mcnach
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[quote name='krazy_olie' timestamp='1375442911' post='2161384'] So erm, turns out it was the lead. Was also getting a very low output from my passive Fender. [/quote] How can the lead be the culprit, when you said the volume drop depended on your switching the preamp on/off? But if you're sure it works fine now... great!
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[quote name='PauBass' timestamp='1375394060' post='2160822'] I think I'm joining the Bare Club too very, very soon ...I don't know how I'm going to cope with the wait, I've always had everything bought on a next day delivery basis. [/quote] I may be able to suggest something to help with the wait... expect PM very soon
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I would think so. With the gain all the way down there is no distortion that I can hear, and you can boost it quite a bit. How clean it is it may depend on the bass. I have not noticed any distortion with any guitar/bass... I'll check with my L2000, which has to be the hottest output bass I ever owned... Right... since I was at home, I just spent the last 20min playing with this pedal and tweaking things. Gain and level controls are interactive, where increasing gain results in an increase of volume, especially in the first third of its travel. With the G&L L2000: Gain fully anticlockwise: entirely clean. You do have a bit of boost available from the level control, but not a huge amount. Turning the gain control even a tiny bit clockwise results in noticeable distortion. The L2000 is HOT!. Then I tried a Stingray (actually a USA MM SUB from 2006, but essentially a 2EQ Stingray, same pickup and preamp etc): Again entirely clean with the gain fully anticlockwise. You can turn up the gain *a little* without adding noticeable distortion, which results in quite a bit of clean boost available. The distortion that this pedal produces is very gradual, so even when I could hear a little bit of grit kicking in, it would still be "clean" in a live setting. Last, a Jazz bass, passive with Seymour Duncan SJB2 pickups: Here, you can turn the gain nearly to 50% before you can hear the distortion appearing. It is a very gradual subtle increase, and by 60-70% it's noticeable distorted, if softly so. Turn it up to 100% and you get a clear overdrive (nothing crazy like Motorhead or anything like that, 'though). With the Jazz it worked the best, because it gave the largest amount of clean boost available and also the widest tonal variation, since the focus control only really works when you turn up the gain. So, as a mild overdrive... any bass would do. I think it works best with a Jazz (probably a P, etc). I bought it and used it initially with a Jazz, and that was good. With higher output basses you get into "clearly overdriven" territory faster, and can produced more distorted sounds more easily. The G&L L2000 distorted the minute you turned the gain up away from fully anticlockwise... so it varies. I prefer it with my Jazz. As a clean boost... the lower the output of the bass, the better this pedal would work as it would give you a wider range where you can adjust it. In order to get a large volume boost, you need to turn up the gain control at least 20 degrees or so, and you need a lower output bass to allow you to do that cleanly: The L2000 would be out of question. The Stingray works well, but it's the Jazz that gave me the largest amount of clean boost... I hope this helps a bit!
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[quote name='apa' timestamp='1375338452' post='2159861'] Do you deliver? BTW email to follow and parcel received and already well played A [/quote] Glad you got it alright! I post it on my way to the airport. I had finished packing in the morning, I had about 40min before the taxi was due... and I saw the box of CDs and thought "it's got to be NOW, or I'll never post this!!!".
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BC212 (not RS212) still available
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[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1375263951' post='2158917'] If you want your cab to stay looking pretty, get a cover! Functionally the chips won't bother it in the slightest, though we're using a harder tougher plywood now. The cloth is bombproof - you could build trampolines from it: The plywood frame it's on will crack before you get a hammer through it, as some recent impromptu tests proved... [/quote] "impromptu tests" tell me you have that on video, please!
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[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1375213228' post='2158362'] Yeah, I'm a fan of that sort of thing! I can see how the metal grille would look better matched under your Markbass combo though. [/quote] I was not worried about looks, it was more about it being more solid that way. I am generally careful but accidents happen... Remember Kelburn... I let my Stingray drop to the floor when my concentration was elsewhere (suddenly I could not find my amp lead!)...
