photographymatt

if you want a Stilletto Sub, theres a gorgous black one in my local shop(telford) for a good price. Im going to prob buy it in a few months(not this one, should be sold by then.lol). if interested, give me a shout and ill pass on the shops contact details.

[quote name='rjb' post='417162' date='Feb 23 2009, 09:18 AM']As the guy above said, Ibanez and Yamaha are the Honda of the guitar world - totally reliable and very well priced. I've owned both in the past.

For me the best of the Ibanez range for overall value is the [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/ibanez-sr-505/11055"]SR505[/url] which has Bartolini pickups and is made of wenge/bubinga/mahogany (they also do four string version). I'm constantly plugging this in new player threads. I should get comission..... [/quote]

I love the sr505, Im tempted so much by this:-) in a few months, she will be mine oh yes.hehe.

Iv used ibanez for years, with the rg470 guitar. Great guitar, great brand.

the 40DC are the 5 string version of the 35 right? if so, there the ones Im considering upgrading to. What is it about them that you dont like?

awesome bass, awesome bass series with lots of known players. Gotta love ibanez necks:-) Im getting the SR505(the 5 string version of what Jeanne Sagan from ATR uses) in a few months and I cant wait:-)

your going to regret your user name in a few months/years;-)

btw I want to be able to add a drumtrack. Prob need the option for 2 guitar tracks, bass,keyboard and acoustic too.

what it says on the tin really, I have a boss micro BR and I want to download the tracks(.br files, iv read I can convert them using a free boss program) into a program thats easier to arrange the songs.

Free is better as this is just for fun and getting ideas down but willing to pay.

thanks all again
matt h

so what your all saying is, rip off the ozzys?:-) hehe

well done! hoping to start my grades this year. I got to grade 1 in clarinet before giving up(regretably)

ps
grade 8 in any instrument is worth 70 ucas points if you plan to go to uni.

bit of a marmite pedal, I loved it.:-) But wouldnt mind the gear I could get with the money from one.lol

lol.what? its worth something :-) its in mint condition(usual small marks you get with old gear) even has all the stickers on it(Even the battery instructions sticker), I wouldnt sell it..but for that price, any buyers?;-)(no really, make me an offer)

am not a big fan of radiohead, but just found out the bassist uses this pedal in "exit music(for a film)" at about the 3 minute mark. sounds great on there too:-)

Iv had this for years, when a friend left it at mine. I have used it thru small practise amps with guitars and keyboards with headphones but never with my bass. I thought it broken many years back, but tried a new battery(must have used lots of dead batterys at the time.doh.) and..my god, the tone is awesome. Its the best bass synth tone I have heard ever!!!! :-)

any one else used this? any mods you can suggest?

*another free bump* no worrys, if you do decide to sell it, give me a shout as Id like it, but not in a rush to get one:-D hehe

I love mine, got it for trade price too. Still getting used to it:-)

would you consider selling the leather case seperate?

interesting box, can it do effects? the line6 seems very basic but would do what I want. how much space does it have?

oh also, qualitys not an issue as all I would use it for is to email band members, or post on youtube(personal work), finished songs would be in a proper studio.

topic title says it all folks:-)

I was considering the boss micro BR as it seems a good lil box that will let me record with little to no issues, but my guitarist has a korg d4 which from reasearch also seems pretty good.

