DDR

my gosh, so glorious!

15 hours ago, AMV001 said:

I'm also not a fan of these metal framed pedal boards. Its easy to set up earth loops via the pedal chassis and frame. I'd recommend covering the whole of the front of the frame with velcro in order to isolate the pedals from the frame i.e so none of the outside of the pedals (or the jack plugs) are touching the bare metal of the board.

fair shout that yeah!

16 hours ago, AMV001 said:

I think I see your problem there- that daisy chain power cable. You should be running all these pedals off a dedicated power supply with fully isolated outputs.

 

Also- what is that PSU rated at?

that would be a bit much wouldn't it? I have 8 going to the MXR Brick and the 9th on it's own powersupply... would have to buy 8 ps and 2 4x4

1 hour ago, AMV001 said:

OK. Give us your exact signal chain.

Reverrend Decision P, Octabvre, FC accountant, FC Randy's Revenge, FC Shallow Water, The Raster II, Wah Wah, Empress Reverb, Blooper Looper, Sans Amp - to their DI

8 hours ago, tauzero said:

Presumably this was using a DI - did you try using the ground lift on the DI?

i used my Sansamp (it doesn't have one) but to reach their 80's yamaha console from the stage we were going though a berhinger DI they had,,, ground lift didn't make a difference

7 hours ago, AMV001 said:

A first step would be to try to clarify the terminology. Are you sure you mean buzz and not hum? Many people use these two words interchangeably but they are not the same thing. Hum would be indicative of an earthing problem and the causes of it (and the solutions to solve it) are many and varied. Buzz, however, is usually inducted noise from another source and must be dealt with differently.

 

So firstly, was the noise a constant tone that didn't change with the position of your gear or your orientation i.e which direction you faced? Did the noise go away if you touched your strings or another part of your gear (amp chassis, jack plug casing etc)

 

When you moved around or changed direction did the volume or tone of the noise change?

yes hum is more appropriate i think... no difference when i moved or touched the strings

19 hours ago, JoeEvans said:

It would be wireless from your guitar to the pedal chain. The pedals will still be running off mains. So no help with the buzz but might stop you from getting electrocuted!

Personally I would look at an RCD socket adapter instead, to deal with any safety risk. For the hum, hopefully someone more knowledgeable can step in but I believe there are filtered four-ways available to protect IT gear against dodgy mains that might be worth a look.

good sense of priorities!! thanks for the reminder! me first

6 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

From a safety perspective, treat yourself to a cheap wireless setup.

Right but I need 8 pedals... What's that gonna be? I've seen those thomann 2 pedal portable battery things.... 

5 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Hire an assassin and have them kill all your band mates as well as the guitar tech, just to be absolutely sure the accident doesn't repeats. 

 

Then get an appointment with a shrink to have him prescribe some strong antidepressant drugs to help you deal with the trauma of your tragic loss.

That's gotta be the one 💫

Yeah... So I'm improvising 50 minutes of music on bass with all my pedals for a theatre show in Athens.

Rehearsals (or rather test runs) went well but then on the first show night the buzz coming out the PA was pretty awfull. Sound engineer was trying to blame my grar but I've played with that set up in many places before without a problem...

I'm assuming the venue's electricity is not grounded or something? Quite common in Athens apparently.

I'm doing the show there again in two weeks, any tips that don't involve fixing the venue electrics?

Thank you!

On 17/02/2024 at 17:48, Cheeto726 said:

I've been learning bass for about 6-7 months. I've had a bass for about a year but never really played it until then. I'm taking lessons every week but I feel like I'm not headed the way I want. My teacher is AMAZING and has a lot of patience and is bad ass bassist and musical GENIUS! It's me that's the issue. I tried guitar but didn't "feel it" like I do a bass. I'm 30 years old so I am a bit older. I was in band all my middle and high school life and played a brass instrument and the way I learned was by listening and watching. I never really learned music theory. What do you all think? I know everyone says learn theory but I just never could really get it. I feel stuck just trying to learn songs and tabs and feel like I'm not getting anywhere... 

Hey, i used to be a drummer and i didn't like theory, felt like i didn't need it. When i started to play bass it was obvious that to a certain degree i couldn't get away without it (depends on what you want to play obviously)... Sometimes an amazing bass player and a musical genious is not the answer to great teaching though. I started off with a really simple Youtube series :

This really helped me. I love the way he talks to you like you're a 2 year old it was what I needed at the time!

