SteveXFR

Electric mountain bikes are fine, as long as they're proper pedal assist ones. ive got one and you still put a lot of effort in but go further and faster. Unfortunately they also attract people to the sport who haven't bothered to learn any technical skills.

A very specific one. The electric mountain bike club who yesterday passed me twice while I was riding my non electric bike up hill and then hold me up at walking pace on a downhill trail where I should have been enjoying the reward of the uphill slog by enjoying the high speed jumps, drops, twisties and rocks.

Thanks for the replies. For £16 I may as well try the behrinnger. If there is a little noise, it'll be hidden when I add distortion and put it in a metal mix.

For a recording project, I want to split my signal so I can record the signal direct out of my bass and route it through an amp to take a dirty signal as well. It looks like a direct box should do the job but they range from £16 for a cheap Behringer to ten times that for a fancy one. Considering, I don't want it to process or alter the signal in anyway, is there any advantage to using an expensive one over a Behringer?

What a hero.

That reminds me, I need another 2x10

Why did you include a quote of my post? I don't see the connection.

Are you a fishmonger?

While were on it, anyone else's kids at school concerts. They're all rubbish and wasting everyone's time.

If he's 20 but with a face relic'd to look 70 with a file and screwdriver then I may accept that his guitar is acceptable.

If I see a relicd guitar or bass on stage, im not hanging around to hear the band. If I see a video thumbnail with thumb about to slap string, im not clicking on it. I don't like bass solos. If I see a fish sticker on the back of a car, I will expect the driver to be incompetent. If anyone calls their kids "dude" or "guys" then their children should be immediately taken in to care and the parent should be put in solitary confinement in Broadmoor.

Controversial but I thought Sergio was the better bassist

Apparently Stephen Carpenter won't leave the US because he's worried about mass shootings. Seriously. I saw them on the Around The Fur tour at Bristol Anson Room. Absolutely brilliant night. I think I spent half the night crowd surfing.

I finally got around to listening to the new Deftones record and what a let down. I think they must have got Lars Ulrich to do the mix. The bass is just buried and only really appears to be mirroring the guitar part. The best bit about Deftones for me was always Chi or Sergio's bass grooves so its a real let down.

Yesterday I tuned my Euro LX4 down to C with a set of .110 - .55 strings. Played in to Reaper through my Two Notes Revolt on the Marshall (dirt) channel its sounding really very close to Rex Brown's tone in the last two Pantera records. It sounds awesome. I was surprised by this considering Rex used Ampegs and Ive not got a Haz preamp yet

Don't they usually just put a room mic inside a rotting goat carcass?

Double tracking is pretty standard but I've never heard of double tracking using an acoustic behind a distorted electric bass.

As an Alice In Chains fan and Spector player Ive been trying to get the Mike Starr tone and just not quite matching the grit. Then I see this video. Could this be right? Is it double tracked with an acoustic? Was this a stroke of genius or something used before?

Innocent question here, not judging or trying to start a fight, just curious. Why do you want a pick to sound like fingers? Is there a reason for not using fingers? I play both styles because of the tonal differences. I use a 0.88 pick and loads of bass, high mids and gain with low mids and treble cut for a really aggressive pick tone.

I'd always wanted to learn to play something so I could play heavy music. I bought a guitar but due to various old hand injuries, I struggled to make some chord shapes then a work mate and member of this forum loaned me a Peavey International bass. I got on much better with the bass. I played in a metal band but that was killed by my own issues and I left the band and deeply regret it. I now play in an alt rock band which is ok but not really hitting the spot. I really want to play in a metal band again.

Ive had a few and if you want a really thunderous B string with good clarity then multi scale is the way to go and the best Ive tried is the Spector NS Dimension 5.