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Yeah, perhaps not my cuppa. It's not going to stop me trying though!

I keep hearing similar comments and have never owned a P Bass so it's tempting to get one to see if it applies to me. Perhaps incorrectly, I assume that a P is ideal for soul/motown and most rock and punk stuff and perhaps for general pop stuff, it's dependable with good low-mid thump and you can't really get a bad tone out of it. However, they are rarely seen used for Reggae/dub, and aren't the 'go-to' Bass for slap, and they don't seem to be popular for down-tuned metal type stuff.....seeing as those are the three genres I tend to play the most I'm not sure a P Bass is for me, it seems to be one of those things Bass players probably should own at some point though so is an itch I'll need to scratch!

My day started with no intention of getting another Bass. I watched a few Reggae youtube videos and it dawned on me that Steinberger type basses have been used by a lot of good Reggae players (possibly just because they are easy to travel with rather than anything specifically special about the sound) and that it could be handy for me as a backup/travel Bass.....before lunch I've gone and bought a 2nd hand Steinberger! My limited research concluded that the original 80s ones are the best but cost >£3k, the Hohner ones seem to be considered better than the Steinberger Spirit but generally cost more and are rarer, the Steinberger Spirit cost £350 new or around about £200 2nd hand and people tend to basically say 'they're alright for the price'. So I'm not expecting to be amazed or it to replace my main 5 string Bass but I think it'll fill a niche (and it has a drop D tuner which is something I've been keen to spend time learning).

Nice one. I'm going to do some more research but I'm quite keen - they are appealing as cheap backup Bass/one I can easily travel with (the Steinberger Spirit seems to go for about £200 2nd hand), and seeing that yourself and plenty of other Reggae players use them is a good endorsement. I think the Bass player in Asian Dub Foundation sometimes uses one too.

Anyone here played a Steinberger? Quite an 80's looking thing but I've seen that Robbie Shakespeare, Donald Dennis, George Fullwood, Flabba Holt had all used them (or something looking very similar) at some point. I'm all about making life easy for myself and if I can (potentially!) get the sounds they got from them with a Bass that goes for about £200 and is light and easy to carry around then I'm all for it.

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It's a great pedal, the only potential problem is getting it to talk to your laptop (see posts above from different people, and similar on the Talkbass thread). That aspect works fine for plenty of people though so it's still probably well worth getting - you might need to be more patient or more tech savvy than me to not get frustrated with it though!

I've tried so many pedals in the last couple of years I think I'm finally at the point of not being fussed about trying new ones as I'm fairly sure they'll only be marginally different to what I've already got/used.....trouble is, now I'm eying up different Bass guitars - which is a whole other level of cost and hassle to buy and sell. In a few years I might have tried enough of them to learn they are only marginally different and there's not much point!

Have got a Reggae rhythm section formed with Drummer, Guitarist, Bass (me). We could now do with melody for our rhythm foundations to support so if anyone here knows of singers, keyboard players, horns, melodica, or anyone else that'd fit the bill please give me a shout. We practice in West London.

Ah, someone got there already. And they charge $359 (which I guess means + tax + customs+ postage), and is sold out. I'll undercut them by gluing two M-Audo pedals together and selling for £200.

That would be great, could do stuff like toe/heel as wah and left/right tilt for amount of reverb - like having two separate expression pedals that you can control individually at the same time with one foot. Setting one parameter Helix EXP 1 control and one as EXP 2 should work so I think the software is already there to handle it. It's a kickstarter opportunity for anyone with the know-how, could bodge a mock-up by sticking one expression pedal on top of another at 90 degrees!

You're all causing me some serious GAS. Thought I could hold-off on the Waza Air for a while, now I also want a backbeat! I think me options are to give in and buy them, or stay off this forum, or reach for the:

Nice one!

I'm finding that an expression pedal is a great Stomp addition. A £12 M-Audio one is doing the job fine but it might not be the best thing for all Stomp features (see below). The most obvious things are using it for stuff like wah and volume control but it can also simultaniously control multiple parameters across multiple blocks per preset e.g. increase delay feedback and mix while also increasing reverb mix and the distortion tone, then click to next preset to control just the volume or EQ etc. One thing I haven't worked out is how to increase one parameter while simultaniously reducing the value of another parameter e.g. increase EQ block mids while simultaniously reducing reverb mix. Getting both parameters to increase or decrease together and setting their ranges of movement is simple - getting them to move in opposite directions is not so obvious though, is there a simple way to reverse the direction of one parameter? Alternatively, I think it can be done by assigning EXP 1 & EXP 2 accordingly e.g. EQ block mids parameter assigned to EXP 1 with Heel = 0%, toe = 100%. Reverb block mix parameter assigned to EXP 2 with Heel = 100%, toe = 0%. That doesn't seem to work for me though, I think it's a limitation of the M-Audio pedal because it's not clear if it's a dual expression pedal but I expect that is what would be needed.

