BigBassBob

Bought a Whammy from Si this month. Great comms, quick delivery and incredibly well packaged

My vote is the 3Leaf Audio Octavbre with Tim-tuning.

I think it's a case of practice, confidence and having someone who can sing with you to help you along. I only used to sing to myself and occasionally at open mic nights but recently I've been singing harmonies in my new-ish prog rock band. I used to think I was terrible but it was a case of having the confidence to project my voice and accept that you might hit a bum note but you'll hit lots of good notes afterwards and those bum notes become fewer and further between. If I don't sing moderately regularly I lose my ability somewhat. Quitting the fags has helped miles though (with lung capacity and range).

I only use light compression live but I tend to use just enough to even out the dynamics ever so slightly... mostly to bring the quieter parts up to volume while allowing me to play sensitively (think "Don't Stop me Now" by Queen). I feel, for me, when the compression starts to become noticeable, it's usually set too strong.

Drummers and volume projection.

Really smart Higgie!

Mate, I think you MIGHT have just pasted the wrong url....

Curious to hear about how it is!

Very cool!

Hello... using that Gameboy Color as a sequencer by any chance?

Of course all of you guys are posting top quality stuff

[quote name='ordep' timestamp='1439917910' post='2846780'] gigged last weekend, took a shot of the board. nothing new btw . :-D [url="http://s222.photobucket.com/user/ordepresplandor/media/6155A107-BD74-49EF-8E22-F40E726BA4A0.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] I forgot to highlight this but I LOVE that board! If I ever got into more electronic-focused stuff I'd definitely get a Xero and a Hothand

Very cool, ProfFrink!

If you've got a courtesy IEC socket on your Voodoolab then you could run a socket off that and plug your charger into it. It's what I do for storing crib sheets on my phone: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/BigBassBob/2015-08-20%2015.58.48.jpg[/IMG]

A while back I mentioned I'd record a demo of the 3Leaf Octabvre. Here it is: https://youtu.be/zpcwUfq5-i4

Listen to his tone. Do you NEED to sound like him? Is there anything about his sound that jumps out at you? So long as your tone is good and serves the music then I wouldn't worry. If some songs they play have more grit than others then you might want to invest in an overdrive pedal or a preamp for those particular numbers.

I forgot to mention that I like to put my preamps near the end of the chain (if using them to sculpt the sound before going to an amp) or near the start of the chain if using it to sculpt the sound of a bass. I'd probably run the BBE and Hartke near the end of the chain.

Personally I would go down this route: [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]Receivers/input > Tuner > Octave > Fuzz > Envelope/Wah > Compression > Overdrive > Chorus > Delay/Reverb[/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]But... [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Experiment! Like others have said, mess around with the order, see what sounds you can get and what YOU like.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]If it works for you, then go with the flow, baby! [/font][/color]

The mute pad on my Rickenbacker is practically useless as it doesn't mute the strings evenly. You can kind of palm mute just past the bridge but it requires too much effort to do well.

http://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/3_leaf_Octabvre.html

www.bassdirect.co.uk is where I got mine from I'll record something next week with it. I've tried a few octave pedals but this is the first one I've enjoyed using. I tried the MXR BOD but I didn't like the tones I was getting. I couldn't get on with the IE Sub-T (not strictly octave but I thought the tracking on it was very questionable for something which was rated so highly on Talkbass.) Don't get me started on the OC3. I've not tried the Markbass so I cannot comment.

Very cool! Thank you for sharing

I second the Sonic Research Turbo Tuner. Best tuner I've ever owned; it tracks fast, it's true bypass and it's EXTREMELY accurate. Its biggest flaw is its display but they're releasing a new model this year I believe; the ST 300.

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