Beedster

Crikey, that really does spell it out doesn't it

I'm in need of an acoustic guitar, ideally with a cutaway for easy access to the dusty end, that records beautifully when DI'd. I have a lovely old 1970's Gibson that fits the bill in most ways, and which if it had a cutaway I'd have modified with PUP/internal mic. But it doesn't! I also used to have a J-200 that was glorious DI'd, but both too big to play sitting down and again lacking the cutaway. So, any thoughts welcome. Budget is not really an issue as it's likely that I'll be selling my current two acoustics to pay for whatever I decide to buy (combined value is about £3k). What I do want however is a guitar that comes with a good onboard set up, I don't want to have to either modify or experiment with different systems etc (which is something - following 5 years of experimentation with double bass PUPs and amplification - is something for which I simply have no appetite or time). I'm aware that there's a whole host of information online, but an awful lot of it is either fanboy rhetoric or advertorial marketing bull, so I'm asking here simply to get some perspectives from bassists and/or engineers, both of whom are of course entirely above such things Thanks in advance C

[quote name='Salt on your Bass?' timestamp='1506761804' post='3380911'] Hi guys Thinking about a rick but I play in dropped tuning - B standad. I can't see any 5ers a available on their site and having emailed a couple of weeks ago had no response. I wondered if anyone had dropped the standard tuning on theirs to a b standard set up and how that was panning out, or whether there were any ideas.... Appreciate the input. Cheers [/quote] I love Rics but a 5 is a step too far given rarity, meaning you'd be unlikely to play before you buy, and QC issues, meaning if you get a bad one it will be BAD (something that is of course multiplied significantly with a 5). This is all in the context of my having heard generally negative things about the few 5s Ric did produce, especially the B. Have you tried a 4 strung B-D yet, that would have to be the logical start point?

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1506189043' post='3376989'] Ha ha. That did make me laugh. The mysteries of the Wal pre-amp. Someone should write a book on it. Or a thesis perhaps? [/quote] Dr Synchro

[quote name='jay-syncro' timestamp='1506187490' post='3376981'] Brilliant, looks like it's going to be a long road to becoming a fully competent Wal operator. It's funny you should say it can't do a P tone as I thought I nailed the fat 70's funk vibe last night, using the 'bass' pickup only with the associated mystery knob set to 5.. [/quote] Mystery knob never does the same tone twice though Jay, will sound like a flute next time you use it

[quote name='jay-syncro' timestamp='1506179600' post='3376928'] Between you and our mutual Wal-loving friend, I think I'll have to. I just need to enroll on the Wal preamp course and I'll be sorted. �� [/quote] Courses, you'll need the undergrad to get a usable tone, the MSc to get those tones consistently, and the PhD to enable you to get every tone possible out of it. The problem I had with Wals live was that the tones I loved solo'd didn't work, so I resorted to finding Jazz- and Stingray-like tones (even Wal can't do a decent Precision), which begged the question of whether it was really worth taking £3k's worth of early 80's vintage bass to the Dog and Duck. The flip side is that once you take the time to find the unique Wal tones that do work, nothing else comes close.

Mate, live it's the truth, I've see you playing a few different basses and whilst the basses are really different sounding solo'd, in the mix there's not much in it. But keep the Wal

[quote name='Skezza' timestamp='1505761525' post='3374154'] can you run a guitar through this as well as a bass [/quote] Yes, and although I've not done it, you can do both at the same time using entirely independent patches on each. It's got two independent channels with a mic and instrument input on each. I bought it because I thought I would use all the functionality but as I use it exclusively in the studio, I've got multi-channel functionality anyway. I also thought that running two mics (on acoustic guitar) into this and running hardware FX before going into the desk and using plug-ins might save some processing power but I've got too many units and I realised I'm starting to complicate what was supposed to be a very simple studio set up again (bloody eBay/Basschat)! I imagine that live it would have pretty much every base/bass covered to be honest. Chris

Shameless plug but this is a good unit for bass/guitar/vox, two channels can also be run simultaneously http://basschat.co.uk/topic/312041-fs-line-6-pod-x3-pro-fxmodel-for-bassguitarvox/ Chris