I haven't had that but still but a lot of second hand vinyl so will keep an eye out for the 'Tony' collection! These in today:

One of my favorite dub albums:

I'm asking myself the same question - basically to justify buying new stuff! I suppose it depends how different the genres are but for me it seems more to do with strings and setup rather than actual Bass. (I'm finding that high action with Tapewounds is great for Reggae, not so good for slap though, so ideally I'd have Basses set up for both - but they could both be identical J Basses). I've got a Helix with effects and amp sims, clean amp, and a cab with tweeter (that can be turned off) so that covers any genre okay.

Version excursion!

Sold a pedal to Paul and it all went well. Thanks!

Here's a list of classic riddims I'm gradually adding to and putting on a Spotify playlist I've mostly stuck to ones with a Bass Guitar rather than digital basslines, most are the original versions but not all. Any other well recycled classics you reckon should be added? I'll get to 100 and will leave it at that otherwise madness will ensue! (I've also got sub-lists of quite a few of these in my mp3 files where I have different versions, useful for DJing when you just have to pull up Sleng Teng riddim 5 times with a different version each time!). 1. A Love I Can Feel (John Holt) 2. Afrikaan Beat (Lester Sterling) 3. Agony (Pinchers) 4. Answer (Dillinger – Answer my question) 5. Ba Ba Boom (The Jamaicans) 6. Ballistic Affair (Leroy Smart) 7. Baltimore (The Tamlins) 8. Bam Bam (The Maytals) 9. Black Cinderella (Errol Dunkley) 10. Bobby Babylon (Freddie McGregot) 11. Boops (The Ethiopians- Train to Skaville) 12. Boxing (Cornell Campbell) 13. Cherry Oh Baby (Eric Donaldson) 14. College Rock (Mighty Diamonds- Natural Natty) 15. Cuss Cuss (Lloyd Robinson) 16. Darker Shade of Black (Jackie Mitoo) 17. Death in the Arena (Soul Vendors – Whipping The Prince) 18. Declaration of Rights (Abyssinians) 19. Dem Bow (Shabba Ranks) 20. Diseases (Michigan and Smiley) 21. Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo) 22. Far East (Barry Brown) 23. Fever (Horace Andy) 24. Freedom Blues (Roy Richards) 25. Full Up (Sound Dimension) 26. General (Dillinger) 27. Get in the Groove (The Heptones) 28. Gun In A Baggy ((Little Lenny) 29. Gunman (Michael Prophet) 30. He Prayed (Burning Spear) 31. Head to Toe (Frankie Paul) 32. Heavenless (The Skatalites) 33. Hot Milk (Jackie Mittoo) 34. Hypocrites (The Wailers) 35. I’ll Never Let You Go (Slim Smith) 36. Java (Augustus Pablo) 37. Joy Ride (Wayne Wonder) 38. Kuff (Tiger – Bam Bam) 39. Lecturer (Jo Jo Bennett and the Fugatives) 40. Love Is Not A Gamble (The Techniques) 41. Love Me Forever (Carlton and the Shoes) 42. Love Won’t Come Easy (The Heptones) 43. M16 (Lone Ranger) 44. Mad Mad Mad (Alton Ellis) 45. Mean Girl (Horace Andy - Do your own thing) 46. Mr Bassie (Horace Andy) 47. Mud Up (Super Cat) 48. My Conversation (Slim Smith and the Uniques) 49. Night Nurse (Gregory Isaacs) 50. No Warrior (Junior Delgardo – The Raiders) 51. Peanie Peanie (Shabba Ranks) 52. Pick Up The Pieces (The Royals) 53. Please Be True (Alexander Henry) 54. Pressure and Slide (The Tennors) 55. Punanny (Admiral Bailey) 56. Real Rock (Sound Dimension) 57. Revolution (Dennis Brown) 58. Rockfort Rock (Sound Dimension) 59. Rope In Riddim (Cornell Campbell) 60. Rougher Yet (Slim Smith) 61. Sara (Frankie and Paul) 62. Satta Massagana (The Abyssinians) 63. Shank I Sheck (Babba Brooks) 64. Skylarking (Horace Andy) 65. Sleng Teng (Wayne Smith) 66. Solomon (Derrick Harriott) 67. Stalag (Techniques) 68. Storm (Gregory Isaacs) 69. Swing Easy (The Soul Vendors) 70. Taxi (Lil Roy – Prophecy) 71. Tempo (Anthony Red Rose) 72. Things and Time (Wailing Souls) 73. Three Blind Mice (Max Romeo) 74. Tonight (Keith and Tex) 75. Vanity (Sugar Minott) 76. World A Music (Ini Kamoze) 77. Youthman (Wayne Jarrett)