Lisa_Witch

Encore p-bass copy for me

[quote name='ARGH' post='88631' date='Nov 14 2007, 08:32 PM']Dear Lisa... Ive used Ibanez pedals,and they do get squeally at large venues....and Ive an ancient one from 84 My guess is you use it either full on or not at all,that is saying..kinda...TOTAL overdrive to get an 'Industrial' dirt sound. (think Treponem Pal,Marduk..that superfuzzy sound).. well Ive listend to the MYspace and you dont seem to use that sort of sound an awful lot except for cresendo's or just to add grunt in that 'bit' that needs it... To be frank I think a simple FX like you have,as others have,pointed out will be just a bit to much in a venue,trying to stop it going into the Squeal territory ,just finding that sweetspot venue to venue,is to time consuming,what I 'think' you need is a decent amount of grind straight out of the amp. Best thing I can recommend Is the Tech21 SansAmp Bassdriver DI for Metal/Rock, Its built for metal,built from Metal,and is an industry standard in both recording and stage use..... and it comes as a footswitchable unit..has a lineout direct to the board..and a seperate clean signal to the board if you wish,as well as the standard output to the amp.....and its easy as pi55..to use. I have not used Orange amps,except old ones,and found them quite clean,and disliked FX,my mate used a Biamping system and just used his for lows (and a Peavey for highs),the SansAmp might be what you need,its tough as an old mother and after using one for over 3 years,I can say its never keeled over on me,broken or given up,and thats from playing weddings to Funeral Doom,plus anything in between. pricey at about £189 in Denmark st..online you can get them at £20 less,but its a hunt and you do pay for postage...so..... Goodluck[/quote] Thank you

[quote name='Adam.M' post='88037' date='Nov 13 2007, 07:37 PM']Hey Lisa, welcome You're making me miss my Orange AD30HTC...[/quote] I love my Orange stuff, but I think I need to get some pumpkins to live on top of it!

[quote name='Zoe_BillySheehan' post='87911' date='Nov 13 2007, 03:31 PM']Hey Lisa! its always good to have new people come onto this forum, especially when there girl bassists Zoe xXx[/quote] Yep - it's nice to know not all bassists live their lives in a cupboard when they're not onstage!

[quote name='cheddatom' post='87539' date='Nov 12 2007, 07:58 PM']Using a mic is a good suggestion![/quote] Lots of excellent advice here! I'm off to the lab now ...

[quote name='dood' post='87685' date='Nov 13 2007, 12:54 AM']HEY Lisa!!! ;o) yup, just spotted your posts on the board! Good to see ya here. Hows things? Band etc? Seems like an age since we played together. Had a blast! Chat soon Dan[/quote] Hey hey! Yep; All's going well with the band; we just played at the Hard Rock Hell Festival, and we're hopefully recording our first proper album in March, so it would at least seem we're on the right track! How's things with you?

[quote name='wulf' post='87450' date='Nov 12 2007, 05:48 PM']The person running the sound desk should be able to monitor the signal coming through from the bass and attenuate the gain. Some are better than others. Having said that, if the pedal drastically increases the signal and you only use it from time to time, maybe the sudden increase is catching them out. What happens if you use the pedal at your typical stage volumes but only going through your amp and not feeding to a PA? Wulf[/quote] There is never any problem with it when there's no PA involved As far as settings on the pedal itself are concerned, I usually just push the gain a bit to thicken the sound and have a slight volume boost on some sections. Nothing exciting; it's not like I'm doing solos, hence why it's so frustrating that I sometimes have to leave it out

[quote name='MB1' post='87443' date='Nov 12 2007, 05:43 PM']MB1. Blatantly obvious ,simple answer, being dont use it!,of course.......but i know you want to![/quote] I'll wang it in t'bin if it doesn't start behaving soon!

It seems to do it with or without the gain up, so I think there might be something in trying to make a more manageable signal for the desk. The DI usually comes straight from my Orange AD200B head. The ongoing project that is fiddling with gear continues ...

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='87364' date='Nov 12 2007, 03:56 PM']Not only is it great to see yet another female bass player but one who has chosen Basschat as her first foray into online bass forums! Welcome![/quote] I know Dan (Mr Dood with the 7-string madness on here) from having played with him a couple of times, and he mentioned this site, but I've only just got round to actually signing up. Lots of nice people and useful stuff so far

My live setuip is usually fairly straightforward: Head, cab, tuner and distortion pedal. However, the latter sometimes causes issues live by producing a horrible feedback sound over the distortion, so I was hoping to draw on the collective wisdom of this place. The offending item is an Ibanez Phat Head Bass Overdrive, and whilst I've never had any issues with it in rehearsals, if the setup is put through a DI onstage, about 50% of the time it does the squeaky thing and I end up not using it. I'm sure there is a simple answer, but for some reason (and feel free to berate me if it is simple!), I haven't found it ... Heeeeelp!

Cheers! I've been playing for about 12 years now, but have never signed up to any forums, so this should be fun ...