paul_5

I've tried all sort fo flats on my fretted and fretless jazz basses over a period of a couple of years, but went back to rounds for the extra top end bite - mostly for overdrive and slap tones. I've got a P bass at home with flats on, but that's more of an economical choice. I've only ever gigged with that bass once, and the others have had plenty of airings.

Could you not just use the SM58 to beat your drummer into submission - those things are bomb-proof?

Let Me Drown - Soundgarden

Pound For A Brown - Zappa

Hungry For Stink - L7

First of all Obrienp- do it. Mine has been an absolute game changer. I was thinking about getting a louder amp before using a HPF, as it was running at full tilt all gig, every gig, now I’ve actually got some headroom to spare. secondly, I’ve placed mine as the last thing in the chain, just before the amp. I tried it at the start, but my envelope filter didn’t quite react the same so I moved it. Try it in different positions and see what works best for your setup.

I made my own. These days it’s sporting a tort plate, but that’s just because it’s cold out!

Erm, I thought they were something else…

Can you identify the power amp module and check voltage on the pin outs?

Just looked at the manual and that amp doesn’t have an effects loop, but I’d do the same for the foot switch socket - same principle.

Check the switching jacks on the effects send and return - oftentimes these can become stuck through underemployment, which then cuts the signal to the power amp stage. Just stick a 1/4” jack lead in and out of the sockets a few times to free everything up and see what that does for you. It sounds like your preamp section is fine otherwise you’d have nothing at the headphone output - this will be using a different amplifier to the main speaker outputs though.

True dat.

Yeah, I always preferred Texh21’s Paradriver to the Bassdriver for this reason, especially on fretless!

Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden

Beanos, You Know - Marillion

Listen. Then adjust your playing accordingly.

Dog Breath variations - Zappa

Hello Skinny - The Residents/Primus

Send it my way, it takes longer to take it apart and put it back together than it does to solder it - I know cos I’ve done 3 or 4 of them!

Yup, first two album s are amazing and what I would consider essential listening for any bass player, even if 'Travelling Without Moving' is overly compressed.

Hey Fattie Bum Bum - The Diversions

I used to have aBDI-21 as an emergency DI, but personally I prefer the ADI-21; I run it exclusively clean (no speaker sim as it's too distorted for my tastes) and fully sweepable mids.

Dancin’ Fool - Zappa