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i was going to apply, but then thought its an ad put on by the gov to weed out all the radical musicians and then slowly one by one bump us off until there is non of us left to tell the world whats really going on, so thought best to hold off till the gov start bumping off those on the list so i would be the only one left, i could then start of a whole new movement against the gov with only me in it so no one to tell me what to think or do, i will then be the ultimate master of my own world. or ... i could just join a covers band and earn a few bob, but then haha keep what i earn and not pay tax to them, yea...that will teach them, now that's radical 🙂 anyone want to join a radical band and not pay tax ? hold on.......... that will be everyone then 🙂

haha yep it can do that by the fist full, you can get as you know quite extreme with it. i do like that sharp quick gate punch you get at the beginning of the note, it really "pops" the notes out so much more that other compressors i have tried and works really well on bass. sounds good recorded as well. its one of the main reasons i got it as i tried 'i.clarke's' one, who is on here and lives just down the road and then spent about 6 months looking for one. that sound pulled back abit so not so extreme is also a killer sound for that "poppy" mark king slap thump,

MMMMMMMMMMM... AMEK i have used mine for bass quite alot, i have the 9098 pre eq and if you want to get finite with your bass sound then this is the elephants clackerbag. love that.

nice collection of bass toys 🙂 which one or ones do you use most for recording ? what into what ? and why ? cheers

seen the SWR marcus knocking about, did always wonder about that, if the extra cash was worth it, can you give us a bit of a run down on the difference between the two please ?

tried changing the valve ?

itu and to lefty. cool i love all things swr, got more than my fair share of swr gear, would love a swr valve pre for the studio i have been using a redhead so something like this would be great. can you tell us abit about them ?

Thought id open this up as im interested in all things bass rack pre's, interesting to see whats out there and must be interesting for others thinking about getting one. if you have one please tell us a bit about it. Iv been using this of late for recording for a certain sounds and also in an 80s tribute band, which its perfect for, Its a 1980s Nomad Bassman, there was a guitar version as well called the Axman, but the bassman is far rarer and does not pop up very often., made in the UK it was quite expensive when it came out. Its got a few tricks up its sleeve some good some not so good iv just cut and pasted this to save me typing it all out... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " its got Pre-EQ. Compressor with Ratio control, Attack, Release and Gate buttons. Octave divider to add sub bass. EQ with LF and HF controls with a filter button. Crossover control, It has a low pass output on the back. Chorus, with delay control and Flanger buttons Back Panel has Sub out, Right out, Left Mono out. Insert socket, foot switch sockets for Chorus and Octave. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In use the compressor is very good if your after that fat "click" at the beginning of your notes then you can dial that in easy. i found the compressor better than the boss compressor and 1 or two others i have tried, so when recording you can get your bass lines to really "POP" out, great when playing tight parts with the bass drum, or if wanted to cool down transient peaks it does not suck on your tone too much just sort of squashes your harder hitting notes good for leveling out slap lines and bringing lower notes up a bit. the octave is soso, but at least it does not glitch like my boss one does as the notes die, chorus is good, i use that in the 80s band when doing "im still standing by elton john" and is good at getting that Dee Murray sound. The sub out on the rear i found to be very handy as when im recording i can send out 2 chans crossed over one sub bass and one bass its very good when you want to dial in as much sub as you want and mixing the two sounds together which is not the same as doing it with the EQ on one normal bass track, but also you can add fx on to one of the crossed over signals say a sub wah on the low, say from the dod fx25b envelope filter which is one of the only things that wah sub frequency's, a fantastic little pedal that. so loads of options when splitting the sound. so yea i like this. cant find a manual for it anywhere on the planet, Anyone got one ? also looking for another one so i dont have to keep taking it from the studio to my gig bag I did also have my eye on a SWR pre a short time ago but someone beat me to it, anyone got one ?

aaahhh shame yea loads of great tunes to play not your normal yawny blues, 🙂

my mate is looking for a bass player for a blues band, it has been going 20years+ Releasing tracks and albums out, just starting a new cd, so someone with ideas welcome and welcome to bring your flavor to the the table If someone wants to get actively involved and help push the bus thats also welcome. based in st helens they do covers and originals. but the covers are not your normal pub blues band stuff. loads of kick ass tunes going on Any one interested drop me a PM for a contact number. here they are

my mate is looking for a bass player for a blues band been going 20years+ based in st helens do covers and originals. but the covers are not your normal pub blues band stuff. im just about to put an ad in the bass players wanted section, here they are

