Kev

flea can play both left handed and right handed, during the californication tour at one point he was playing a left handed modulus due to one of his hands f***ing up, id imagine the left afaik he is right handed

my feeling on the trex pedal exactly

the B2 and B2.1U are identical apart from the expression pedal. So if your not gunna use the pedal, then get the B2 stay away from the B1's, they aint the same quality

indeed, point is, i love the odb-3 and mxr blowtorch, if people dont agree with me, then simply say that you dont in your opinion, n thats just dandy start saying that i like bad tone, and il flame you like a bitch

[quote name='umph' post='274349' date='Sep 1 2008, 11:47 AM']as apposed to raping peoples ears with high end fizzle? to me it just seems like [b]you like bad tone[/b] i'm sorry but thats the impression i get.[/quote] your knowledge of tone outstands me, all hail your opinion i'm sure that the chances are, some of the gear you like i will think is 'bad tone', whether or not it is is totally subjective. and fyi, the eq knob on pedals means you can adjust how much high or low end you get, thus turning down the high eq control on an odb-3 or a blowtorch will reduce 'high end fizzle', you'll go to bed a wiser man now but tbf if you dont know how to use a pedal as simple as an odb-3, its quite worrying

if you think that dude, id just stick to cranking your ampeg

i use my zoom b2.1u

1x15 cabs/combos when used on their own, meh

[quote name='1976fenderhead' post='274153' date='Aug 31 2008, 11:53 PM']I tried the Blowtorch and hated it. Like and expensive ODB-3 if you ask me...[/quote] justify that. they are entirly different pedals, i mean seriously they are nothing at all alike, and i owned both for quite a long while

coffin cases annoy me too! cases should just hold basses, not choking on dust!

everybodys gear is being trashed in this thread, literally everybodys

jealousy my friend

i think Ashdown wins the most hated award

i cannot STAND the trex bass juice, iv never heard it being used by anyone and sounding good, there is a horrific demo of it on youtube you might wana look at, but you need to try it. i tried it through a hiwatt amp and thought it sounded terrible, actually the worst distortion id ever tried, no exaggeration, but thats probably due to it not being to my taste. blowtorch, on the other hand, is a bloody superb pedal, and would recommend it to anyone

[quote name='jay249' post='274025' date='Aug 31 2008, 08:41 PM']BassmanKev...My Fender is worth more than £1500 and its all I play, I teach with it and I do a whole load of different kind of gigs from it and it's the only bass I've owned that I'm happy with... So am i just showing off? I can assure you I'm not rich![/quote] you'll probably find that alot of your happy feelings about it are all psychological, especially if you aint rich i.e. your tryin to like the bass as much as possible to justify all that money. consider the bass was exactly as it is now, but is worth only £200. honestly ask yourself, would you still like it as much?? [/pyschology lesson] all IMO i could be wrong

[quote name='Master blaster' post='274011' date='Aug 31 2008, 08:19 PM']For example why the hell is there so many companies copying fender?[/quote] +1

il duck after i say this one.. jazz basses, i just dont like them, i hate their stupidly slim necks, and i dont like the general feel of them, and i hate that people like sadowsky and lakland usa feel the need to make super expensive copies of them, and i dont like the tone or pickup positioning MY OPINION

[quote name='martthebass' post='273977' date='Aug 31 2008, 07:30 PM']Turned up to a mate of a mates jam session the other night. The guitarist in the 'house' band told me 3 times within 3 minutes about the +£2000 1963 Strat he was playing. Just had to say 'bloody hell you could have got 2 or 3 new ones for that' Sorry.................true story tho[/quote] i would so respect someone if they told me they just had a fender jazz, and it actually was a 1965 vintage but....no, you ask someone who owns a vintage instrument what they play, they will tell you the day it was built, and how many mm its dings are +1 on people owning expensive instruments when they play like poo another thing, i cant stand to see bassists with multiple thousands of pounds worth of pedals n effects...and then be in a generic indie or emo band

electro harmonix pedals, iv never ever owned one which i havnt had a problem with, whether it be build quality problems or just generally not sounding like id hoped. big muff is the only pedal by them which i actually like, and even then i only like the old sovtek ones wireless systems, just so not rock n roll, and more like the kid in school with the big round glasses and buck teeth

i have an original akai power supply if you wanna complete the collectable package if your interested, pop us a pm but yeah, any 9v dc with at least 150ma would work no problems

how could i forget this one, Gold hardware, cheap, chavvy and taccy looking, no no no

heres a couple more iv thought of and picked up from reading the thread: Passive basses, just dull, i dont get them, its just like an active bass, but with no or very limited tonal control, why? Wooden necks, since i got my status neck fitted to my stingray, i have wondered why anyone uses wooden necks? they change shape with temperature, they wear down easier, they are less stable, they are heavier, and imo the tone has nothing on a good carbon neck...graphite rules.

Fender basses, mainly the USA made ones, anyone that buys them purely is doing so for the made in USA sticker, quality and sound wise beaten by pretty much every bass i can think of in that price bracket. Anything by Ashdown, every effect, amp or cab iv tried by ashdown have dissapointed me, just for me such a bland tone any bass over £1500, IMO that kinda of money just cant be justified, no matter what the bass sounds like or how it plays, just for rich kids who like to say they have an expensive bass Tonefactor pedals or whatever they are called now, every one iv tried or owned, not being too many admitidly, have underwhelmed me, nice pedals, but nothing special, and IMO dont deserve the hype they get on this board Pedaltrain pedalboard, >£150 for a piece of metal to put pedals onto?? i made a wooden board, raised at rear so cables n that could be hidden, cost me £2.50. 'nuff said. no doubt il be adding a fair bit to this list, alot of stuff i see on this site i think meh about