Woodwind

1 hour ago, tegs07 said:

His signature bass did inspire me to make a Bitsa. I don’t know much about him as a player though. I did weaken in the end though and went active with a John East EQ so more of a Ray/G&L combo. 
 

Has anyone tried a Joe Dart. I like the idea of a single control?

Absolutely love the look of your bass!

Did you make the body yourself or did you buy it?

If so may I ask where you got it?

1 minute ago, obbm said:

a. I have these on my own board In most cases you cannot see both ends of the cable so it doesn't really matter unless you have severe OCD, just be ure to put them all the same way round.  The first cables I started making for sale were adaptors to go from Boss 2.1mm co-ax plug to EH 3.5mm jack.  Initially I would solder both connectors but then I realised that by buying a moulded male to female 2.1mm extension lead and by using 300mm from each end I could make a male Boss to 3.5mm jack and a female Boss to 3.5mm jack for only half the effort. The offcuts were kept for one-off custom dc leads.

b. A small multimeter is essential to check and test the final result.

I used to buy almost all my bits for these from CPC/Farnell. Get them to send you a catalogue, it makes great reading. 

This Evening I orderd, what I imagine are, exactly the same plugs @stewblack got from ebay, then a couple of hours later I discovered a load of extra power cables tucked away in a box on a high shelf and I wished I'd just cut all my cables in half and rejoined them 90° to 90° just like your cables.

Ah well. more cheap ebay plastic in the world.

1 hour ago, itu said:

The cables tend to be pretty thin but molded ones have been reliable if they do not move too much. A bit too long cable can be tied to the board.

Space my friend, space.

I need 90 degree terminations on both ends of the cable to get pedals to sit where I need them 😎

Well worth a look.

Multitracked for the album, but creates everything solo live:

https://ottolindholm.bandcamp.com/album/alter

1 minute ago, stewblack said:

I bought the cheapest right angled connectors Ebay could sell me to do something similar. They are really crap 🤦🏼‍♂️ I wish I'd spent a little more. 

However, the made up cables aren't too pricey so there's no point spending too much. 

I know you can buy solder free kits (like the audio patch cables) you cut to length, but I've not tried them. 

I was thinking of cannibalising cables I already own, but they are all integrated moulded plastic so a) the end result will look awful and b) the worry of hooking one up with the polarity the wrong way makes me think I'll start from scratch.

I'll investigate ebay now, cheers Stew

Has anyone on here made their own power cables for their effects pedals?

Hooking my board to an isolated PSU and I'd love right angle connectors at both ends and be able to shorten the cable run from each pedal.

Anyone done something similar?

If so where did you purchase the cable and connectors?

I'm no longer in musical contexts where gear sharing is common, but On a couple of occasions where I've been traveling long distance to perform I have had to borrow equipment (usually a drum) from one of the other acts.

I liase with the relevant band member long in advance and offer a cash deposit up front.

This comes from years playing in rock band settings where gear sharing happened regularly (usually me lending) and it was always rubbish - Crap attitudes, entitlement, disregard for the borrowed equipment.

I treat those I borrow from as I would like to be treated.

Most of my bass playing has been on stingray or stingray type basses.

I like the sound and look etc.

But £3k is absolutely bonkers for a factory instrument.

for that money You could get a second hand model, add a status neck, ultra light tuners, maybe try a different pre or pickup and still have most of £1k left.

I know which one I'd rather be performing with.

3 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

The same problem comes up in the opposite direction - here are some classical musicians trying to play Aphex Twin

 

Absolutely.

I found the whole alarm will sound Aphex album unlistenable.

Again an exercise in transcription without an understanding of what makes the original so successful.

Devoid of all soul and counterintuitively lacking a human element.

Listening to this again now and it makes me feel a bit ill.

I can't take anything away from the ambition and skill. It's a great piece of work, but it comes across as more a technical exercise.

Something is missing.

Perhaps this is because so much of the incredible texture generated by the required huge and varied orchestra is lost when using just one type of instrument?

I had similar reservations about the Music For 18 Musicians release by Erik Hall last year.

I'm not a great fan of the Reich piece, but ones whole enjoyment relies on the tension and human quality inherent in having it played in real time and again the fantastic timbral textures involved.

Reducing it to multitrack takes of the electric instruments you happen to own defeats the purpose and it becomes another technical exercise.

Again I don't have the skill or ambition to accomplish either of these solo recordings, so hats off to Joe and Erik.

Just now, EBS_freak said:

Oh now we are talking. Pictures?

I'll be in the workshop tomorrow, so I'll take a picture of the one on my bench 👌😃

4 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

I've now got an urge for chip shop chips... with wooden fork.

 

Sorry for the complete thread derail, I have made several custom order titanium chip forks for customers over the last couple of years.

23 hours ago, John Wick said:

But what about the power rating of the VX115? 

For home use it's of absolutely no concern - you'll be too loud to get anywhere near damaging the cab.

At Gigs However, it will be entirely possible to blow the cab. I have blown several hartke 15" cabs when I was in a heavy band (two transpirter 15's and an early edition vx15) . However - these were cabs being used on their own and worked very hard.

I stuck with these cheaper hartke cabs as I loved the sound and they were light (for their day) so very easy to get to and from gigs.

I imagine you'll be very happy using just the 410. These double cab stacks are a great ego boost, but for the majority of gigs seldom necessary.

