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On 18/08/2018 at 22:02, Swaffle88 said:

Not a bad idea using singles.. I just ordered a set of rotosound funk masters 30.50.70.90

They seem to get good reviews so I’ll give them a go and see if thinner strings give a thinner tone as some people say! 😜Very controversial 

Those people are idiots. Just tune your current G down to D... does it sound thinner? No.

On 11/08/2018 at 11:25, bazzbass said:

power is transferred magnetically from the battery to the pedals, no daisy chaining. That is the game changer imho

Sounds exactly like a daisy chain to me. You’ve got a power plug making contact with a strip of metal... that other pedal power plug things are also contacting. Daisy chain, just without the wire. 

10 minutes ago, bazzbass said:

does the washer need to be tight on the spindle or just that it's between the knob and the pedal?

I know there are pens made for marking pedals that just wipe off. can't remember it's name but google will find it

It should bridge the gap between the bottom of the knob and the top of the pedal to provide friction.

You could also do the brofressional thing and invest in some gaffers tape.

17 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Yup, electrical tape is the way to go.

Anyone who thinks it's smart to voluntarily change the settings on their pedals between songs has no business being on stage - get your sound sorted out before the gig, not during it!

I’ve got 6 pedals currently. One is a tuner. Because I don’t have room to have two fuzzes, two overdrives, two octave pedals, and a distortion means that I shouldn’t be Allowed to gig? I call bulls**t on that.

Anyone who isn’t an idiot should be able to sort out how they set their levels for different songs; more gain from the Fuzz means less gain for the overdrive, etc.  It’s like learning the songs themselves, you practice changes and then figure out appropriate settings during soundcheck.

8 minutes ago, bazzbass said:

now this is a game changer, maybe. Very interested

 

It’s got a rechargeable battery pack built in. Those have been around for several years now. He says the battery isolates the power to the board; I would be gobsmacked if they’ve paired a big rechargeable battery with a truly isolated power distribution system. It’s likely that all the pedal power points share a ground point. 

No games have been changed, except the novel idea to use magnets instead of Velcro, and even then they’ve got special pads you have to stick your pedals to just like the Temple Audio boards.

Pass.

Its all just a matter of scale. Overdrive becomes distortion becomes fuzz as you increase the gain. How this is achieved varies depending on the circuits involved.

Digitech Bass Whammy or Ricochet

EHX Nano Pog or Pitchfork 

And there are clones of those, too. Pair any of them with some overdrive for a bigger sound.

19 hours ago, Micky b said:

Hi folks, wondering if you could help. 

A friend at work has bought his 17 year old nephew an ibenez as I surprise present. Said nephew is due over to the uk in a couple of weeks from Ireland. Any ideas how he should get the bass home to Ireland. It’s a £175 bass so any ideas of booking extra seats or buying expensive hard cases will outweigh the cost of the  bass. Any pearls of wisdom gladly accepted. 

Many thanks

Mick. 

Seperate the neck from the body. Put the body in their luggage amidst their clothes, and get some sort of long cylindrical bag to carry the neck onboard in; possibly a fishing rod carrying bag or something designed for posters? 

The H2n is a great little stereo recorder. Set properly (I always have pre-record, a limiter, and the lower db backup settings turned on), setup to get a balanced stereo image (this may not be dead center in front of the band, you'll want to experiment with location and angle). I also have a Zoom H6 for when I might want DI signals of the band, or to use multiple mics on stage.

3 hours ago, mik900 said:

Thanks Si. Could I go out of amp di into pedal then into di box before desk or pc?

No, he just explained that the DI is mic level. Your pedal likely won't react well to a mic level input. It likely just will not sound good. 

Personally, I don't see the benefit of mic'ing up any speaker cabinet in a room that isn't well treated, so I do DI-only recording. To get a pair of signals, clean and effected, I use a stereo DI box. Signal goes: bass > DI input 1 > DI output 1 > USB interface input 1: DI through 1 > pedals > DI input 2 > DI output 2 > USB interface input 2. This way I get the clean signal right from the bass on one channel, then the second channel captures my pedalboard sound.

