paul_5

Most of (if not all of) that album is a Jazz bass, so I'd boost the top end and scoop some of the mids out of your EQ. Unless you've fot a jazz bass, in which case just give the strings a real spanking as tou play the line; Flea tends not to take any prisoners with his right hand technique.

[quote name='Michael J' timestamp='1390065648' post='2341125'] I had a go with Radio 2 country stuff the other night, on the grounds that it was likely to be one or the other of "both kinds" and quite possibly in "A" (good country key). Good fun. [/quote] Did you manage to turn goat's piss into gasoline?

I like it, have seen a lot worse…

Practice, practice, practice.

Ooh, I'll take these if they're still going.

[quote name='lxxwj' timestamp='1389921027' post='2339677'] The combination of compressor + B3K makes things fall off tables. [/quote] Quite right too, that's the way it should be! Good luck for the show.

Got some short demo clips together and posted them here: https://soundcloud.com/paul_5/sets

Played there numerous times back in the day - great little venue. Shame some dickhead didn't do any research before he moved in. Prick.

I practice through my DHA VT1 EQ because it's my iPod/bass blend and headphone amp as well. Learning sets for rock bands it always helps to have a bit of grit in there too, just so I can get used to driving the tube a little bit harder for certain bits. Also the EQ on there helps to correct any shortcomings in whichever headphones I'm using.

Tsk, the grammar police would have a field day with the text on that site. Come on people, it's not really that difficult, and your website is your shop window.

Here you go Sibob: [URL=http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/2014-01-16130309_zpse1a566df.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/2014-01-16130309_zpse1a566df.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The case is one that I keep permanently wired up with a 3PDT switch, 9v power inlet, LED and sockets for experimenting (a bit like a breadboard, but not). It's conveniently got 4 holes on the top for knobs or switches and that. This one might be a keeper though… [URL=http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/2014-01-16130103_zpsb50e8c54.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/2014-01-16130103_zpsb50e8c54.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Ok. Will do later. It's on a tiny piece of veroboard at the moment, I'll have to work out the macro setting on me camera...

Lashed one of these together today - wow. Given that it's a handful of components it sounds massive. [URL=http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/dbf_zpsa863c7f5.png.html][IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/dbf_zpsa863c7f5.png[/IMG][/URL] I used a iN4148 diode instead of a 1N914, but made it switchable between a germanium (1N34A) and the silicon one. The thickness knob acts very much like the gate control on a wooly mammoth, so it'll do a lovely Muse-esque gated fuzz too. I'll try to get some sound clips up tonight.

This. Is. Awesome.

Have you checked the taper of the pots? Sounds like a Linear pot when it should be a Logarithmic one. When you say you turn the volume pot down a fraction the sound disappears does *all* of the sound disappear, or just the output from that particular pickup?

It's better to regret something you did than something you didn't do. Stick with it.

Ooooh. Lucky you. I'd love a Wal. Should have bought that fretless when I was in a position to, not much chance of that happening now.

Very Robert Palmer. In a good way

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1389351892' post='2333092'] Looks interesting, will be good to hear how it sounds! Si [/quote] It's not bad at all. I had to sub one of the trannies and use a 2222 as I'd run out of othrr NPNs but it gives a very vintage O/D sound. I'll give it a go through my amp a bit later on to see how it sounds through a cab...

True dat. I've only met a handful of fellow BCers, but each and every one has been lovely. We are the BALLS ladies and germs.

John Isley's low Es on 'Private Investigations'. The live version on Alchemy is a brilliant example of a disciplined bassist playing for the song.

DHA DI EQ will do everything except the USB/FW connectivity - whisper quiet XLR though. http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page42.html I use a VT1 DI EQ for recording. They're made as Valve O/D pedals but if you turn the gain down and use the clean boost to make the signal up to unity (or wherever you like really) then you'll get a beautiful, valve-warmed clean signal. Or you could replace the stock 12AX7 tube with a 12AU7 for less gain.

General rule is to keep software and DAWs on a separate physical drive to your OS/boot disk, and HDs should run at 7200rpm minimum (bad news for laptop users). Defrag often and don't save files to your desktop (for a number of reasons). Most audio software websites/forums have an 'optimisation' guide in their FAQ sections, so it might be worth for one that's specific to your DAW. This will include stuff like turning off WiFi connectivity and reducing the number of background applications running.