paul_5

I'm too modest to 'name drop' on here, but you've forced me into it: Sammy Davis JR was in my woodwork class, Dante Alighiere was in my french group (for some strange reason), and H from Steps ran the ice cream van that sold confectionary and 'single' cigarettes to 5th formers at lunch break. Also we had some fellows in assembly once showing us all how to do tricks with yoyo's, can't remember their names though. Top that then!

another +1 for DiMarzio Ultra Jazzes. I picked a pair up on here for £60 and they are the absolute balls. My fretless 4 string just [i]sings[/i]

I've recently found that active basses make all the difference. I've just finished converting both of my basses to active and the difference is like night and day. All of the tones I need are literally at my fingertips, and I don't need to run to the backline to fiddle with knobs in the dark. I think that if I'd had an active bass with the LH1000 then I would have kept it.

Anybody else come full circle with their effects? I started out (many weeks ago) with a DOD FX25, Russian Big Muff and a few other bits and pieces. Last year I think I went through about 10 different fuzz/overdrive pedals and I've had 5 different filters - many of which have been fairly high-end stuff. Today I bought a DOD FX25 from eBay to go next to my 2nd Russian muff. The difference is that now i play active basses, so the sounds that were in my head when I started dabbling with effects are now coming out of my speakers. Has anybody else had a similar experience where you had it 'right first time' but didn't realise it?

Sansamp BDDI, octave, chorus and a dirtbox. That's all I need most of the time.

yeah, I'd reckon about 50% of the FX are fundamental and get used all the time. Things like octave and chorus will always be on the board, and I'd consider at least one dirtbox essential. The rest, like envelope filters and wah etc... are for when things get a little bit 'further out'

I bought the LH1000 and a Hydrive 410 when they first came out. The head is very powerful, but not too versatile. I've kept the cab and am currently running a Sansamp BDDI into an Ampeg 1550 poweramp. Moves a lot of air, but more versatile soundwise.

Or just do what I did and write the stuff yourself, but in such a way that the bass effects are [i]essential[/i] to the sound of the band. Of course that's not my primary concern when writing material, but it's certainly not vetoed before it's even tried. Even better if you have some way to demo the stuff (none of the other guys read, so this is a necessary evil for me) let them hear it and judge it on its own merits, not pedal-envy.

[quote name='yorick' timestamp='1329398904' post='1541826'] I went to school with a load of reprobates. [/quote] you still went though? I never.

I much prefer Hold Your Fire to Power Windows. They're both better than Grace Under Pressure though - that's a bit of a stinker. Of course, that's my opinion. Presto on the other hand is magnificent - is that the Wal too?

Mine arrived this lunchtime, will be stringing them up later on tonight to see how they fare.

Power Windows was the one where nobody had any bass. All mids and treble for the bass sound, electronic drums and Alex's guitar tones are practically supersonic. I believe that instead of amps he used large tin cans with baby wasps in... Bi-amped of course.

I'm a bit late to this party, but have been absolutely loving the videos. Keep 'em coming!

EBS chorus thingy is the best I've used. I went through the EHX small clone, Boss CEB3 and CE2B and have settled on the EBS one. Not cheap, but very, very good.

I've had some Alpha pots from 'axesrus' (google them, can't remember if they're .com or co.uk and they've been really good. They're not 69p, but they'll run forever and stand up to the rigours of gigging etc... The range that they carry isn't massive, but you might get lucky finding the right value.

Just to clear everything up: Paul McCartney was in that band that was ruined by that woman. True on both counts.