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I too have wondered why they dont seem to have been hit like other basses, there are some fantastic basses Musicman's etc going for prices almost within my reach! I am saving as I do want a Wal, I have played a MK I, and I was not that taken by it, but........I only had 5 mins with it, was not comfortable and did not even get a chance to tweak the settings etc. I want a MKII, in fact, I NEED one lol and one day I will have them, I did wonder if the fact that Paul is building them again, would the used market drop at all, but it has not been affected. I am a total Tone chaser, obssessed with Justins Chancellors Tone, I have been told its the player, not the gear, but there are a couple of guys on the tube, that use Wal's, and nail the sound! I also think they look utterly georgeous, I will probably get flamed but I dont think a P or J bass looks "special" as there are so many clones, Stingrays and sterlings looks special, and for the most part are recognisable. I also think the Wal has a pretty good list of pro/known players compared to other "boutique basses" from what I can see - maybe that is keeping the price high, along with the fact, they dont really seem to come up for sale that often!

There are only so many notes, It is very hard to come up with something that does not sound similar to something else. But I prefer to say - Its influenced by ......... LOL The lines that I have written are very influenced by Tool, but also with a little bit of The Cure and Led Zep etc etc, If you love a style of music, more so the way the bass is played I think it inevitable that its going to come out in what ever you are writing! I did the start of a song the other night, and our drummer actually said, "its like Lateralus part II" lol

I like! Lol

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Cheers man - the drums are a touch on the loud side - and it was our first time out with the new singer and drums - In love with that tone though especially from a bass that owes under £70!

Got to love the tone from my uber cheap tanglewood bass - perfect for this song!

I would be happy to start an excell spreadsheet if it can be hosted somewhere?

I have seen a few threads asking about power supplys and pedal consumption, would it be a good idea to have a sticky or a chart where we can see/add the power consumption of our stomp's?

[url="http://www.tech21nyc.com/support/manuals/sansamp/CharacSeries-OM.pdf"]http://www.tech21nyc.com/support/manuals/s...acSeries-OM.pdf[/url] Info is nicely hidden on Tech 21's site - but for both pedals, it recommends a minimum of 100mA per pedal and the TU-3 is 35mA. Your power supply is rated at 200 mA - so you are on the wrong side - will be safer to get a new PSU buddy!

Boss consumption = 25 mA Zoom = 300 mA so you are over the 300mA rating of the AC/DC adaptor, whilst probably 'safe' I would buy a new adaptor with more 'headroom' as when your pedal stock increases, you will be able to use it. the other thing to check is the tip polarity - make sure thats correct!

AC - alternating current - as in wall sockets DC - Direct current - think batteries. now 'most' pedals will need to be feed DC - lets just go with 9v (v=volts) your AC adaptor kicks out 9 volts, and can supply 300 milliamps. so as long as your LS2 and zoom, have a current consumption of less than 300 milliamps combined, you can then daisy from the power supply no probs! also check out [url="http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/index.php?main_page=down_for_maintenance"]http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/inde...for_maintenance[/url] they have lots of goodies, power supplys daisy chains etc! HTH BP

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1310182' date='Jul 20 2011, 12:08 PM']Haha! It certainly doesn't fit well with the rest of the album ([i]Wish[/i]). I love that album though. I think it was the first album I ever bought.[/quote] End and from the edge of the deep blue sea are my favourites from that album!

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1309184' date='Jul 19 2011, 02:24 PM']It sounded pretty good. For the drummer i thought that he did seem a bit slow on the choruses and maybe a bit behind the beat with the kick in places but other than that fine. Possibly just trying to conciously not speed up too much on the first gig with a new band. Also i thought the vocalist sounded ok. Can't really complain except he was possibly trying to impersonate the singer out of pearl jam a bit too much which i guess is probably just a matter of opinion.[/quote] They were both really nervous, but I did notice the chorus' seem'd to drag a little. Point taken re vocal style too! thanks for your comments! Its good to get an unbiased up-onion! BP

NIce cover, we have been jamming this one out too, its a fun number!

Bit of footage from saturdays gig.... not a bad effort, First time out with the new drummer and vocals! Was a good gig, If you like, I have more! thanks!

Mr Simon Gallup, I loved watching him wallow around playing, he just seemed to really enjoy what he did, and made some fantastic noises too! I just had to follow him! Started playing The Cure, Bauhaus etc, slowley moved into the grunge scene, I now love playing Tool, Nirvana,Mudhoney, soundgarden etc etc..... I just find that when I am playing my bass, all the daily crap I go through seems to vanish, its great! Its my "Special Place"

Just wondering that is all, as I need to be getting one soon. (Can't keep stealing the guitarists one) And I was wondering what the new one tracks like, especially the drop tuing side of things! TA BP!

From Saturdays gig, rock the new El cheapo bass, with snot strings - wicked! lol [attachment=85026:band.jpg]

I can buy that, my uber cheap tanglewood, through a bddi, absolutely nails Justin's tone when I play songs like the grudge. I did not want to believe the "tone is in the fingers not the bass" but I am slowly subscribing to it now. But could it not also be a fact that the Wal can do precision tone?

Bought my Beringer tuner - promt payment, nice communication etc, a credit to the site! Deal with confidence folks!