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Really? I thought the blue box was a ring modulator rather than an octave up? It does sound like the octaver on digitechs etc rather than a ring modulator but I await correction. Are there any sites that detail Les' rig?

How will you make sure your pre-recorded samples are in time with the live playing?

There's an octave up at one point so I thought maybe it was a synthy type pedal with envelope follower, octaver, and dirt in one box.

Does anyone know what pedals Les is using on the song "Mr Oysterhead"?

[quote name='Starvolt' post='362738' date='Dec 24 2008, 12:15 PM']I suppose it's cos it's one of the really well known Muse tracks. I'm still trying to figure out how to get the right sound for Muscle Museum.[/quote] Muscle museum is just plenty of compression and played right by the neck without much force IMHO. On the CD there is a piano doubling the part which makes it sound much more interesting. I don't know if it's actually a piano, someone disagreed with me on the Muse board about it once, but it sounds just like a piano doubling the part. It would be amazing if it was a pedal though!

[quote name='xgsjx' post='368734' date='Jan 2 2009, 07:17 PM']there's one or two 1/2 decent fx in the zoom if you spend a little time messing & the delay could prove useful.[/quote] There are some seriously good sounds in the Zoom if you work at it. Stick it in a blender and it's even better. I used to use mine for all my dirty tones, as well as wah and delays and phaser etc.

Can you give some info regarding "record labels sniffing aound" please? Also, you say that you have loads of gigs lined up, but there are only 3 dates on the myspace. I live in Stoke. I can easily keep up with this band. It's not my favorite type of music, but if it's really going somewhere then I could be interested. P.S I only own 6 strings, but don't let that scare you, I can play root notes with a pick.

I prefer his earlier sounds. You can find out all about them as the set up was rather more simple!

I used to gig with 20 odd pedals and I got loads of compliments from other bassists on my sound.

I would imagine it reduces signal level, rather than increasing it. You would have it turned on to reduce the level of your actives, and off to balance with your passives.

I think the cab walls are thick enough to drill for casters.

Beofre I bought a decent soundcard I used to get a lot of latency. I just moved the waveforms back a few ms until they were in time, it's dead easy.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='355988' date='Dec 16 2008, 02:15 PM']I had a B2 & I loved the sounds on it, but in reality I never used it live. That was because it had an annoying slight delay between playing & the sound actually happening, especially on the SWR & Marcus Miller settings. This was a real pity, as the sounds themselves were excellent. Rich.[/quote] A latency on a multi effects pedal? What settings were you using? Was is the B2 or the B2.1U?

I used to gig with a GFX707 all the time. I used a blender, but it sounded great. It's also how I learned about all effects all those years ago.

Nice one, i'm glad you got it!

Lots of people advocate the use of two rigs - clean, and effected. I tried this, sending purely clean bass to my peavey 1 x 15" combo, and purely effected bass to my johnson 2 x 12" guitar combo. It sounded OK. I messed with it for ages trying to get a great sound, but nothing I did got close to the sound I was getting using a blended pedal board running into the peavey AND the johnson on a crossover.

Nik - You should try a blender with your effects.

£70 would be great value for an amazing pedal IMHO.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='351846' date='Dec 11 2008, 03:16 PM']Because the useable dynamic range of a hi-fi is a fraction of that of live music. Alex[/quote] Ahhhhh, makes sense. EDIT: But I suppose i'm one of those types who loves a really compressed bass sound. I doubt I have dodgy technique due to the amount of acoustic practice I do, but i'm certainly not technically brilliant. I wonder how you know if you just like compression, or if you're just sh*t with playing dynamics.

That's really good value Wayne. In the past, we've always printed onto photo paper ourselves, guillotined ourselves, stuck labels onto the CDs by hand, and used plastic wallets. It works out very cheap.

I don't understand why anything would be useful in the studio but not live. I set up my pedals to do exactly what I do in the studio, live. This means my sound is exactly the same as in the studio, which IMHO is a very good thing. Why would it be a bad thing? Why would compression be redudant when used in a live context as opposed to useful in the studio? Surely you're still listening to a bass sound through your ears?

On Saturday 20th December, The Premature Ejaculators will be letting down a pub full of christmas-booze fueled partying rockers. It's always a great night at the Norfolk Inn (Shelton, Stoke) and with it being Christmas it should be extra fiendish. We have a couple of Christmas themed debauched "covers" for added comic effect (not needed with our front man). I'll buy you a pint if you recognise me and say hello! P.S My new band which is more serious rock music (myspace.com/creepjointmusic) are playing the same venue this saturday, but that's a bit late notice. Same berr rule applies.

I like the old worm but it always seemed very noisy. This looks interesting, but not being able to footswitch between modes is a real bitch.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='350963' date='Dec 10 2008, 04:17 PM']I'm suprised you're walking.[/quote] "waynetrunkdude"