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Finished the board, but no actual 'octave' effect. I substituted the LM324 quad op amp for a TL074, assuming that since the pinouts were the same it would work just as well. It doesn't. I get a clean signal and two muddy, no treble signals through the OCT 1&2 signals. I reckon it needs to be an actual LM324. TL074 is JFET based and I don't think the 324 is. Investigation continues...

AC/DC [i]If you want blood, you've got it[/i] Tool [i]Lateralus[/i] Jaco Pastorious [i]Jaco[/i] The House at Pooh Corner (2 CD set) - purely for the kids....

It'll all be over by [s]Xmas[/s] Wednesday.... [URL=http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/Norris_zps3c30f68c.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/Norris_zps3c30f68c.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1365695481' post='2043107'] I had a MM fretless neck on a Precision Special, it had a composite board and it was fantastic! [/quote] sounds like the one on my jazz. Best. Neck. Ever.

I only heard one obvious mistake. The slapping.

Lovely blog Bluejay, thanks for taking the time to share!

Fish's first solo album [i]Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors[/i] has some real gems too. That there John Giblin again. http://youtu.be/1_4Nl_qFF8o or Doug Wimbish and his sliding harmonics on this one from Living Color (sic). http://youtu.be/vqnVhCADFHY

The AmpLion and the Studio devil are getting a lot of use this week.

I've got the Korg MS20 plugin and it's ace! Stable tuning and the ability to sequence and store patches. I think it was only about $40 too. Time was you had to buy the 'Legacy Collection' (Mono/Poly, Poly 6, MS20, Wavestation) that came with a USB MS20 controller, but they've since made the plugins available individually. Toying with the Poly6 just for the arpeggiator, but I should be less lazy and learn to program the MS20 [i]properly[/i]...

I've got a Focus estate, only because I've got 2 kids (as well as gigs etc...). I drive it because, well, I can't get my amp on my pushbike...

Slayer. That gig's still going, right?

If it's an analogue unit then octave up will always have an element of distortion to it, it's impossible (as far as I know) to separate the two. Shame it's bad at low octave too, as the tracking on the video you posted is brilliant. "Romantic"?

You could always 'relic' it so that just the 'er' of Squier are visible. That way it [i]could[/i] be a fender if you squinted at it from a distance. When I was at Uni (doing music performance) I never had an expensive bass, and my main squeeze was a 5 string Squier P. Yes, it got some disapproving looks at first. Didn't stop half of them borrowing it for recording though...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1365351431' post='2038372'] So what's the point of the pedal board if it's not coming through the PA? [/quote] the board goes through the amp's DI. Gives the FOH engineer the option to mix clean and crazy...

Next installment: resistors and caps all done, just the transistors and diodes to go now...

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1365335647' post='2038114'] If we are talking live show then always pre, give the engineer a nice clean signal to work with, they know the venues foibles better than you or I [/quote] Sage advice. I run straight into a VT1DI/EQ and send that signal to FOH. Then it's the pedalboard and into an SWR head, and a DI or mic from there. It payed dividends this weekend as there was a problem with the pedalboard and it kept making sh*tty noises through my amp - fortunately the sound engineer didn't have that through his system, so I just turned my amp off and repatched it at a suitable time during the set. Turns out a 1/4" socket on my filter had come loose. If he'd taken the DI feed from the amp (post pedals) then I'd probably have made an enemy for life...

Double bass on a bike? Isn't it easier to try it the other way around?

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1365280511' post='2037697'] Me neither. I figure if I can`t remember them, they weren`t worth playing. [/quote] True dat. Memory lapse is my 'acid test' when I'm writing music. Sing it to myself and then leave it, if it keeps coming back to me then it's a keeper. I fnot, then I've not invested any time or effort on a duffer. [i]Then[/i] I'll get Sibelius out and do the 'dots and lines' thing.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1365199145' post='2036784'] They sound great! [/quote] True dat.

Rush. I'd only spoil it though.

I always thought that AC/DC stuff, particularly Bonn Scott's stuff sounded translated well to female vocals.

Get your guitarist to stand further away from his amp and try raising it up closer to ear level.

Rock songs with female vocals? That'll be Janis Joplin then. How about some Skunk Anansie as well? If you want something a bit more up to date (for the young 'uns!) you could try some Paramore.