You could run the stereo outputs into the inputs on your Audiobox. 

The only use or "benefit" I see to this would be dumping old cassette recordings onto your computer for archiving. The multitrack will not give you anything that your DAW and USB interface doesn't already do. 

Treat the MT3X and computer realms as separate entities; the cassette recorder for if you want to do some lo-fi recordings to tape; the DAW for literally everything else.

3 hours ago, BassBunny said:

One way to minimise any possible damage is to take the basses with you to the boarding gate and only hand them over when you get on the plane and then do the reverse at the other end. I know a few musicians who fly out to cruise ships and always do this. Same principle as having a pushchair for a child.

 

The problem with this is that airlines have different rules about how large an instrument can be in and still be carried on. And instruments can still get royally messed up when they are in the cargo hold, even if it is gate checked baggage. 

The only true way to guarantee your bass is in safe hands is to call the airline and book your bass a seat. You'll end up with the bass in a window seat, no extra baggage allotments for carryon or checked bag mind you, and you'll be the only person to handle them except for when they go through the X-ray machine.

For two basses, you could do what I did and order a Golf Club Travel Bag (I bought the AmazonBasics one). This will fit two basses, in their respective gigbags, back-to-back and just fits in under the size requirements of the majority of airlines (not counting the budget'iest ones that barely fit small humans in their seats). You'll get weird looks and most airport staff will tell you "Oh, you can't bring your golf clubs on board," but just kindly, calmly explain that it is, in fact, two bass guitars, and be prepared to show them your CBBG tag (best I can figure, this stands for CaBin BaGgage). This option is great if you don't plan on bringing both basses out everywhere you go and therefore don't want to just bring them both along in one double gigbag. Most double bags seem to be less protective when only one bass is in it.

Considering the combined costs of a flight case and the excess baggage fee to check the bass in as cargo, balanced against the risk of catastrophic damage that the airline will undoubtedly pass off as your fault because it wasn't packed right or the case was faulty or whatever, I'd rather pay for the seat and know that I will be wholly responsible for the instrument.

If this option is too costly, take one bass disassembled (neck seperate from body). Body goes in your suitcase packed in the middle of your clothes, neck goes onboard as your only carry-on in some sort of long, narrow case (maybe something designed for a tripod or poster).

If all else fails, rent or borrow something. That may be difficult if, like me, you play non-standard basses (Dingwall ABZ6 and Super P5). I could make due on other similarly equipped 5 and 6 strings, but it would take some of the comfort and joy out of flying out for a job.

They make money being sexist. If you're OK with writing a song that's sexist, performing that song, making money from that song. I mean, just Google 'Steel Panther sexist' and you find that, in fact, they are perfectly happy to be offensive.

From LA Weekly: 

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When it comes to their overt racism and sexism, Steel Panther manage to escape any major criticism because of their reputation as a self-aware parody band. But there’s just one problem with that: Steel Panther say they don’t see themselves as a parody act.

 

Further to this point:

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“The label of being a parody band is not something we put on ourselves,” says Starr, who, as a veteran of the Sunset Strip music scene and a former frontman for L.A. Guns, has far more metal cred than comedy chops. “We just truly sing about $hît that makes us laugh.”

 

 

The singer doesn't even understand that they are  a problem. Typical successful, white, American male, thinking that he can make fun of everyone and somehow that's A-OK because nobody else has ever asked,  because sexism and racism practically define the American way (I'd know, I'm from the US).

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So is the band facing any new pressure to stop making racial and gender-baiting jokes? “It’s 2016. stinky poo’s different now. And America is ...,” Starr’s voice trails off as he searches for an answer and then realizes he doesn’t have one. “Whatever,” he says. “I don’t know what to say. I’ve never been asked these questions.”

