TeresaFR

Out: 

HX Effects

VTBassDI

In:

Nu>X C-5RC wireless system

HX Stomp XL

Not a terriby expensive year, equipment-wise. I do fancy a set of wireless monitoring headphones though, so I don't know I'm going to last 2025 without a purchase, unless I get the order placed really soon.

Love Under Will - Fields of the Nephilim

Just in today. Decided to go all-in and just have one thing to do everything I need and is compact. A relatively small step from an HX Effects and a VTBASS DI, but an important one to me. Free at last from patch cables and pedalboards, yes!

Oh, I bought a Nu>X C-5RC wireless unit so you can mark me down as out since the 5th August.

On 23/08/2024 at 09:14, chrisba said:

Yeah, I'd do it if I was really keen to get the gig and it was genuinely important to look a certain way to get it ( and keep it ) . I wouldn't do anything permanent, like a tattoo or a facelift, but fllers, make-up , hair cut and dye, yes.

Don't want to open can of worms, but I assume the OP is male ? How differently would a female think ? My guess is they wouldn't think twice.

Well, I can't speak for every woman but for myself and some of the women I know who are in bands, we wouldn't get a tattoo or a facelift for a band. I do have a fair bit of ink but because I wanted it and not to appease anyone but myself. Like BigRedX, I'm also in the goth scene but I've not felt pressure to present in any way that I didn't want to. Heck, I don't even wear makeup - but, no one's going to accuse me of not being goth enough with some of the tattoos I have. Likewise, I do not wear my years quite as heavily as others seem to do.

I recently jumped into the wireless world, but not wanting to spend big money that I don't have, and not wanting a cumbersome body pack, I eventually opted for the Nu>X C5-RC. I needed something that would most likely work with active basses (it does), and from the reviews I watched and read, the Nu>X systems seemed to be amongst the best at a price point I could afford. So far, it's all been good, but I've not tried the system outside my flat. I did think it wasn't working on my Schecter SLS Evil Twin but no, I'd turned a volume down before I switched over from my Schecter Riot and forgot to put it back up - which explained how the tuner could pick it up but still get no sound.

On 31/05/2024 at 15:59, Dazed said:

Gary Numan on his anniversary tour of Pleasure Prinicipal. Good show, way more animated than he was in the 80s. Sound wasn’t great it was all a bit muffled. Smallish venue and it was absolutely rammed. It’s strange seeing 60 odd year old blokes scrapping and getting wrestled out by 5 bouncers 😄

 

It was the first act I’ve ever seen walk on, not a say a word before, during or after their set. Performed for about an hour and a half and left. No support bands. 

Fields of the Nephilim do that walk on, play, walk off thing with only a "thank you very much" to acknowledge the audience. It works for them.

Westenra at the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford last weekend. They were great.

On 01/04/2024 at 19:06, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Only if he has other instruments than basses - he may need to buy an electric guitar to stay in 😈

Well, "he" is a she and no, she doesn't own other instruments. I traded my keyboard in last year along with most of my pedals for an HX Effects.

I bought a power supply so I wouldn't be using my Fuel Tank Junior to just power one pedal, so I guess I'm now out. Well, as of about a week ago.

Still in.

2 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Fazley Mini Pedal Case...

Joyo Irontune > Future Chorus > Time Magic Delay > Nebulous Phaser > Orange Juice Amp Sim

Aesthetically, the ST:TOS communicators of the guitar FX world.

21 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

Buying straplocks implies that you've bought a bass. Surely nobody would buy a bass without immediately buying straplocks for it?

I don't have straplocks on either my current basses, but for now, as I'm not gigging or rehearsing with others, I'm not getting them installed. Plus, only my secondary bass has a problem staying on the strap.

On 21/09/2023 at 16:56, TeresaFR said:

The people saying good things about the Helix 70s chorus - I believe that's the one a bassist friend of mine has used since she switched over to a full Helix set-up and having heard her playing through it, it does sound really good. It wasn't the only effect in the signal chain but it was very much present.