Ahhh i like spoons, i can go my local and get a pint of my fave beer for £1.70 ! i dont drink it cus its cheap, i drink it cus i like it and i drank it before spoons, so for me its a win win, so i get my fave beer for £1.70, AND Bonus ... if you get there abit later and get a window seat, you can watch the Gypsies kick the $hi! out of each other in the car park all while you savor a flaggen of your favorite grog ! I swear, its the best entertainment you can get on the planet for £1.70 whats there not to like, Thanks Tim 🙂 My Hate is G&L i love their basses and have 4 of them, but as a maker of "professional Instruments for professionals" their back up service is anything but " Professional" if you clame to have a Professional company that make "professional Instruments for professionals" and the back up service is just $hi! then its not a professional company at all, its just a professional company until its got your cash, then you can sod off, we will get back to you and reply when we can be arsed, no matter how many emails you send !

good shout, it is indeed so cheap now days to get good results from stupidly cheap gear and even free software like reaper with free plugins. also the second hand market is just littered with interfaces, as people are always upgrading, so don't be afraid of using older gear, ( newer gear is NOT always better) im still using stuff over 20 years old ( some of it is over 40 years old) with very good results, so ignor all the gear snobs, just get something that gets you going. best bit of advice i can give is...... what ever you use to put your daw on, via laptop or pc, just use it for music production, no internet or anything else and switch everything else off on it you don't need, so you have not got loads of unnecessary processes going on in the background that will suck on your process and ram power.

yea i agree, i also had to get my priorities right, so.... there use to be a thing called a cooker where my cds now are 🤪

i could never understand why musicians get rid of their CDS ! i have a wall of jazzfunk jazz latin and related 0f about 700. and to me each one of them not only represent a memory, but for me who is a writing musician releasing tracks they also represent, formats, ideas, colors, textures, what instrument sounds good with others, whats dark, whats happy how to create tension, when dropping stuff out of a mix whats gluing stuff together, bass tones, and that's even before i start on FX, reverb types, mix styles bla bla bla. i think each one has something special to offer. so to me they are like a very useful library of tools and the thought of getting rid of them just to buy them again in another format seems stupid, so i keep them, some very very hard to get ones as well, yea... i like CDs 🙂 so if you getting rid of anything funkjazz related, im ya man. its the graveyard where all funky cds end up, but get to live again 🙂

and just to prove the point, i got this today from "Muhammad Kashif" this was in answer to somthing i have for sale to shift incase anyone needed them cheap for £20 ! so if you ever get something like this or from him.. DONT click the link.. ".....Hi , are you interested in trade + money diff from me? This is my item : http:/facebook-marketplace ( number removed by me) .pe...... "

yep been there also, you would not believe some of the stories i can tell of .... timewasters, scammers, people taking the pi$$, buyers that dont live in the uk, people asking stupid questions, people that have not read the description, people asking will i deliver half the country away people that do not turn up even though you waited in for them people asking 10 questions for days then "its ok iv found another one" people sending you dodgy links people asking you to swap for this, then sending you a dodgy link people asking for your address and contact number then radio silence. people offering a courier to collect with cash. people whos mum really want it but he is working off shore on an oil rig peoples buying for a son or daughter cus its their birthday they can pay but are out the country. people then when you click their profile have pics surrounded by palm trees, and live abroard people that are a pastor and want you to send to a friend yep facebook is rife with scammers, you have to be cautious. and can be a real pain in the crack. on saying all that, once you can navigate the minefield, i have met loads of really nice buyers and sellers. and the best bit.... no Ebay fees ! .... but at the cost of all the sh!t you have to put up with. my rule number 1,.... if it has to be sent....i dont except paypall, only bank transfer for obvious reasons. and if collecting its cash ONLY !

i thought it was ace 🙂 what a machine, don't think of it as a bass, its not a bass even though it can do bass as well, its just new idea. you could call it a Batar 🙂 and if it opens doors for people then great, go for it.