If I were you I'd buy the hartke rig, regard the 15" as effectively disposable and enjoy the 410

Rainger FX

https://www.raingerfx.com/

I've been using their deep space pulsar for getting on for 4 years and they make some other really interesting pedals.

I've only ever played in originals bands and when I was a bassist only ever had one bass at a time (ironically I have more basses now that my main instrument isn't the bass, go figure).

I had my sound which was a product of how I played on a particular bass and I needed my sound to do particular things within the context of what I was playing.

@fil1p If I was in your situation, ie the context is variable (I presume you are playing covers?) then I could see you either want to have enough basses to nail the exact sound of each of the tunes you play or you have one bass you love that you accept the sonic compromises of in relation to how the original song sounded.

I'd rather focus all my efforts on one main bass and get incredibly proficient on it. The WHAT of the sound being more important than the HOW of the sound

Another thread dredge, this time to answer my own question from last year and potentially help anyone in a similar situation.

I just bought the latest version of thr Mantic Hulk and it's brilliant!

The dedicated dry output is the real winner here along with the facility to have the effect feed killed when the pedal is off. 

The tracking is really good - I get some odd artefacts with low C and below, but that's to be expected really.

I can't wait to get this into some subs at gigs!

40 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

Remembering back, they supported us at The Dublin Castle one time, two trolleys, two guitars, two Fender combos and Pedaltrains, plus snare/cymbals/kick drum pedal.  Amazing really.

Hopefully not derrailing this thread too much:

I played on the bill with a band in the early/mid 2000's called Team B who would travel to all their london shows by public transport with their drumkit and gear in a supermarket shopping trolley.

It was just pre and during the days of myspace and they had photos of various nightbus journeys home with their shopping trolley fully loaded surrounded by drunk passengers 🤣

Brilliant!

2 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

There was a thread here a while back about trolleys...I used to use a two-wheeler fishing kit thing, incredibly robust.

Interestingly, we gigged several times in London with another (London) band who used the Tube instead of driving; the drummer carried most of her drums on one trolley like the Wolcraft one above, while the guitarist carried the rest of the kit and a small amp on another one.

I never thought I would miss the schlepping kit to gigs by public transport as much as I do!

I'll be looking to upgrade my trolley so will investigate all the suggestions here

@Trylle After I moved back to bass guitar after stopping playing the double bass I brought the four fingers to cover three semi-tones technique with me, having previously been a finger per fret player on bass guitar.

My playing was more relaxed and consistent using the third and fourth finger together.

Based on your hand photo it looks like there is a lot of tension  and more of a bend in your wrist to compensate for the finger positioning.

See if you can get comfortable using first finger, middle finger and then ring and pinky together on the third fret.

You'll potentially be moving up/down the neck more often, but your hand will be much more relaxed in the process.

All the best

On 08/04/2021 at 14:14, SumOne said:

That's a lot of Freezing and looping!

I like the tipex on the EHX pedals move - I've done the same in the past and will do the same on the switchblade pro I just got (or I'll keep raiding my kids stickers collection!), always seems a bit of a design flaw to create pedal controls with tiny dull thin lines on them that are difficult to see from at least 6 foot away in a dark venue. 

The tippex is vital!

I was doing a lot of shows where my stage lighting was a dark red wash which completely knocks back the contrast of things on stage so I needed a big bold line to see the position of the knobs. Fun Stickers would have been better, but it was applied in an emergency in a soundcheck and has remained ever since 😂

I'm not a bassist per se anymore although I play big bass frequencies as well as lots of high frequencies from a woodwind instrument in contemporary solo chamber music settings.

I layer chords with the two freeze pedals and use the looper in a similar fashion

6 hours ago, Dood said:

I played a fairly large outdoor gig before lockdown where the hired "professional" PA company "mic'd" my cabinet. With an SM57, a good 15" away from the cabinet edge, off axis. I wished that they had DI'd, especially as I had clearly explained why the DI would be a better option. I forget the name of the PA company, maybe that's not a bad thing. Don't even get me started on their "IEM" mixes lol..

 the irony.

When I was early in my bass playing career I would beg sound engineers to mic my amplifier.

I just knew that the sound of my marshall B65 combo being driven to an inch of its life to keep up with a drummer trying to compete with a guitarist with no perception of volume produced the most amazing tone (still 20 years later it's a tone I would have any day of the week). The di sound was lifeless in comparison.

Practicing for some shows planned later this year (fingers crossed they materialise) so thought I'd put my board up.

Input from my instrument into:

Mantic Hulk set for dry through - dedicated sub out goes to separate mixer channel.

Loop station

Freeze 1

Freeze 2 

Pitchfork

Obscura Delay

Skysurfer reverb (set very low, just gives an extra bit of bloom on dry stages).

Eventually I'll add an isolated power supply which will go between the Hulk and reverb pedal.

Thanks for posting this @Bart Funk Bass Beasties had a lot of good bass lines and great bass sounds.

rip MCA

Great to see people getting bookings!

It is intriguing what shows are being planned and what aren't. Absolutely no promoter I work with is planning anything.

On 20/03/2021 at 09:04, pantherairsoft said:

It’s been a loooooooooooong time since I posted a board here ...

...powered by a Cioks DC7.

 

Good to see your latest set up 😎

I wasn't aware of the Cioks range.

That DC7 looks like an incredibly versatile power supply.

I need to investigate further.