ARGH

Today I bought a Glock* *..enklang...

Ive not bought or sold anything to/from Andy... But he's a top bloke....

What are you looking to learn? You ambitions as a player....??

I moaned,I thought I was on the scrapheap..... Oh woe to the ARGH... Then I found my lot below...I fitted nicely...Keep trying..it will come...you dont find diamonds by turning over just one sod of earth...

[quote name='ped' post='469867' date='Apr 22 2009, 06:53 PM'][size=1]Me?[/size][/quote] No,yer back would give out...Your ears would melt,and your fretless would die.... Its the Trevster....horrid innit.

[quote name='ped' post='469847' date='Apr 22 2009, 06:42 PM']I dread to think what my recordings would have sounded like if I didn't already have intimate knowledge of how to work and setup the pod to match my needs. Obviously the engineer wasn't setting it up to your tastes. Not really the pod's fault. Poor old pod. :0( ;0)[/quote] It recalls me..the likeness between two Metal guitards.... Trey Azagthoth (No it isnt his real name......thats George...) 6/7 string..Hamers,Gibbo's,Ibanez's,uber super heavy..Fast/slow...Death Metal..you name it..has all the bells and whistles,racks and Blackpool illuminati in his rig..the guys really good..VERY good....and his sound tears rendering from a wall.... Trey is always tinkering..and probably will never stop.... Compare this to Trevor Peres...Of Obituary.... Strat,Rat,50w Marshall,4x10......... Guess whos got the nastier tone.....Is the faster setup onstage,easiest to work with,and generally the nicer guy....

There's only one way to sort this out... FIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!

[quote name='ped' post='469836' date='Apr 22 2009, 06:33 PM']Hardly surprising. Line6 did themselves a real disservice by loading the pod with terrible over the top presets and you simply cannot expect to get the best out of it by trying one in a shop! Fair play, if you don't like 'em, cool. Maybe you would feel differently if you actually picked one up, tried it with an open mind and gave it a chance, but perhaps you are not that kind of player, which is also of course totally cool! ped[/quote] recording demo....not a shop tryout....

[quote name='ped' post='469831' date='Apr 22 2009, 06:29 PM']OK :0) I think the thing about 'everyone would use them' is flawed though - after all not everyone uses a valve head. Maybe they are too expensive? Maybe people don't like IEMs (I know many don't for a fact). Maybe not everyone likes fiddling and messing about (see my post above Alex). As you are comparing it to your amplifier then I can only say that as a preamp, mated to an appropriate power amp, then it is just another option you can choose in terms of powering a speaker. Some love Markbass, some love valves, some love separates - horses for courses. FWIW my valve sound was always super clean and hifi so I can't speak for a grindy valve sound (I feel most of that is due to the valve power section anyway) but as a clean signal producer I found it every bit as good as both the Trace V4 and the Mesa 400+. I always play with a super clean sound with barely any EQ and as a result my bass sounds pretty much the same through anything. It just so happened that the pod also did lots of other jobs, so I kept it, for a while. Having said that, for live use my pod was pretty much bypassed anyway, as is my Vbass. ped[/quote] NAIL---->HEAD Thats why I didnt like them...No dirt..didnt feel grimey...bit like a G/K rig....a note that moves nowt.

[quote name='andy67' post='469821' date='Apr 22 2009, 06:22 PM']hi ped, stupid bit of argumentation there by me! I know the pod doesn't shift air. however, I have never heard a pod stand up to valve amp ever. I mean, you know, you just simply cant redefine the laws of physics. A DSP, at this very point in time, unless someone finds the solution to infinitive sampling, will never faithfully nor truly recreate an analogue signal but it gives it a bloody good try! andy[/quote] I have....And I still think Digital rigs in Metal are unreliable,and dont sound half as good.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='467199' date='Apr 20 2009, 08:50 AM']Dare I say it, have you actually even picked up a POD? The case is metal, the recessed button array is plastic, the knobs/controls are just like the knobs on a regular amp. They are very robust bits of kit. P[/quote] Spill beer,have a fat lad leap on it....water,sweat..spit....Plastic arrays...sorry,mea culpa.I thought they were plastic.....I still dont see digital technology being able to cope on a metal gig,Ive had too many Line6 Amp/Cab bands die on a gig...and They dont sound as good...I dont think they can take a pounding like a traditional amp set up... I like the visual element...Yes I dont play 'Nice' music....Yes I know they are lightweight..and yeah,I use a sansamp if Im travelling far..But I still dont see the real thing as being eclipsed or replaced by a little box that pretends.* *Jaded by the fact Ive been connected up to one on a demo,and it sounded sh*te....Great for a studio in a bedroom,but not live...saying that whats the difference between Geddy Lee using a Rackmount Sansamp and in the ear system and Pods...nowt really...

ahhh..the birds in lycra years...its making a comeback fella!! AND BIG HAIR!!!

just get a heavy set of 5 strings and ditch the top string.

