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I have a peavey combo and a 2 x 12" guitar amp which I use together. I think it cost me £250 or so in total. The sounds I can get (using pedals too) are just amazing, and it's easily loud enough for pubs without PA.

I've always loved basschat. I am posting less now than I used to, but then I used to post on all sorts of topics just because I had too much free time and/or couldn't be bothered to get my work done. these days I try to get more work done and only post on topics i'm genuinely interested in. That doesn't mean the forum's getting worse, i've just changed the way i'm using it. This kind of thread comes around once or twice a year, and that's proof enough for me that the forum's not changing. the voting system - I hadn't noticed it to be honest, but I guess this is why there are less threads full of "+1" posts.

I absolutely love my TNT combo!!

5imon turned me on to Reaper and I have to say it's ace. I'm still usng Cubase 'cos i'm so used to it, but i'd say it was perfect for you.

I do really love it so far. So many fancy-wood basses have a delicate almost "posh" look about them, where as this is just RAW

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1321729146' post='1442554'] I'm going through a similar situation at the moment trying to get a 12 string sound, using a 4 string bass (splitting the signal into 2 full range and sending one through octave and chorus then into guitar combo and the other signal dry into a bass rig). I'm intrigued by those who are doing as I am and simply splitting a full range signal and sending one signal to the bass rig and the other (possibly effected) going to a guitar rig, without any issues from the guitar rig getting such a saturation of low fundamentals. Maybe it is the guitar combo I am using but as soon as I start turning up volumes above quiet house volume the guitar combo starts to fart, I'd imagine due to the full range (ie really low notes) signal going into an open backed guitar cab... not good! [/quote] Turn the low EQ down on the guitar amp!

I just bought a pre-amp off Steve. It was shipped out very promptly and packed very well. Perfect transaction! He even included a kettle lead

"Sir, we need you to open the case and show us it's working" "well, you'd better have something better than an old Peavey combo!"

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1321868508' post='1443764'] sh*t Tom, that`s appalling. Mither the promoter for expenses till he`s sick to death of you, plus get a repeat booking. [/quote] Our bassist is handling it, although I think he may have gone overboard on Facebook. I'm not signed up there so can't check. He runs a very successful venue in Stoke so has a lot of contacts etc. I think he wants to ruin their reputation.

We were supposed to play "Vudu" in Birmingham on Saturday. We drove all the way down there only to be told it was cancelled. You'd think the first thing to do would be to phone the bands and let them know

more high mids and play harder! The keyboard player wants more attack in your sound, i'm sure (if he's a decent musician) he won't care how you go about it.

[quote name='civictiger' timestamp='1321622211' post='1441301'] At gigs your volume is automatically louder - thus more gain going into your amp... [/quote] I don't have my amp any louder at gigs than I do at rehearsal. If anything I have it quieter to keep on stage volume down. Obviously this doesn't apply where there's no PA support

I get my pedals set right at rehearsal and then leave them at gigs. If I need to make a change at gigs, it's to my whole sound, so I do it on the amp's graphic EQ.

Boss LS-2s seem to go used for £60ish

yeh a compressor is for taming peaks, not for boosting a signal. If you're happy with your tapping technique, it just needs to be louder, then a booster is exactly what you need. Sometimes an EQ is more appropriate than a booster if you only want to boost certain frequencies.

[quote name='Dave D' timestamp='1321478919' post='1439781'] The problem i seem to have is that i hold them too lightly and they tend to spin around while i'm playing and the pointed bit ends up facing the wrong way!! [/quote] Thumb picks would sort this. I use thumb picks so that I can swap to fingers without putting the pick down.

How's it sound at rehearsal?

Just bought a TB looper off Shep, got it two days after payment, nicely packaged etc. you can't get better than that.

they're dead easy to make if you're on a budget

you have to have pedals that go in the feedback loop surely? But yeh a feedback loop with a distortion pedal in will make some weird noises for you. If you could afford to get a multi effects, like one of the plastic Zoom units, and then put that in a feedback loop, you'd have loads of fun. Analog delays will make an oscillating tone which can be useful.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1321364325' post='1438217'] Any top tips for someone who's been playing fingerstyle for (mumble) years and wants to try a pick? [/quote] Try some Extreme! I love playing with a pick [i]and[/i] fingers. I use both as well as loads of pedals to create loads of different tones. Limiting yourself just to one is fine for some bands I suppose. I recorded a band recently, and the bassist who always played fingerstyle at gigs used a pick in the studio. I asked him why and he just said "I don't know, it just sounds better when I record" and he was deffinitely right. It all depends on the song/band/sound in question I suppose.

maybe you play harder in the second set?

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1320336748' post='1425520'] You'll never get the sound of a 12 through using effects. [/quote] Cool, i've never tried one. That further rienforces my point that the difference in sound should have been mind numbingly obvious!