paul_5

shame there's nothing like that for mac.

True dat. Loads of Zappa fans blame Scott for the premature end of his final tour, but it still remains that Scott is a superb player and helped to make that incarnation of Zappa's band greater than the sum of its parts. Fluid yet razor sharp , tight playing - check. Inspired note choices - check. Brilliant improvisation alongside supportive 'accompaniment' playing - check. He might be a 'prickly' character, but he's an awesome musician.

so anyway, I've decided to diarise my fake OC2 (faux C2) build. Step one is to prepare the board by cutting the traces where necessary. All 76 of them... I used a small screwdriver to take out the bulk of the track, and finished the edges with a little kitchen knife. At this point it's worth checking each and every cut with a meter (I used the Diode setting on mine, as it beeps when there is a short). It's time consuming and a bit dull, but it'll save you loads of time debugging the pedal when you've put everything together and it doesn't work...

Buoyed by my recent successes in making and modding pedals I placed a big order with doctortweek.co.uk last night and will be attempting an OC2, using the same old school chips, diodes and transistors. That should make for an interesting week...

Squier VMJ? Nice. Looks like the previous owner was using 'fretted' vibrato technique... I've got the same sort of wear on my Mighty Mite ebanol board, so I'd be interested in any replies too. I've used 1200 paper on it before now, but that's not ideal.

Note? I don't even know which page I'm on. :-(

Saw this and thought of you, Mel,. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iD6WEbfQuso

SWR head? they're nice and defined with a tight, focussed low end.

Turned out pretty well. There is (understandably) a volume drop othe FX part of the blend, but at least I can do what I wanted with it. I just need to fine tune the frequencies on the HPF control and the job is a veritable good 'un.

I've been using a guitar chorus pedal (kit thing, but really lush, BBD pedal) on my fretless for a while now, and I can feel some mods coming on. I reckon I'll stick a blend pot before the effect itself, and a HPF between the blended buffer and the chorus board. Hold on to your shorts, this might be a bumpy ride...

In all honesty, having used a few, the footswitches on the pedals are temperamental. It's an easy fix if you're that way inclined though. I use a BSY600 on my board, as it suits my needs better than the Boss SYB5, in that when it's used to hold a drone pedal note, the filter doesn't continue to sweep up and down like a bride's nightie.

They do really, they're just jealous of our musical prowess and goddamned sexual magnetism. That and we know how to set up the PA too.

everything these days is made in China http://youtu.be/_Xn3SK9rSdQ

I've used Behringer ADA things in the studio and never had any issues. The power switches on their rack stuff tend to fall off within the first month, but that's the only real issue I've had with their kit. The pedals feel a bit flimsy next to cast steel ones but to be honest, if you're using them as a trampoline then you're probably a guitarist, and your opinion is invalid. ;-)

You could use this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kXoByAOQ73U/UQkZnBNFGwI/AAAAAAAAEp8/agyYHuzaeao/s1600/Emerson+Custom+Guitars+Em-Drive+-+compact.png as a line booster - just remove the 'Gain' control and it's a really clean level booster. fits on a 6x6 piece of veroboard too!

..and they'll probably tell you to buy a new one. modern (surface mount) PCBs just aren't designed with repair in mind. Sad but true.

xgsjx Yesterday, 02:40 PM Black basses are cool. What's even cooler is stripping the black bass to show some nice wood. I'm possibly going to spray my project bass (P body, MM bridge pup, J nexk pup and jazz neck) black. It'll have a new B/W/B plate fom the Bass Doc and a maple neck and fingerboard. Black and maple? I should say so!

I've just had that same thought... [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/2013-03-20115141_zpsdfd09c48.jpg[/IMG]

a couple of years ago I bought a 3 band, 4 knob (and a toggle switch) 18V preamp from a fellow BC'er. In the interim I've nabbed the pots off it for other projects, and now I can't find my wiring diagram to rewire it. It's a black box with no discernable markings on it and wasn't an expensive one. Any thoughts as to what it might be or how to wire it? (talk about a shot in the dark!)

Artec electronics are brilliant for the money, not quite up there with the East pre's, but then they are a fraction of the cost... http://www.artecsound.com/pickups/index.html

Seen them twice now - Roll the Bones and R30 tour. Once at Sheffield arena and then at the MEN arena in Manchester. Both times the sound wasn't the best. Granted, lots of people want to see bands of their stature, but the only venues that make it financially viable for them are (for the most part) the ones that sound sh*t. They need to play at Manchester Apollo - the sound there is brilliant!