bartelby

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1327496862' post='1512261'] I am pretty interactive when it comes to my set up. I have the pedals set up in 'defaut' position, which is effectively a position that offers sounds/tones which I love and would be happy treating it at a simple on/off effect like anyone else. A fair portion of my set up stays this way. I'd say 12 units stay like this. Set up for specific parts of tracks or improv. The other 8 however get tweaked an awful lot. Some by expression pedal, some by hand, some by both (at the same time). A number of the pedals I use a lot (Low Pass Filter, Ring Mod, Cluster Flux... In fact all the Moog stuff!) use very different tones for different tracks to I totally reset and tweak while playing between track. This takes some doing and I treat the board as part of the instrument. To me the bass is a set of oscillators and the board is the rest of the synth, so tweaking stuff does not seem a chore, it's part of playing. I try and spend at least one day a week (but generally two) with the set up playing with textures and layers and how things interact with every tiny turn of every knob, so yes, I'd say I interact with it a fair bit. A few Basschatters have seen me use the set up live (Phil.I.Stein, mcgraham, Dan Owens) so they'd be better to ask if the time and effort has paid off...! [/quote] Well done on the Polytune Mini!

[quote name='Mylkinut' timestamp='1327487522' post='1511984'] I've found this: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pickguard-Fender-Jazz-J-Bass-Guitar-Bandito-New-/220926754465?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item337042bea1"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item337042bea1[/url] I'm now buying a Jazz [/quote] A MIM one I hope!

In an old band we had the guys from Dirty Sanchez, some of Skindred and some of Dub War at various gigs.

Also quite intereting: [url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/rare-MASF-BILOMA-FX-Noise-Guitar-Pedal-NEW-BOX-JMJ-NIN-BECK-/170757352283?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item27c1ee6b5b"]http://www.ebay.com/itm/rare-MASF-BILOMA-FX-Noise-Guitar-Pedal-NEW-BOX-JMJ-NIN-BECK-/170757352283?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item27c1ee6b5b[/url]

Currently: The Levellers - Levelling The Land (Live at Brixton 19-03-11)

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1327410558' post='1510678'] Not a cover band, though we are planning on doing a few Depeche Mode covers. I'm singing Gahan's parts and the usual singer is singing Gore's parts and playing synths. I'm covering various synth parts and melodies with my bass. It's quite a cool way of doing things. We don't have enough synths or triggers to play everything like it was (nor do we have access to Depeche Mode's massive bank of sounds and samples) but we're piecing things together. Can't do much today until I've got my Streamer restrung though. The best part is, there is nothing for the drummer to do! He can keep his 'sloppy' human time and we'll rely on the perfection of drum machines! [/quote] Sounds interesting. A lot of the DM stuff is written on guitar then reworked into synth parts. Sounds like you're sort of going for somewhere in between their demo and studio versions.

Not using effects suits you, using effects suits others. I find it a little strange people find it strange that some bassists use fxs...

The amazing Dub War: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flmfN2pwU20[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmWuS8yUNeo[/media]

The band is punk-ish. When I'm on my own I'll generally noodle away. If I'm bored I'll play along to TOOL, Rage Against the Machine, Fugazi, Iron Maiden, REM, Nick Cave or whatever else happens to be played when iTunes is on shuffle.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1327321229' post='1509184'] Lots of beautiful places in Wales but there's nothing I would say was a musical "must-see", historically or otherwise. [/quote] How about the knackered closed up Legendary TJs in Newport! Where Kurt proposed to Cortney... once he'd paid the £5 to get in.. Oh and the Cherub on Newport bridge, as featured on the Stone Roses' Second Coming album cover!

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1327327597' post='1509324'] Eureka! I rang WD Music and they also have the on-on version in black and in stock. Link below for anyone who wants to bookmark it for future ref: [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/MINI_SWITCH_ON|ON_BLACK_WDE9B"]http://www.wdmusic.c...|ON_BLACK_WDE9B[/url] Thanks for your help [/quote] Ha, I didn't click to see the second page of switches...

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1327326428' post='1509302'] Thanks bartelby. The ebay and Allparts switches have flat/rectangular section toggles, I'd prefer a slim round toggle (like the Stewmac pic) to match what it's replacing. The WD one is close but the only black one they do is three way on-off-on - I'm after a two-way on-on. No pic on the Luthiers Supplies page so I'll give them a call and investigate further. Cheers [/quote] [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1327326946' post='1509311'] Just called Luthiers Supplies, they have no stock of the black DPDT micro switch and none on order. Apparently source them from Japan and delivery takes several months! So still looking ... [/quote] I thought it was a bit too easy!

There's these: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-ON-OFF-ON-DPDT-MINI-SWITCH-GUITAR-BASS-/230657272036?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35b43ea8e4"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item35b43ea8e4[/url] bit expensive though.. [url="http://www.luthierssupplies.co.uk/"]http://www.luthierssupplies.co.uk/[/url] has them in black chrome Look under Pickup selector switches then micro switches for coil switching or these: [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/MINI_SWITCH_ON%7COFF%7CON_BLACK_WDE10B"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/MINI_SWITCH_ON%7COFF%7CON_BLACK_WDE10B[/url] or here: [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/electronics/switches/mini-switch-dpdt-on-on-2-p-4055.html"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/electronics/switches/mini-switch-dpdt-on-on-2-p-4055.html[/url].

Have a look at DHA (Dave Hall Amps) stuff.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1327061454' post='1505832'] Great stuff! Love the Gus too! [/quote] Never been too keen on Gus before, but they do look good when actually being used!

[quote name='phil.i.stein' timestamp='1327060661' post='1505812'] is there a difference ? [/quote] There is, but it's becomming less and less each day...

[quote name='phil.i.stein' timestamp='1327059403' post='1505768'] although as Skank once pointed out to me, they are massive backers of New Labour.. Building Societies are possibly a better bet ? [/quote] Arse! But then, it'd be worse if they backed the Tories..

[quote name='phil.i.stein' timestamp='1327015484' post='1505411'] spot on. we would all have to cancel our bank accounts, stop paying tax, stop shopping in supermarkets, and basically live in the woods and hunt our own food if we want to be ethical. where do we start ? [/quote] I'm shifting my bank account to the Co-Op, mainly because it's as ethical as a bank can be. So that's a start.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1327055906' post='1505660'] If you're lucky, you could probably find an OK one for under £1000, from what I've seen on here anyway, worst case £1500 I reckon. Probably about a 1/3 of the cost of that anniversary one... Eude [/quote] Yeah, that's what I thought... I had a mid 80s Warwick, for a short time, in the early 90s. Didn't really get on with it, sold it on dirt cheap. But since refurbing my '95 Corvette I've fallen for Warwicks...

Having a bit of a Bristol BC members morning: First up Caricatures will be followed by ANTA

That Warwick Anniversary Streamer is really nice! A bit out of my price range though... As a matter of interest how much would a Streamer from the 80s be worth these days?

[quote name='aldude' timestamp='1326975288' post='1504492'] Ah... but does it do drop-D? Still waiting for the software for the daddy Polytune pedal... [/quote] Have they still not released the update to the general public yet? The public beta was available in November, you just had to email them for the download.

I've not really noticed a hum when soloing either pickup on mine. But I'm used to noisy basses so they might do.

Looks like this will be my next bass related purchase. Cheers for the review.

[quote name='soldersqueeze' timestamp='1326804608' post='1502092'] Anyone else here taken the plunge on this? [/quote] Not yet. Need to raise funds first.