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Heh, maybe you should write an idiot's guide and put it in the wiki!

I was really looking forward to this but had a c*** of a day trying to get my fecking car to start. It's working now but too late to go to the gathering. Balls!!! I'd love to see some pics of the gear that made it up there!?

For a good night, use alchohol to turn those tears into wife-beating rage.

[quote name='Doddy' post='302150' date='Oct 8 2008, 01:39 PM']I was refering to mine,hence the wink. Although I did get my Ibanez from Academy of Sound. Route 66 hasn't gone bust,it's just moved to a smaller shop across the road.[/quote] Really? Oh, maybe I am confused. Last time I was there, Kays and Rythm house were both open, I didn't see any new shops or route 66 anywhere else, and they were gutting the old route 66 for the sex shop people.

They've got you by the package! Good luck getting it back. Let us know when you've set it all up and it wont work!

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='302139' date='Oct 8 2008, 01:27 PM']I told them.[/quote] That's f*cking funny. You are a hard man! They could ransak your house while you're at work!

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='301996' date='Oct 8 2008, 11:11 AM']Yeah.[/quote] How?

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='301749' date='Oct 7 2008, 09:33 PM']they hate be because I'm constantly posting their rubbish through their letterbocks when they're closed after they fill up my wheely bin with their waste.[/quote] LOL Do they know it's you?

[quote name='Doddy' post='301655' date='Oct 7 2008, 07:40 PM']There are at least another couple of 6 strings in Stoke [/quote] Where? The schecter I played in Rythm house, and the Tobias was in academy of sound. I've not been up to hanley recently. Is there anywhere else? I know route 66 went bust.

If the original is 0.78A then 0.8A will be fine.

[quote name='eude' post='301170' date='Oct 7 2008, 12:07 PM']I think it's usually measured from centre to centre.............[/quote] Thanks. I might measure mine tonight to see if mine's tight or wide. I always thought it was wide, but 17mm seems like a big gap to me!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='301158' date='Oct 7 2008, 11:51 AM']My custom Shuker will have string spacing around 17mm. I prefer narrow string spacing it seems although its not as easy to pop. I can pop on the Spector without too much trouble.[/quote] How is that measured? From the centre of one string to the next is 17mm?

[quote name='Bigwan' post='301145' date='Oct 7 2008, 11:37 AM']You couldn't do that on my 6 string. Aircraft carrier comes to mind, but I love it![/quote] I bet you I could! Mine are pretty wide and I have no problem playing a note on the B with my left thumb, and on the E with my 1st finger. I was starting to question myself while I visualised it, but I know I can do that as I used to do it in a song to alternate between a low 5th on the B, and a "power chord" in drop D.

[quote name='Bigwan' post='301115' date='Oct 7 2008, 11:00 AM']He means thin front to back (depth not width)[/quote] Ahh - misinterpretation due to my poor technique of having my thumb over the top instead of up the back of the neck.

I think so. 1000 Ma = 1 A as far as I know so you'd be fine. I'd look it up before you plug it in to be honest because my brain is untrustworthy.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='301087' date='Oct 7 2008, 10:15 AM']Good wide string spacing, a thin neck (thumb to fingers) & a three band preamp. Nice woods too![/quote] Surely for a thin neck you need thin/tight string spacing? I have a "Brice" bass that I got from rondo music on ebay about 6/7 years ago. I wanted a low B to add to my band's sound, and I figured I might as well get the high C just in case. I had played one Schecter 6 string in a shop before and liked it, and being young and stupid I figured all 6 strings must be the same. Anyway, the Brice I have is a nice bass, very nice to play, good tone. I have flat on it at the moment just to try it and it feels very good. I suppose it has "wide string spacing" but I wouldn't know the exact details. I saw another Schecter on Ebay about 2 years ago, I think they have RRP of £700ish and this one was £350 because it's a factory second. I couldn't resist! So these are my only two basses now, and I really like them both. To be honest, they both feel just as nice to play, but the schecter looks, and sounds a lot better. I'm sure the "build quality" is far better etc, but those kinds of details don't bother me. The only other 6 string i've ever seen in stoke was a tobias, which I really didn't like. The neck was too thin and the action too low and it sounded too "barky".

Check the V and Ma ratings, and the polarity sign on the back. Use only a PSU that matches. Oh, also whether it's AC/DC If you have a supply that matches all of it's spec, then it will work, you dont need the official thingy.

Well i'll have my car and if it's only 5 minutes drive and I have decent directions I wouldn't mind getting someone from the station.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='297770' date='Oct 2 2008, 05:18 PM']From what are gather from the above and some PM's from Charic, I need: An audio interface (which I think is like a box with wires coming out of it) Some software (that might come free with said audio interface) A laptop/PC (got that) And I can get drum lops and stuff from a variety of places (online, front of some magazine, in the butchers next to the "special" sausages) I can I also get a cheap dynamic mic to mic up my amp If I don't want to DI straight into the Audio Interface (the box with wires). Let me know if this is right so far, or am i missing the point. Also can anyone reconmend some decent and (more importantly) easy to use software. Been told Cubase is a bit crap.[/quote] If you want to record mics, you need either a standalone mic pre-amp, or an audio interface with a built in mic pre-amp. If the interface was firewire it could be better than USB, depending on how much you get into it and whether or not your computer has firewire capabilities. Aside from that, you have it spot on. Software is where you have difficult choices to make. I recommend stealing as many different DAWs as possible to see which one you get on with best.

I would leave the gear at the venue and pick it up the next day.

I'm deffinitely going. I don't know if that'll help the cause or not, but it'd be nice to see some more enthusiasm on this thread!

Oh so it's you mods who are deleting all the porn? B*stards.

PMd

I would have the limiter right at the end.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='297346' date='Oct 2 2008, 10:27 AM']Cheers again that sounds like a plan. Is it worth trying to use both channels?[/quote] I think it is. Try it and see what you think! You would need something to blend the two channels together at the end of the chain. You could have one set to harsh compression, and one set to almost no compression - more punch!