Merton

Soopoib. I think I'll try it and just keep the volume firmly on zilch. If it goes bang (which by all accounts here shouldn't happen!) then I have plenty of back-up amps for the time it takes to fix it

So, aside from the Vester J copy which was my first bass, all my basses and amps were born in Colchester or the surrounding area. Hurrah for Essex! Retroactive J - the newest and sexiest addition to the family [attachment=18:DSC00247.JPG] [attachment=23:headstock.JPG] Groove 5 [attachment=19:groove5.jpg] Groove 4 fretless [attachment=20:fretless.jpg] TE amps - a V-Type Combo, AH300-12 head, 2103H cab (and a Retroactive coz it's so nice!) [attachment=21:DSC00250.JPG] All the basses covered (ahem) [attachment=22:basses.JPG]

Aye, I see whatcha mean. I think the sound I have in my head for one song is very much one with no speakers colouring the pre-amp sound, if you see what I mean, and I think the TE head will do it perfectly. I'm referencing lots of my favourite bass sounds on albums at the mo and trying to find out how the bass was recorded, one has the perfect sound for me and it was a DI'd 12-band TE preamp!! I can give it a whirl and see where we get to. I may well try the Ampeg SVX software too coz I have heard such good things about it. Cheers :-)

Indeed it does, just worried about frying the power amp if I don't connect a (speaker) load to it. According to Rich and DaN it should be OK if I keep the volume firmly planted on zero :-)

Me at the Clapham Grand earlier this year: [attachment=14:Clapham_Grand_7.JPG] Me with someone considerably more attractive in Serbia last year. The girl isn't too bad either: [attachment=15:DSC00214.JPG]

Merton - someone with not enough money and not enough talent but that doesn't stop me using up both Just got a nice shiney black Status Retroactive J, it's the dog's dangly bits. So, I play Status basses thru TE amplificators in a function band and an original pop/rock band and everyone wishes I didn't. [attachment=13:DSC00250.JPG]

Here's the thing - can I DI my Trace bass head in the studio, using it as a preamp basically, but not plug any speakers in to load the power amp? Will everything go bang? Got some recording coming up next week and I'm gonna have fun experimenting - gonna be mic'ing up the V-Type combo but for one song I think the 12-band preamp would sound sweet. I know I could just take a cab and not mic it, but there are a few reasons why I'm against this: 1. means carrying 3 basses, a combo, a cab and an amp head about half a mile from carpark to studio 2. the studio is only a little one in a residential area so the minimum noise I create the better (but for the combo it's OK!!) 3. while I love my TE cabs for live work, I think they lack "something" for recording the sound I hear in my head Anyhoo, stooooopid question now asked, please feel free to laugh at me and throw me a dunce hat whilst pointing into the corner. (This is also on basstalk, just thought I'd put it here as well for a stoopid early question to be saved for posterity and to help other people )

Morning! Thanks again to everyone for all their hard work on this, it's all very very much appreciated :-)