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[quote name='alexclaber' post='354271' date='Dec 14 2008, 03:13 PM']A misapplication of effects methinks! Pedals don't add or take away from the tone, they change it, usually very blatantly, so it can fill a different sonic space, create a different feel or even have a totally different function. A completely transparent pedal would be a very pointless thing indeed! You can't just play bass and then add an effect for 'more tone', you have to play the bass AND the effect. Saying that when I started singing I temporarily sidelined my gigantic pedalboard and then the FX never came out to gig again - it's since been split up and mostly sold off. Alex[/quote] Hi Alex, I know what you mean and agree that if you want to use effects to [i]"fill a different sonic space, create a different feel or even have a totally different function"[/i] then find the very best pedals you can that will do that. What I was trying to say in my original post is that in my recent experience, almost all the pedals I've used don't give me enough of something new sonically to merit using them as I've found that they change or degrade the natural tone of my bass too much for my liking.. The only pedal I still use during a gig is a Boss FT-2 which gives me a realy cool auto wah effect for use in 'Superstition', but I have to add a bit more bass e.q. from my amp in order to compensate for the fact that the FT-2 thins out the low end when it's working. So, for me, it's a trade off between preserving the sound I like of my un-effected bass and adding an effect occasionally to create something new! Nik

[quote name='Paul S' post='354207' date='Dec 14 2008, 01:26 PM']Thought I saw my name being mentioned here ... Hi Kevin. Yes, I bought the bass and travelled a long way to pick it up because I REALLY wanted it, and for the money considered it to be a steal. Which it was. I fell head over heels for it - a thing of beauty. [attachment=17198:4040a.jpg] [attachment=17199:4040b.jpg] Having lived with it for a while, I still love it to bits. It is a piece of British craftsmanship at it's best - superb build quality instrument that has spolit me getting cheap basses forever. But... it weighs as much as a bus. The neck is almost as wide as a bus. The bridge is a little flakey - the perspex is starting to crack at the thinnest point where the end of the strings are held and it is going to be difficult to source an original to replace it. The sounds are always going to be very subjective - to my ears it seems very limited in the tones available. I will keep it and love it forever, occasionally producing it with a flourish to the astonishment of other musicians ('what the f*ck is that?') but will no longer use it as my #1 bass as it is too precious - at least until I can get something sorted with the bridge - and, frankly, harder to play - I feel much more comfortable with the slimmer Jazz style neck. There is a guy on the Shergold discussion forum who is in the middle of constructing a Shergold double neck from scratch - he is going to have a go a casting a new perspex but for his and, if it works, do one for me too.[/quote] Fantastic bass - always wanted to own but never have! It's body shape is very like the old Wal Pro models which I have always loved and owned and they're very similar basses in some ways, both being particularly fine examples of that unique British craftsmanship you mention...

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='354045' date='Dec 14 2008, 08:27 AM']Mirror In The Bathroom - The Beat[/quote] Great bassline! As is the Billy Cobham track Rasta mentioned...

Is it congratulations or commiserations??

We do a song called 'How To Save a Life' which is the theme tune to some US medical drama but I haven't a clue which band did it originaly? Also, like Clauster's band, we get a lot of fun out of doing a cover of a cover, so for example, we do 'Mrs Robinson' by The Lemonheads.. Or a version of 'Tainted Love that mixes the Marilyn Manson and Pussycat Dolls versions... So much more fun to play and keeps the punters interested!

It's the aliens, all disguised as bass players !! Have you managed to sus it out yet Mert? My guess would be that the original method of powering each unit is cleaner as I had a similar problem when I added one extra unit to my pedal board a while back and everything started to get noisier. Since then, I've simplified everything anyway but if your set up was working for you as was then I'd say you need to go back to that configuration and start from there. Can't offer any advice re: the BDDI I'm afraid as I have the electrical knowledge of a stone mason... Hope all's well otherwise Mert?

[quote name='johnnylager' post='353346' date='Dec 13 2008, 08:24 AM']Down to [url="http://www.projectmusic.net/hartke-lh1000-3208-p.asp"]38.1p / watt[/url] including delivery. Santa![/quote] Blimey - that's ridiculous!

[quote name='rjb' post='353363' date='Dec 13 2008, 09:20 AM']It's because you're a bunch of old hippie grandads. **runs away**[/quote] Yup!! No, where's my rocking chair, slippers and that 650 watt bass rig that I put down a moment ago......

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='353299' date='Dec 13 2008, 01:06 AM']Your bass is good. Peavey Tour 450 is good. I gigged with Peavey for 20 odd years. Not sure if the Behringher cab has the best rep for longevity. Every Peavey rig I had was Black Widow except the last (2 2x10XF or whatever) but not sure if they still do Black Widows. I might see if I could stretch to a better cab.[/quote] +1 There are some good cabs for sale on Basschat at the moment that might be worth looking at, like a Trace 410 for £150 IIRC?

+1 Keith helped me out enormously when organising the SE Bass Bash last September - he's a really helpful person and a true gent! Lovely bass by the way..

Very nice collection - the Sadowsky and the Fender Jazz 75 RI in particular look gorgeous!!

