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I'm wondering if I should go with something like a line6 Pod GO. I could set up a basic preset for each bass along with the small number of effects that I will use. It looks relatively simple compared to something like the Helix and I don't have a problem tinkering with it to get the sound right. Plus I don't have to buy a bigger pedal board to potentially fit a sim pedal, overdrive and possibly something like a Boss LS-2 to blend clean and overdriven sounds. And if I have a bigger board then I will be tempted to add more unnecessary pedals.

Ah gotcha 🙂 I suppose that it's a double edged sword - I want a good sound out of the PA but if it sounds terrible through the IEMs then I won't enjoy the gig. I am more inclined to go with the fact that most of the audience won't know the difference between a precision and a Pickenbacker so a little overdrive in my sound wont be that noticable out front. I may be a one-off, most people want to get a sound that is great through the PA but I want to enjoy the gig as well so won't put up with a crap sound in my IEMs as long as it sounds decent through the PA.

The bass could be anything from a graphite neck maple jazz with EMGs with a 3 band preamp to a sire D5 with flats but I would have thought that a decent overdrive with volume and bass/treble controls would be able to be adjusted to suit. If that's not the case then maybe that's where I am going wrong in not choosing a pedal to suit the bass I am using. I use a TC polytune Mini tuner into a Boss OC-5, TC Thunderstorm Flanger and a Behringer BDI21 for distortion when using a plectrum but I can't get it to sound good fingerstyle. This then goes into my MXR M81 preamp. It then goes to the PA from there. I don't use a wireless as I don't see the point when my IEMs are wired. I hadn't thought about a cab sim before - maybe something to give the sound more of a colour than a full blown overdrive. what is an ss/bs? a google search gives me these options 🤔😂 With Boss type pedals I am fine as the name of them tells you exactly what they do most of the time but most boutique pedal manufacturers tend to use bizarre names that give no clue as to what you're getting. This can also be an issue when I am running through the classifieds as I will tend to ignore something if the name of it doesn't tell you what it is and the OP hasn't explained what it does. I'm off to look at cab sims 👍

I'm trying to work out if you're trying to be funny or not. 🤔 I am looking for an overdrive that will sound good to me when I am wearing my IEMs and wanted to know what overdrive pedals other IEM users were using

I'm really struggling to get an overdrive pedal that works with IEMs. I think it's because the sound through them is so clear that is the issue. I've only tried a few but I don't want to have to go and spend a fortune on them to get one that works. I just want mild overdrive but what I get is a ton of extra bass with it or a cheap, boxy sound. I know that 500 members could advise 500 different pedals to use if I still used backline but if I could get a list together of the ones that people are using specifically with IEMs then I could start looking more at these.

I use flats for a good number of years so when it came time to go back to rounds, after much research D'Addario were considered the smoothest rounds. I'd have to agree and i used them for a long time. They went up in price at one point so I decided to try Slinkies and I haven't looked back. They gave some extra grunt that the D'addarios were lacking. More upfront and growly. Briefly used pro steel but they were far too bright for me and NYXLs seemed to be lacking everything.

I've always been a huge fan of the single coil precisions and have owned 2 Japanese Fender '51 reissues, 2 Warmoth '54s and currently have a Sire D5. There's just something about them. If I had the money to buy this one I would gig it. If it breaks you can fix it. After all, how many people still have all of their original parts at 70 years old, never mind a musician's tool? 🤔😂

I haven't been bumping the BB1025X that I have for sale on here as if it doesn't sell by the time the Christmas holidays come, I plan to take it apart, clean it up and change all of the pots and jack and gig it every so often. I've owned a few Yamahas and they were all great basses. I'd still love to find a BB5000/BB5000a in original condition. I keep looking at the one at Bass Bros but the changed pickup puts me off

Are you talking about EBMM Musicman Sterling or Sterling by Musicman? I always remember Duracell being recommended by Musicman so that's what I always used but if they sit really tight in the compartment then it could explain why I had to change the battery box on my 2016 EBMM Sterling as the bass would completely cut out at times.

Im going to try to get some pics when I take it out tonight. I was going to use my RightOn strap but decided to go with a neoprene one instead

It looks even better in the flesh - under lights it sparkles lots of different colours

When I was watching Lockdown Licks with Guy Pratt back in 2020, I had this idea to put a truly outstanding bass together based on things that I love and things I really loved in a lot of Guy's basses. I decided that now was the time to get myself a Status neck, and I'm glad that I did, I don;t think anyone saw the end coming so soon for the production of Status necks. I've had 2 Warmoth basses in the past and they were exceptional in terms of quality and fit and finish so I decided to go with a chambered alder body Dinky jazz bass with a mahogany top with 70s pickup spacing and routed for a double battery box. After watching many Warmoth videos, I settled on Taos Turquoise but not gloss - the satin finish. The rest was easy - EMGs, BTS 2 band EQ, Fender Hi mass bridge and neck plate and the humungous Gotoh EB=P3 strap buttons with Fender rubber washers. Once the bass was put together I played it for a few years and loved it, except from about the middle of 2023 I had an unexpected issue - I had lost lot of weight, going from a mighty 19 stone down to 13 and a half and the bass no longer sat right. I tried other basses and they were all the same. Eventually, I got fed up one night and decided to resurrect my Harley Benton 75 thing with the heavy ash body - that was it, the extra weight made it balance properly. For some reason, after 30 years of playing, I couldn't play unless the headstock pointed upwards. Level was no good to me anymore, I needed the headstock to be higher than the body so I began designing Lockdown Bass #2. It had to be heavy so I decided to go with solid maple and specified somewhere between 6-7 pounds and omit the truss rod trench as the Status neck adjusts at the top and I didn't want to have a scratchplate. I tried many different finishes until my wife saw one of them and said - That's the One! I wanted to do something slightly different so have this time gone with EMG X series pickups and the BQC 3 band EQ but used the same bridge and neck plate. Anyone with a weak back or a fear of heavy basses might want to look away now as I weighed it once completed. The body they sent was 7.4 lbs and the whole bass, considering it has Hipshot Ultralites fitted weighs 13lbs! That's nearly a stone. Luckily I am in great shape and train three times a week so the combination of that and a really good neoprene strap should see me through many a wedding gig. Anyway, here it is in it's original form followed by the new and improved (and heavier) version in Holoflake:

I love the ASAT but never considered one due to the neck dive that something that shape will always have. Which reminds me that when someone was mentioning famous users - Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith's name popped into my head and sure enough, here it is:

Surely the first thing that Gibson would do would be to remove the upper horns from all of the guitars and basses that G&L make in order for the headstock to want to head to the floor as soon as you take your hand off the neck

Has anyone managed to track these down in the UK yet? I've seen a few sites in the US that have them but wanted to find out how much they'd be in the UK first. Although I haven't been using it recently, I kept a hold of my Cort headless to give me a chance to try them.

In the end I replaced the battery box with the Musicman one but changed the jack to a normal one using the wiring diagram below

I could post a link confirming this story but the answer will shock you! Watch till the end ! And so on, Click bait, etc 😄

I normally just mask off the fretboard and use 000 steel wool on the frets