paul_5

Shizznit's got it - one to one tuition from an experienced (and recommended) bass teacher will pay ultimately dividends. There's plenty of time to get obsessed by gear later on ( ), for now I'd say the single best thing that you can do is to invest in some lessons.

Dood's right, I put the AU7 in my pre stage just because it was a warmer sound. As far as output wattage goes if you put an AU7 instead of an AX7 with a passive bass then the output would be reduces. If you put an AU7 in and used a hight output bass then you'd probably not notice much difference. Basically a 12AX7 (ECC83 in English) has 100µ of gain, the AU7 has about 60 (depending on the type of valve). If you fancy having a play around with different valves then I'd recommend a call to Martin at Watford Valves - seriously knowledgeable fella on all things valve. It's not a short phone call though...

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1353595749' post='1876402'] I'd love to hear some AD/DC on a fretless! [/quote] Instead of durdurdurdurdurdurdurdur it would go mwahmwahmwahmwahmwah.

I've had a couple of different tubes in these heads. The first was a Tungsol 12AX7 that took away some of the 'twangy' sharp top and mellowed it out a bit, currently I've got a JJ 12AU7 in there just because. Obviously to get the full 500W output you need a 12AX7, not an AU7, but there we are.

Does anyone have any experience of the RGT? Is it worth joining? What are the practical benefits? Is it worth the money? Discuss.

I put one on the bridge of my fretless Jazz, but not got them anywhere else. I could imagine the bridge ones being a bit restrictive if you were chugging away with a pick, but other that that I use mine as a cowbell.

Triangle wave. The older Boss SYB3 does these really well.

Aren't those pickups from a Westone (or similar)?

All the best for a speedy recovery; there's nothing worse than looking at gear and not being able to play it. OK, maybe scabies, but it's still pretty bad.

The danger with using computers as practice amps is that you may begin to compensate for the latency in the system and play everything ahead of the beat. At that point you're nearly every guitarist i've played with ;-). You'd be better off with an EHX headphone amp-£40ish will get you and they're great little pieces of kit.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1353185604' post='1872631'] Maybe,but there is always going to be someone who has never heard the joke or song before and enjoys it. Interestingly,the only people who seem slag the song off are people in bands who think it's cliche and cheesy.To be fair,it would be easy to say the same thing about many 'classic' rock songs that nearly every other band seems to play.I've heard far more bands play the same Thin Lizzy,Free,AC/DC etc. songs than I have play Mustang Sally. [/quote] what does that tell you?

[quote name='Elvis Valentine' timestamp='1353075075' post='1871317'] That was another possibility of course. i used the trial version of Reaper and i liked it a lot but some of my friends were very vocal about me getting pro tools so we could share projects. [/quote] Get them to chip in then. No, seriously though, PT academic edition is brilliant, I've not come across anything that I need that it's not been able to do. It's a bit sh*tty that PT now uses up a USB socket for the dongle, but at least you can use any interface you like. I used to borrow a mate's MOTU for 8 channel recording and then do all the editing and mixing etc... on an olad 2 channel MBox. Nice.

can I just say that we're NOT doing Mustang Sally. Or Moondance. That doesn't necessarily make us better than anyone else. [size=1]although we are[/size].

or pick up your fretless...

or play tenths on the bass (thirds on the G string, roots on the E string) - I discovered this when a guitarist broke a string halfway through a song and the Floyd Rose trem unit sank into the body, effectively detuning his entire guitar... Muppet. This won't work with an octave pedal but sounds great through a dirt box!

Just finished my 'bits P' bass. Basically I was auditioning for a rpck band and needed something with frets, so I popped into my manshed and came up with this: [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/2012-11-14165110.jpg[/IMG] It is nice.

Depends what you want it for. I've used Waves plugins in the past, and the only one that I went back to time and time again was the SSL E-channel - I'm not really one for mixing etc... in the box, but that particular plugin just sounds brilliant. The SSL Buss compressor is also a handy thing to have. Not really had much experience with the T-Racks stuff, so can't help you there. Sorry.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1352845091' post='1868440'] Geddy Lee has the most shockingly inefficiently plucking hand technique on the planet, he defies the very laws of physics to play so many notes so quickly with it. His only real competition in the famous-musician-with-shocking-technique stakes was garry moore. [/quote] This, Ged was the first player to spring to mind. Massive inspiration to me, so I certainly don't see it as a bad thing.

5imon - RME kit is just brilliant - great quality hardware and rock solid drivers. Loads of people on here swear by their Zoom B3s - have you considered that? As far as software goes then I've used Amplitube and thought it was alright but nothing more. Studio devil do something similar and I've always preferred that to the big name stuff (SVX, AmpliTube etc...). Linky: [url="http://www.studiodevil.com/products/virtual_bass_amp_pro/"]http://www.studiodev...l_bass_amp_pro/[/url] there's also a scaled down demo version too, so you can (legally) try before you buy... EDIT - it needs a DAW host though (Cubase, ProTools etc...) so might not be for you. Still really good though.

I'm running the BSY600 (Boss SYB-5 clone) and actually prefer it to the Boss ones as it'll hold a note without the perpetual filter sweep, so it suit me better than the alternative. The footswitch can be a bit crappy, but I reckon I can fix that...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1352844509' post='1868429'] Actually the Atari ST computers had built-in MIDI ports. Because they were awesome! [/quote] fixed.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1352846228' post='1868471'] I love having an excuse to post this video: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QL-6eTHSHQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]https://www.youtube....be_gdata_player[/url] [/quote] Had that chap been eating jelly with a fork?

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1352817173' post='1867770'] There is one. It's called Rubber Shirt. [/quote] This. [media]http://youtu.be/p1enpAdend0[/media] starts about 3 minutes.

[quote name='Floyd' timestamp='1352790441' post='1867366'] I'd had a long day and my brain was getting frazzled. [/quote] Been there, done that, got the T-shirt but forgot my trousers...