paul_5

https://youtu.be/yirMSLeV3f0 Jazz with flats. Granted, it's no national anthem…

Love 'em. I've got 2 basses, both of which are 'bits' basses. They cost me less than £100 each and play brilliantly (as far as I'm concerned). I know that if I sold them (not that I ever would) I'd struggle to make half of that back, but that's not why I made them. There are many like them, but these 2 are mine.

Built myself a TS808 clone recently. Replaced the 47nf cap that sets the minimum frequency to the feedback loop with a 470nf. Instead of cutting everything below 734Hz it now goes down to 74Hz. Lovely little pedal! It's got a bit more gain than I need, so I'll probably replace the 500kΩ Drive pot for something a bit smaller so that I've got more control over the rate of change.

First one was better. Well, it [i]started[/i] better...

Yes. My VT1-EQ is on all of the time - if I need less drive then I just back off on my (agricultural) right hand technique. Nice to know that if I need a particular note or phrase to be dirty then I can just dig in again and "oof, there it is"! Like many have said - in a full band mix a bit of dirt goes a LONG way.

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' timestamp='1460543222' post='3026597'] Btw, whatever happened in the Coldplay/ joe satriani case? [/quote] A series of mistrials, due to acute narcolepsy rendered the lawsuit unmanageable.

Looks like a Charvel copy. Nice though.

Great vids Happy Jack. I'm at the tail end of physiotherapy for poor posture combined with a heavy bass and fast playing. I gave the exercises a once-overthis afternoon and have just done an hour of playing which seemed a little easier than usual. Will persevere with the technique.

Did Stryper buy it back?

[quote name='adamg67' timestamp='1458562737' post='3008545'] If you fancy the "real thing" you can't go wrong with DHA preamps and ODs, very good and amazing customer service: [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page8.html"]http://www.davehalla...o.uk/page8.html[/url] [/quote] Wouldn't know about the customer device - I've never needed it. DHA stuff is the absolute BALLS! I've been through lots of very nice gear in my search for the ultimate bass O/D tone (Sansamps, Aguilar etc…) and finally settled on the Dave Hall VT1-DI-EQ. It's my personal bass panacea.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1459503411' post='3017125'] Went to a jam session last night and there were THREE saxophonists there queuing up to play all over someone else's solo or step in at a particularly inappropriate moment. They didn't disappoint [/quote] Yowza! You stayed until the end of the 2nd?!?

If I had an out of control guitarist AND an out of control saxophonist then I'd be out of the band. Another member of the 'Life's too short' club.

I've got nothing but good things to say about Watford Valves - they've been able to recommend (and provide) everything I've ever needed valve wise for years. Getting hold of quality valves is one thing; having them installed and properly biased is another matter entirely - best get a qualified tech to do that bit.

I absolutely love playing with my 'regular' band, but also do dep work, so that gives me a broad range of styles to work with. I sometimes get the hankering for something different, but I have projects on the go on my macbook, so that I can vent my creative outlet. I'm yet to finish anything, but sometimes it's more about the journey than the destination.

£400 - £500 to compete with the guitarist's ego? I reckon you'll be able to get someone who'll make it look like an accident for that.

Either he goes or you should. Unless he is Seth Lakeman, in which case I'd still do the gig, but keep my name off any promo stuff for damage limitation.

Nice that, reminds me of Primus doing 'Tippi Toes' in places. Good find.

Be useful if you can drive the valve for a bit of dirt. The LH preamps in ever used to let me do this.

I've got a soft spot for 'Blame It On The Boogie'.

i'd echo the boiled linseed oil on ebony (and rosewood) boards. I've never used anything else on my instruments - or anyone else's for that matter.

wire all of the grounds together (the bits that touch the long (sleeve) part of the 1/4" leads), then connect the others (tips) to a DPDT footswitch (double pole, double throw) - the connectors look like this (crudely illustrated) ______ | 1 2 | | 3 4 | | 5 6 | ---------- Input goes to lug 4, output goes to lug 3. wire lugs 5 and 6 together, then wire pin 2 to the SEND socket, and lug 1 the the RETURN socket. Ultimately, as long as the INPUT and SEND are on the same side, and the RETURN and OUTPUT are on the opposite side it doesn't matter which way around you do it, just as long as you mount the footswitch vertically. good quality footswitches and jack are available from loads of different suppliers (you can also get them off eBay, but it's a bit hit and miss on quality on there at the moment) Reputable suppliers are fuzz dog's pedal parts http://shop.pedalparts.co.uk Bitsbox http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/?main_page=index&cPath=116_128 for example. The toughest bit about building a box like this is drilling the enclosure (assuming you're going for a metal one). Don't forget to tin your wires!

You don't necessarily need to smile; singing along whilst you're playing can make you look involved and enthusiastic. Lookingat your shoes/hands etc... less so.

[quote name='Callumjord' timestamp='1458414495' post='3007504'] Wow, I had never heard of these pedals before. They look and sound fantastic,absolute bargain at the price as well! I'll hopefully soon be getting my hands on one of these. Has anybody tried swapping the tubes with different ones? Also has anyone plugged it directly into the power section of an amp? [/quote] I've tried both of those. The stock valve is a 12AX7 (ECC83 in old money), but I've used a 12AU7 (ECC82) before now, that just gives less gain, but like any preamp valve, each brand will deliver a slightly different tone. I played a gig a while back where I just took a Laney SP300 power amp and ran the output of the VT1 into that. I bridged the power amp to deliver 300W to one channel and used a single Barefaced Compact cab. Sounded brilliant. My VT1-DI-EQ is my swiss army pedal. I haven't gigged without one for years now. Evan at festival setups, where stage turnarounds are fairly brisk, I velcro it to the top of my amp head, as often there's not time to muck about with pedal boards.

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1458073128' post='3004484'] It is a Class A high impedance / low impedance buffer. Priced at just short of £200. The real question is why you would need one? [/quote] If you've got lots of effects in your signal chain and they're all true bypass.