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[quote name='DorsetBlue' timestamp='1389868286' post='2338769'] Always used Photobox myself, never been disappointed. [/quote] Yep, same here. Funny thing is i work for a printers and run the large £150,000 colour machine we have, yet i still go to Photobox for all my prints

Cheers. I think im still in a good mood after last nights gig, it wont last lol.

No problem. Its been sitting around for ages unused and i know ill never use it again. Ill have a look for it today and hopefully post it out tomorrow. No need for any payments, ill get it posted through my firm :-)

Forgot to add, if i can find mine you can have it if you want it.

I brought the cable when it first came out. Its over priced although it works The problem with it is that its just an input, and takes over the headphoe socket. So although it works fine for a tuner you cant hear anything back so usless for recording.

I hated the iRig interface when i had one. It seemed very noisy and not at all what the ad's promised. I was forever having to adjust levels and my playing style just to get a useable tone. I splashed out on the JAM, its not cheap but it was much nicer to use and a lot more fun. The tone is a lot more solid sounding, and with less latency. I can understand you not wanting to pay that much, i was the same, butt he hassle the iRig caused almost made me give up on doing this sort of thing. I love the Apmkit software, it has some really good rig and IMO its the best of the lot if you are looking for authentic tones, although the GK app is pretty nice as well. Since getting my ZoomB3 ive not touched the JAM, but now i have a new ipad and iphone it doesn't fit anyway.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1387969806' post='2317578'] So I just got an iPad from Santa and I was wondering what are the best and most useable apps for a budding musician. I don't have a mac book but if I could do some basic recording on this thing that would be awesome. Thanks dudes. Merry Christmas. [/quote] I'm sure you know this but Ive just remembered you can get GarageBand for free with all new IOS devices, so that should really be a no brainier.

The 5 string CA would be the first choice, the blue is just something id like at some point so im not too worried at the moment.

Oh my, that's a lovely finish. I would be very tempted If they did them with maple finger boards.

Have you tried googling it ;-)

Actually thinking about it my issue isn't so much the pickgiard, it's that slider switch as well. It reminds me of a cheap guitar.

What's all this about a tone control on a bass, is this a new thing lol. Must admit I like the slight bass boost you get with the traditional wiring, and when I got my last HW-One Bass I was all set to re wire it to take it back to traditional, but I actually found it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, and I fact I found the lack of that low end mud a bit easier to control on hollow stages. IME it's only a very subtle difference, although it's definitely audible. Way off topic but what is the Ti flats reference about?

Yes, I found my SBMM Ray34 a lot more comfortable than the SUB I had, although given the choice I wish I had kept the SUB now.

MY Squier VM PJ with a BWB plate on. IMO this is the best for a 3TSB, i dont like Tort unless its on a white Jazz. so i was over the moon that this came as standard. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/davebass5/10365241106/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/davebass5/10365241106/]Squier Vintage Modified PJ Bass[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/davebass5/]Dave Pearce (London)[/url], on Flickr

Well none of the other threads are locked, yet full of the info you want so........;-)

Yep. I got a BDI21 a few years ago when I had a one off gig without a rig. Big PA and big monitors so I thought what the hell, I'll sell it afterwards. I actually ended up keeping it, and although I did try it at a few gigs with my rig I really didn't get on with it. It was only a few years later when I decided to sell it that I tried it again, just to make sure it was working. This time I backed the blend knob off and bang, there was that tone that I had been looking for. Since then I've not really looked back. I only really got the BDDI as like the look of it, and as it sits on my amp I have no need for a foot switch looking device. I did have some time with a Parardriver last year but as good as that was it just didn't do it for me. Not sure if it's been mentioned but there are actually two versions of the BDDI, a MKI and MKII. The MKII has more switches on it and is more versatile as far as outputs go. Then of course there is the programable version.

I think we will have a few months wait yet but I dont see why we won't get them. It does seem like the cost of the SBMM range has jumped up since the first models came out (I paid £450 for my ray34), I'd expect these to be closer to £800 so probably won't sell too well over here.

I thought I had getting another SBMM out of my system until that popped up. Nice isn't it?

