Jonesy

I grabbed a Spectracomp off eBay today, so hopefully it'll be here in a few days and ready for the next band practice! Thanks for the advice! I'll give it a whirl and see what my ears say. I'll be using it in a blues covers band and have 2 general tones. One with the VT, which is fairly flat-ish and just uses a pedal for a bit of warmth and slight break up. Then I use a catalinbread SFT for more grit. I switch between basses depending on what I fancy taking with me, but it'll be wearing flats. Any tips on which tone print would be good to start with? I hear good things about the Captain East...

That's probably my biggest concern. I really like the VT with the band and I know it compresses things, so I'm wondering if it's worth using a compressor. So then maybe something clean and transparent is the way to go, so it just looks at dynamics? Or does the VT inherently also help control dynamics?

I think the issue is that I'm still not 100% sure on what they do and what I want them for! Although, watching a few reviews where they show the sound wave and a talk with ChatGPT has been pretty helpful in me half figuring that out. From my understanding so far....... I don't really want them to shape my tone (although I don't mind an added bit of warmth, def don't want anything too clinical), what I want is help with evening out the dynamics. So an Optical or Tube compressor would be best? Given that tube compressors aren't cheap, then optical compressors might be the best route to go down? I do like the look of the Spectracomp, but I'm kinda torn on it. I love the simplicity of one knob (ooh err), but with all of the settings hidden in Toneprint, it makes making changes at band practice a bit more of a faff.

Good to hear, thanks for that! Do you put the compressor before or after the Sansamp? I've heard good things about the Ampeg too and it's not out of budget, if people think it's worth shelling out a bit more for a different pedal to the the Joyo or TC.

Howdy folks! I've never really used a compression pedal and I currently have a hankering to try one. I'm very much in the 'I'm not really sure what they do/I want them to do', and my understanding of the different types of compression is close to non existent. I've read a few articles and threads here, but I'm thinking just picking up a cheap one to try is probably better so I can get an understanding by actually using one. But, before I do, I have a quick question for you........ I play with a Sansamp VT pre amp as an always on, which compresses the signal anyway, so do I 'need' a compression pedal anyway, will it make a noticeable difference? If you're thinking it's still worth picking one up, I was looking at the Joyo Scylla as an entry point, or the TC Spectracomp. I have no idea if there are different types of compressors that are suited for different styles (we play blues standards) etc but, if it's handy to know, my current signal chain goes like this...... Something with flats Tuner Sansamp VT (always on) Catalinbread SFT (for occasional grit) Amp Thanks!

I bought a bass off him a few years back and picked it up in person seeing as I'm only up the road from him. He's a nice guy and I played a few other basses while there. Just to echo what a few others have said, the bass was superbly setup. Probably the nicest setup I've ever had and a few mates who played the bass said they were impressed by it too.

Hubba, hubba 🤤

That finish really is special!!

Nah, I bet he overplayed a mush of too many notes on it 😜

Even Jaco needed a P......

4 pages in and no one has said you need more than just one P bass - one with flats and one with rounds. You're slipping basschat, up your game. 😂 I was against P's for ages, just because they're a bit standard. Then I got one for a blues band and it just clicked, they sit in the mix pretty perfectly without much faff. I've now got 2 and am eyeing up a 3rd 😂

Nw guitars are pretty reputable, if you fire them a question with the model they might even know. Good luck!

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