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[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1375203439' post='2158117'] Ooh, nice. Did you go for the cloth or metal grille? [/quote] I think I will disappoint you: metal. You'd have liked the cloth one better, wouldn't you?
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My Compact arrived and is finally with me! I was only able to try it at home at low volumes so I cannot tell what it'll be like, but it's promising... and I love the weight (or lack thereoff!)
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You will get an email when it's posted. No email = it has not been posted. I paid the balance for my Compact in mid July, when it was requested. I sent an email asking to please avoid delivery during the 2 weeks I would be away on holiday. It was delivered while still on holiday I was sent an email saying the cab was shipped and would be with me the following day. I had to wait until today to pick it up... but it's with me now and I like what I see/hear.
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[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1374947852' post='2155157'] This is his criteria: 4 strings nothing weirdly shaped he is learning slap, and is really digging that style (not just a fad, he's been practicing for a while) like the musicman style pickup sound. Was looking at the squire VM jazz. I'm pretty stuck as I've not been in the bass buying market for a while, so what do you recommend? I said go 2nd hand, but what is good for £350 these days? I also thought about something with an active pickup if he really wants to get that slap bass tone. He might even be along as I suggested coming here for a wee browse. Fraser. [/quote] For £350? And a MusicMan pickup sound? A MusicMan SUB, second hand. The USA made ones between 2003-2006 (black back of the neck, black headstock, slab body and textured paint job), not the newer Sterling by MusicMan ones (although they are not horrible). I can't think of better value for money than a USA MM SUB, really. They can be found for £350. If budget can be stretched to £400, then it will be easy to find one, as they tend to go for 350-400. I own a Stingray and two SUBs, there really isn't any difference other than cosmetics etc. They are the real thing.
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[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1374664451' post='2151430'] just make it up ... nobody listens to the bass anyways [/quote] I joked like that sometimes, but it's probably more true than I thought. I was shown today a video from a song we played recently at a festival. Nice edit from two cameras that were moving about even onstage. Clear basslines... but I made sooo many mistakes. I had the amp of one of the guitarists blasting at my ear level, on top of my amp. I could not hear myself and was struggling to follow the song. At one point I lost it, could not tell whether we were on a verse, a chorus, or one of the several other changes this song had, because even the guitar sounded pretty indistinct from where I was. So the video turns out ok, sound is fine, you can hear everything... and... whops, there I go off the tracks. I mention on whatsapp something like "nice video, buy I cringe about my basslines". And both a guitarist and the guy who edited the video said they did not notice anything and that it sounded good... the video guy said that he did not notice any timing errors... And that's the thing, I think. As long as you keep time, you can get away with a lot of note mistakes!
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Very good condition, light use only. Pictures to come. I'd really prefer to avoid posting this, so collection (Edinburgh) or we could probably arrange collection/delivery in person within a reasonable radius from Edinburgh would be my preferred options... but I could post if needed.
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Hi, do you have some pictures of the modified Nano Bassballs?
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Low gain overdrive pedal. Excellent condition but velcro attached to the bottom. I bought this for very low gain sounds. With the drive fully anticlockwise the sound is absolutely clean, and all the way clockwise you get low/mid gain sounds. It's fairly dynamics-sensitive, and the "focus" control is the key to how responsive it is. I've had it for a few months when I was checking out a variety of pedals and I made up my mind as to which ones I want to keep (Darkglass Vintage, an OCD clone and a Soundblox Multiwave distortion), so this one has to go. No demos on bass, but you get an idea of what it can do from these videos: [url="http://youtu.be/qyChTCzLY60"]http://youtu.be/qyChTCzLY60[/url] [url="http://youtu.be/gBOwxFNHi-g"]http://youtu.be/gBOwxFNHi-g[/url] £25 inc. delivery
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[s]£65[/s] £60 delivered Excellent condition, boxed, but with velcro attached to bottom of the pedal (feet were not removed, 'though). True bypass, no low end loss whatsoever, 2-band EQ plus voice switch. Pretty fat overdrive. I have not found any demos of this pedal on bass, except for this one below, which does not do a good job at showing the versatility of this pedal, but at least it gives an idea of the tonality: [media]http://youtu.be/gN0ZvdRI6UU[/media] I was using this for the funk band for lowish gain fat overdrive sounds, but I recently bought a Darkglass Vintage Overdrive and I prefer that one.
