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[quote name='dannybuoy' post='675346' date='Dec 6 2009, 12:10 AM']The fattest bass I've ever heard is my Peavey T-40![/quote] At the risk of being laughed at, I declare that my Westone Thunder 1A can be dialled to be one of the darkest and powerful sounding bass I have ever heard. The T-40 wins in many other fields, but if you roll the active knob all the way to "bass", you will know why they called it thunder. *Gets ready to dodge tomatoes*

Result! I plugged a lead into my mobile phone, set it to "line out", turned the radio on, tuned it between stations, put the output through a big muff pi at full tilt, then through a flanger set at a very low rate, all through the PA. Swooshtatic! Thanks for all the suggestions, helped me a lot!

[quote name='razze06' post='673930' date='Dec 4 2009, 09:23 AM']I've got a gig at the Rowantree tonight, and i'm taking the puma head and the M210 only. I hope i'm loud enough for the room... Will let you know tomorrow[/quote] So I'm quite happy with the results. The venue is a kind of vaulted ceiling mid-sized pub, long and relatively narow, with plenty of nooks and crannies. Compared to other places, acoustic of the room is ok, not much reverberation but not flat either. I never had to push the rig hard at all. The volume knob never went past 1 o'clock, with just a touch of gain. The T-40 i used has got more attack, bite an snarl than you may possibly ever need, so the mids knobs stayed pretty flat to avoid excessive harshness. I found that I had to push the lows knob all the way to retain fullness of sound, but that's to be expected and frankly acceptable, given the type of cab. Oh and at the end of the gig i just put the head and leads in my backpack, bass in one hand, cab in the other and I walked to the taxi rank Quite a departure from a carload of cabs and heads and things. The only criticism i have is that the cab handles are quite uncomfortable. They look neat, as they don't stick out or anything, but they make one handed carries a little unconfortable over anything more than 20 yards. So I am very happy with my purchase, so much so that I'm selling off much of the rest of my amplification. [attachment=37720:04122009150.jpg] [attachment=37721:04122009149.jpg]

[quote name='MarkMcK' post='673198' date='Dec 3 2009, 01:59 PM']I hope everyone is well and enjoying the Christmas session? Has anyone play any good gigs with the kit yet?[/quote] I've got a gig at the Rowantree tonight, and i'm taking the puma head and the M210 only. I hope i'm loud enough for the room... Will let you know tomorrow

I think i've seen one for sale at live music on Wed, eude.

I got almost everything: mobile phone radio suitably tuned away from a station, fuzz pedal for more noise, flanger pedal. All I need is a minijack lead to connect the phone to the fuzzbox. I'm at work, so I won't know how it all works together until tonight, can't wait, and thanks for all the advice

I've got my eyes on an Arion stereo flanger for £30 in a local shop. I agreed to pick it up tomorrow at lunchtime, just in time for the evening practice. Nobody dare go in and buy it tomorrow morning! edit: I found a sample on youtube, sounds about right...

[quote name='Stewart' post='671258' date='Dec 1 2009, 04:35 PM']What you really need is filtered noise - best bet would be a detuned AM or FM radio feeding a wah or flanger![/quote] Mmh nice idea...i still need a flanger though. I'll check out the cheapo behringer and arion ones i've seen in some of my local shops. Cheers for the ideas

I've tried the small stone at a shop, together with my fuzz pedal (big muff pi), and soculdn't get near what I wanted. The sound i'm after is a bit like someone modulating a wah pedal real slow, but I can't do that as i havent got a wah pedal, and I'm not going to control it with my foot if i did...

So i've got this gig on Friday, and we've been asked to do Silver Machine by Hawkwind. We kindly accepted and think that we might actuslly keep it in the set list. My question is, what would be the best way to CHEAPLY emulate the swooshing-spacey sound that pervades the whole song? We don't have a keys player, so no synth. I was thinking of putting some fuzz on my bass, and then put it through a really slow flanger, anyone has any other recommendations? I have a fuzz pedal already, and could go as far as spending another £20-£30 max on another pedal Cheers, Marco

You were right in correcting me Phaedrus, no offence taken! The point I think is that the VXL is a preamp, not an effect pedal. I think you're supposed to dial in a sound you like, and go with it. I agree that it isn't very convenient, but I can't really see a way around it. Which is a shame as the overdriven sound you get is quite good and usable.

Fair enough Phaedrus, I was just working from memory as i've recently sold mine.

The pedal has got two buttons, and one turns on the shape circuit, and the other is the general "on" button. Maybe you can find a combination that lets you do the harmonics but not the shape. Regarding the volume, the VXL is primarily a DI out/preamp thingy, not a fuzzbox. The problem with volume levels happens because the level knob adds to the overall level of the signal. Maybe try to get your desired level by stomping on the "on" button, twiddle the level knob until happy (ooooer), and then use the other stomp button to turn harmonics on and off. Hope it helps, i've always used mine only for DIing into PA systems.

[quote name='far0n' post='665334' date='Nov 25 2009, 05:10 PM']Hmm, how do I embed youtube clips ???[/quote] I think you just need to use the youtube, /youtube tags (in square brackets), with the video id between the tags example: