paul_5

This^ I had an ‘uncoloured’ rig for a while and was missing some ‘oomf’ from my sound; turns out that a (very much coloured) Ampeg cab was the missing ingredient. on paper an FRFR rig sounds great, but won’t be appropriate for every situation.

I’ve never liked any of the P basses I’ve played over the years, until I layer one with flats. Mmmmm 😍

That joint in the bottom left looks dicey at best. solder joints should be bright and shiny- are you using rosin cored solder or flux? Your iron might need the temperature adjusting too if possible - dull joints can be a sign that your iron is too hot. Best thing to do is remove all of the solder from the pot lugs, cut fresh ends on the wire, then twist and tin them. Insert both ends into the solder lug, then solder them both to the pot at the same time. Also, it’s worth putting a crocodile clip across on the lug you’re soldering as a heat sink so you don’t damage the pot with heat. Always turn pots to full counterclockwise before soldering them too - this reduces the risk of damaging the track inside with the 200 degree iron.. sorry if that’s a lot, I’m just sharing the wisdom of my years of building, and the stuff that I learnt the hard way when I was starting out.

sadly we also have useless animals like Bungle Johnson who can't seem to stop breeding - so much so that it's now difficult to know to what extent he has been replicating his sociopathic DNA.

Does ‘playing the first song of a live set with amp in standby’ count? Guilty as charged.

Instrument level straight out of your pedals won’t be enough to feed a power amp input - you’ll need some sort of preamp to amplify the signal to line level.

Just saying…

The big muff has got pineapple on it; you either love the tone stack, or hate it!

Volume on “1” 😄 them’s Trace watts!

I’ve got one for sale…. my favourite thing about the DHA VT1 EQ Is that there’s a ‘sagginess*’ to how it responds - a lot like a tube amp does; this weighs significantly less though!! *can’t think of another way to describe it, soz.

Why, don’t they have lifts?

My brother (a guitarist who dabbles with the bass) bought a set and really likes them.

“Not that f&cking chord, the other one!!” - Father Ted Crilly.

“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture” ”Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible” both from the late, great Frank Zappa

DHA Valve overdrive Coloursound Bass Fuzz Boss OC2 Most of my other pedals have come and go, and occasionally been missing in action, but these 3 have been staples of mine for year.

Yeppers, the SYB5 is years old, and the tracking isn't great - certainly not by today's standards. One thing that massively bugged me about the SYB-5 was that while it did the 'press to hold' function (really useful) it had a sweeping filter on the drone note, which I didn't want. I found the only way to get rid of that swooshing was to use a Behringer BSY600!

And how about including half of this banger:

Then of course there's this belter from Sepultura from their excellent 'Roots' album.

Parallel

I used an on/on/on switch for mine - front coil, both, then bridge - only needs a single volume and tone then.

What I really like about her stuff (apart from the amazing chops) is that she genuinely looks like she loves playing the bass.