[quote name='bassman2790' post='352773' date='Dec 12 2008, 02:56 PM']I used to have a modest number of effect pedals (chorus, exciter/limiter, compressor, overdrive)...then I convinced myself I just had to have a Boss GT-6B. About a month later, I questioned why I would need the choice of umpteen different distortions, compressors, choruses etc etc and the Boss went on eBay. Back to my pedal board then.... This morning however, I set up my pedal board, amp and cabinet and started to experiment with different settings on my Tech 21 VT bass pedal and my Exciter/Limiter, but the more I twiddled, the further away I got from a sound I liked. In frustration, I unplugged from the board and plugged directly into my amp....eureka! That's the sound I'm looking for.... Why do I have all these pedals when I only use a little bit of chorus for about 30 seconds in one song? It's madness The pedal board will definitely be staying at home tomorrow when I set off for the gig.[/quote] +1 After 2 years of trying out different FX pedals, my conclusion is that in the end, they take more away from the tone of your bass than they add. Even a couple of very expensive pedals I've heard/tried that are supposed to be 'completely transparent' aren't really to my ears... A month or so ago I bought a Nomad Bassman from the Beedster, which is an old 80's FX unit, and whilst it's fun to use at home I just haven't been able to use it at gigs because it thins out the sound too much. So now I just plug my 2 gigging basses (Roscoe Beck V and a BC Rich Eagle, both passive..) straight into a Radial Bigshot I/O pedal which balances the different output levels and from there the signal goes direct into my amp, which is an Eden Nemesis 650. I use a DBX MC 6 compressor via the FX loop on the amp and that's it; keeps the tone from the basses as pure as possible and the whole thing through an SWR Triad sounds great! Happiest I've been with my sound for years

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='350304' date='Dec 9 2008, 11:39 PM']I like the way that the feedback is on Talkbass, it shows next to your name, have a look at me over there and you'll see my positive 3.[/quote] +1 I agree with most of the comments here and Chris's OP about improving the visibility of each of our individual feedback threads but I'm not sure it's going to be as helpful as it needs to be. Perhaps as 6stringbassist has highlighted, the Mods could look at how we adopt something more like the Talkbass system?

[quote name='urb' post='349365' date='Dec 9 2008, 09:02 AM']That's actually my worst bass nightmare come true - I'm so sorry for you man - just glad it wasn't any worse interms of a pile up etc - hope you can get her repaired M[/quote] +1 If I lived near to you, I'd be more than happy to lend you a bass but hopefully, some Basschat help is at hand much closer to home.. Best of luck with it...

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='348447' date='Dec 8 2008, 11:24 AM']DIing to the desk is fine but you'll need good monitoring, so you might as well have a rig on stage to do that anyway. For example, main gigging rig is an Ashdown MAG 300r amp (£229 new), and a Peavey bx 1x15 cab (£100 used). The DI on the amp is good enough to use for big gigs and recording. The Peavey cab is great and plenty loud. (I do also use a 2x10 Ashdown cab as well for some venues).[/quote] Good idea.. Or alternatively look at the new Hartke LH500 for under £200 , see here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26831"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26831[/url] And then maybe a Peavey 1x15 or similar low priced cab..

[quote name='Beedster' post='348141' date='Dec 7 2008, 09:32 PM']Mate, if it's a bass I own that automatically presents a 75% chance that you will also own it with 18 months [/quote] That's true!

Five now. Roscoe Beck V Fender Jazz Deluxe V Wal Pro 2e BC Rich Eagle Hondo Rickenbacker copy And am surprisingly, much happier with less basses (for once...)

Not much help I know, but i think either would be an improvement on the Bartolinis, which i've always found a little sterile sounding personally..

[quote name='Beedster' post='348085' date='Dec 7 2008, 08:05 PM'][attachment=16951:CIMG0261.JPG] Yep, I have a Jazz Bass that I like. In fact, I love it. I bought it a few weeks back because, TBH, I fell in love with the way it looked and felt (although on a more serious note, I was also feeling the need to extend my fretless sounds beyond the maple fretless Precision that until now has been my mainstay). Anyway, it's a '73, natural finish with bound rosewood neck, and not only is it a dream to play (although the neck is A-width it's quite deep and solid feeling), but it has growl and thump in just the right measure, something I've not come across in the same bass before. It also seems a whole lot easier to play in tune that my fretless Precision? So, after four years of negativity, I am no longer poorly disposed to Jazz Basses Chris[/quote] But it looks so awful Chris, which is why you should give it to me.... P.S. you have been assimilated at last!

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='347606' date='Dec 6 2008, 11:39 PM']..My Precision is officially retired. P[/quote]

Hi Folks Just received an old-ish but fully working Tascam Portastudio from StanRobinson, who was recycling it.. Well, it arrived perfectly packaged and has since allowed me to dig out some 20 year old portastudio cassettes and revisit my mis-spent youth! Got to say a big thank you SR for allowing me that opportunity.. It was a real trip down memory lane.. And to all other Basschatters, just to say that StanRobinson is an absolutely top bloke and is a credit to Basschat.. Highly recommended! Cheers Nik

Very sexy looking bass Paul! I had one of the blue finish DJ5s and that was a very nice bass but I think the black finish is much more stylish.. IIRC, mr_russ has the same bass as yours but with a maple neck?