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Alright folks my rig has started distorting quite badly I thought I'd blown the speakers in my cabs, however, I went for a quick jam with my drummer and the bass sounded tremendous initially but then got progressively more distorted. Could it be the power amp? It's both channels. Also I noticed the jack on my bass was a bit noisy could a dodgy connection on the bass result in this farty distortion? I'm going to try another bass asap.

I actually emailed the seller and he kindly met me and showed me the bass, it was immaculate, a real beauty. Though I'm quite surprised at how much it went for, I was all set to offer 2500 but it just went through the roof.

Cheers man I'll give that a try I, unfortunately the mic is out of the question as I don't want to incur the wrath of an angry two year old! It's essentially a guide and will be rerecorded but I still would like it to sound half decent.

Hi folks I need some tips on the best software amp for a fretless, I'm using logic I have guitar rig and amplitube, (the ampeg VSX demo won't work which is infuriating). When I play through my amp the bass sounds great, even taking into account my liberal view of tuning but when I go through the audio interface it's sounds flat and not very fretlessy. The fretted basses sound fine. I am something of a luddite when it come to EQ and all that jazz so does anyone have any suggestions, I have a small person and can only do this in the evening so I can only DI. It's a small section of a very long tune so I'm not looking for the ultimate tone but just something that doesn't sound sh*te.

I have to admit playing the bass is great, my new Wal has just given me a real boost again and I'm loving it. I had a jam with the drummer in my band the other night, we've played together for 20 years, two old baldy fellas both wearing ear defenders years too late after being deafened by his ridiculously loud drumming and we just had the best time, I feel sorry for folk who don't have something that gives them this level of sheer fun.

Ken is the man!

I've joined the Wal club, Mk1 1983 wenge facings, this bass has been owned by a couple of BCers but now it's all mine and I'm loving it! [attachment=90064:wal.jpg]

Bought Alan's Wal, no problems he was very helpful and gave me lots of info, recommended!

Cheers man I'm really looking forward to it, you had any more interest in yours it's a beauty?

My brother is making his way up to Chilly Jocko land from the Smoke with my new bass in tow (cheers Alanbass1) and I'm suitably excited.

Looks great really cool.

I think it's unhealthy to have so many Wals and you guys should think about offloading at least one of them ...... to me!

I've used hide glue a few times on various cracks and it's generally worked well, I have wondered about the humidity in the flat, though I live in Glasgow so you wouldn't imagine humidity would be a problem but it might be central heating.

Every day there seems to be another crack on my old B&H bass, been using it at rehearsals for my prog band because it just sounds so good, I dunno what it is but it just has a great tone, even makes me sound okay. Laid it down to pick up my electric and saw a big crack along the seam and a bunch of varnish flaking, I'm sure I can clamp and glue the seam but the bass seems to be disintegrating which is a great shame, I don't think I'll be taking it out of the house anymore!

Cheers Paul I think I'll go for some silver slaps as well, I have a festival at the weekend and the band plays pretty much all afternoon for two days and my fingers are in quite a bad nick from my Saturday gig, I think it was a combination of steels and a really hot sweaty club, my drummer suggested talcum powder to stop my fingers getting tacky but a bit late now!

Everybody swears by silverslaps, I had the black tapewound Rockabilly Innovation Strings, they were great for slap but I think they lacked a bit of projection but that might be all non-steel strings. I restrung the bass with Honeys which sound great but to be honest after the blisters I have from last nights gig I'm thinking of putting them back on! I'd be really interested in hearing the suggestions as well.

Cheers chaps much appreciated I'll give your suggestions a go.

Hi I recently picked up a Washburn AB35 acoustic bass it's lovely to play acoustically, though obviously not loud and it has a great sound plugged in but the G string is considerably louder than the B. I switched the saddle round and the situation was reversed obviously it's not making proper contact, any tips on how I can fix this. Cheers Stevie

The only problem I'm hearing is a slightly uneven volume through the piezo I might see if it's moved.

Just picked one of these up. was absolutely not looking for an acoustic but was overpowered by the urge to buy something, it's a 5 string lined fretless looks in great nick and from my short time playing it seemed lovely. Anyone got an info or experience of these fellas? Also anyone know of a suitable case or gigbag that would fit it? [attachment=84680:acoustic.jpg]

A guy I know tried a Godin copy he said it was excellent.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1236741' date='May 19 2011, 10:45 AM']I looked up theremins on eBay last night - I am a lost cause.[/quote] Lol I've went a bit GAS mental recently and I don't see it really subsiding!