I was wrong, it's the Liquifier in the Helix she uses, and since that post I've also switched over to an HX unit and do like the Liquifier the most (my settings are somewhat different the aforementioned friend, though). I've been trying it out in front of a very mild delay (the Elephant Man).

I'm in. Tempted to get myself a spare cable just in case, but for now, that's not happening. Let's see how far I go.

5 hours ago, Simon C said:

I think I've navigated Christmas successfully. The only music thing I was given was a book with Green Day bass scores.  I'll claim immunity under the “Educational purchases, ie tutorial books, lessons, anything that furthers your playing is permitted” allowance on the basis that I've only ever played “ Basket Case” and "American idiot“, that I played both from chord sheets (and didn’t play as per the score, so it has already educated me) and that I didn’t tune down for “ Basket Case". Here's a picture of "Basket Case“ score ( just to show it does exist and in case anyone wants to take it to a judicial review 😁).

 

I'm confident about the next week😜

Yeah, that seems legit - I wouldn't call it gear either.

Is that place made out of Shreddies? How good are there for acoustic dampening?

Peek-A-Boo - Siouxsie and the Banshees.

7 hours ago, 2elliot said:

Cool, I haven't heard of Dhampyres. I'll check them out.

They're pretty new, apparently. 

The last gig I went to was Rhombus, Black Riders Cult, and Dhampyres in Leeds on Saturday. I know, goth bands most people won't have the vaguest idea about but worth a listen if you like your music on the darker side as I do, and it's good to give a shout out to smaller bands.

10 hours ago, Tandro said:

How...How does one achieve that status, that I would love to know

I think I've achieved something akin to that. I can look at basses casually but other than a custom build, almost nothing really comes close to being an upgrade from what I have - which is above both my needs, ability to afford and my skill. As for things like effects - I just got an HX Effects, I virtually have all the effects I could want at this point. As for amps and cabs, I love my VTBass DI and don't need much for home amplification. Plus, I've never found amps and cabs to be particularly pretty - some of those tiny amps are kinda cute though. Now, I say all of that and tomorrow I'll find out someone like Ibanez are releasing a neck-thru lefty headless fanned fret bass with Fishman Fluence pickups, gothic fret markers, Luminlay side markers, ebony fret board and the most beautiful finish I've ever seen and at a price point that's not beyond my ability to save up for - now that, that would get a lass lusting after something new.

I have just 2, a Schecter Riot4 and a Schecter SLS Evil Twin, the former is in drop D whilst the latter is in D standard. I've told this story before, but I'll go again - I'd bought an Evil Twin online from Anderton's but after about 7 months of waiting for stock to arrive I was getting a little impatient, and I just happened to notice they had a lefty Riot4 (Aurora Burst) in stock so changed my order for that - which had been my second choice when I was considering new basses, anyway. Fast forward about a year and I still had a bit of a thing for the ET design and just so happened to be looking on Anderton's site around Christmas last year and noticed they'd finally gotten some lefty ETs in stock and on sale. When they ended up increasing the discount to (I think) £460) I just had to buy! I mean, £460 off is a huge saving on a £1450ish bass. 

In order to make sure I use both, I had to have them tuned differently otherwise I'd just have the Riot sitting in the corner looking pretty but not getting used.

I prefer more modern basses, but if I had to choose something from my mid-70s year of birth, it'd probably have to be a Wal (bit of a Mick Karn thing, I suppose). I'm too old to be able to nab a Steinberger L2 or a Kubicki Factor, sadly. Speaking of Steinberger, I just discovered Ned's half sister, Julia, is a renowned ecological scientist and that's really cool to me.

5 hours ago, Born 2B Mild said:

 

Just got and gigged my first wonky. I've named her 'Chicken'.

 

I've had a few Ibanez basses before, but this is the first with Nordstrands, which I consider a definite improvement.

That as a neck-thru lefty could get me looking away from my Schechter basses.

11 hours ago, basexperience said:

Oh, I love the look of that. Quite unique, a real looker. 

Ooh, I do like that. Not typically a fan of traditional looks but it's different enough to look sophisticated and cool in my eyes.