paul_5

my eyes just threw up a bit.

welcome on board.

man, that's a looooong top horn.

[quote name='webster' post='1233885' date='May 17 2011, 06:55 AM']Didn't Flea use the big muff on Sir psycho sexy, with a dying battery? Sounded awesome![/quote] I think it was a MuTron with a dying battery. I've just got a BBM and I love it. I've had roughly 5 different dirt boxes in the last 12 months, but this is my favourite.

I've got this configuration (volume/blend/tone) on my Blade and I love it. It's great for doing volume swells with one pickup "backed off" slightly - which is practically impossible with two independent volume controls.

What amused me was that in the poll results graph at the top none of the colors (sic) mentioned corresponded to the colour of the bar representing the result. I suppose that's ironic, and would have been missed by TBers on the whole.

I voted upgrade. For me the 'meat and potatoes' of a bass is how the neck feels. If you find one that works for you then keep hold of it. I've got a frankenbass that has the neck from a really dodgy Japcrap bass, but I just love the feel of it. I built the rest of the bass around being able to use that neck.

Oh my, Bilbo, I can see I'll be very busy for the next few months. Thanks SOOOOOO much for this.

seconded - my GFS stuff arrived within the week.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1228010' date='May 11 2011, 08:37 PM']Well,it is pretty much the same spec as his other bass,just with wood pickup covers and an extra XLR output. Besides,he sounds pretty much the same whatever gear he's using.[/quote] yeah, I thought he already had one of these. It's the same spec as mine...and then I woke up!

I've tried a few in my time, Boss CE3B, CE2B, Digitech bass chorus, EHX small clone and an EBS unichorus. The Boss CE2 and the EBS were my favourite two, the winner (for me) is the EBS - it's just lovely (and has a small footprint, too) and choc-full of analogue goodness.

Hi TNIT, loads of guitarist that I know swear by GFS stuff. You can get some pretty good deals depending on the exchange rate (not sure if they have UK distribution yet), but they're knocking out all 3 pickups for $90 US. Their website is [url="http://www.guitarfetish.com/"]HERE[/url]. I put some of their overwound AlNiCo P pups on my fretless and they're insanely clear and rich for the money (about $40 at the time). [b] Edit: [/b]they're even cheaper on the bay: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GFS-Premium-Overwound-Alnico-Boutique-Strat-Pickups-I18-/380142172737?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item58823d3a41#ht_2563wt_1022"]GFS ON EBAY[/url].

I've nothing against Reason as a piece of software, just the way people scratch the surface with it and assume that they are now a 'producer' because they've 'written' a 4 bar loop.

[quote name='Bankai' post='1227249' date='May 11 2011, 10:35 AM']Also greatest moment; literally the moment he hands me his bass, I plant the headstock straight into the wall. Great start...[/quote] Doing the relic'ing yourself then?

Spot on. We have a saying at work "Reason doth not a producer make". It takes more than phat beats innit? Shizzle (etc...).

Hve you thought about coated strings? Elixirs tend to last a while (unless you play with a pick, which just shreds them) though they're not [i]quite[/i] as zingy as new uncoated roundwounds.

yay for bass chords. Tenths are even better, as they're often easier to play.