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I tend to find phasing issues when doing this, so I play about with the delay between 3 and 20ms until I get a sound I like. If I were to EQ or compress one of the tracks differently would that somehow stop the phasing issues?

I do the doubling thing quite a lot, just because we do a lot of "live" recordings so only one track of guitar available. I tend to just nudge one track slighty forward. I fnid that the one that comes in earlier tends to have more presence so I have to cut a bit of presence from the early track and boost it on the delayed one.

there's a thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=533"]here[/url] which has some info

I never really talk about basses, and i've only lusted after one is the past few years. I bought that bass and it's re-invigorated not only my quest for the absolute perfect tone (which i'm very near) it's also re-enthused my playing. So yeh, talking about and looking at basses won't necessarily further your music, but buying a new instrument can be inspirational!

for the whammy there's a footswitch which will switch modes. I think it's called "molten MIDI" or something

Hmmm, I was smoking a delicious herbal cigarette the other day while a wasp pestered me

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1348072' date='Aug 22 2011, 03:29 PM']My point is simply that what determines your strengths and weaknesses is what you have and have not practised...[/quote] People do have a lot of physical a psychological differences though. I'm perfectly happy to accept that I would not make a good footballer, no matter how many lessons I had. That's not to say that football can't be taught, but it is to say that some people can't reach a certain standard. I used to think that every human being started life a "blank slate" and from then on only their experiences would shape their personality/life choices. Now I tend to think this attitude is a bit naive. but yeh, i'm sure anyone who [i]wants[/i] to learn funk could master it, even if they didn't have the dexterity to wow us with their "chops".

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1348052' date='Aug 22 2011, 03:04 PM']You've got the wrong thread [/quote] HAHA I have indeed. What a mook

When I play live I have a guitar amp for the top end and have this mic'd, and a DI out of my bass amp. I'd always recorded in this way until I got lazy one day and DI'd straight from my pedalboard. It's never sounded better. So now, I take a dry signal just for clean very very low end, and then a full range signal from my pedalboard (which has a bit of clean blending going on) and it's the best sound i've ever had, and way easier than position mics etc. [quote name='fretmeister' post='1347931' date='Aug 22 2011, 12:48 PM']I don't like cross-overs. I think they sound "fake" or "Disjointed" at the cross-over point. I much prefer to EQ instead.[/quote] I wasn't criticising! It's just that we were talking about using guitar amps to create dirt for the top end only and it doesn't look like you're using a guitar amp? IME they're very different voiced to bass amps giving you much more high mids.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1347877' date='Aug 22 2011, 11:56 AM']To suggest any 'skill' is a natural gift that some have and others don't is a dead end.[/quote] I totally agree, but I think the point was that you can't learn funk from lessons, you have to learn it by yourself, by listening to a lot of funk. Personally I don't agree with that as I consider myself to be seriously f***ing funky and I hardly ever listen to funk, but then i'm sure my head's too big

[quote name='fretmeister' post='1346165' date='Aug 20 2011, 10:54 AM']2 amps works way better than a blend. I've done both.[/quote] But you are using two full range bass rigs, rather than using a guitar rig on a crossover. If I could afford to double my rig, I would probably run half of it clean with a bit of compression like you're doing.

Cool. I've been recording a band recently and used the ODB-3 for the bass on one song, it sounds ace. I'll try and remember to do sound samples.

Interesting! I started writing the below when I thought it was a breift one page summary. I'll have a good read at home. Cheers! Personally I would have thought the Kick Drum treble boost (if any) should be nearer 7-10KHz than 5KHz which I found could be too clicky. Also the increase in top end on the snare drum would only be acceptable on a top mic - if you did that on the bottom mic it would be all rattle and fizz surely?

I bought a "brice" 6 string from Rondo Music years ago for £150ish and I still love it. My main bass was a schecter 6 string (until a couple of months ago) but they are more like £500 I think.

My rig is a big pedal board with a bit of clean blend etc. I stick it all in the same bass amp, so in the respect, yeh, but then I also use a guitar amp for the mids and top end which you wouldn't normally get with a bass amp. EDIT: My point is that I don't think you need two totally seperate chains (one clean one dirty) to get that kind of effect, but I wouldn't expect to be able to acheive it with a bass amp alone (although i've not tried many amps).

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1345220' date='Aug 19 2011, 10:53 AM']The 2001 has two channels complete with their own EQs. It'd be nice to have the extra control though and if I was running effects I'd especially want a clean signal running behind my FX to keep it fat whatever I do with the signal.[/quote] I just use a clean blend. I don't see the need for a whole clean chain, but plenty of people do it so there must be a point.

[quote name='blind pilot' post='1345200' date='Aug 19 2011, 10:35 AM']I might have to steal the guitarist stack and try the clean/dirty thang out - the budget wont stretch to a pair of GK heads, and that JD7 is best part of a grand . yoinks lol I used to have a spare HA2000 amp, would have been Ideal - wish I have kept it now........ho hum.[/quote] If you think you need most power for the low end - all that's coming from your bass amp. A little 50W guitar combo would probably be enough to give you a nice bi-amp rig.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1345190' date='Aug 19 2011, 10:26 AM']My bass amp has 2 channels so i don't need 2 seperate heads for clean and distortion [/quote] At the same time? Nice!

Cheers! I'll check it out tonight

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1344778' date='Aug 18 2011, 08:00 PM']Justin's chancellor - Bassist for Tool. Most amazing tone in the rock business IMHO. Amazing bassist. Amazing band. I saw a recent video tour of his bass set up and he was using at least double the number of pedals you see there. Amp set up was the same. I notice he's had a bloody good hair cut![/quote] Where's the video tour?

yep! Diago do one but i'm sure there are loads of alternatives around.

I just don't dare mess with my current system. Cubase SX3 running stable for the last 5 years!

Weird. The manual refers to the function as "bypass/mute" but doesn't say how to switch between the two. It shows you how to set the footswitch to engage bypass/mute but I guess you knew that.

I would love a B9.1UT but they're too expensive for me.

People like to whinge about Behringer, I can't deny their reputation for poor reliability. Having said that, in my experience, their reputation is not born out.