dave_bass5

Actually ive just ordered a Joyo UD, as although the MM is nice, its a bit dark and tame for what i was looking for (at the moment). Ill keep it for now as i only gave it one shot, and that was through a rig totally different to mine. I expect it will get used again as it is a great sounding always on pedal. I might even replace my BDDI as an experiment. I dont know what ill be buying next week to replace the UD with lol.

Im sure you know about the Cioks DC-5. Not cheap but one of the best IMO. Fits perfectly. As far as lights coming on so its ok, definitely not my experience with my Source Audio After Shock. It kept crashing all of a sudden, and i was about send it back when it was pointed out to me that i was under powering it. I had moved the power source to a lower powered output without realising it. These digital things are a bit temperamental.

Yeah, my old guitarist used to play a Fender Strat and he always used to say how unstable it can be when he used the trem. He never got around to replacing it with soemthnig better though. This is only for home playing so maybe ill just get used to it. Unfortunately its going back, as the volume pot is acting up. Its been cutting out and now its got to the point where i need to pull up on it to get a sound. At th emoment ther eis a pice of thick card under the knob. I know these things are cheap to fix, and ive got the skill to do it, but at less than 2 weeks old ill get the whole guitar replaced.

🙂 ive never had an issue with not using one, but i also like what i hear when i do. Im pretty sure a lot of others feel this way, but are too 'cool' so say it lol.

Get away with what? It made me laugh but im guessing thats not it.

Pretty much my pattern as well. It normally comes about by me reading a line in a post on here and have a 'wow' moment, so i go and get one. These days i use a Sectracomp, and i have actually gone back to it from a higher end comp, but i think i use it because its on my board so its no effort to take with me. Not sure if i need it but it doesn't seem to do any harm.

And it would be quite easy for someone to ruin a venues reputation without real cause.

i got a Mojomojo a few days ago. Spur of the moment thing really. For £40 i love this thing. Its certainly outed my Aftershock. I was looking for a more dense OD, as i found a lovely patch in my B3n but would like to get close to that using my pedals. Problem is that patch is using a B7K, and i dont want one of those. The MM doesn't even get close, but what i love about it is it works so well as an always on, with a bit 'more' to it. I think this is the pedal ive been looking for for ages, although not the one im looking for at the moment. Still, its outed my AS, my Pork Loin and my Joyo OJ.....for now.

God yes. It all gets very dark and serious when that starts. A silly story but we used top play a large club in Slough. During the high stakes Bingo on a Sunday night they banned any talking, phones off etc. Our guitarist, being a forgetful chap, didnt turn his off. Off he goes across the room to the bar. Whispers to the bar man for 3 pints, and starts to walk back with them. Now, im not sure why i did this, but i decided as he was crossing the dance floor to call his mobile. It might have been because i knew he had the Dambusters theme tune as his ring tone, and maybe because there was no way to put the drinks down, but it was the funniest moment we ever had at that venue.....expect for him of course 🙂

Social clubs. Although we can get them, and they pay well, we have decided to try and do some pub gigs. The money might be rubbish but the atmosphere cant be any worse than a half (or less) empty Social club on a Sat night.

Just wanted to report back and say im over the moon with this guitar. I dont know why but its so much easier to play than my sons HB Strat. Niggles would be i wish it has a gloss neck, but that's a minor thing and i have had basses with the same finish and they were fine No fret buzz that i can hear, frets feel like they are all seated and not sticking out etc. Neck seem straight and very comfortable. I will (maybe) change the bridge later on, or block it. I have no need for the tremolo arm, so would prefer rock steady tuning over that. Its slipping a bit here and there, but nothing major. Very pleased with the outcome. I just need to learn how to play it now.

The only time ive needed the DI out was for this recording session, and i did ask the engineer to take the feed from my Q/strip anyway, so im loath to spend anything on the amp. I have two DI's on my pedal board, and another map im more than happy to use instead, so i may just not bother getting it fixed. the map has never cut out as such, its just taken a long time to work in the past, but those were isolated incidents that may or may not have been down to the venue. Im sure it wont be expensive, but even the cost of sending it might be more than i want to pay. I just think that if its an internal issue, then i should expect it to be fixed for nothing, as its not happened due to miss use or damage.

No problem. As it turns out it was good move, as ive found 3 patches in my Zoom B3n that will bring everything to life. Even just recording them in Garage Band on my Ipad Pro has made a big difference. This is what happens when your drummer hasn't a clue. Im having to go back and play less strictly to cover up his timing issues. All sorted, thanks anyway.

