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[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1332982' date='Aug 8 2011, 11:40 PM']Not a problem for the Polytune just strum them all (in standard tunings) and it tells which strings to tune. [/quote] Yep I had one of those for a bit... very good as you say, although while I tune BEAD it sometimes liked to imagine I had a G-string. But who can blame it really... 'fnarr'

[quote name='Bankai' post='1332963' date='Aug 8 2011, 11:32 PM']Yes, the guitar you're using would inevitably be having some effect. I purposefully chose a 5 string thunderbird as it'd be the hardest bass for a tuner.[/quote] But why? And I still want to know if you bothered muting the strings other than the one you're tuning...

[quote name='electric nate' post='1326918' date='Aug 4 2011, 01:31 PM']Edit: I've just noticed the 'mix' portion of X&M is mixing the relative levels of the high and low bands - I was after mixing the effected signal with the clean, which is a slightly different kettle of fish. If that pedal had a master wet/dry knob it'd be perfect[/quote] If you wanted a frequency-specific effected sound with a full-range clean, you could try any blender, and run a graphic EQ (like that MXR 10 band one) before the effect in the loop...

[url="http://www.sfxsound.co.uk/mainpage.asp?page=xm"]http://www.sfxsound.co.uk/mainpage.asp?page=xm[/url] any good?

[quote name='Truckstop' post='1324080' date='Aug 2 2011, 12:13 PM']Well, Bankai did suggest that the Epiphone he used for the shootout has a lower frequency response than others. So maybe that's why he had trouble tuning the B? Truckstop[/quote] Surely that would translate to a nice strong fundamental - which should make life easier, shouldn't it? I still suspect that peeps having problems tuning the lower strings aren't bothering to mute the others while doing so...

Took an Ibanez bass off me - & picked up, saving me the hassle of posting! Unfortunately I couldn't be there to do the exchange personally but good comms and everything went very smoothly. Many thanks!

[quote name='Earbrass' post='1319398' date='Jul 28 2011, 03:07 PM']Hmm, but aren't most people encumbered more by their [b]lack[/b] of technique than by a surplus? The more technique you have, the more options are at your fingertips - although it's still up to your musical sense to select the right option.[/quote] There's often 'pressure' to 'use what you have' though... Also, if you've spent years practicing and developing those chops maybe it can end up affecting your 'musical sense' (not a problem I'm going to have any time soon)

Bought a nice comfy strap, which was posted to me at the earliest possible opportunity. Many thanks!

Some people seem to appreciate technique as much as - or more than- music. Or at least they feel they should! I 've had so many conversaitions with my dad where he's played me something, I've not really enjoyed it (but said nothing of course) and he's said 'but can't you hear how difficult it it? can't you hear the skill'? - which of course I could, but to him there should be some link between that skill level and enjoying the music. At my old school books called things like 'how to appreciate music' - reminded me of the book that got torn up in 'Dead Poet's Society'...

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1316780' date='Jul 26 2011, 11:03 AM']One last thng - with some tuners it takes a bit of time to get used to how sensitive they are. My old Sabine seemed a bit jumpy at first and left me a bit miffed as it took longer than expected to get in tune. After a bit of time with it however i got used to the way it worked and it was a breeze to use along with being very accurate. Maybe that's something that shouyld be factored in?[/quote] I guess I do try to make the tuner's job easy a couple of ways - most importantly, make sure I mute the other strings as I would when playing - otherwise when you hit a heavy B string, the vibrations get transmitted through the body and pretty soon all the strings are singing along... and of course the tuner won't know which pitch it's supposed to be tuning to! You don't get this effect so much on guitar or on the higher strings of the bass but you definitely do on the lower bass strings. Also by not plucking the string too hard (in the first part of a string's envelope when plucked hard there's all sorts of extra harmonics, plus the pitch is varying a lot anyway) you give a steadier tone to lock on to.

[quote name='pn_day' post='1316652' date='Jul 26 2011, 09:26 AM']Quite correct. I couldn't remember the exact amount. Still a great pedal, despite having to pay parcelforce [/quote] Still sounds like you got off lightly... For items over a certain threshold (£46? ish) I think you pay VAT, VAT on the postage (!) and £13.50 parcelforce tax, so it would usually come to at least £20 on top of the cost of the item... Could make the difference for a lot of people.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1315590' date='Jul 25 2011, 12:02 PM']Also, I almost never tune using open strings precisely because so few pedals or clip-ons can handle the E or B strings.[/quote] I said it before but I find it weird that people have issues with this! My main squeeze is a pitchblack plus but I just as often use whatever plastic pocket tuner is lying around, or the one built in to an fx unit... never any problems. Haven't tried clip-ons. I wonder if the bass makes a big difference? Mine are really cheap, maybe that helps somehow... At the end of the day a tuner that can't handle E or B isn't a bass tuner.

[quote name='pn_day' post='1315376' date='Jul 25 2011, 07:59 AM']I did have to pay import duty when I bought mine direct from the USA which added another ~£10 to the cost, but a great tuner.[/quote] How come only £10? Did parcelforce forget to thieve their £13.50 'handling fee'?

[quote name='Toasted' post='1314514' date='Jul 24 2011, 10:35 AM']£300 is a joke for this pedal. It's completely battered and is missing one of the original knobs. That one that sold for £180 was MINTY.[/quote] But people pay loads for knob enhancements! No you're right, if it's not all original that's a factor - and if it doesn't have the box that's also a minus as many of them do. Still, here's a bubble that went for $395 with missing battery cover: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Electro-Harmonix-Sovtek-Big-Muff-Pi-Green-Russian-/170630431393?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27ba5dc2a1"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Electro-Harmonix-Sovte...=item27ba5dc2a1[/url] and one with some electrical issues that went for $200: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Sovtek-big-muff-/130550539292?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item1e656b241c"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Sovtek-big-muff-/13055...=item1e656b241c[/url] Alternatively, just sell the two original knobs for $20 each and keep the pedal: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Electro-Harmonix-Sovtek-Big-Muff-Knobs-Russian-/260822791717?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3cba3ff625"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Electro-Harmonix-Sovte...=item3cba3ff625[/url]

Well I [i]finally[/i] finished the book... have pm'd the next in line. In the meantime, don't miss [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012p5vv"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012p5vv[/url] Lemmy talks kind of like john shuttleworth...

I think this is a bubble font one, went for £180: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Electro-Harmonix-Sovtek-Big-Muff-Pi-Russian-/120744978896?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item1c1cf629d0"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Electro-...=item1c1cf629d0[/url] Always good to stick things up for sale on a Friday or Saturday... people come home drunk and feeling worthless and rejected... you never know what could happen!

Sounds a decent start although things are a bit slow at the moment... some things aren't selling unless they're really priced to sell...

[quote name='Jag_Bassist' post='1313818' date='Jul 23 2011, 02:00 PM']only 100? thought that was the price of the bubble fonts.... and i dont think anyone has a mint looking tall font, just looking at it causes the paint to flake off haha [/quote] Ah yes sorry I was talking shi'ite. Double it or triple it!

£100 ish if it's minty?

[quote name='Fozza' post='1312396' date='Jul 22 2011, 09:45 AM']I've just bought one of these. Has anyone got any suggestions on what strings would be best on it?[/quote]

[quote name='Finbar' post='1309886' date='Jul 20 2011, 01:20 AM']And they're not difficult to get hold of here. You just buy it direct from Sonic Research with Paypal, and it turns up at your house a few days later. I don't understand how that's hard. Unless people mean you can't get it in shops?[/quote] Does it come from USA? If so then there's always the question of whether you're going to be charged extra ££££ for customs / handling...