paul_5

OC2 is the daddy of octavers. I've moved to an aguilar as it plays better with my active bass, but the sound of the OC2 is sublime (pun intended)

I've tried alice strings - they were OK, but nothing special. For the money they were just what I wanted (stick them on to record some slap parts, then back to the flats). I wish my strings were cheap, they're currently working out at a tenner a string.

I've found that get a halfway decent distorted/overdriven/fuzz bass sound you've [i]got[/i] to have an amp and speakers (or simulator) in the chain to 'flatter' the sound. Of course, sounding 'good' is massively subjective. I can see the rationale behind the OP, but to push the idea to the nth degree, we should all be playing uprights, eating our food raw, and sleeping in trees.

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' timestamp='1322845415' post='1456638'] DT100s are great hardwearing mics for recording. I wouldn't use them as reference or mixing headphones though as they sound very muffled compared to say the DT880s. [/quote] +1, Dt100s (and DT150s) are absolutely bombproof, but not massively detailed. For mixing etc... I'd go for a pair of Grado GR80s. Lovely, clear, balanced cans. IIRC they were voted 'best headphones' a few years on the trot by What hiFi magazine (or similar).

all the pedals you've mentioned in the OP are super crazy, way-over-the-top units. I'm guessing that you don't want to sound like a jam jar full of wasps through a high pass filter? as Loz has already suggested, the VT1 is a great choice, particularly in front of a valve amp. Other units that are great for bass that don't rob too much of the lows are things like the MXR M80 (the blend control is your best friend here) or quite a lot of people swear by the Boss ODB3 and the James Lomenzo Hyperdrive by Ashdown. I'd have kept mine if I had room for it on the board. Bass Big Muffs are always welcome too. Ideally do you have a particular band / sound in mind, or maybe some links to youpube videos?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1322832425' post='1456387'] I prefer rear ported myself..... [/quote] Snirk snirk. Sorry.

And good news for those of us who don't, as they are all safely incarcerated at Bass Direct.

I don't know any 'lady' bass plyers who would even entertain touching that, let alone play it. Don't make me find my "throwing up" gif.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1322746938' post='1455262'] Swap flats? [/quote] what, and put roundwounds on a DB? you sir, are a deviant.

Welcome on board and good luck with the sales. Anything particular up for grabs?

Either a) distortion pedal (the Dave Hall VT1, Ashdown distortion plus etc... would be favourite, or a bass tube screamer is designed to push valves into 'breaking up') some sort of boost pedal to make the valves sweat a bit harder c) or you could sell it and get an Ampeg! OR d) turn the gain up and master volume down.

I've got Ernie Ball flats on my 5 and the B is lovely, deep and rich, definitely audible .

Just for fun. [media]http://youtu.be/2alBPk2gkPo[/media]

yes.

EBS Unichorus, Chorus, Pitch modulation and Flanger all in one box. job done.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1322497243' post='1451562'] Just remembered this thread! These are the ones I used before I think: [url="http://www.dv247.com/headphones/beyerdynamic-dt-100-studio-headphones-grey-400-ohm--5010"]http://www.dv247.com...y-400-ohm--5010[/url] Bloody fantastic for mixing and general listening alike. Should be great for practicing bass too! Bear in mind these are studio style headphones (monitors for your ears) and are likely to show up any flaw that you give it a chance to see. They're comfy too and won't fall off of your head if you getting bobbing. [/quote] I've got a pair of these, and they are very comfortable. They don't fit in my gig bag though.

I have to agree about the headstock looking awful. In addition I don't like the tuners, neck, pickups, NASA electronics, body shape, colour or contour. Nice case though.

Don't know if this is of use to anyone, but I've currently got an Ampeg Pre into an Ampeg power amp, rack-mounted on top of each other. I was getting a lot of hum, but all of the cabling was solid, and the mains supplies were all on the same ring, valves replaced just in case they'd gone microphonic etc.... Turns out that having the amps so close to each other was enabling the two magnetic fields of the transformers to 'interfere' with each other to the point where my bass playing would come through the power amp even with the preamp turned down. a sheet of aluminium placed between the two has eliminated all of the noise. Simples. Also, egg boxes make perfect holders for golf balls, except that they're slightly too small.

Hmm, first ones that spring to mind are "London Calling" from the Clash, and a live version of "Zoot allures" with (I think) Scott Thunes, can't remember which Zappa album though, really meaty tone and solid playing all the way. Edit: It's on "Does humour belong in music?"

+1, I love EZ drummer.

The EBS chorus has a pretty good Pulse modulation mode that gets pretty close. I had a Stereo Pulsar a while back, I remember thinking it was a lovely pedal. Upgraded to an EBS one later, but for the money it was superb.

Another vote for "driven" here. Great line, especially the version on the "Different Stages" live album.