All I need it for is for recording my own ideas, acoustic and such but also for bass ideas in my band to send to the other members for crit.

what are your thoughts on these products, any other suggestions? the korg would mean about £50ish, the boss £150....so the korgs price is more attractive to a poor fella like myself:-) Dont want to bother with pc/mac software as I need something I could happily take anywhere(leave in the gig bag) for when ideas come to me, and when home..well my laptop isnt great:-)

thank you again all

matt h

[quote name='bobbass4k' post='388049' date='Jan 21 2009, 10:38 PM']Mine does that too, but he's even worse, ive got a Trace combo with tuning holes, hes climbed inside the amp more than a few times, but then he cant get out for some reason so i have to take the bloody speaker out, very annoying[/quote]

volume mid-way, bass all the way up, tune your E to C and play open......tends to convince the cat to leave.hehe

my carpeted laney bass combo is my cats stratch post...she doesnt understand thats not cool:-)

quick google search

[url="http://www.musicteachers.co.uk/browse/69/suffolk/teachers/"]http://www.musicteachers.co.uk/browse/69/suffolk/teachers/[/url]

and [url="http://www.musicteachers.co.uk/teacher/5d3b9acc1b71bc658860"]http://www.musicteachers.co.uk/teacher/5d3b9acc1b71bc658860[/url] , have a look about and ring them for advice?

or try local colleges?

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='386231' date='Jan 20 2009, 03:27 PM']I note that a lot of the posts here are about the purchase, selling, trading etc of gear - basses, amps, effects etc. Perfectly acceptable; I have got gear off here myself and very successfully. I particularly agree that buying effects is a legitmate form of experimentation and that there is no other readily accessible way of changing your sound so radically as the purchasing of a new effect.

But my question is; how much of the GAS we experience is motivated by frustration at the shortcomings of our gear and how much from the frustrations that arise from our unhappiness with our playing and teh sound we can get with our own ability to use the eqs on the amps we have.

I knew a guy once who loved guitars; he bought and sold them and tweaked actions and changed pick-ups and experimented with strings. His guitar playing was dreadful because he spent so much time playing with the technology that he never had time to practice the music.

Like most of us, I covet many of the basses I see here and elsewhere and mutter under my breath about how unfair it is that I can't afford any of them. But then I ask myself; is it the gear I want or more time getting better with the gear I have got? If I could practice more, would I get to where I want to be because I could play as well as I can and, more to the point, would spending £10K on a new bass lead me on a fool's errand because my playing wouldn't actually improve because of it and, having spent the money, I would still feel the same frustration.

I must practice more, I must practice more......[/quote]

"pro" level gear, no matter what for, will make your job easier to do but you need to know how to use it to start off with.

I work in a shop (part time while at uni)and have lots of friends who are photographers and theres the mentality (with both customers/friends) spend more, get good results.

a pro can get a great photo from a mobile phone or a coke can with a pinhole in it, steve vai would sound great on a £50 budget guitar thru a 10watt practise amp.

its why I have never wanted a PRS, yes..gorgous, but *shrugs* never did it for me, form over function. its why I prefere epiphones high end stuff to similar priced mid-range gibson (spend £1000 on a epiphone and it will be much better than same priced gibson I think)

saying that.....buying new gear (both photographic and musical) in the past has restarted my passion, if it was dieing down abit..new gear can give you that fire back.

my opinion, not forcing it on others:-)

[quote name='The Funk' post='386356' date='Jan 20 2009, 04:29 PM']I don't smoke or drink either. I suppose I could give up crack and prostitutes...[/quote]

now we could all do that, but then what would the point in living be?

When I was considering the rb7, I had lots of suggestions on a 1x15 to go with it. I know a few local bassists who gig that way and sounds good.

Id like a 2x10 to go with my amp, do they excist?lol

thanks for everyones replys so far. Im looking for a OD that adds abit of grit, but not industrial distortion.

the ibanez has some great attack modes which give a very puccusive(right word?) sound that I like, but the boss is tried and tested and used on lots of albums.

in the band Ill use it with, I wouldnt need ott solo bass sound, but at home I would quite like to learn some of cliff(metallica) bass solos.

so confusing..and thank you to the posters who gave me yet more choices;-)

Hi all

Im considering either the ibanez pd7 or boss od3b

both seem great so I cant decide between both:-) which do you have? which do you prefere? any other suggestions?

Dont want mental ott od, but both seem possible at subtle to insane.

matt h