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i've seen a few of them on ebay, and have kept my eye on them price wise... not been able to find that much out about them.

a few pedals in an old pedlabox on the floor do me...but the pedals aren't essential. i do without them if needs be... ...although maybe one overdrive

[quote name='BigRedX' post='56743' date='Sep 6 2007, 10:54 PM']Personally I don't think any of the 'scarring' looks natural, but then again unless you know where every scrape and ding on your bass has come from then it very rarely can.[/quote] hmmm - they don't...

armsock ?

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='54636' date='Sep 3 2007, 11:07 AM']I always fancied one of those "baritone" VI's. Pity the reissue is so bloody expensive! It's recently been quietly dropped from the Fender website as well. Is it nice to play? I'd imagine that it's pick playing only with the strings so close together![/quote] once you get used to them you can play them with fingers or a pick, although part of the joy is to be able to play full guitar chord on a bass.

i'll certainly look at those....thanks.

i jam with some friends who play techno and breakbeat stuff and some of the tunes are based around flattened fifths (??)...(AD#...DG#...etc) and it always confuses me as to what scales to mooch around in. i'm no theory expert, so what kind of scales would you use to include those notes ? any advice would be appreciated.

[quote name='Higgie' post='54869' date='Sep 3 2007, 06:22 PM']Kev, that's because both the Q-Tron and Big Muff are sh*te. I'm not a big fan of either of them.[/quote] no, no...tell us what you really mean [quote name='cheddatom' post='54608' date='Sep 3 2007, 10:18 AM']It seems weird that you have the q-tron after distortion, as it wont have as much dynamics to react with.[/quote] well i'm still tweaking....i don't usually run the q-tron and the muff at the same time...i use the (modded) rat and the q-tron together, and the rat and the muff...so it kindof works for me. specially as i've just got a ehx small stone

best bass eq i ever tried was the boss pq3b hard to find, and takes some tweaking, but a great unit...

i'd say there's not much point replacing the drivers until you know [i]why[/i] they went...

[quote name='goingdownslow' post='54982' date='Sep 3 2007, 09:45 PM']Also worth a read:- [url="http://sonido.uchile.cl/articulos/tenbiggestliesaudio.pdf"]http://sonido.uchile.cl/articulos/tenbiggestliesaudio.pdf[/url][/quote] strong words

i ue the d'addagio xl 156, which are .24 - .84. i tried the fender set, which are slightly heavier, but i found it almost impossible to intonate the bass.

i use an ampeg svp-pro preamp into a soundtech ps802 - as in the pic...it sounds lovely. so i'm valve pre and ss kind of guy !

been feeling a bit left out, so here's a pic of my vi [attachment=2049:angle.JPG]

[quote name='ped' post='54028' date='Sep 1 2007, 10:23 PM']They are OK I suppose - purely aestherics for me - I prefer a double cutaway myself...[/quote] plus the one

there's an interesting article [url="http://hiddenwires.co.uk/resourcesarticles2006/articles20061201-01.html"]here[/url], although it is written by someone who works for furman, who make power conditioners.

so here'my setup - not on a pedalboard as such, but i plan to get my woodworking skills going soon as my current pedalbox isn't large enough !!! can you tell i like a bit of distortion? [attachment=2020:bc_pedals.jpg]

i'm not a massive fan, but i did see them in hyde park a few years back...the must have gone right off the boil as they were pretty darn good back then..what was it ? 2004 ? shame...i know they seem to be getting a lot of flack these days...ah well. all good things and such

deffo a short methinks. btw - remember that even a fairly spent battery will read full voltage with a multimeter...the voltage will sag when used with a load.

i used their ep2500 as a power amp with my ampeg pre-amp for a couple of years and had no complaints, the only reason why i stopped using it was the weight (but that's not a behringer specific problem). i've used their bass heads in practice rooms before and was impressed with the sound....to my ears better than the ashdowns i've tried. (you can all shout 'heretic' together if you like !!)

in my experience, there's one thing that sounds like valves, and that's valves (sorry if that makes me sound like a gear snob ) there's some bargains to be had out there....[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330159583234&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014"]ebay linky[/url]

[quote name='MB1' post='52036' date='Aug 28 2007, 11:25 PM']MB1. A drummer, two guitarists, and a keyboard player, are always good to have on hand, when you meet a singer! Best of British sir![/quote] thanks i've never played with a keyboard player before...

met up with a singer on sunday with a view to starting a new band. he's a sound guy and he played me some of his rough demos - i was impressed. so on thursday i'm off down to balham in london to meet up with a drummer, two guitarists and a keyboard player to see what happens...the singer's very much 'get people in a room and see if we get on and jam a bit' - an attitude i like it's been 10 months since my last band split up...i'm a bit nervous in case i dry up, but it should be good. i'm taking my fender pj, mxr line booster, my modded rat and a tuner... keep 'em crossed for me folks.