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Interesting! I did use some tremelo before on my zoom pedal, but I was only using it on my high frequencies. I suppose on low notes it could be quite rythmic and entrancing! I should give it a go.

[quote name='The Funk' post='257268' date='Aug 7 2008, 02:54 PM']I poached the drummer.[/quote] I prefer mine scrambled!

A whammy XP-100 would do your chorus, and almost get to a flange, would add wah to the set up, and would cover octave up AND octave down. He's probably not going to build one of those though!! I'm a bit stumped to be honest because i've always used phase and flange on my multi effects, and chorus on my whammy. Tee - I meant what kind of lines do you play with temolo on? As in would you use it in a verse that is quite upbeat? The thing is, as much as I like tremelo, I would only use it as an "effect" and only on high parts (I play a 6 string). I imagine that if I was playing a big fat groovy bassline with tremelo on, it'd really take away from the feel of it. I was wondering your thoughts?

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='257211' date='Aug 7 2008, 02:04 PM']Tom, I've just noticed with your avatar, cover one of the old man's right eye and he looks incredibly mild-mannered, cover his left eye and he looks incredibly angry.[/quote] I've never noticed that! Very true. I've no idea who he is, but he's a walking miracle! I'll post if I get a response from the band. If they don't e-mail, txt, or call me I think that's really rude.

Is tremolo something you use quite often Tee? For what kind of stuff?

I have played two audition type sessions with a rock band recently. They asked me to come back after the first week, so I did. This week they said "we'll let you know" which I find quite strange.... We were getting on quite well, I can play the stuff pretty easily, i've learned 3 or 4 songs with them and had no trouble keeping up after a few practises. I think I may have annoyed them by saying that it was quite easy to play (they go on about how technical and clever their music is). I'm not sure if I want to join anyway, but I certainly don't like waiting for a decision!

Reverb! Really? Do you play in a band Kev?

I would just put a metal footswitch in the existing pedal. Drill through the foot-plate thingy, stick your switch in, should be easy enough even if it looks crap.

Octave up or down, depending on your taste and whther or not it would count as seperate options. Flanger with very flexible controls so you can go from chorus to phaser type sounds. Digital Delay. You should also have a feedback blend option on it!

Can't you get a mini 2 octave keyboard?

I wouldn't let a cattle prod near my rig! I just spoke to him when I was alone and explained that when I forget something, or make a mistake, I carry on playing, staying in time, so that we don't look like tits. At worst, I will miss two beats and come back in again, but I would never start a section, let alone a song, because I f*ck a bit up. I explained how I have said the same to the bassist, and how the guitarist understands it anyway, and I think it made him feel obliged to get a bit more proffessional.

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='256246' date='Aug 6 2008, 01:30 PM']Nah, haven't. And it's not in the mind. In the first song, for example, the guitarist had the distortion he uses to do his solos turned up too loud, so when he stomped on it he was surprised at the volume increase and fluffed the beginning of the solo, causing him to drop out for the next four bars. He then came back in on the solo, but in the wrong key, which he didn't notice until a couple of wildly dissonant phrases, then dropped out again saying out loud 'nope, I've lost it', leaving me and the drums to finish the whole of the buildup into the final chorus. Which didn't build up too well. Most of the songs had a similar sort of gaffe at some point.[/quote] Ahhh, that's pretty bad. Almost as bad as your singer forgetting his songs and turning round to grab your drum sticks to stop the song because HE's so important! I had some strong words to our singer after that, just to say that while he may have pulled it off on that night, stopping songs mid way through takes the momentum out of a set, re-starting them is boring for the audience, and having the arrogance to stop your band will just rile them! Maybe you could convey a similar "just keep playing and make it sound right" message?

How does it feel to play thought Kev? Electronics can be fixed! If you're not the kind of person with a multimeter, I would take it into a guitar shop to have a look.

Have you got a recording of the gig? It could be all in your mind.

It's just a strange name for a pedal, it was mentioned in the effects section a while ago. Are you going to get yourself some dirt? I think it'd help you cut through! Amazon sell all kinds of random stuff these days!

I blew one of those heads! I still have it lying around but I keep stealing jack sockets from it.

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='255550' date='Aug 5 2008, 04:41 PM']Didn't drink last night. Band played like a bunch of eejits. Feel bad today. Sent an e-mail about how bad we were. No-one agreed. Feel worse.[/quote] Was it the first time you've listened to your band sober?

[quote name='vegas_hooker' post='255861' date='Aug 5 2008, 10:58 PM']Surely your guitar playing friend could just buy some lower gauge strings and use what he has? or an Octave pedal? Seems an excessive and expensive way to go.[/quote] The baritone we bought was £90 between us, and can hold tension at very low pitch, and can handle high guage strings. Sure a guitar might have been able to handle it, but it's always a risk when you don't know what you're doing. An octave pedal will not track polyphonically, so not really an option. I think he's gone off the idea now anyway, we have a friend who is quite good at bass, so we've got him to do some bass to new stuff we're working on with me on drums. It's not as much fun but......

Kev was talking about it, I think he's selling one, it sounds pretty good to me, but i've never had one to play with.

I have been playing it with a standard set of baritone strings. It sounds great - especially amped. I have it tuned quite low at the moment, but there's not enough tension. I had a bass string on for the lowest string, but I had to unwind the end of it to make it fit the tuning head. I want some new bass strings to put on, but ruining a new pack of expensive bass strings it slightly out of my price range at the moment!

[quote name='Wooks' post='255388' date='Aug 5 2008, 01:55 PM']Spot on no experience whatsoever I think I might have bitten off my than I can chew with this thought!! [/quote] Wow there!! The chips we are talking about wont work after you've been chewing on them!

[quote name='Toasted' post='255384' date='Aug 5 2008, 01:54 PM']He uses answerphone chips in the lo-fi-loop-junky [/quote] Cool - you can get them from maplins I think, I was considering doing it for a while but...... I'm lazy. It can't be that difficult, a footswitch to record, a timer circuit (555 chip?) for repeats, and a stop footswitch!