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No I hadn't considered running the Rat in a different position? I guess it could be worth it - as you can probably tell, I'm new to playing around with effects so I just kinda added them into the chain as I got them (without much thought as to the potential impact regards their position). Certainly worth considering - I am having some fun with them. You should have seen our lead guitarist's face when we ended a song and my rig was feeding back as well, if not better, than his! Priceless!

Appreciate the responses guys, the link for sfxsound looks really good - thanks for that!

May be interested in the blender - how much is expensive?

Cheers for the response regarding the effects loop, so I'm currently running the following "chain":- Fender Sub Lime Fuzz - Dunlop Bass Wah - Rat Distortion pedal - MXR M288 Octave pedal - MXR M169 Carbon Copy delay pedal - Amp, I've not encountered any problems with putting the effects straight into the front of the amp (as yet) - just need some fine tuning with regards levels as sometimes it seems the RAT can get a bit lost in the mix? Do you think there's any benefit in using the effects loop - would it help with the RAT problem maybe? Holy cow, I had no idea effects were such a minefield - I was reading the show us your board thread last night, some serious stuff going on there, and I think I liked the sound of the blender you referred to, may have to investigate that further. Are there any "stock" blenders you've used/would recommend?

I had a bad experience a few years ago when I was using my amp's effects loop, the long & short of it was the power supply for the effects went squiffy mid performance, the sound quickly degraded into mush and I had a blind panic - not much fun in front of a rammed pub audience, I pulled out the leads in the effects loop and normal service was resumed. Anyway, I seem to have put that behind me now and had been gassing to give it a try again. I've been using a Fender Sub Lime fuzz pedal for some time now with no problems and have recently added a few things to my arsenal (well I've got to give the lead guitarist a run for his money), so up to now I've been using the fuzz pedal straight into the front of my amp - not using the effects loop - and that brings me to my point - what are the benefits of using the effects loop rather than plugging the lead from the output of the last pedal into the front of my amp? I know I should know better (at my age) and am sure someone here will enlighten me!? Also, what's with most other peeps using things like a "looper", forgive my ignorance but I'd like to know if I may be missing something. Thanks in anticipation! Pete.

Received my new cables from OBBM on Friday - had a request to dep on Friday so went straight to work! Can happily concur with regards great service, superb quality goods at a very reasonable price. Thanks for all the recommendations guys and especially a big thanks to Dave.

Cheers for all the replies, looks like I'll be pm'ing OBBM!

Hi Guys, I need to purchase a couple of new guitar leads and was wondering if there's anything out there I may be missing...I prefer to use right angle to right angle leads but can't seem to find anything of any decent quality? I've used Warwick cables in the past but the last couple I bought have only lasted about 18 months and have now started popping & causing a lot of extraneous noise. I had also used Planet Waves previously but seems they've stopped making what I want, so thought I'd ask if anyone has any other recommendations. Failing that I guess it'll be a trip to my local shop and ask them to make a couple up for me. Cheers.

Cheers guys, jobs now done and am [b]really[/b] enjoying playing this now

Hi All, hoping you can help me please? Just picked up a Roadworn Jazz and am really pleased with it, although having given the bass a good look over, feel it would benefit from a set up. I mentioned it to the retailer who didn't seem particularly interested!? Before setting to it I thought I'd ask the question as I've never had the need to tweak an early neck (with the adjustment at the body end of the bass). Looking at it I reckon I need to remove the scratchplate and adjust with a flat screwdriver (although the clearance to the body looks really tight) - my question is do I need any specialist tooling and are there any pitfalls to watch out for? I'm reasonably competent and usually set up all of my basses myself but thought it better to ask first! Thanks in anticipation - have checked wiki btw and searched the forum and couldn't find what I was looking for. Cheers, Pete