Hope you find it usefull

D

18 hours ago, TheGreek said:

How could you show the damage "was 100% attributable to the tech while they worked on it," 

I'd be concerned about ruining a good relationship with my luthier over something that may not have been their fault.

 this is true, but actually this is the first time i went to this place as my old tech moved away. So I guess the new question is : if you were 99% sure the new tech did it, would you bring it up and or would you ever go back to him?

haha yes i thought as much thank you everyone

So... you got your brand new bass, it's shiny and gloriously perfect.

You take it to a tech for a minor adjustment

When you go to pick it up you notice nothing wrong, you're extremely happy to have your bass back and in fact you go straight to a recording session and play it all night and just simply enjoy that great tone and feel.

The next morning, you take it out the case and do some routine practice and suddenly... it's not dust, it's not a watermark, it's not some fluff from your jumper...

It's a tiny chip right on the edge of your brand new sparkling bass...

Do you :

A. call up the tech and ask him straight if this happened accidentally during his 'operations'

B. call up the band and see if when you went to the toilet someone picked it up and accidentally dropped it on a pin on a nail on the floor but then couldn't face saying anything

C. say nothing and accept that these things happen

D. take it to the same tech and ask him to fill in the chip while looking to read him for his reaction

E. ....................................................................................................... (make a suggestion why not?)

Would love to hear your opinion on the matter

Hope everyone is well

DDR

Thanks

Hey piccolo fam

I was hoping not to have to buy another bass to join in the piccolo club and i am super happy i could put them on my modded tele without any setting up. It’s got quite a few very usable sounds for my productions so i’m well happy! Hope everyone is well!

On 03/02/2024 at 14:33, itu said:

Check D'Addario EXL280.

 

https://www.thomann.de/gb/daddario_exl280.htm

do these fit on a longscale bass or does it have to be a shortscale? Has anyone tried this on a longscale?

thank you! 

On 03/02/2024 at 18:41, bassninja said:

I have an acoustic bass strung with piccolo strings, loads of fun; does a passable bouzouki.

is it a shortscale? Just trying to understand if these will fit one one of my existing basses or if i have to buy a shortscale bass for it to work

Hello

Any chance of some string set suggestions for piccolo bass creation?

I’m buying a short scale Cort tomorrow (junior) and want to set it up for this...

Thank you!

Hey, do these fit on a long scale bass?

you know I was checking this and I think the Reverend basses have simply gone up. In Europe they are priced at 1300 euros. When I was buying mine I was notified the prices would be going up soon.

I was disappointed with the colour selection, i was annoyed the only rosewood fretboard one was that purple model with the white pickguard but now that I own the midnight black I am really really happy. It’s a real beauty

BTW i put flatwounds on this yesterday and it's made me love the bass even more 🥰

I really wanted a 1973 Fender Telecaster bass for a project but couldn’t afford it so I bought this now rare and discontinued Chinese made 2012 model. I was chasing that insane neck-humbucker pickup bottom-end and this delivers exactly that. Then I found myself wanting access to other sounds too so I took out the useless bridge humbucker and replaced it with a Seymour Duncan Music Man pickup. Sounds extra fine and turned this bass intro a Swiss army knife.

I made a video playlist showcasing the sounds the bass can deliver:

The body is in great esthetic condition and plays well. Humbucker I removed is included.

The volume knobs are a bit wobbly

I'm selling because it's way too heavy for me, i got lower back problems.

Can post at buyers cost

9 hours ago, Vin Venal said:

Looks amazing, always liked the reverend designs. Like, classic and vintage styled, but still very distinct, and not just another p/j copy or whatever.

 

How heavy is it? For some reason, they look substantial. Never actually tried one, but in my head they're heavy. Lol.

The weight was one of my important box tickers, it's light enough for my lower back issues. Lighter than my fender Mexican precision... I haven't got scales but I read 3.4 kg somewhere 

1 hour ago, jd56hawk said:

Another cool Reverend bass...retro looks put in a different league than so many typical FSO basses.

(I'm replacing the DR strings on my Thundergun with GHS black tapewounds, had them on a Thundergun years ago...perfect match.)

 

What DRs were you using? I was thinking Legend flats for this

Hello

It has come to my attention that NBs need Declaring so here it goes 🙃

I’ve been considering getting a Reverend Decision P for a while, I tried to find one to try it first but couldn’t make it work, I researched youtube and the internet in general for info but there wasn’t so much and then last week, i jumped. It’s not the right thing to do (buying without trying) but I must say this time it worked out for me.

My midnight black Reverend Decision P arrived today and I’ve been playing it all day. Love the thing. The way it feels, the sounds you can get out of it, the weight and yes also the way it looks. 

I will probably change the strings to flatwounds but in the meantime here’s a little vid and a photo for happiness

Hope everyone is well

DDR

I guess I could have given more streaming options:

https://album.link/i/1707445768