fretmeister

Mixing cabs is always a compromise. EQ settings cannot be perfect for both. Sell the 4x10 and get something that gives you what you need in a single cab, and then if you still want more, get another identical one.

From all over the world. Purposely limiting to just UK stuff is as cringy as the Americans and their ‘USA or nothing’ approach.

I'd love a stingray. I had a 5 until the medical issues got in the way too much. A really light 4 string would be lovely... BUT on the Specials EBMM have made the necks a little wider than they used to be and it's not right for me anymore. Gutted.

Even just sending out a couple to Nate Navarro / Patrick Hunter / Scott Wotsit / and the BassTheWorld guys would be great. When Darkglass or similar launches - on launch day there are probably 10 different videos all available immediately, recorded in advance to a high quality, and with very different players so a proper feel of the range of the product can be had. It creates a lot of traffic mentioning the brand name and those vids appear on their own channels but linked to DG. I've seen the older Phil Mann vids that Ashdown have and he's a great player, but he talks for the first 10 mins and then has 2 mins of playing. That old fashioned approach just looks so antiquated now and give no clue as to what the item sounds like in a mix. Good modern demos need a 1-2 min full mix intro tune, then a quick run down of features and tones, then the sounds used in the intro tune again but solo'd. If Ashdown were to follow the Pete Thorn approach to gear demos they couldn't go wrong. I don't know how much DG pay the video guys but DG do the new product launch better than anyone else at the moment so it's clearly worth the money.

Little known fact - for a clean loop you don't need to patch the LS to itself. It doesn't that internally. Just don't plug any patch cables into that loop. Personally I'd put the fuzz, overdrive and synth in a loop to allow a clean blend, but put all the others in the normal chain. OR - a nice thing is to put the Fuzz and drive on 1 loop, and the synth in the other. Blending filth with synth is great!

There's a Myung one as well. Ashdown really need to up their demo vid game though - just about everyone else would have had vids by half a dozen youtubers ready for launch day.

What are you trying to achieve? Without knowing that it's difficult to say. Are you wanting a 1 press to turn everything on? Or are you wanting a clean blend with some of the pedals? Which ones? Often a useful idea to get a pad and sketch out what you want when signal chains start getting more complicated than a straight serial connection.

Aguilars have arrived and the bass is now with a luthier to get them fitted - and at the same time I'm having the neck side dots replaced with bright white ones. The pretend luminay ones that ibby use are stinky poo. They only glow for 30 seconds even when charged with a UV light for an entire minute for a SINGLE DOT, and they are invisible against the neck when not charged. I suppose the roasted maple is one of those annoying in-between colours for choosing black or white dots, but I've gone with white. I don't usually look at the neck at all, but while I'm still getting completely familiar with the fan frets it will be a good thing. Hopefully get it back next week. Then I'll decide if I'm going to swap the preamp or not. Or even remove it. The DCB demos where they have been fitted to a similar Ibanez seem to sound best when in passive mode so I might be able to just leave it in passive and not worry about it at all.

Do you mean just different tunings like Open C major / Drop D / DADGAG etc etc or the weirdo idea that A = 432hz because "that is aligned with the universe and has healing power" nonsense? If the former - then swap instruments for that tune live. Or if the guitar is in Drop D or even Drop C then a 5 string has plenty of range for it. Just learn it properly and ignore the guitarists fingers! If the latter - then nobody can help you. Not even a psychiatrist.

Neck swaps between J and P 20 fret models is easy, so getting a new neck is an option. Have a look on ebay for a used Mex neck for a couple of hundred. Sandbergs all have the same neck profile - no changes between their P and J types - the bodies are a little smaller and differently shaped and IMHO better for it - comfy! The neck profile is somewhere between a trad J and P.

I'm looking for some good brass and woodwind sounds for recording. I've been writing a few old RnB type things and I'd like to have Blues Brothers type horn section available. I do not want to program anything - I'd rather have a keyboard and play the parts. Can anyone recommend a sensibly priced keyboard / controller and an easy to use compatible plugin? I'm on Win10 Pro with Reaper if that makes any difference ta

Ooo I forgot - I have an Urge 2 in my rack. It's a lovely instrument but it's too heavy for me these days so I never play it anymore. Amazing sounding thing - I even had flats on it for a while for recording. The JPJ pickup switching arrangement is very cleverly thought out. If it was 3lb lighter I'd be using it all the time.

No - I haven't got a BH amp. But the Helix works well at lower volume levels too - you don't damage the amp if you ease up the volume gently on the Helix and then let the amp do the hard work.

Strats are a good example. Most are just a neck shape tweak or different pickups. But occasionally there is a proper variation - like the Iron Maiden models or the Ed O'Brian sustainer equipped model. I would have liked the GP more if they had taken the opposite approach with the compressor - use that blank space in the larger housing to have more controls - threshold / ratio etc but perhaps with a switch to go immediately to GP's own settings. That would preserve the GP signature element but make it more appealing / versatile at the same time.

You could run it into the AUX input on the back as that is a clean input for ipods etc. I'd try that. Just ease up the volume on the helix slowly to start with as the AUX input is likely to be used to dealing with lower signal levels than the max Helix can put out. The "don't use amp models" thing is more "don't use cab models" - You don't want to run a Cab model into a real traditional cab or it will turn into an underwater sounding muddy mess. But use everythying else as you like. A cab model into a PA or other FRFR type is fine though. But if you happen to like a cab model into a real cab - go for it! One of the very best things about the Helix is that you can unlearn everything. Every block is just a sound manipulation block. Do you want a signal path like: Bass - Reverb - Cab - Amp - fuzz - another amp - EQ - Wah Then you can! There are no rules and you won't break anything.

Shame that the compressor is only on or off (via footswitch) and that there are no setting options - just GP's preferred ones. But I suppose they had to make it look more different than an ABM.

Comes down to the individual bass. Not naff at all. 99% of the audience won't know and the rest won't care. I wouldn#t buy a Myung as I don't play a 6. But I'd like a Geddy.

Very odd thread. If I found the girl of my dreams and it turned out she was gay would I still marry her? No. If I found the film of my dreams and it was only available on Betamax and I couldn't get a player... would I buy it. No. There are some things that just aren't going to work and probably cause more pain / annoyance / frustration at the same time.

Tim’s band.

Yes. Bit of fun when alone and completely awful in the mix. Disappears into the mud never to be seen again.

He didn't mention a chord sheet at all. Just listen to it once and you've "learned" it.

No.

This. His definition of "learned" is what I would call "be able to recognise it on the radio again and play along to it badly" - nowhere near actually being able to duplicate it let alone perform it to an acceptable standard.

Good point - but they do tend to be quite a bit heavier. That's important to me, but the OP might be young!