higgins666

Lo all!

My band Blue Origin have just put up a new video, for our new single Godless, now, it's not the "best" bass playing in the world, as far as technicality goes, buuuut, I dig it, & it works for the song, & that's what's important!

I'd like to know what you guys think, about the performance, quality of the video, music, arrangement, anything really, any & all comments are welcome!

Enjoy!

[media]http://youtu.be/MVc0E3epfr8[/media]

Some photos with my current favourite bass... plenty of pointy!!

Well, I need some money with Christmas coming up, sooooooo, my trusty Hartke LH500 is going on the chopping block...

500 watts, valve pre-amp, sounds wicked, plenty of power, takes pedals & active basses really well, & generally just sounds awesome, used by various bass players, from Dave Ellefstone to Victor Wooten, now THAT's flexibility!!

There are a few scratches on the top, from foolish sound guys & the like, but they're only cosmetic.
It's sat atop the Peavey in this photo, I'll get some proper photos when I'm next at practice.
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I'm looking for about £250 for it, but I can barter, I'm based in Stoke-on-Trent, collection would be preferable, but I'll happily ship it for whatever it costs to ship it.

[quote name='H the Bass' post='1371094' date='Sep 12 2011, 09:12 PM']i'll get a quote if you like might be best to take the valves out wrap em up safely and pop em safely inside let you know tomorrow.[/quote]

That'd be awesome if you could!

All I'll need next is a 4x15 cab

I'm really tempted with this, just wondering, would it be possible to get a courier to deliver it to around the Stoke area if I pay for it?

... this amp is going to plague me for the rest of my life if I have any luck getting cash together after moving I'll be able to hit you up on this.

This is my current board with my hard rock band, using it with a couple of active thunderbird style basses & an active jazz.

Just picked up the Shoe Gazer yesterday & tried it out at a gig last night, so far I'm LOVING it!!

Should be moving around the board abit & generally improving it, with room for my wah & chorus (aswell as a better power supply & octaver)

[quote name='bartelby' post='1335154' date='Aug 10 2011, 03:14 PM']The cloth, with pedals still attached, came out of mine last week when I tried to remove one pedal.[/quote]

I've been having the exact same problem with mine. On a happier note, hopefully should have a new Devi Ever pedal soon

How about a Demonator, or Spire? But maybe they're abit too pointy?

Demonator:




We're recording our next CD next week, & I'm popping into see the guys at Dean UK while I'm down in London, so if I get to try one of the new Entwistle basses, I'll let you know how they play & feel.

I'm pretty happy with the Behringer that I'm using, but I'd quite like to take Tone Hammer out for a spin...

Gibson Thunderbird
Gibson Ripper
Gibson Grabber
Gibson RD
Rickenbacker 4003
Mosrite Ventures
Dean Demonator

All of these are cool as hell

I love me some pointy basses!!

We're a UK based hard rock band, taking influence from bands ranging from Muddy Waters, to Pantera, whilst stopping off at Shinedown, Led Zep, & Pink Floyd along the way.

Having gigged up & down the country for the past year, we've shared the stage with unsigned acts such as Sworn to Oath, Fury UK & Heaven's Basement, aswell as Ska legends Bad Manners.

[url="http://www.blue-origin.co.uk"]www.blue-origin.co.uk[/url]
[url="http://www.myspace.com/blueorigin"]www.myspace.com/blueorigin[/url]
[url="http://www.facebook.com/blueorigin"]www.facebook.com/blueorigin[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/blueoriginuk"]www.youtube.com/blueoriginuk[/url]

Propper Video: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZWx-HGzmas"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZWx-HGzmas[/url]

Live Footage: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMe2Gt6Amo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMe2Gt6Amo[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waiUcyWp68Q"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waiUcyWp68Q[/url]

FULLY EDITED LIVE VIDEOS NEW!!:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQGBxzYK5Ks&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQGBxzYK5Ks...eature=youtu.be[/url]

Various Live Pron











Hopefully all of the photos work, or atleast most of them.
I'll try to keep this updates with as much pron as I can.

