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Hamster - Sounds like you were forced by your insatiable desire for beer to get used to the crap!

I've not used it to be fair. I have merely heard of the idea of a Wiki, in that everyone can add things, organise it, correct mistakes etc, creating the perfect knowladge base. I suspect that only the mods can edit our Wiki though? Like I say, I haven't used it 'cos I generally see/get answers to my questions on the board.

I've never had the chance to play with a feedback loop before. I don't know if you've seen my board, but I have almost everything in the loop so when I hit the feedback button, it goes mental! with the feedback on, using step phaser on my zoom, I can make some really rythmic sounds, using my wah probe I can pitch shift, using digital delay just goes crazy, whammy and octaver are very cool and make computer type noises. All in all, it's really fun for f*cking about at the start, middle, and end of a set!

marshall jackhammer is good, plenty of eq and two modes, very tweakable creating loads of tones which are mostly usable!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='117751' date='Jan 10 2008, 12:31 PM']I'm not a mod, but it sounds a good idea to me. It takes the "sticky" concept to the next logical level.[/quote] I thought this was the point of the Wiki?

yeh :-(

I thought i'd treat you all to another one

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='116898' date='Jan 9 2008, 11:52 AM']Isn't it a 'trueism' that the General Public only notice when things are really bad and hardly ever notice when things are really good?[/quote] I think people notice difference and contrast, so if they hear a crap band, and then a good one, it makes the first band sound worse than they are, and the second band sound better than they are. It would be impossible to notice if something was "really good" if it had always been really good and there was nothing to compare it to.

MT-2 is quite good on bass btw. Anyone else ever tried an ibanez SS10? I use it, driving with a bit of OD from my zoom and mixed with clean/compressed. It's seriously noisy and very heavy for playing the old drop-D power chords (on bass - incase i get misunderstood).

There are loads of different "no name" DI boxes out there. I think it's nothing special.

DI box?

I bought one off Higgie (i think) and it's great! The blend is very useful, and I have been using the feedback loads.

The one tayste said was an NS2 doesn't look white to me, it looks silver.

[quote name='bassbloke' post='116172' date='Jan 8 2008, 12:59 PM']I salivated over this bass many a time. The wife even sanctioned it's purchase, but alas, common sense got the better of me.[/quote] How often does this happen? By the time she's so nice that she lets you have it, you feel guilty about wanting it!

Some are good, others not! I really like my ibanez CP5, but it does take away a little low end. I like this feature, but you may not. They do a BP5 which is a good indicator that the CP5 is not appropriate for bass, but....... like anything, it's how it sounds to your ears.

Harry - I meant to say that if you're local (which I get the impression you are) you could come and have a go of some of my compressors. I have digitech bass squeeze, ibanez CP5, boss LMB-3, and Zoom B2.1U which has quite a few compressors but they're not that easy to use.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='115220' date='Jan 7 2008, 08:44 AM']I think you may prefer a limiter rather than a compressor. I use a Behringer BLE100 which is very similar to the Boss LMB-3.[/quote] I agree.

So about the Alan Partridge dvd menu....... Don't you think he looks too groovy to not know what he's doing? Maybe Alan's a secret bassist!

[quote name='umph' post='112791' date='Jan 3 2008, 11:38 AM']boss - bass overdrive dont get the hate for these can get some awesome grindy tone if you roll of the highs on it i use this with a big muff i modded to be a lil less harsh and have more low end then i stick an eq at the end of it all for epic tone ;o[/quote] I love my ODB-3. I use it mostly for boosting low end, and adding some subtle dirt, but it's a very versatile pedal.

There are lots of threads and posts about this. Maybe we should have a "distortion discussion" sticky? Distortion/OD/Fuzz pedals are all subjective. You can get opinions about the reliability of a pedal, but apart from that..... Eveyone's got a different bass, and amp, and EQ settings, and all these contribute to the distorted sound too. I think it's quite wideley accepted that a clean blend for bass distortion is a good thing - retaining your low end, and giving a punchier overall tone. This can be done in pedals with a mix function, or using a blending pedal or loop. I have tried quite a few different distortion pedals with bass, but i've found something useful with most of them, so my opinion is a bit worthless!

You should use a limiter to even out spikey pedals IMO. I put compression near the start, sometimes after EQ, and limiting at the end.

An overdrive pedal, or a limiter-enhancer would both give you some compression, a potential level boost, and some more top end to help the attack of your slap cut through. I think this is the solution.

Heh, good post Kneal! I meant to say before that I practice stoned as well, so when I get to a gig, it's no problem.

My only other cab is broken at the moment :-( There's another thread about it. What makes you think it's a blown speaker? I might just try and sell some stuff and buy that T-max rig in the for sale section.