EskimoBassist

The 9v power supply will be sufficient. I'm sure I've seen this come up before concerning battery power and power supplies where basically it didn't make a blind bit of difference. I'm sure someone with a Micro Pog will chime in soon, but considering if anything you would be UNDER powering it it won't do any damage at all.

A modded Digitech Bad Monkey sounds right up your street. Even unmodded they're meant to be fairly nice on Bass.

There are lots of great compression pedals out there and they all have their own characteristics. Here is a fantastic database of pedal reviews, check out the top picks and the individual reviews to find out more information on each pedal: [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/index.shtml"]http://www.ovnilab.com/index.shtml[/url] There's quite a few things to take into consideration when choosing a compressor. How much are you willing to spend? Do want something subtle or something really dramatic? Two big current favourites are the Aguilar TLC and the MXR M87 that are very versatile and not too highly priced. I use an EBS MultiComp and it does everything I want it to.

Lovely Bass design, sorry to hear about your shoulder and hip problems - I'm very much in the same camp but for different reasons. Can't wait to see the finished pictures!

[quote name='pendingrequests' timestamp='1335272073' post='1628365'] Had my TU-2 for nearly 5 years and has never failed. Has had little episodes of been stuck tuning 'G'. [/quote] I've had quite a few tuners do that in my experience, generally when it's turned on (for me as a mute) and there isn't a bass plugged into the cable going into it.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1335256768' post='1627899'] I play in Drop C (CGCF). I phoned up newtone, told them the scale of my bass and my usual gauge for standard tuning and they made me a set of strings in my usual gauge but for drop C. [/quote] That's pretty brilliant service!

The Peterson Stomp Classic Strobotuner might be just what you're looking for, have a see: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7B44ZXW-7Y[/media] It's a strobe tuner and has an active DI and a mute button. Even has different "sweetener" eq settings you can use if you want, or just the sweet sound of your bass. In Active mode it will run on Phantom power. Sounds like it ticks all the boxes! http://www.petersontuners.com/media/pdf/StrobostompClassicManual_English.pdf

That IS an interesting design. Bridge design seems pretty unique for sure.

@Teamcoy, how do you find the headrush on bass? Seems to be a pretty popular delay/echo for the price and a not too shabby looper either.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1335219462' post='1627635'] No effects, Precision bass, probably flatwounds, valve amp, maybe a tuner. That's it. [/quote] For blues or classic rock I would tend to agree with this advice. You might want a low gain overdrive or level booster pedal to add a little hair to your sound, but I couldn't think of much else. Not much sounds better than a tube amp breaking up when it's being pushed hard, especially for that kind of music.

I'd be so interested to play that Lull. Won't able to afford one for a few years yet but those pick ups must give it a massive sound!

Generally I've never been too fussed about precisions (ooo heresy!!) but this one definitely bakes my cake.

I bought a BF-3 a year or so ago and despite having always HATED flangers, have gotten along with it very well. Despite also liking the old BF-2, the extra modes on the BF-3 won me over. The standard mode sounds good, it just sounds like a normal flanger as you would expect it to. With the Resonance, Depth, Manual and Rate controls you can create pretty much any flanging sound that you want. The Ultra mode is the standard mode but on steroids - it is much more dramatic and in your face. The Gate/Pan setting is quite a nice touch - you can have the flanging pinging between two outputs, which means that you can have a true stereo effect swirling between two speakers OR you can use it almost like a tremolo, setting the speed of the chop with the rate control, which is what I used it for. The momentary setting is also pretty cool, basically you step on the footswitch and hold it down for as long as you wish to hear the effect - great for dramatic emphasis on short passages or even just single notes. I used that setting with a fast rate and large depth for something similar to an extreme vibrato. Combine it with an octaver and a fuzz and you can get some really deep, synthy sounds. Truth be told it's no boutique analog dream, but it is a pretty respectable pedal that more than gets the job done. It sounds good with guitar or bass, hence the separate inputs. I firstly moved over to my phaser instead so it sat untouched for a while in my cupboard and now I'm seeking to compound all my modulation down to a Line 6 M9, so if you do fancy taking a punt on one, I've got one for sale in the classifieds (sorry for the shameless plug).

Just sold Andy my Korg G5 - top bloke, really friendly and a pleasure to deal with. Thanks a lot mate.

Just sold my Dunlop Bass Wah to Dave - easy to deal with, no messing about, fast payment and a nice bloke. Good basschatter!

Just sold him my Zoom Ultra Fuzz. Quick payment, easy to deal with. Cheers, hope you enjoy it!

Good lad, bought my Bogdan Mephisto from me - no messing about, just fast payment and good communication. Pleasure doing business.

Purchased a broken Marshall reverb from me. Nice chap, easy transaction. Hope you can get it working!

I can only echo what Shep has said above. He has just bought a Digitech BSW from me, perfectly easy to deal with and paid very quickly. Cheers mate, hope you enjoy it.

I've really enjoyed playing the ones I have - indeed my G&L L-2500T has a Stingray HH feel about it, but at the end of the day it's my Jazz I go for when I want to have a play around. I could have bought a Stingray at the time when I got it but I preferred the feel and sound of the Jazz. The Stingray is a lovely bass and I will probably end up buying one at some point. If they're unpopular though, they may just go for a little less on the second hand market, despite being in good condition - that's definitely a double edged sword, but great if you're looking to the used market for one!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1334926717' post='1623572'] the fact that I hadn't needed to play the B string was irrelevant. [/quote] +1 I've done a little recording with my five since I got it, always get comments about whether or not that extra string is needed. It's there if you DO need it, surely?

Andy has just taken delivery of my beloved Phase 90. Top gent, very easy to deal with. Thanks a lot mate, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.