Enjoy!!

Done!

[quote name='dood' post='1209168' date='Apr 23 2011, 01:54 PM']Well, unless I'm mistaken - certainly for the BDDI , it's 'speaker simulation' has a massive scoop in the mids and is likely to make things worse for you. I am making an assumption based on the fact that I haven't tried the Leads or Oxford models that they may do the same.[/quote]

Yeah, I did used to use a BDDI, it sounded ok, but I didn't like the mid scoop, even when I only blended in a little of it's drive, I'm finding the character pedals more tempting though, as they have mid controls & I think you can turn the speaker sim off... although I havn't been able to try one.

Thanks for the replies, I'm thinking that next practice I'll have a fiddle about with cutting more bass/treble etc.

Prime_bass... They normally vary between 2 & 3, as for strings, I'm using Dean Markley NickleSteel Rounds, but I'm thinking I'll try the Blue Steels next time I re-string. Cab wise I've got a Marshall VBC 412, that sounds middier than alot of other cabs I've tried out, & it helps to bring out the overdrive I use (Ashdown Hyperdrive, but it only seems to boost the mids when I turn it on).

I've thought about getting a pedal based preamp & running that into my FX-Loop aswell, has anyone tried the Tech 21 Leeds/Oxford? (I'm not much for the Ampeg voicing, so that puts me off the VT Bass abit)

Hi all, I'm just wondering, is there a way to get more mids out of a Hartke LH500? Atm I'm running the EQ like this: Bass: 2/3 Mids: 10 Treble 2/3. It sounds pretty flat/abit scooped to my ears, one idea I've had is getting an EQ pedal, & running that into the FX loop, or maybe just getting a differently voice preamp.

I play in a hard rock band, with active T-bird/Jazz style basses, generally I like the sound of Marshall/Hiwatt/Orange valve amp, buuuuut, I really don't have the budget for one of those

Any suggestions/advice would be really REALLY helpful. Thank you!

[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1206656' date='Apr 21 2011, 01:47 AM']You're famous Higgins! And it wasn't the band, it was eBay. Who'd have thunk it? [/quote]

Hahahaha, yeah man, tbh I was half expecting to come on here or Talkbass & find something then I bumped into Paul (ex-Soma bloke, he's not in Black Road Home) earlier today & he told me it had popped up here!

[quote name='Doddy' post='1206655' date='Apr 21 2011, 01:43 AM']Ah right....are you the guy that uses a chain for a strap? Or was that the old bass player?[/quote]

Nah, that was the old bass player, I'm the rather more hairy "newer" bass player, tbh I don't think I could hack using a strap made from a chain because of all the running around & stuff I do during our set.

Hahaha, how did I know this'd end up on here?

Ahhhhh, it's all for a good cause, & I did actually laugh when I saw it aswell

Personally I like it, alot

I'd suggest you try out some of Blackstar's pedals, I think they're damn awesome.

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Ok, so I'm pretty happy with my current set up, pedal-wise, I'm currently running the following, in this order: Korg Pitchblack -> Ashdown Hyperdrive -> Digitech Synth Wah -> DOD FX52 Fuzz -> Aria Chorus -> Nobels Analogue Phaser -> Digitech Digidelay

Now, I also want to add a Tremolo & an Octave to my board, for the Octave I'm thinking a Boss OC-2 & for the Tremolo I'm looking at a Danelectro Cool Cat Tremolo. Has anyone had experience with the Danelectro?

Also, I'm thinking of replacing the Synth Wah with something abit.... better, I'm planning to spend less than £100 on each pedal, so any suggestions would be welcome. I play in a "Progressive, Atmospheric Rock Band", as my guitarist put it.

Well, when I'm on stage, I have a perticular pair of jeans, t-shirt & bandana that i wear, that's about it really.