Cheers Guys. GK's importers over here have said send it them and they will have a look at it free of charge, and then give me a quote for fixing it. The place (very well known on here, but not a specialist bass shop) i got it from sent me this when i mentioned the 6 year law, and that i believe its a manufacturing fault. " That is if it turns out, i.e can be proven to be a manufacturing defect which is impossible to do given that the XLR has only been checked 2 years after purchase. The retailer and the supplier have responsibilities to the customer to supply functioning goods but the customer is also responsible for checking all the functions of the device upon receipt and reporting any issues within 30 days. Anything outside of this period falls under the warranty which in this case is 1 year so even the warranty expired over a year ago "

I asked for a copy of the demo without bass so i can work out new bass lines BEFORE going back in to the studio and re doing it.

Cheers Guys. Jens has sorted me out and im very grateful to him. Thanks for the other offers. BigRedX. Did you read the first post? That explains why i asked. .

You would think that, and i did as well, but it’s a bit more long winded than that.

Well yes and no. I have the prue wave files and the Logic arrangement files, but i cant open the latter. All i can do is try and figure out what Wav files are what, and create a new song mix in soemthing else. I tried but its a lot of guess work as the wav files are all mixed up, and not all complete tracks so its difficult knowing where to place them. Yes, all I’m after is to get the mixes, as they stand, but with no bass on them. I dont have a Mac so i cant open them in anything. Thanks for the offer, ill PM you now and send you a link to the folder in Dropbox if that’s ok. No hurry and if you cant at least you tired. As i now have these files on a PC I’m not sure if that messes with file extensions etc.

Yeah, I appreciate £300 isnt going to get me a perfect payer, but it should at least beat the Harley Benton we have (which i find ok anyway).

Ive had the amp for a couple of years, and had a bit of trouble with it not producing any noise for the first 10-15 mins of powering it up. Pretty sure ive posted about that before so im not going to ask about that. We went in to the studio last week and for the first time i used the XLR out, or at least wanted to. With the pre EQ button engaged i got no signal at all out of it, with it set to post there was a very quiet distorted tone. ive tried different leads and used the same lead fo rmy Markbass amp and the leads are fine. The speaker outputs work fine, so its just the DI. Having spoken to Guitar Guitar (who i got it form) they have suggested talking to GK directly, as ill have to pay for the repair (i think not). Ive not opened it up yet, might do that tonight, but im wondering if its worth it or i just need to get GK to sort it. it could be just a lose wire, but knowing my luck it wont be as simple as that. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this issue.

Have you seen the Source Audio programmable EQ pedal? Looks very versatile, but might be out of your price range though. https://www.amazon.co.uk/SOURCE-AUDIO-SA170-Programmable-EQ/dp/B005PQ1AIU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531119673&sr=8-1&keywords=source+audio+eq

I know this is a long shot, but my band have just done a demo which I’m not happy with. We did it in logic 9 and I have all the files. I’m after getting a copy of the mixes without any bass. We are going back in to tidy this up but i want to try and do the bass parts again. I thought if i can get the bass removed from what we have it will be easer it to work things out. Our drummer was a bit off that day but it will be easier for me to re do my parts rather than him. Happy to pay soemthing for this. Cheers.

Ive not actually owned a guitar for about 40 years. The last one was a Craftsman Les Paul. I brought my GF a Fender acoustic a few years ago,and my youngest son has a Harley Benton Strat (not good IME). We decided he needed something better to learn on, and i want a guitar to play around on. So, I ordered a Contemporary Strat, with two single coils and one humbucker. Seems like a decent enough guitar. I know there are many, many options in the £300 price bracket but i do like the tone a strat produces, and the added bonus of a HB only makes it more versatile...hopefully. Its only for home use and I’m not going to be playing with a band. My son still favours drums (god forbid) but happy to play anything i give him Just wondered what, if any, peoples option of these are. It won’t arrive until end mid week but I’m hoping ive made a good choice. Oh, and i guess this is my first post in this section. Never really noticed it before.

I wouldn’t hesitate getting it from him, had I not read the post by Ashdown in the thread about these. It seems they are saying there are faulty units around. Id rather not have use eBay if there is a chance i may need good after sales service, and certainly not from a non UK seller, as its just extra hassle I don’t need.