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[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1374492416' post='2149237'] I got my OCD... Not sure how it compares to a real OCD, but it's very similar to the Joyo Ultimate Drive (another OCD derived pedal). I like the little one better as it's a lot harder to knock knobs out of the settings I had it at when I kick it in. I like it. No extra costs (customs, etc). [/quote] quoting myself, ha! Just to add that I really like this little pedal. I find it a bit more controllable than the Joyo version and it is a great overdrive. Thumbs up!
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[quote name='ben604' timestamp='1375057133' post='2156307'] Managed to record our gig earlier today with my little Panasonic DMC-GX1 Micro Four Thirds with the audio coming through the desk, so I've had a quick fiddle and here's the first track: Kiss - Watching You [media]http://youtu.be/OOlzt5ZDhoY[/media] Obviously not at the standard that some of you lot are, but that else are we gonna do on a Sunday afternoon... [/quote] I enjoyed that, nice sound and tight! I'm a sucker for the harmonising Les Paul/Marshall combination... loved it!
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EHX Bass microsynth. One of the more recent 9V and slightly smaller units. Good condition. Pictures to come. £120 delivered.
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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1374515310' post='2149605'] I like going for the most obvious things first. You [b]are[/b] going to get a comparative volume drop when in passive mode if the tone controls are further back than the midway point. [/quote] Not really, the tone controls on the L2000 are passive, cut-only type.
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[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1374768831' post='2153009'] I have a variety of basses -- a great vintage P, an American standrard Jazz, a Ric, a Hofner, Ibanez, a Music Man --something for every aspect of recording every type of music. I've also owned boutique and custom built and have played just about every high end bass on the market -- Lakeland, Sadowsky, Ken Smith, you name it -- and I finally settled on the ones I now own. I recently did a session where I tried a few different basses and the client wasn't entirely happy with the sound. I finally went with the Squier j Deluxe. (But I put a Fender headstock on that one , otherwise the engineer would never let me use it, but I don't want t make this a discussion about decals). The client said-- "that's it!" And you know, he was right. It simply sounded better. Then recently I had a friend email me an mp3 and the same thing happened. I played a track. It was good. He was happy. Then I said, wait a minute, let me try a different bass. (The Squier JD). His response? YEAH! [i]That [/i]sound kills! So there you have it. An instrument that is a quarter of the cost as all the others. For the price of a Fodera I can have forty of them. And they'll all record better than the Fodera. : D I don't know what it is about that bass. Maybe it's the ebonol fingerboard. It doesn't have a lot of variety and it isn't the prettiest tone you'll ever heard, but damn if it doesn't produce a fat clean punchy sound. I feel like my bastard son has made me the most proud. : ) [/quote] I had the 5 string version... really good bass! I noticed the bridge pickup alone sounded especially nice, if not typically Jazz. Then I noticed the pickup is placed a bit farther from the bridge than usual, more where a Stingray pickup would be. That certainly helped me like it, I am sure.
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[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1374251914' post='2146942'] That's really easy to fix. Do you mean "any danger of Grangur coming to the rescue?" If so, PM me. [/quote] Ha! If only you lived in Edinburgh! I'm away at the moment, but I will have a go when I return. I may just try first on another bass I don't care so much about. I have an old Squier Jazz with a few bumps on the back of its neck, so I'll try there first. You may get a PM or two if I get scared... or if it turns out so well and easy that I will just have to PM you to say thanks
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I got my OCD... Not sure how it compares to a real OCD, but it's very similar to the Joyo Ultimate Drive (another OCD derived pedal). I like the little one better as it's a lot harder to knock knobs out of the settings I had it at when I kick it in. I like it. No extra costs (customs, etc).
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[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1374173928' post='2146165'] Why? It's all noise, one isn't inherently better than the other. Some people like to play music, some people like to watch TV, and they're all a pain in the arse if they do it too loud. [/quote] +1
