fretmeister

I get this cow poop when I do magic too. Cretins asking me why I want a couple of hundred for a show when it's "only an hour?" Yeah - and the decades of practice, the travel, the kit... And (because I do pyro stuff on occasion) - the frakking insurance! Ignore them.

I do agree.... but only when your right hand only has 1 job. If your right hand has to swap between fingers, pick, and slap then no amount of hand control will get those things to work in the same dynamic range.

That's just wrong. Compression doesn't remove anything from the top and bottom at all. High and Low Pass filters do that. Compression just moves all the information into a smaller dynamic range. It doesn't slice anything off. It just squashes it. All the information is still there, including the overtones you seem to be obsessed with. In fact - overtones that are naturally quiet so would be at the very bottom of the wave have their volumes INCREASED with compression to get them into the compressed dynamic range that has been set.

Proper transcription.

That's not a funny look. That's lust. They know it, and I know it.

EMG measurements are on their site. EMG also do different bridge J widths as some Fenders had slightly different pickup widths. I suggest amending the thread title to ask someone to measure the pickups on their Yamaha bass. Then you'll have all the info you need.

It does look amazing. And the twin VU makes it look at bit 1960s sci-fi and I love that.

Just the classics or more modern stuff? Kyle Eastwood's Metropolitain album was written around the bass parts but is also more about the other instruments - if that makes any sense!

Does the string cope with being bent round the tuning head? I thought normal scale flats on a shorty could end up failing at the tuner?

Put a wanted up on thefretboard.co.uk ? Join my Band? Twitter using the 'guitartwitter' community? Ask a friend who works in psychology or HR about the most narcissistic ego-centric 'hole they know. Got to be at least a 50% chance they are a guitarist!

@Muppet Like you I hate the notched controls. I sent Dave my RM800 Evo2 and he swapped the notched for a smooth control. And he did it for free. The notches are crap. They remove the chance of getting the settings spot on. Even on the RM it went from too quiet to too loud in 1 notch. I'm saving for one of these bad boys and when I order it I will be asking for smooth controls at the time of the order!

If you have a 3D printer or access to one... https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/gadgets/audio/bass-guitar-muter-3d-print You can now make your own one. $20 for the CAD file and then get it printed somewhere and assemble it yourself.

I'll ask!

On the Floor is there not a switch under the expression treadle?

I've asked about the EXP sockets - "No" for Helix, "Yes" for the Stomp.

I've gigged with a DXR10 on the floor with a Helix for my sounds and I thought it was very good.

I don't know about the EXP sockets - I have the rack version with the foot controller and it's a bit different. The rack controller has a separate socket to be used with the helix specific Mission expression pedal toe switch and that can be assigned to lots of things. The controller for the rack doesn't have an expression pedal on it. 2 sockets are used for the expression pedal, 1 for the treadle and another for the toe switch. The Mission L6H has 2 sockets on it as well for that purpose.

They have an Ideascale page. You can post ideas on it and then helix users can vote for it, and they take that into consideration for future firmware updates. I think the last load of new amps and the little level meters were as a result of the public. https://line6.ideascale.com/c/campaigns/51424/stage/all-stages/ideas/recent I can't remember if you can just use your L6 account from doing updates or if you need to register separately.

I've posted it for you. I'll let you know if it gets any replies, and paste them in this thread.

If it is possible, then I bet someone on the facebook main user group will know. Have you posted it there?

That's beautiful. One of them is next on my list.

It's now the RM500Evo-ii If you just search for RM500 it will show the old model as out of stock because it is discontinued. The RM800 Evo-ii comes up used on here sometimes and it would give a bit extra headroom. I've got the RM800evo-ii and it's really good. I use it a Barefaced Super Twin (very lightweight and tilt back wheels) and it takes whatever I throw at it, be that my usual big band jazz gig, or rock jams with friends. I've not tried the Orange but I like the demos and I'd like to.

I like tweeters, but only when I'm playing at home on my own. Same as roundwounds strings really. As soon as I get in a band I don't want any of that zing. If I'm having trouble cutting through then I low the bass quite a lot and increase the volume and bump the mids.

I've had a Mk1 and Mk3 Sounds about right. Using 1 output only really works when just sticking to a single pickup, or all on full. When the outputs are joined you get insertion loss due to the loading on the pickups by a variety of passive controls. On a jazz bass that gives the famous mid scoop sound that everybody likes. On a P with a massive woofer as well it's just a bit crap. IIRC Billy's own basses don't join the outputs. Even at clinics if he is only using 1 output and wants to swap to the woofer he unplugs and re-plugs rather than just changing the volume controls.

Good luck!