Earbrass

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I was wondering whether those of you with the Roland Bass micro cube RX could give an opinion on whether it would be loud enough to keep up with acoustic instruments (guitar / hand drums / accordion / vocals) for band practice sessions. If not, does anyone have an opinion as to what is the smallest, lightest amp that could?

Thanks!

For a couple of years recently we had Fred Friedlein, the original founder of Trace Elliot, as a next door neighbour out in the wilds of Suffolk. Nice guy. He runs a small PA company now (www.soundranger.com), and occasionally plays guitar in an Everly Brothers tribute band.

[quote name='ped' post='428712' date='Mar 8 2009, 05:19 PM']I never intended for anyone to like my music apart from me![/quote]

Great line for an epitaph.

[quote name='ARGH' post='425677' date='Mar 5 2009, 12:42 AM']Music is a sh*t business...[/quote]


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[quote name='liamcapleton' post='422169' date='Mar 1 2009, 04:06 AM']...it does get my wick a bit when people put forward something as fact when it is simply their own opinion.

..have written timeless songs...[/quote]

Would that be a fact, or your own opinion?

So... it looks as if we finally have a set of masters for our new album that everyone is happy with, so the next hurdle is getting some copies made. Anyone have any personal recommendations? We're probably looking at getting 500 or 1000 made, and we'll need the cases and the inserts printed up and so on.

Thanks.

E

[quote name='MananaMan' post='407199' date='Feb 12 2009, 12:47 AM']yeah, I used a Bass Juice for a few years. Good pedal, nice variety of sounds from it. Didn't know they got a beating from BC, can't really eplain why either, seems a perfectly good pedal, if a little pricey.

I seem to remember it was another pedal before being licenced (how do you spell that? I've never had to before, and its really puzzling me...) to T-Rex?[/quote]

It's "licensed", because it's the past participle of the verb. 's' for the verb, 'c' for the noun. Same as practise/practice and many others. If you ever get confused, think of advice and advise, which nobody gets wrong because unlike the others they sound different.

So, if you are licensed to kill, for example, you have a licence to kill. A licensing authority issues licences. Just as if you are advised then you receive advice, and an advising body issues advice.

HTH.

[quote name='beerdragon' post='405342' date='Feb 10 2009, 01:40 PM']Looks nice. here's another one a bit cheaper. Unless i'm wrong it works out at about £425 plus tax?

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Looks nice but:

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...so it's a long trip to the shop to pick it up.

They do look good...but since the price is over 75% of the cost of either of my basses, I don't think I can really justify it. ;-)

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Earbrass

Speaking as a confirmed luddite, I have to say putting batteries into guitars is just plain WRONG ;-).

Electronics evolve much more quickly than instrument design. If you bought or made a great passive bass today, in twenty years time you will have a great classic bass. If you bought or made a great active bass today, in twenty years time you will have a great classic bass with outdated electronics. Keep your electronics outside the bass, and you can change them whenever something better comes along with minimum fuss.

Just my 2p worth.

Peavey Milestone III

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For a while I had one of these and a Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass - decided there was nothing to choose between them in sound - except the Peavey was quieter for recording - and actually preferred the feel of the Peavey, so sold the Fender.

Thanks for the endorsements guys.
Clearly a pedal that someone's going to enjoy a lot....just not me

I'll give it a couple of weeks, then I'll put it on Ebay when I can get round to it.

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Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer

Hi all,

This pedal was recently given to the guitarist in my band, who passed it on to me. It's in excellent nick, with the box and manual. A lot of people seem to like them, though it does nothing for me.

£30 posted to the UK, or £25 collected (from SE London - I work in the City so could arrange to meet centrally if preferred).

You're welcome to come and try it out if you're in the area.

If anyone wants to see photos, let me know and I'll try taking some.

Regards,

Earbrass

FWIW, I have the Pandora PX4B (for bass) and it's superb as practice tool: tuner, fx, headphone amp, amp modelling, simple drum machine/metronome, basic sampling (record a groove then play over the top of it) and all in a teeny tiny package.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='384783' date='Jan 19 2009, 11:08 AM']You get no radio with the bad monkey in the chain. Does the bad monkey have to be on? Otherwise, there's your solution.[/quote]

Sadly...

