Stompbox

Well Hello !! Just thought I would share my experience with you- it may be of interest, or help -or may kick off a debate, I play an NS WAV4 that I've had for about 18 months now, and it is strung with the manufacturers NS flatwound steels It has an integral piezo pickup built in with no preamp, just a passive volume & tone control, and a toggle switch to give two pre-set emphasised sounds - One for Arco & the other for Pizz playing. I tried it straight in to my "Electric Bass Guitar" setup - an Ashdown Mag400 with its own 2 x 10" Speakers & horn, plus a 15" Ashdown extension cabinet fitted with a Fane Sovereign 425 watt speaker chassis . That was sort of OK, but not the sound I had in my head - so I tried using my trusty Sansamp Bass Driver box. Now this is a great bit of kit as far as bass guitars go - I 've had it from new for some years & it [i]always[/i] gives a great "improved" sound to my ears. Well I played about with the settings on the Sansamp on and off and kept thinking "Hey - that's better", but it wasn't really what I was after - or what I felt should be coming out of the speakers. What I've wound up with is simply a Boss Compressor/Sustainer CS-3 set slightly in the "limit" mode to keep the output of the louder bottom three strings down & a Boss Bass Graphic Equaliser GEB-7 pedal set to give the G a chance to shine a little, to cut the bottom E a little, and to give a bit of overall boost. I'm pretty happy with it, and the setup does transfer to other amps & speaker combinations, so it's not just for the Ashdown. It's also nice & portable, so it will go in the WAV4's gig bag. Does anyone else have a WAV4 & what do you use? Stompbox.

Hi - bought a Boss Compressor off Steve - good communications, item arrived well packed & in great condition. One of the good guys. Thanks Steve, Stompbox

Well I give up - I've been waiting for over a year now & there were only a few names in front of me - I've ordered & paid for a copy of the book - that will probably guarantee it appears now !!!! LOL. Take me off the list thanks, Regards, Stompbox.

Thanks for all the advice guys, I've tried the "Open in New Tab" - that does it - and yes, I get the "Googleads" thing if i hover over the back button - not going to reformat my PC though to sort it - LOL. Cheers, Stompbox

Good evening, Since the site has changed, I constantly have a problem getting back out of say looking at a particular item for sale to the general "for sale" listings. I used to use one click of the mouse on the "back" arrow - but now it takes tow or three (or more) and then you go back two or three pages or to the "Hom" section. I'm probably doing it incorrectly - but how ARE you supposed to navigate around please?

Did a magazine swap with Neil - he kept in touch/good communications. He's a top bloke, Geoff

Following my "Outrageous Magazine Prices" post in the general discussion zone of this site here are two sets of three magazines on offer. First is two Guitarist July 2011 & Feb 2011& one Guitar & Bass July 2010. Next is Guitar & Bass for April, June & July 2011. They may be out of date but the interviews & equipment reviews are still all relevant & readable. How about I post a set of three mags to you & you send me three mags - bass, acoustic, classic cars - whatever. Will only cost a pound or two postage & we each may get some interesting reads from stuff we wouldn't normally have bought. Cheers, Stompbox. -

Well I could develop this into a rant, but I'll try to keep calm! I thought I would treat myself to a Guitar or Bass magazine the other day and went for a mooch on the magazine racks - I picked up one that was a "Special Issue" from one of the big publishers and related specially to Gibson guitars....... "Hey - this looks good" I thought. Took it to the counter "Seven Pounds 99p please" said the guy on the till. Er - well NO...... EIGHT QUID - I Think not. So it's interesting to see the iBass magazine concept. The thing is, I still like to have a physical magazine to hold & flip the pages on though, but hey at £5 and £4 for most mags then it's a toss up between a magazine or strings/batteries/plecs etc. How about us developing a "MagSwap" on this site? For starters I've got a load of old(er) Guuitarist, Guitar Buyer and Guitar & Bass mags I can put up for swaps. The deal could be "I'll send you mine if you'll send me yours".... - yes I know, it's not for this section of the site, but I might put some on the Recycle Your Stuff section & see if there is any interest. The thing I find especially annoying is the price of "Blokes" magazines - be it Guitar, Motorcycles, Model Making, Fishing etc. compared with the price of (many) magazines for women. Is it more expensive to publish mags for us guys, or is it simply that women are more sensible & won't pay the crazy prices? Grr....

Sold my Yamaha bass to Peter - he paid promptly, & he has kept up good communications throughout the transaction, Top bloke , thanks,

Well then I'm next on the list after you Jacqueslemac- I've looked back & its almost a year since "signing up" to this .....