paul_5

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1438210900' post='2832658'] No it was the old bloke from Steptoe and son that ruined it for me. [/quote] Dirty old man!!!

Anything really. I tend to go in hard, as I'm of the 'Lozz196' school of tone, but anything really.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1438124978' post='2831967'] I need to try a Chord, it would surprise me if it truly nails the OC-2 if the 3Leaf Octavbre couldn't In any case, you could buy a Chord, you'll eventually just wish you had the brown pedal of joy instead though lol Si [/quote] I had one for ages and loved it. Really nailed the OC2 sound. Yes, eventually I went back to the brown pedal of joy (well, made one), but the Chord is the closest I've had to an actual OC2, despite only costing peanuts.

DHA VT1 EQ with the line input and headphone socket, so a staggering 250mWatt output.

Horses for courses. Their TU2 or 3 tuners are pretty much ubiquitous, and the (sadly discontinued) OC2 is one of the best pedals ever made. I don't really rate their bass stuff (CEB-3 and ODB-3 I'm looking at you), but the SD-1 and OD1 guitar pedals are brilliant.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1438096648' post='2831602'] Do yourself a favour and buy a Boss OC2 (not the OC3). You'll be able to find a second-hand Taiwan version for around £60 I reckon. Simple pedal, awesome octave sound, classic synth sound when you take out the direct signal. Sorted Si [/quote] /thread I've had EHX, EBS, MXR etc… octave pedals, and I always end up coming back to the humble OC2. Greatest invention of the modern age.

[quote name='nash' timestamp='1437728266' post='2828500'] Similar question here, has anyone run a fuzz (swollen pickle) into a preamp/D.I pedal (MXR M80). Does it work? [/quote] Yes, all the time. my Coloursound Bass Fuzz into the Dave Hall VT1 EQ sounds awesome.

"The Bad Handles" anyone?

A Modded FX25 does it for me - switch it to a low pass filter (reroute the output from the LM13600 chip), and change one of the silicon diodes for a Germanium one (lower forward voltage) to tweak the sensitivity and you're laughing. I do realise that not everyone wants to take things apart as much as I do. Mutrons are really nice.

Ray Brown & Paul Chambers for my money

Mrs_5 and I share a love of tawdry 80s pop and Björk. That's about it. She don't like rock/metal/old skool hip hop/jazz/Frank Zappa/drum & bass/etc... No great surprise that we listen to a lot of Radio 4 then...

Have you tried the ground lift switch by the DI out?

George L user here. Nice and neat and small.

The only rule you have to follows that the Line 6 receiver needs to go at the start. One thing to bear in mind, if you're using the Bass Attack as a DI to front of house/PA then anything after that won't go through it, and with the Darkglass stuff being as good as it is, that would be a real shame. I've got a similar setup (minus the delay) and it goes Bass - Tuner - Octaver - Envelope filter (these 2 are as early in the chain as possible to give them cleanest signal possible) - Fuzz pedal - Chorus - DI pedal. Whenever I've played with delay pedals I find they work best at the end, as they can still be making filthy noises even after you've knocked the dirt box off and it can cover the interim gap while you set up your next sound, be it clean or FX-laden.

Hughes & kettner red box will do this, but also has a speaker simulator in the circuitry.

In my younger days I used to place one after my Q-tron to tame the massive signal spikes that it would produce. I've since learned that putting the compressor before the filter makes everything more workable. who'dathunkit? Properly useful, them compressors.

Dunno. How heavy are they?

I was listening to Absolute 80's on DAB this evening and heard 'Christian' by China Crisis. Really enjoyed the sparse bassline. https://youtu.be/GIOOxY3ZlGw

At least bands back then had some degree of originality, not like the homogenous capitalist puppets on the radio nowadays. [size=4]Mutter, [size=3]mutter, [size=2]mumble, [size=1]mumble..[/size][/size][/size][/size]

I use one of these: http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Aroma-RT-08-Metal-Stomp-Tuner/MRL Really, really big display, which comes in handy.

At 22 I'd say go for it. I did. I'm 40 now and still teaching / gigging / recording regularly. It's not an easy life though, and it helps if you have a support network around you, but be prepared to work very, very hard. You'll have some great gigs, and some where you feel like you're wasting your time, but even a bad gig is better than no gig. Get regular exercise and eat well (as well as you can when you're playing away/on tour) though, it'll keep the energy levels up. Good luck.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1436861548' post='2821386'] iLok gets a bad press but I've never had a problem with it. My only gripe is that it doesn't double as a memory stick for stuff like Waves licences. [/quote] My iLok (2nd generation) has all of my Waves licenses on it too. Still a pain in my arse though.

Mostly. I picked up most of the stuff I use everyday by listening to (and transcribing) LPs in the early 90s (Led Zep, Iron Maiden, Rush etc…) then delved into Jazz (had a few lessons in Jazz playing from some [i]very[/i] good teachers), but my 'money' playing is in heavy rock/metal.

Sad to see. I loved Maverick A Strike when I first bought it. I just hope that this is a rough patch, and he can work through whatever is ailing him and get himself together before it's too late.