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just got my pedal from Bassnut - it couldn't have arrived quicker, and it was very well packed etc. A pleasure to deal with!

Ic an't watch the vid but I went through a phase of checking uot his solos a while ago. It seems to me he uses a lot of octave up for his solos, as well as some dirt, envelope filter, delay.

a blend of dry with both loops? Makes sense I suppose

As 5imon knows i've been struggling with guitar sounds recently, so this is a very useful thread. Ta for all the tips!

what does it do? It looks like two TB loops but there's a pot too - intriguing.

power supplies deffinitely make a big difference, and I would guess properly shielded patch cables would too

lol, yeh, Evil Empire sounds sh*t in mono IMO you don't need two or more valve amps, but you do need a few pedals. Blending a bass overdrive with a guitar distortion, and plenty of control over the EQ on both channels seems to work well for me. Different compressors on each channel can be great too. You also need plenty of high mids from your rig. This might mean you need to add a guitar amp - my peavey 15" combo would never produce enough high mids for this sort of sound.

If you can hear the hiss while you're playing, then it won't help. A gate only cuts out noise when the input drops below the set threshold (sorry if i'm teaching you to suck eggs). I use an NS-2 to cut out feedback on high gain settings - I use a lot of dirt and compression and it can feed back horribly. With my gate all I have to do is set the threshold to kick in when I mute the strings.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1323369003' post='1462655'] Think the one clean/one driven amp is a starting point. There is a lot of clarity in his sound, as well as the drive, so can`t see how it could be done with only one amp. [/quote] If you think the CD is all of his amps recorded and mixed together, then reproduced out of one amp... you don't need two amps if you get your blending right.

I used to gig with 25 including a zoom multi effects. Thankfully i've managed to narrow that down somewhat. It gets a bit stupid when you're doing more tap dancing than playing

you need a jazz bass, plenty of bridge pickup, then some clean and some dirt at the same time, either with a blend pedal or (like him) with multiple amps.

I actually really like the jackhammer. It's not on my board as the guitarist uses it, but the EQ is really flexible which makes it great for bass IMO

there's no problem inherent to digital effects..? If you set them right they cut through, set them wrong they don't - just like any analogue pedal.

Digital/analogue isn't going to make any difference IMO What sounds good on your own will often not cut through a mix. I use a lot of effects, and if you heard my bass sound on it's own you'd probably feel ill (in a bad way) but in the mix it works well. Working out effects settings on your own isn't a great idea IMO. One of the best things i've done is work out my pedal settings while playing along to our band with the bass cut out. I'm very lucky, I don't know if everyone would be able to do that, but if you can it's really useful. Clean blends can be really useful, but I think some people use these just to get them cutting through again, in which case you might as well not have the effect on.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1322661227' post='1454074'] "Composer" could also & equally apply to somebody that makes up songs or but doesn't read or write music. [/quote] Indeed. We have a word which could be used to describe people who can write music but not play it. Why call them musicians? It's just language, it doesn't bother me, I guess I joined in because it sounds like a few posters wouldn't consider the DJ in my band a musician, and he really is - he plays his turntable like a musical instrument, and with a lot of skill, and that seems to fit the most common definitions of the word.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1322660388' post='1454052'] If they can read & write music & have a thorough knowledge of theory then I'd most certainly regard them as a musician, more so than somebody that plays in a band but doesn't have these skills. [/quote] But there's a different word: Composer. IMO anyone who plays a musical instrument is a musician.

I can't read music but i'm deffinitely a musician. I can write and play music on musical instruments. If that doesn't make you a musician... What about someone who can read music but not play - surely no-one's going to call them a musician? Our DJ contributes to the writing of the music in a very positive way. He brings something to the band, and we wouldn't sound as good without him. Like a lead guitarist who knows his place, he might only be playing for 20% of each song, but you really miss it when he's not there. I'd say that makes him a musician.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1322568667' post='1452687'] I'm trying to put a band together at the moment (missing a drummer, same old story) and have been trying to find a DJ to bring in, no luck yet. [/quote] Ahh well, good luck. Playing with a good DJ is loads of fun.

I don't see the difference between putting some sort of pad between your bass and amp, and turning the volume down on your bass?

We have a turntablist in one of the bands I play drums in. He only uses one deck (I guess 'cos he's scratching to a band, not another record). He'll generally find a record where he likes one or two samples for a particular song, and then drop those samples in from time to time, adding rhythmic scratching when appropriate. He's seriously good and I would never think he's not a musician!!!

I bought some jack cables of Stan. He was very patient waiting for me to remember to pay, and shipped out very promptly thereafter. A pleasure to deal with!

when using a family who all play as an example, you might as well use a group of people who all hang out together and come from a very musical village. If you grew up in a very musical family, how could you possibly tell that it was genes passing on the skills, rather than experience. There's no-one that I know of in my family who's ever been "musical". I was really interested in music and my mate bought a guitar, so I copied him. A few years later my brothers got into piano and cello respectively. They could have been very good, and then we'd be regarded as "three musical brothers", despite the fact it has nothing to do with the fact that we're related.

I use a lot of pedals and have a very aggressive sound anyway, but I can get very very close to a pick sound when using my fingers. However, if I then start playing with a pick on that setting, it's just way too harsh. So, if you don't change EQ settings yes it's very obvious when switching to and from a pick. If what you're after is that difference in sound, you don't need a pick, you can use pedals.

I think some people can pick certain things up very quickly, and this gives the impression of a "natural ability" or talent. Some kids start talking very early in life for example, and they're often described as "gifted" or special in some way, but as soon as all their peers are talking too they seem a lot less talented in comparison.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1322135995' post='1446917'] But you're a drummer! [/quote] hah, not by choice! I used to play bass in a band... [url="http://www.myspace.com/nologorock"]http://www.myspace.com/nologorock[/url] And will again one day!