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Just to let you guys know, I took the plunge and stumped up for a Joyo wireless set up. > [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WIRELESS-GUITAR-SYSTEM-DIGITAL-TRANSMITTER-RECEIVER-KIT-/230569604904?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35af04f728"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WIRELESS-GUITAR-SYST...=item35af04f728[/url] Only had a quick fiddle last night, instant thoughts are : Will be making a male/female extension lead to move the transmitter, as I am not sure how secure it will be hanging under the bass. charges via usb....not ideal, but will be testing the "claimed" battery life. Very easy to set up and "pair" the two units. Another benefit, you can pair the transmitter with more than one receiver, could make multi-amping easier! very little latency when tested lasted night, sitting on the practice amp, found it to be fine! Will be putting it though its paces on tuesday night with a full 4 hour rehearsal......... Stay tuned for more but initial thoughts are for £80.00, Im impressed!

WOW, looks a nice bit of kit, but new they are over £350.00 plus you then have to factor in the expression pedal. Have seen the red Whammy IV's for £150.00!

I cant find an XP-100 - boo-hoo, lol, but I will keep on searching! And I have an reason to get a whammy now, as not only are we playing schism, we are now going to play lateralus! Justifys the purchase in my mind!

Straight from the horses mouth : "[email protected] to me show details 3:20 PM (10 minutes ago) The BP80 and the BP200 Whammy function is very good and comparable to the stand-alone Whammy." Kinda sells it to me!

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='1072733' date='Dec 30 2010, 02:10 PM']Unfortunately , the are rather pricey as you've noticed. When these first came out, the wholesaler sent me a guitar version which I swiftly returned.(Don't know if I regret this or not). These came out around the same time as the Boss -ME8B and the Boss got more favourable feedback from the reviewrs at the time. I went with the Boss . I missed out on a Bass Whammy on flea bay (Swiss seller) . Outbid by £5.00 . Bidding finished while I was in bed.Oh, well. The way things are , these cost as much as a bass itself nowadays.Maybe if you've got a bass to part exchange or something, someone may have one. But then, is it worth it... [/quote] Its just a crazy amount of money, just for the one song (Schism) I may get to use it on other stuff, but its doubtful. Have been looking at this [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/45806-digitech-bp80-bass-modelling-processor.html"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/4580...-processor.html[/url]. It has the Oct up whammy function, but my only concern is its not as good as the "real" one? and £75 is too much to waste if its cack? Gas is bad mkay! I have mailed Digitech again, to ask how similar the two pedals would be, see what they say I suppose. There is A Bass Whammy on the bay in Japan right now $520 dollars BIN, so by the time you add shipping and get stung on import duty, thats a lot of beer tokens! BP

Seeing as the price for these used seems to be going up and up, I though I would fire Digitech an email to ask if they had any plans to re-introduce them...........................Their reply: [i][email protected] to me show details 5:16 PM (15 hours ago) Hi, There are no current plans to reissue the Bass Whammy.[/i] Oh bugger then, Anyone want a Kidney?

[attachment=67357:pedalboard.jpg] My latest set up. Managed to get an SBK pedalboard off the bay nice and cheap, and have started filling it with pedals. The little box behind the whammy is my DIY loop switcher, which brings in the Rat/Whammy/Delay, so I can roll my foot off the whammy treadle to come out of that loop straight into my "clean" tone, which is perfect when I play Schism. Still not 100% finished, I want some nice Neutrik connectors and some decent patch cables that I can make up in the correct lengths, and I also want to Change the Guyatone delay for a Boss unit, and add a Boss TU-3 Tuner, At the moment I am using a Behringer rack mount one, but I want to streamline my gear even further. Used it all last night recording some tracks, and I am happy, although when I Added that lot up I was shocked that there is nearly £600 pounds worth of "shiney" sitting there!

I bought a Boss Flanger - great transaction, I am happy punter - thanks

[quote name='silddx' post='1064805' date='Dec 20 2010, 05:06 PM']That's weird. It has never been an issue on either of mine. A cent here and there won't make any tangible difference anyway. Yes, they really are that good![/quote] mm, thats got me worried now, could my necks not be that stable? as if I tune back up from dropped to standard, the other three are really flat, like un-playable!

I use Std strings, and go between standard and dropped d, also tune to C and drop C with "normal" strings. One thing I have always thought of, is when I drop to D, I always have to re-tune the other 3 strings, I just assume that the change in tension by varying one string, causes the tension to change on the other three, so if I used a hipshot etc, I guess I would still need to re tune the other three, so in reality, are they that good? Never used one so I am just assuming.

[attachment=66397:Justin_c..._cropped.jpg] Again not a sig. model, but BOY does this give me GAS

Maybe its just been a long day at work, but I look at the bass and think......................[attachment=66045:47CherryNougat.jpg]

I have just zoomed in as best I can, it looks to me that some of the solder joints have 'Bled' and are so touching where perhaps they shouldnt. Hard to tell from the picture, but if you know any one handy with a soldering iron, first thing I'd do would be to 'clean up' all the solder joints on that board. Another thing that might be worth trying is to connect straight to the pick-up, so as to by-pass the EQ just to make sure its not a fault with the pup, although I doubt it is. Not that familiar with the chip on the board, but that could be the issue....Given the strange noises its putting out.

Dude, Can you take a good close up of the back of the board showing the solder joints -

[quote name='JeSuisSkeleton' post='1044026' date='Dec 1 2010, 04:55 PM']Tell me about it >_< It's exactly the same issue as before.[/quote] AH its beyond help - you want to get shot of that ASAP

Sold Tom a pedal, superfast payment, good contact - all good here