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Reverb is a 'get out of jail' card for a lot of vocalists - it can hide bad breathing, tuning issues or loads of other things (in the wrong hands). Maybe she thinks it'll do the same for the bass; that may be her only frame of reference. I remember recording an album with an artist and I'd put the bass down, then I played some Hammond on it too. The artist heard it and said that there was something in the bass that he didn't like (it was a bit too 'dirty', so I suggested a different bass tone so we went for that. A quick rerecording later he still wasn't happy when I sent the demo off. Turns out that the 'dirty bass' bit was coming from the Hammond, not the bass guitar. Just because someone doesn't have the technical vocabulary, or experience of which instrument makes which noise doesn't mean that they are wrong, just ill equipped to communicate in this particular sphere.

I use mine (DHA VT1 EQ) to get some valve crutch into my tone when I'm playing with the NWOBHM band. I mainly play a fretless HH Jazz into my amp and it's lovely and clean. My amp (SWR SM400) just won't do 'dirty'. It's ridiculously well designed and (try as I might) just won't break up anywhere near as much as I need for heavier sets. It was tons cheaper to get a pre pedal than to buy a 400W valve head just for certain gigs.

My amp (not a Kilo) tends to make unwanted noise after I've been playing for about 10 minutes. At first I thought it was the tube, so I took it to a tech, and after a could of hours of me describing the fault (and some fairly extensive oscilloscope work on his part) we came to the conclusion that the amp is fine, I'm just a godawful bassist.

Facebooked this today too, so you should have a couple more coming your way.

AAAAGGGGHHHH. I tried trimming mine and it went a bit wonky on one side, so I kept trying to even it up and ended up with a Hitler! Deference to my left-wing ideals necessitated its removal. Sorry chaps.

I'm selling a Rickenbacker, and so is my wife!

welcome on board skipper, always nice to have another DIY'er.

Finished this the other night - Sadowsky preamp clone with added Mid control. [attachment=149026:2013-11-23 10.22.08.jpg] [attachment=149025:2013-11-23 10.21.47.jpg]. Doesn't look like much at the moment, but it sounds lovely.

Should I be worried this being habit forming?

[quote name='Clarky72' timestamp='1385139388' post='2284952'] What sort of weight is the SM400, is it a light amp? [/quote] 18lb, that's just a shade over 8kg to you or I. Not exactly [i]light[/i], but it won't give you an Ampeg-hernia™ either. If you're anywhere near me you're welcome to come and have a play.

That's a thing of beauty!

[quote name='Norm' timestamp='1384960518' post='2282823'] I'm with Gareth on this one but then I have a Trace Elliott v4, so I'm biased! [/quote] Nice 'valve' joke there. Well done.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1385070218' post='2284229'] Got to agree that a Jazz and SWR are a classic sound. I'd only vouch for old SWR kit before the sell-out, myself.... so a SM series would be fine. I run a SM400 as a practice rig and wont sell it... [/quote] Same amp here. Awesome piece of kit that's also not for sale.

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1385065260' post='2284135'] Got called a Mexican last night [/quote] The pinnacle of moustache compliments! Well done sir.

Jazz bass? SWR.

I'm only vaguely curious about this, I reckon I'm all 'Rush live albummed out'.

why's it got those 'speed bumps' on the fingerboard? Seriously though, that's a lovely looking instrument.

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I love early hip hop and rap stuff, Kanye's suffering from "Mo' money, mo' problems".

if they're both 8Ω then there's less chance of a mismatch. Two 8Ω cabs in parallel will give you a 4Ω load and in series will give you 16Ω. The danger comes when you present a load (ohms) that is too small for an amp, some valve amps will tolerate a 2Ω load, but most amps state 4Ω minimum. The minimum impedance (ohmage) should be on the back of the amp near the speaker connectors. So long as you don't give it more than about 300W then you should be fine . Nice looking rig, by the way.

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hmmm, if only.

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I know it's not what we need just before christmas hits, but Waves currently have a sale on some of their plugins (older Renaissance stuff generally) - these can be had for less than £50. http://www.waves.com/specials Particularly tempting are the Renaissance Comp and Reverb. Having used them a few years ago I can thoroughly recommend them.