Yep... And fire back by asking "What era?"

Yes get a head..get a cab..... Pods..are not the way,if they were,the amp industry would have died..thay are made of plastic,plastic breaks onstage..dont do it.

[quote name='escholl' post='465421' date='Apr 17 2009, 07:33 PM']me too, if they were. they're not though, and the people that complain the loudest are the ones who are losing the least (usually nothing at all)! is it [i]really[/i] any wonder why so many artists start the own label and/or find another way to do it on their own?[/quote] You make anything,and sell it with your heart...theres ALWAYS some slime making a buck off your back.

I sometimes feel happy that labels are dying.......

[quote name='dj150888' post='465399' date='Apr 17 2009, 07:18 PM'].....do I detect a little sarcasm? I'm not trying to be "more underground than thou" .....but I bet I have a better vinyl collection than you [/quote] Yeah..well I have everything ever made on an acitate......Gatefold-Digi-ultra limited,diehard,never to be repressed Ever (unless finances flow through) ... ...WITH a free Tee-shirt (also limited edition...but can be bootlegged from the label in dire financial emergency,when the band dont know)...and a badge.

[quote name='dj150888' post='465379' date='Apr 17 2009, 07:04 PM']Real music has gone back to where it belongs, the underground. I very rarely go to a gig with more than 1000 people at it, in fact, an average crowd for a gig I attend is probably around 400 people. The current music scene is stronger than ever, you just need to work a little harder to find the real gems among the infinite amount of absolute sh*te out there[/quote] 400... You sell out....

[quote name='Jase' post='464610' date='Apr 17 2009, 12:46 AM']They're dangerous, they attract whales and unknown deep marine life.[/quote] Why do you think I live 80 miles inland??...let Hull deal with my tunings!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='463600' date='Apr 16 2009, 04:20 AM']Metal does itself no favours image-wise, with all the stupid songs about dragons and satan and pixies and hobbits or whatever. It's only ever going to appeal to people who read fantasy novels and attend sci-fi conventions.[/quote] Words spoken from someone that knows f***all about Metal there.

Im sorry to say,Seth Lakeman is coffee table folk...He looks good in a Polo neck all sweaty..and yeah He can belt a tune out..but its not dangerous....its summat for Radio 2 evenings and Sunday mornings. --------------------- Why muisc went sh*te..... Heres how it went....from what I can recall. Grunge killed the guitar solo...the guitar solo is coming back....because ,thank god,kids are not interested in Cobains death anymore. Producers are pushing musicians to be better again,Kids WANT to be good at playing....regardless of instrument..again FACT! Some make the effort,some dont,those that do get noticed,those that dont ..wont..simple as... Trends come,trends go.....

Dimarzio P P/U is probably the best passive for sound ever...beats the Seymour Duncans by miles.

[quote name='martthebass' post='462062' date='Apr 14 2009, 01:01 PM'] Have any of you guys got to the point where you think your bass gear is better than you are (or even worse - could be)? Don't get me wrong I love to play on a really nice bass but when you go to the odd jam night and someone plays the hell out of a £100 bass does it make you feel like leaving your £1000 baby in the gig bag and hacking about on the 'house bass'?[/quote] Nope,my gear is good...Im good..no worries.

[b]What [/b]made you the bassist you are today? The person I was tomorrow and before [b]Who [/b]do you think had the biggest influences on how you play now? Probably the Coverswork,and function/paid gigs,gave me the stamina and confidence.....Musically..It starts with Steve Harris..... [b]Where [/b]do you think you want to go from here? Im looking to maybe turn pro,finance and god permitting. [b]Why [/b]do you think you want to go there? Have you ever forfilled a dream? 3rd time lucky? [b]Do you believe[/b] you have a "personality" on the bass? Yes.....and it gets stronger the more I perform and play. [b]Specialist question:[/b] [i][b]What [/b]is it you love about that 1971 P-Bass?[/i] Sorry,its never going to be as good as my modded 96 Yankee P in Black.