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If you want a load of different sounds, I don't think an onboard pre-amp is best. I certainly can't play and twiddle knobs at the same time! IMO you should use pedals, or pedal switchable pres/amps for lots of different sounds.

Apparently my schecter with EMGs has passive pickups but 18v active EQ. I don't really understand, I just like the sound of it. I would love to install a passive switch, but I don't know if this is possible/easy?

[quote name='kevbucket' post='174426' date='Apr 11 2008, 11:21 AM']martin turner was wishbone ash's bass player !![/quote] They've had a few. Mervyn Spence was one, and he gave me his bass balls - which was on the same stage as metallica etc on his european tours (apparently).

For me, I use a sh*t load of pedals to constantly change my "tone" throughout the gig. I think that people deffinitely notice some of the more weird effects I do, but they probably don't realise how much I am changing my sound all the time. However, I think that if I stopped doing it, then regular fans would notice that there are less dynamics in the songs, or the choruses don't sound as massive, or the guitars didn't sound as heavy or whatever - and they wouldn't realise it was a lack of bass pedals. So, yeh, it can be a self indulgent thing, but it's like spending hours mixing an album. Your standard lamen won't know what you've spent hours doing, but he'll notice it sounds good.

[quote name='Phaedrus' post='174338' date='Apr 11 2008, 09:04 AM']As I see it, one need for recording with a click is when cut/pasting sections of tracks after the song is recorded. If a piece of bassline in a verse (for example) had a fluff in it and it wasn't spotted till after I went home, the engineer could cut/paste that section of the bassline from another verse where the bassline wes flawless. If a click hadn't been used, the band could very easily have strayed from the tempo of the first verse (middle 8 with a different groove, solo section with a more driving/pumping style - lots of reasons), possibly rendering the cut/paste impossible or at least difficult, which of course equals wasted time & money.[/quote] unless you stray from the tempo a significant amount - as in it sounds like a mistake - which it wont if you're rehearsed, then the edits are pretty easy. For example, I have been recording my new band, and the bassist f*cked up half a verse but got the second half of the verse right. Now, i'm playing drums for this, so they're pretty sloppy and we had sped up noticably. I just time stretched the 2nd half of the verse and pasted it for the 1st. I actually had to turn down the gain for this edit as well because the dynamics of the verse had built up. It took about 2 minutes. I suppose it would be easier from an engineers perspective to use a click, but I don't like to constrain musicians. Don't you feel that it holds you back a bit? I have played to clicks before and I felt it held us back.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='173979' date='Apr 10 2008, 03:35 PM']It's actually a pretty good pedal BTW. Doesn't do that "fattening" thing that compressors are known for but it does keep your peaks under control without trashing your sound. I've got one on my board to rein in any crazy stunts some of my other pedals might try to pull.[/quote] +1 I love mine. It's great for clean guitars as well.

[quote name='woodenshirt' post='174001' date='Apr 10 2008, 04:29 PM']Great news mate..... if you don't ask etc. Mart. (from over the border, 12 miles down the A53)[/quote] I used to live on the A53. When do I get my endorsement?!?!? psn - Well done you wrotter!

I have played a washburn 6 - it was a very nice bass to play. I can't remember the sound of it but it was deffinitely very easy to play. They come up on Ebay and i'm always so tempted!

I have a korg rack tuner, a zoom gfx 707, a zoom b2.1u, some other zoom guitar thing, and a boss tuner all at my disposal. I haven't noticed any tracking differences between them, and they all take a second or two to register lock in on the pitch of the lower string. Perhaps because the strings "flap" so much. I also have VST tuners on the computer, and I have been in studios and used the fender pedal tuner and a behringer tuner and still the same - no difference really.

well, yeh, but if you're playing in a band with distorted/heavy guitars then in general a clean blend will always help you cut through and remain defined. In the studio it may not be appropriate. To be fair, I might not be saying that if I had an expensive bass rig so....

I find blending is much more useful than just retaining the low end.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='172969' date='Apr 9 2008, 11:29 AM']I told you I didn't want to hurt you, I just wanted to neaten up your bikini line.[/quote] Well my girlfriend was NOT appreciative of "Mr P"s new Jewish haircut.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='172966' date='Apr 9 2008, 11:26 AM']So who else here can claim to have faced down a razorblade weilding serial killer?[/quote] Me

[quote name='tauzero' post='172887' date='Apr 9 2008, 10:00 AM']I actually found BC because I was googling something that was on ebay for information and found a for sale advert on BC featuring the same product (but not the same actual item), so the classifieds do have a role to play in attracting new members.[/quote] Yeh, I found it in the same way. I didn't think I needed to post in introductions, i've never done that on other forums, I didn't realise it would seem rude! Maybe it only seems rude if I put a for sale ad up in the first week? Doesn't that sound a bit silly? Anyway, yeh, we've had this discussion loads of times and it seems like we don't really have a problem. People who want stricter controls or rules are placing too much responsibility on the mods.

Heh, BBC, you have such bad taste! Guns 'n' Roses!!! Dolly Parton!!!!!! I still think you'd love the premature ejaculators. We'll have the album finished in a couple of weeks. I'll post you a free one in return for at least 12 months amusing forum posts.

Didn't we already have this discussion and everyone pretty much agreed that we should have an "enhanced feedback system" whatever that is, and that the rest should be left to buyer's discretion. Some people are willing to take a risk, others aren't, some people come here to be part of a community, some people just browse the for sale section. I think the fact that it's in a totally seperate section means that there's no real problem.

The Premature Ejaculators!

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='172318' date='Apr 8 2008, 03:24 PM']Well Mr Yorke, I can see through your act. The whole mock-autism thing is offensive to those who actually have to live with autism, and if you care so much for the environment, stop touring, stop making records and stop living.[/quote] Pure BBC Gold I reckon he's genuinley weird you know. His music's weird enough for me to beleive the "act".

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='172266' date='Apr 8 2008, 02:39 PM']Sorry, its not like me to hijack a thread and turn it into a "I Hate" rant.[/quote] Yes, quite out of character! My point was that Radiohead have sold a hell of a lot of albums, and they probably wouldn't have done if they didn't write music that people like listening to. Why is Thom Yorke Pretentious by the way? I've never seen any interviews or anything.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='172240' date='Apr 8 2008, 02:17 PM']Thom Yorke needs a slap. Pretentious, wonky eyed git. Try writing some music that people actually like listening to for a change.[/quote] Do you buy albums you don't like listening to? I suppose it's another form of your masochistic kinky-freak streak!

[quote name='leonshelley01' post='171746' date='Apr 7 2008, 08:45 PM']I got rid of my '71 short scale about a year back, but unfortunately it still rings in my ears on a regular basis. It's very loud and trebly with a tendency to snap. However I'm sure that if the body, neck and hardware were replaced, she would be perfectly serviceable.[/quote] I know it's a difficult mod to do, but try just swapping the head and leaving everything else intact, I reckon that'd sort it.