krispn

I played one of these elusive beasts the other day in a local shop and was really impressed by pretty much all aspects of the bass. The neck felt great (think it's a 60's profile Jazz 'C') the pick -ups (US Fender-made) were spot on. The eq had a wide range of tones available and didn't introduce a huge volume jump (that was noticeable at the volume I was playing). My only suggestion would be a stacked vol/vol and add a passive tone control but not everyone might feel thats necessary. All in all a great bass with classic tones which are only enhanced by the EQ. i initially thought that Fender got a bad rap for their EQ but this one was top notch to my ears. Which leads me to a question for Fender.... Why in all their wisdom don't Fender introduce a standard P/J to their line up - one in a jazz body shape, one in a P bass body shape. All their current 'new' basses come so close and if they can do a Jaguar in P/J then there is no excuse really, especially if their recent pawn shop series is anything to go by. Whats the most common mod that people would have made back i the day? Surely a P/J with a Badass or P with Jazz neck. The recent 70's P with maple neck and inlays (one they never actually made in the 70's was crying out for a jazz p/u. Oh well!

Hey guys! I've added a track - it was for a 'punk' band. They sent the guitar/drum track before we jammed and asked I send back a sample bass line so they could weed out those who couldn't be arse'd putting in any effort or couldn't play. I'm not sure I ticked either box but I thought I'd play busy - it was a punk gig after all The quality is poor but I hope you enjoy! [url="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fgroups%2Fbasschat&h=eAQCrmshaAQAAQHhTDArVjOiLdPW7i6aM3NJyf6Lt7ybGAA"]http://soundcloud.com/groups/basschat[/url] [color=#3B5998][u][url="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fgroups%2Fbasschat&h=eAQCrmshaAQAAQHhTDArVjOiLdPW7i6aM3NJyf6Lt7ybGAA"]http://soundcloud.com/[/url]krispn[/u][/color]

I'd be up for a central bb!

With the greatest respect it's nice to be in a position when your 5th? EBMM isn't up to scratch. Tongue firmly in cheek

Looking forward to reading more about this head.

PPB is great! Not got bags of control but what it does it does well. I think the musket fuzz has been recommendedas a versatile big muff alike but not got a clean blend. I may have some recently recorded bass and PPB audio coming back my way after a recent recording folly. If you're up near Edinburgh you're welcome to pop in for a cuppa and try it out. I got mine direct from USA within 3 wks or so. G

OK so having recently got a A/B pedal here's my 0.02p's worth Draw out a diagram with the loops you need. If you need both loops on at the same time I'm not sure the LS-2 is for you as I'll presume you can only have A or B or off at any one time. I have a an A/B with on/off switch and use it with a fuzz in loop A and a boost and overdrive (both on) in loop B so ... Loop off = clean signal (with tuner connected before the pedalboard) Loop A - boost and o/drive (sometimes I'll switch the individual drive on or off depending on the part by leaving the loop engaged and just stomping on the individual pedals Loop B is fuzz only. As you can see a simple set up and pretty easy to figure out but it prevents the need to tap dance switch two pedals off and another one on simutaneously! It looks like your running: bass>tuner>LS-2>loop1>VTBD>loop 2>amp so that you can run a either loop with the VTBD which would be placed in line after loop 1 but not both loops together with the VTBD. I may have confused that but Im bored on night shift and my brain is getting tired! Lehle have some good loop pedals that may suit your needs. Good luck

I currently have two capo's and spare leads in my gig bag and I've yet to use them.......the guitarists on the other hand Haven't had to start carrying drum sticks yet though. +1 for a torch (as I'm still waiting to be bitten by a radioactive rabbit), spare batteries, patch leads.

There's a guy here in Edinburgh wh does valve amp repair...I'll try and find his details but thats a long way away from you.

Bought a loop pedal. Well packaged, good comms and the pedal was as described. The price was fair too! I'd be happy to deal with Chris again and to recommend him to the wider BC community.

Sent pedal ahead before payment and good to his word paid up. I'd deal with this cat again

Deal done. Communications we up front, well informed and concise. I was never in the dark and that basses were as described and included the worksheets proving his claims Smooth and hassle free. I think we're equally happy with how things turned out - a rare thing these days - just ask the police and the rioters! Be confident with this guy! G

As well as debating the pro's and con's of conservative republicaniasm (small r - very touch in N.Ireland) I bought a W&C pedal which is a gritty delight. Nice guy and even sat through the beginning of a laod in but tht may have had more to do with the aversion to heavy goods Buy from this guy! Sell yo this guy! Discuss album with this guy! Compare wedding band set lists with this guy! I have a list but I'll stop

I've already got my coat and just about out the door!

Wren and Cuff do a range of muff derived fuzzes some specifically tweaked for bass and with blend knob to mix is a clean signal too - the Pickle Pie B is their take on the Way Huge swollen pickle/ EHX big muff. Sound demo's on the youtubes. Worth a look!