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[quote name='absolutpepper' post='1040149' date='Nov 28 2010, 05:31 PM']Please don't buy the Boss, its terrible and the tracking is aweful.[/quote](sic) I have a Boss SYB5, and I agree that the tracking does leave a lot to be desired, even for a high output bass. 95% of the sounds are unusable in a rock band scenario; I tend to use it to hold a drone note when I go walkabout up the dusty end... other than that it's good fun to play with, but not the most useful pedal I have. I'd go with an OC2, fuzz and Q-tron. Oh, and a loop pedal EDIT: just had a listen to the track, and I reckon an EHX Bassballs will cover that quite nicely (fire up the distortion circuit and it's certainly close enough for a pub full of p*ssed up punters!).

Now it's 'Your Arsenal' by Mozza, suffice to say that #2 son is now in bed asleep (dour mancunianism isn't for the under 5s).

I'll keep it nice and simple: Mainly 5, but my fretless has 4.

Disc 1 of the White Album (again and again). I have my 3 month old son asleep over my shoulder; musical education starts early in the _5 household...

and how good did THAT sound?

Mine's using Safari, so I get the 12 most popular sites on screen when I open my browser. BC is in there. Always

I'll have punt.

[quote name='icastle' post='1033648' date='Nov 23 2010, 10:42 AM']The MOSFET[/quote] Yes. The Mosfet. Lovely little thing. Also Compressors - properly useful and arguably they revolutionised popular music production forever.

+1 on the bass blowtorch. I wasn't overly keen when I first got it (but it was dirt cheap, so I couldn't really leave it in the shop, could I?) but I'm really warming to it; It seems to cover a lot of bases (and basses too) really well. 3 band EQ and a blend knob, you'll struggle to get a bad sound out of it.

If you're not recording more than two tracks at once why not consider a small Protools setup. Reason being that if you nail [i]that[/i] take on a home demo and want to use that take in an eventual studio recording, then most good studios will be running some incarnation of Protools, and you can simply open your project on their machine. Also you'll be learning how to use industry standard software and getting to know what it can do , so that if you're ever recording in a bigger studio then you'll be able to make better informed choices about editing etc... instead of relying on the in house engineers. Just my 2p worth.

Doesn't Billy Sheehan have a PAF style pickup is that position? I saw him demonstrate it at one of his clinics once - produced some LLLLOOOOOOWWWWWW end!

[quote name='SaxxyBass' post='1030940' date='Nov 20 2010, 10:39 PM']I love that track....now I know why [/quote] Plus Bootsy Collins in the mix. Win.

[quote name='chaypup' post='1030901' date='Nov 20 2010, 10:00 PM']Groove is in the heart Express yourself[/quote] Wasn't the 'Groove is in the heart' line pinched from "Bring down the birds"? - I [i]think[/i] it's a Herbie Hancock tune...

Dirty bass is a bit of an obsession of mine, so here's a couple to try. A Sovtek Big Muff (big green one) are prized by a lot of bass players for the warm, fuzzy sound (though this is fuzz, not overdrive, which tends to be a bit 'thinner' to my ears) but are out of production. The Bass Big Muff does well enough in reviews, but I've not tried one myself. The MXR Bass Blowtorch has an on-board 3 band EQ (with selectable mids) so that you can EQ the distorted sound after dialing in as much dirt as you like. Some players think that the amount of distortion available is a bit limited, but as my bass has a pretty hot output level I've got the opposite problem. The Ashdown Drive plus allows you to distort just the highs (using an onboard crossover) and leave the low frequencies untouched, but build quality can be an issue. To my ears the distortion is a little bit underwhelming, but then I like it [i]really[/i] dirty There's loads of other bass dirt boxes on the market, so have some fun playing/experimenting in music shops, ring round before you go though, as some shops don't tend to stock massive ranges of these; we're a niche market. Failing that harmony-central.com is a good place to go for honest reviews, or the guy at bassfuzz.com tends to play about with most of these boxes. They're not very thorough reviews, but often they're better quality sound clips than youtube. (edit)I've just checked bassfuzz.com and all of the samples have been taken down, leaving just the scores out of ten for each pedal Hope this helps.

Good luck with this - the first 11 months are the hardest. Once you've clocked up those, then the rest is easy!!! I haven't bought any gear for 14 months an..... sorry, I can't lie. I'm a pedal junkie and I know I have a problem. Only two feet...

[quote name='silddx' post='456207' date='Apr 7 2009, 09:24 AM']Fascinating as they are, I think this sort of thing would make any musician feel like they were walking naked in the streets of Riyadh. Isolation of something is to reveal its flaws, and people passing judgment on things like tone, timing, errors and erroneous noises outside the context of the whole recording, is a bit weird. Would you isolate the rice from a risotto and tell everyone you think it tastes bland?[/quote] my intention is do a 'remix' of ...And justice for all' so that I can hear the bass on those tracks; I have no desire to see Jason Newstead naked, not even a little bit.

[quote name='51m0n' post='1027810' date='Nov 18 2010, 12:01 PM']Oh forgot this one, classic, seen variations on this with AKG 414s, Neumans, and my favourite a Heil PR40 - its an end address mic (ie like an SM58) but looks like a big side address valve mic, so people sing into the side of them - oh how we laugh....[/quote] I did this the first time I used an EV RE20. We live and learn. Or not. I've also done similar things with a U87 and got a very 'reflective' sound; turns out the singer was singing in the wrong part. How we laughed...

Welcome on board. Nice to see more Zappa enthusiasts on the forum, I'll be listening to EvL later on tonight, thanks for the link. Paul (Nice name by the way, it's one of my favourite albums).

Same as everything else: slowly, then a little bit quicker...

OC2, I love You!!! There, I've said it.

Now children, play nice... +1 on the 'rubber shirt'. Apparently it's the drum tracks from one piece (in 11/8 or something similar) grafted under Patrick's fretless playing. Hooray for Frank Zappa - a true artist. Massively creative and genuinely passionate abut his music. The world needs more people like this.

Just a note, Crybaby Modders. I've just conducted a rough (by that I mean fairly accurate, but not exact) experiment using my bass, Protools (7.4) a wah pedal (with the 0.068uf cap replaced, but no other mods) and a frequency analyser plugin. I wanted to know EXACTLY how much low end got sucked out of my signal when using the Wah pedal in bypass mode. The results were fairly staggering. It seems that the bass guitar (straight into the MBOX) produced bass frequencies (between 40 - 110Hz) at a level round about -30dB (on average) , with the Wah in the signal path (but not engaged) these key frequencies dropped to -40dB. Let's hear it for the 'True Bypass' mod... That's next on my list.

I used to use an EHX Small Clone, which is VERY chorussy, but a bit of a tone-sucker (to be fair it *is* a guitar effect). I've currently got a Boss chorus which is a little bit more subtle.

My "dead wah" from eBay arrived today, opened it up and a capacitor fell out. Admittedly I bought it knowing that it didn't work, and it's no biggie as I've got stacks of components. On the seller's feedback I gave him full marks for an accurate description . Hopefully I'll start modding it tonight. I'll post some photos / audio as soon as I have any. Nice mods too Bartleby, some SERIOUS modding there! Great sounds too.

Stone Dead Forever - Motorhead.