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paul_5

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  1. Yowza! the Tarkin just NAILS it! I [i]hate[/i] being broke right now; that's the tone I've been searching for since, well, forever.
  2. Personally, looking at your current setup I'd be browsing the RME website - rock solid drivers and stellar audio quality. If you've got an iMac then why not do a proper job and get a firewire 800 interface? Or (dare I say it) a thunderbolt® interface?
  3. I just clicked the link to have a quick butchers - my horoscope said that I would 'uncover that which was missing and fulfil my existential precept', so I thought this was for me. It was a really good horoscope too, cost me 7,000 Aussie dollars over the internet, but they told me it was refundable within 7 days if it didn't come true...
  4. Shove some Heaven's Basement in there - their first (and only as far as I'm aware) album has some killer tunes on.
  5. Tony's right - I found my current band on here, good luck with the search.
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    DIY Effects

    If you're after bog muff stuff then I'd recommend kit rae's big muff emporium http://www.kitrae.net/music/music_big_muff.html He's gone through all the production big muffs, but so far hasn't posted a schematic for the BBM. It's only a question of time though. Could be worth an email? The problem with the Bass Big Muff is that it's all surface mount, tiny wee components: [url="http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa477/vintage_man/PLAQUETEANDO/Modded20Bass20Big20Muff20Pi.jpg"]Modded20Bass20Big20Muff20Pi.jpg[/url] The bast stab at a schematic I've found looks like this, but some capacitor values are missing. [url="http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa477/vintage_man/PLAQUETEANDO/bassbigmuffincomplete.jpg"]bassbigmuffincomplete.jpg[/url]
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    DIY Effects

    Finally finished an 'Engineer's Thumb' compressor. Threshold, Attack, Ratio and Release controls should make it quite a flexible little machine. I'll finally get round to playing with it tonight, now that I've learned to tell the difference between a 4.7µf and a 47µf capacitor... ...stupid boy.
  8. Head? Heart? says you. Ears, says I.
  9. I haven't been to Hyde Park today. I'm very sad about that . Glad you had a good time though.
  10. I had one of these a couple years ago. Hella loud and loads of cool sounds too. GLWTS
  11. Keytar? That's one of those modern words that any right-thinking civilisation would have no need of - like 'Bridezilla'
  12. Disposable golf raquets? I think I missed a meeting...
  13. a Reading gig? Should separate the wheat from the chaff... Hope you find someone soon.
  14. I don't think you [i]have[/i] to spend 4 figures on a bass to get the right one for you. My current squeeze was put together for less than £400, and it's perfect. For me. Western society ingrains in us the idea of aspirational purchasing - this x will make you better/faster/thinner/happy/sexually alluring/whatever because that's just the way it's been set up. Ultimately If you find an instrument that you can't walk past without picking it up then (regardless of cost) that is the instrument for you. The cost of something doesn't necessarily represent its value.
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    Gone

    [quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1404248803' post='2490855'] Bargain. Awesome basses and cheaper than an MIM Jazz. [/quote] I'd put money on it playing better than a US Jazz too....
  16. I've never played it, I'm either ahead of the curve, or hopelessly outdated.
  17. I heard that the baseline was played on a Korg M1... ...I don't mind though.
  18. If you want pickups that punch WAY above their weight and will cost you less than $60 I'd pop a pair of GFS AlNiCo's in there.
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    Gone

    I always feel sad when I see one of these up for sale. I had to sell mine a couple of years ago when I lost my job, and I absolutely LOVED it. Best Jazz ® bass I ever played.
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    DIY Effects

    The blue ones will run for [i]ages[/i] provided that your iron isn't too hot when you solder the wires onto it - you'll notice the resin insulator bubbles a bit when if you .
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    DIY Effects

    This is precisely the sort of job that mobile phone cameras were invented for. If you can unfasten and remove the old switch, then screw the new one in place and replace one wire at a time that's what I'd recommend, if you're not terribly confident about wiring 3PDT.
  22. [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1404125587' post='2489443'] Alternatively, if you have a spare D.I box in your P.A bag, use the input and link out to do the same job. Thommann do D.Is for under a tenner and it's always good to have a spare. [/quote] This is probably the best way, TBH. Good call Monckyman.
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