Ive been using a BDDI fo ra few years now. It just seems to bring my rig to life. A bit like having an active bass....but not lol. I tend to keep the bass and treble more or less in the centre, Blend (the most important knob on the device) at about 9 - 10 o'clock, presence off and gain about 9 o'clock. I dont have it for any amp sim or distortion, just to being things to life a bit and give a bit more depth. Its on al the time and if i need to tweak my EQ i tend to do it on this rather than my amp most of the time. Ive never noticed the lack of mids, but then i dont have the blend up too high so im still getting a lot of the un effected tone mixed in. My rig is also quite pokey so the BDDI actually helps smooth things out a bit. Its also nice having the XLR out, and it being powered off our desk. You cant do this with the BDI21. I recently started using a Zoom B3 and lately a Zoom 60-B. These have a BDDI sim, and Zoom has even included a mid control for this. I still find myself not using that knob, just dont have the need. Ive also got a BDI-21, which i never use but i started out with this. Slightly different tones but all really in the same ball park and all are very interchangeable IME. Saying that, for me the BDDI is the first choice, not least because it has a very slightly warmer and fatter tone, but i really only hear that with headphones on at home. In fact the digital versions produce less boom on some of our stages. As a side note the Zoom pedal's come with simulations of a few of these devices, BDDI, MXR etc, so i can almost test each one out without having to buy individual boxes. To me the BDDI is still the best, but as you can see i dont really use it to its full potential (and dont like OD/distortion on bass anyway). EDIT: Getting back to the mid cut thing. Its not a mid cut as such, its just that you can only boost the low and high, and so the mids do become weaker the higher you go with the other controls (and they are very powerful, and interactive). Adjusting both high and low slightly to the left brings the mids back. At least, this is how Tech21 explained it to me.

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1388613851' post='2324135'] Nice one. thanks guys. [/quote] Not being funny but have you looked in to any of the many Squier threads on here yet? I'd have though there was already more than enough info about the current Squier's on here already to give you the answer you are looking for. My opinion, for what its worth is these are more than just back up/home basses. Ive gigged Squier's exclusively for the past 4 year now and have no intention of spending any more than these cost on a bass in the future. I just don't see the need.

Hmmm, I've just started to feel pain in my fretting wrist, and this coinsides whith me raising my strap. Timely thread and food for thought.

just seen this on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/SterlingbyMusicMan/posts/10152129056542302:0 I've always hated the look of the traditional 5 string MM, but this looks right up my street.

Thanks again Steve. That video you posted really helped, and we now have sound, although im not sure thats a good thing at the moment :-). Yep, youtube all the way for now. I have a Peterson stroboclip tuner that works very well for this sort of thing, at only 9 years old he doesn't have a phone yet.

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1388437066' post='2322051'] What I could not get on with was, I could have 3 stomp boxes or put it in memory mode, where it did not display the boxes, the only way to cycle up the stomp box displays was to bend down and use the up arrow buttons. I really like the idea of having multiple rows of 3 effects and scrolling up and down them, but it is either one mode or the other or bend down every song. That and every effect needed toning down and volumes evening out, in the end, I decided the the old 708 mk ii with its simple edit and store and just go up a tach was far better live to use. So i agree, it needs an urgent firmare upgrade to make it cycle the patches in stomp box mode from the footswitch. A loverly pedal, but just too hard to use live beyond the three stomp boxes you have down. Could have been great if they had just thought the display through more on the patch mode. [/quote] Are you talking about the B3 or 60-B? As already said, one of the big advantages the B3 has over the 60-B is that you can scroll trough the different patches without having to bend down.You press foot switch 1 down so a sec and then you can scroll through the patches (as opposed to turning the individual EX on and off) using the other two foot switches. Agree with the posts that say you really do need to get the many level controls balanced correctly. I've found what sounds good at home is way off at gigs, but the B3 is very easy to tweak and once set it al sounds good to me (and my audience). I do find the Zoom boxes sound more digital than both my BDDI and Boss Chorus, but really only in isolation. At a gig i really cant tell the difference, and its nice to have a mid control on the BDDI. My one big issue with the B£ for live use is that my fett are a bit too wide to hit just one foot switch unless im really careful. Quite a few times i went to turn Chorus on and ended up with both Chorus and Filter, or turn Filter on and end up turning BDDI off. Thats not really a fault of the B3 though, and its something i could get used to.

[quote name='oggiesnr' timestamp='1388422617' post='2321810'] As far as strings are concerned, go to any decent music strings and ask for a set, they'll quote a range of prices and pick one in the middle. Personal preference is for D'Addario Preludes which run to about £15 a set which is towards the bottom end of the market for decent strings. Rosin is strange stuff and not all rosins are created equal. The traditional way for a first application was to crush some rosin onto a hard surface, take the frog off so the hair is all lose and work the hairs through the crushed rosin. I've only ever done this once, long ago, nowadays the following seems to be the norm. Have fun Steve [/quote] Cheers Steve, that's exactly what I'm after. I feel lost in all this. I never realised D'Addario made these strings, I'll definitely give them a try. That video will be a big help. I did notice the Rosin was very shiny and had a feeling it wasn't going on the bow as it should. I'll give that another go. The violin has been pretty much left alone over Christmas but it would be a shame if we didn't give it a chance I guess. My son has said he doesn't want lessons, he just wants to try it himself, so I'll get it all set up for him and see what happens. SS. Good luck with the sale. It does indeed seem a shame to keep something of that value just sitting around unplayed . That's my thinkng with basses, if I'm not using them then get rid of them if they are of a decent value. I keep a back up of of course.