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i hear it's a b@stard to play - neck's like a log !

[quote name='BassManKev' post='201540' date='May 18 2008, 02:49 PM']odb-3 is great choice, can be used as a clean boost, as well as a low gain natural overdrive, and a high gain noise fest. as long as your careful and know how to use the eq/blend effectivly, its a great pedal[/quote] you should just put that in your sig bmk...save yourself some typing

i think the english muff'n is a different beast to the big muff family, which tend to go straight for the jugular...and are fuzz pedals rather than overdrives... i'd be quite tempted by the english muff'n (from what i've heard and read) if i hadn't vowed to stop buying pedals

[quote name='paul, the' post='200883' date='May 17 2008, 09:23 AM']Sweet rig. How much does the 212 weigh?[/quote] i've not actually weighed it, but the seller reckoned about 60lb, which seems right compared with my 4x10. either way it's a good size and weight...for a little chap like me !

i'd be interested in replies to this too...i quite fancy one of the zoom recorders, for doing practises and also just for making field recordings for sampling later

[quote name='Starvolt' post='201570' date='May 18 2008, 03:39 PM']When you bear in mind that he'd been playing bass for about a month, and struggled to play Smoke On The Water, I thought that it was a rather strange investment, rather than a cheaper bass.[/quote] well, it would keep its resale value better than a cheaper one i suppose...

well, maplins have proved to be no use trying to source the replacement caps for the power supply.... i'm actually wondering if it's worthwhile just biting the bullet and getting it serviced professionally...it's possible i may be selling it soon anyway... oh, and in pulling the board for the power supply just i noticed that there's more etching humour on the bottom of the pcb. right in the middle it says 'make it so number one' ahhh....the late 90's eh ?

[quote name='ped' post='201449' date='May 18 2008, 11:51 AM']I think flat screen monitors are buzz free, so a must for the studio.[/quote] plus the one ! and the lack of cathode rays means you don't have to wear a tin-foil hat any more !!!

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='201426' date='May 18 2008, 11:15 AM']Nothing worse than noisy fans, try a class D power amp, they don't have them, they're also a lot lighter.[/quote] lighter than my soundtech ? it only wieghs 16lbs !!! i reckon i'll just keep my eyes open for a cheap, low-power, convection-cooled amp.

[quote name='PauBass' post='201381' date='May 18 2008, 09:17 AM']Any other pedal that can give the sound that grit I'm looking for?[/quote] suggestions (from my 'umble experience)... digitech bad monkey - a low-gain overdrive that has plenty of level boosting ability. mxr bass di+ - two channel overdrive - you can use the clean boost to overdrive the front end of your amp, and also a dedicated distorion channel that you could add some dirt with and also pump up the volume with to hit your valves harder. line booster pedals (mxr micro amp, cae line booster, ehx linear booster) - will add more grind, but will also raise your volume somewhat..as i said it depends how much overdrive you need really. ive found that in the parts of sone where i need more overdrive a bit of volume boost works well anyway, but best to try if you can.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='201297' date='May 17 2008, 11:15 PM']i sold mine for 120 [/quote] for what i actually use mine for (wierd noises) i'm thinking of flogging it and buying a mega-cheap one. i do wonder what the fuss about them is tho...mine sounds fairly ropey.. guitarists eh ?

[quote name='BassManKev' post='201289' date='May 17 2008, 10:56 PM']that delay pedal is superb, i so regret selling mine, seems an age ago now lovely board [/quote] thank you those delays go for silly prices these days...

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='201279' date='May 17 2008, 10:23 PM']It is a bit tatty, there are screws missing and as the receipt says it doesn't have a tremolo, so that's probably a fair price [/quote] it's a shame it didn't come with ELO either

[quote name='BigRedX' post='201273' date='May 17 2008, 10:11 PM']If I was still in my last band and playing guitar I would have already hit the "Buy It Now" for the Gundam Axe guitar.[/quote] that's cool...but wtf can't i ever see the auctiva pics ??

well, i think i'm sorted with my main board - one of the guitarists today said i had the best sound i've had ever...so it must have been good for him to comment !! i bunged some of the other pedals i don't use into my smaller board, just to keep them tidy and for my peter hook impressions so here they are: main board at the top, satellite board at the bottom [size=1]god, that carpet's horrid[/size]

i can't see any pictures anyway !

shouldn't we be down the boozer getting trolleyed then ? happy birthday !!!

[quote name='dangerboy' post='201116' date='May 17 2008, 04:46 PM']I'm trying out the first applicant on Monday... Will keep you guys up to date. Maybe we'll go for a 4-bass lineup in the end ;-)[/quote] do let me know how you get on...i may even be able to find time if you're lucky. (don't you feel honoured ! )

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='201082' date='May 17 2008, 03:41 PM']So an MXR Micro Amp, maybe? Not sure how you'd deal with the change in level between the clean and dirty sound though.[/quote] i've used my cae line booster (posh micro amp) with my ampeg pre and managed to get a good overdriven sound by driving the input a bit harder - unless you go berserk the extra compression that the valves give it when overdriven meant that the volume boost wasn't too bad. give it a whirl...

two fenders...my 86 jazz and my vi that's it.

blimey

[quote name='dougal' post='143484' date='Feb 20 2008, 01:18 AM']Man, I had one of them cira about 86! Traded it in for a blue crackle finish Aria MAB of some description. Nice bass![/quote] plus the one - lovely looking basses...if one turned for sale on ebay i'd be all over it like a rash

phew...now i don't feel like i have too many ! nice vi btw