 

They even said they would have played Trump's inauguration:

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Steel Panther have responded to claims to ‘sexism’ as well as sharing their opinions on Donald Trump, declaring ‘we’ve been grabbing pu$$ies for a long-time’.

 

What does all of this say to me? They're a bunch of entitled white guys that think it's cool to make racist and sexist jokes with no consequence. And remember, there are going to be lots of audience members that don't get that it could be understood as parody; to them, it is funny and it is true to their life experiences because they are blatantly sexist.

How on Earth is this thread still kicking around? Sexism is bad, sexism is wrong, and anyone who thinks it’s cool to have a “comedy” band that literally makes money off of being sexist is a douche.

37 minutes ago, Roxy said:

Hi guys; wonder if anyone can help with advice/comments please. I’m emigrating from the UK to south east Asia, and can’t decide if I should take my 1980s 5 string wal with me. Worried about possible warping? Also, a slight feeling of do I really need to have the worry of transporting my beauty , but should I instead say goodbye and buy a quality bass out there. Cheers for any sensible comments!

Bring it. It’s a high quality, handmade, well designed instrument. It shouldn’t have any problems, but you can keep it in its case when not playing or get a dehumidifier for the room it will be in. As for moving it, buy an extra seat on the plane for it (every airline has allotments for this, you just have to call them to book your seats; it will be considered oversized cabin baggage but you’ll pay the cost of one seat for it).

It’s not up to any of you or anyone else to tell another person what they can and cannot be offended by.

Plenty of people have attacked the lyrics or hip hop and metal. This is why the parental advisory  label exists. 

It’s sexist and misogynist to cry foul when someone else is offended by something that is sexist. 

Also, TC clearly is doing good business, they put out new gear constantly and are sold in virtually every shop. Finally, Glenn Fricker is an donkey. Talented, lots of great credits, but it’s all gone to over inflate his already large ego.

If you want low tension, you need to abandon the idea that you can get the tension you want from your predetermined size of strings.

Try the Dunlop Super Bright Nickel range. Maybe even use the top 4 strings of a 6 string set tuned down to E.

Maybe Thomastic’s Jazz rounds would work for you. Never played the rounds, but the flats are the best out there.

Dingwall

That would be a not-good Peavey, don’t do it.

No need from me for a pre, just saying Hi! from Belfast as well.

On 12/06/2018 at 11:00, dood said:

VITOOS DC8 pedal board power. A highly regarded true ISOLATED power supply, a clone of a well known brand I guess - £45. Never used outside of the house.

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To be absolutely clear, this is not a true isolated PSU. The DC8 has 3 isolated sections: Output A and Output B are both isolated, and then outputs 1-6 count as the 3rd isolated section. So if you run a pedal off of A, one off B, and one from a single output out of the other 6, you have isolation. If you plug into more than one of the 6 "other" outputs (not A and B) they are not isolated from each other. The Vitoos ISO8 would be the closest thing to the Cioks DC8 which you're referring to. Not trying to imply that you're purposefully misleading anyone, but I got burned buying a DC8 on eBay that said the item was "fully isolated" and I can't return it because it matches the item in the photo.

Get two little micro-heads. 

None. 

Might be worth finding a garment maker of some sort, or maybe someone who repairs sails, or another sort of seamster/ seamstress and get something made.

On 22/06/2018 at 20:37, jetofuj said:

Brassmaster and Rangemaster with range and bias control - probably my favourite bass dirt boxes.

Those look so clean. My GGG Brassmaster died  when I tried to rehouse it, broke the switch with the 9 different solder points; so now I’ve got a Hiero Effects BEAD Fuzz coming (Brassmaster with a blend instead of dual level controls in a 125b with all top jacks).

Any reason the Brassmaster doesn’t have top jacks like the Rangemaster? Did you consider adding the master volume control to the BM? That was also something I wished mine had had.