolution riddim, Promised land, One drop etc etc...there's thousands of riddims but jus learn a couple of the classics as mentioned, many a singer will put a version on the riddim-i play with 3-4 singers doing different vocal versions but with the same music, t'is most economical . Here's a band i play with doing a version on Queen of the Minstrels: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VYQEjQF4L0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VYQEjQF4L0[/url]

Bought the most amazing Musicman ray off Mick, a diamond gentleman to deal with. Buyers can buy in confidence. Thanks Mick