paul_5

"Kiogon" on here makes brilliant quality, solder-less looms for basses, might be worth giving him a shout. http://basschat.co.uk/user/7835-kiogon/

The transformer rewir company were recommended by Derek at Watford Valves, so it might be worth giving them a call. If you speak to Derek it won't be a short phone call, but what he doesn't know about about 'pegs ain't worth knowing.

Panic music in Cambridge ( I think) are the only authorised dealer for Ampeg spares in the UK, but the trannies you get these days just don't seem to be that good. If I remember correctly there's a company in Ipswitch who rewind transformers.

Slander will be unleashing their new line-up at the Borough in Darwen, Lancashire on June 28th. Support is by the Horny Goat Band (bachelors of the Parish). Hot blues and NWOBHM styled metal for all...

Won't someone think of the children? Those delucious, crunchy children...

Blend pedal - handful of components and it's real game changer. I recently added a LPF to mine so that just the low frequencies are kept unaffected, and the mids and top get messed up. Score!

That, sir, is a BEAUTIFUL Jazz bass.

Might this be of some use? http://www.stringbusters.com/stringfaqs.asp

I thought that was a panda taking a 'selfie'... Kudos to EU for lovely generosity too.

glad you've got it sorted. I was about to suggest enabling S/PDIF in your software but as you've done it I won't...

Sibellius will route parts through VSTs these days. Still doesn't sound great, but at least it takes some of the donkey work out of it...

Thanks Dad, I was looking on there last night. I'm after original 1954 Hofner hardware, not NOS stuff, but thanks for the link.

I'm renovating a 1954/5 Hofner Senator and I need to get hold of 6 machine heads and a bridge. Ideally I'm looking to use original parts, so there's a bit of budget available. Anybody?

Is it any good for metal?

I've not really got anything more to add; Behringer BDI21 or DHA VT1 would be my first choices (obviously dependent on budget). Try the Behringer first. at £26 it's not going to break the bank and if you find that for whatever reason you don't like it then the resale value on here is generally about £20, so you'll be £6 out of pocket but a lot closer to pinning down your ideal sound.

I tend to go for the path of least resistance (if you'll pardon the pun) and browse tagboard sites, particularly this one: [url="http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk"]http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk[/url] I'd particularly recommend the Coloursound Bass Fuzz layout. doctortweek.co.uk carries a good range of quality components - especially JFET and germanium trannies (for lovely tube-y tones) at very reasonable prices. Hope this helps.

Goodo! Seems your bass playing chops (and let's face it, bloody-minded tenacity) have paid off. Well done that man.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1402993427' post='2478539'] No, his missus enforces a strict 'one-in-one-out' policy. [/quote] Brilliant! Why he no sell me his fretless StingRay?

My first 'proper' bass amp! Loved it. Gerrit fixed. Probably the filter capacitors on the power supply given its age.

Go with the mic level output.

FUNKBOX (aka filter). I've just fallen in love again with my home-made Nurse Quacky. It's a variant on the Doctor Q (EHX) and when it's in a parallel looper it's AWESOME!

Here's some recordings I made with a Jazz bass into a Chord BCH-50 bass chorus pedal that I really liked, but thought a little bit too noisy for my tastes. As it's an analogue unit it's ripe for upgrading components, particularly the opamps. It uses 2 LM4558 opamps - but only 1 is upgradeable as it's using one of them for more than just a gain stage, so I replaced just 1 of them with an NE5532; identical pinouts mean that it's just a simple swap. The audio files (DI'd into Protools) are here: https://soundcloud.com/paul_5/sets/chord-chorus-modifications