Bass >> PD7 >> Bad Monkey >> Amp: radio

Thanks anyway

[quote name='escholl' post='382771' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:04 PM']Does it only happen with the pedal engaged, or does it happen in bypass mode too?[/quote]

Both, as I recall. I'll try it again tonight if I get a moment.

Cables and bass could both be an issue, but they're fine when the PD7 isn't in the chain. Cables are good quality though.

Thanks for all your thoughts anyway.

Regards

E

[quote name='Maxcat' post='315426' date='Oct 26 2008, 10:42 PM']pitch black every time. Accurate great display and a great choice of visuals .can't go wrong[/quote]
+1

Hi all,

Yesterday I took delivery of an Ibanez PD7 bass overdrive. Love the sound, just what I was after. But I may have a problem; playing through the PD7 and my practice amp and headphones late at night, it was very noticable that I was picking up foreign radio stations. A bit of experimentation revealed the following:


Bass >> PD7 >> Amp: radio
Bass >> Bad Monkey >> Amp: no radio
Bass >> Behringer Bass Driver >> Amp: no radio
Bass >> Amp: no radio
Bass >> PD7 >> Bad Monkey >> Amp: radio
<unplug bass> >> PD7 >> Amp: no radio
Bass >> PD7 >> Mixer >> Headphones: no radio

The combination of Bass / PD7 / Amp seems to be the one that causes the problem. My concern is that this could happen at a gig (I wouldn't be using the practice amp, but I may not have choice over what amp I use, and if it can happen with this amp, I suppose it could happen with another)

Questions for the panel:
Do I have a faulty pedal?
Are these pedals particularly prone to this problem for some reason?
Do I need to get my bass properly screened? If so, why do I only have an issue when using the PD7?
Does anyone else have a particular combination of gear that causes this?
What fixes it - if anything?

P.S. I also tried plugging in a guitar instead of my bass, with the same results

Thanks and regards,

E

Alternatively, have you considered....

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[b]Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer [/b]

Hi all,

This pedal was recently given to the guitarist in my band, who passed it on to me. It's in excellent nick, with the box and manual. A lot of people seem to like them, though it does nothing for me.

£30 posted to the UK, or £25 collected (from SE London - I work in the City so could arrange to meet centrally if preferred).

You're welcome to come and try it out if you're in the area.

If anyone wants to see photos, let me know and I'll try taking some.

Regards,

Earbrass

There's a video overview of this pedal at [url="http://www.bassplayer.tv/"]http://www.bassplayer.tv/[/url]

Select Basses & Gear from list in left hand pane, then select "Multi FX Pedals" from same place: you'll see a list of compared multi FX pedals, including the Boss ME-20B

Cheers,

E

[quote name='Stingray5' post='355229' date='Dec 15 2008, 06:01 PM']For myself, I used to get the bus or tube and go 'up West' to check out as many music and guitar stores as I could in one day.
Shaftesbury Avenue had the two-floor [i]Rose-Morris[/i] 'superstore'; [i]Guitar Village[/i] was opposite; down the street was [i]Take Five[/i] plus the dynamic duo of [i]Music City[/i] and [i]Sound City[/i] - not to mention their little brother [i]Drum City[/i] on Charing Cross Road where [i]Maccari's[/i] also still are today. Right around the corner on New Compton Street there was the small [i]Orange[/i] shop.
Denmark Street had [i]Andy's[/i], of course, plus [i]Roka's[/i] and later on [i]Rod Argent's Keyboards[/i] and [i]Hank's[/i]. (Can't remember a couple or so others here!?).[/quote]

Of course, when I was a lad it was all just fields. But try telling that to the young people of today....

Very good for sustain, apparently, but not as mellow a tone as Afghani black.

Visited the folks last weekend, and as usual took a bass over and had a session with my Dad (he plays the organ). Afterwards couldn't get "Getting Sentimental Over You" out of my head, so on Tuesday lunchtime popped out of the office in search of a Tommy Dorsey CD. Music shops round here are a bit crap, and I didn't find it. Instead came away with the new Bellowhead CD (Xmas prezzie for [s]myself[/s] my other half) and a Columbia Jazz profiles CD of Duke Ellington, which kicks off with a storming (1960?) version of "Take The 'A' Train" that I'd never heard before. So now I can't get that out of my head either. Rats.