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I have read that some dirt boxes don't mix well with actives. When I made the switch from passive to active, it didn't seem to make any difference, other than the tone of the bass, obviously. If you're getting a new bass and it will be your main bass, then I would probably wait. Your local SC should also have the Zoom B2.1U which has some good distortions and a lot of extra options too, for not much money.

I don't know of any shops with a good selection of bass pedals. I guess that's why I have a lot of guitar pedals! Most shops should have boss ODB-3 and MT-2 (and ML-2!!!) for you to try. The sound control in stoke has tech21 stuff in at the moment, so maybe try your local SC?

If you look up some youtube videos, you should be able to observe how awfully crap his tone is. I think it's mainly down to the fact that he has crap technique, and needs some extreme limiting like they must use in the studio. This is off topic though, sorry!

I like to see negative comments. The title implies this is a thread about opinions, not objectivity. I'm a bit of a hippy :-/

He has such a crap tone live anyway, always has!

I think most people would agree with you there. I don't know which posts cantdosleepy was reading and thought they were bitchy or disrespectful?

I didn't think anyone was being disrespectful or "bitching" about any bassists they used to like. People are just pointing out who they used to like, and why they don't now. Gary Cherone does kind of ruin extreme, but, I listen to him with a smile, not really taking him seriously. If you get the live version of cupid's dead from Wembley, you get an extended funky guitar+bass solo without the crap rap! Nuno's doing more pop kinda stuff now isn't he? Less funky. I love his 1st solo album, and some mourning widows too. I'm writing this here as I assume we would not be allowed a guitarist's appreciation thread on a bass forum!

I would have thought that most singers would have noticed if they didn't have a monitor. Most amusing story!

I use a bi-amp rig, so I guess it's more common for people like me, but, i've always got the soundman to DI and take all the high end off, and mic my 2 x 12" amp for the top end.

Sorry! I obviously misunderstood your post. I don't know many people that have heard of nuno, so it's cool to see someone else! I love "Waiting for the punchline", which is on the whole very groovey and sounds amazing.

Do I have GAS, or do I yearn for a tone I can hear in my head, but not from my amp(for now)? Personally, I have the latter, and won't be purchasing anything for a long time :-) Quite often I get asked by the other band mates to change something in a mix, or a master, or on a photo. I just mess with a control a bit, sometimes I even bother to change it to how they want it! then I just change it back, or stop fiddling with the control, and ask if they're happy. I've not been caught yet!

[quote name='andy67' post='86358' date='Nov 10 2007, 01:27 AM']33. Nuno Bettencourt - Extreme, Mourning Widows[/quote] You're tired of Nuno? Maybe get your ears syringed! I am tired of muse. I still love their old stuff, but, now they're getting old, and, crap.

I can't disconnect it yet, as I can't get it out to get at the wires. Eitherway, I don't think two wires would prevent me from budging the thing at all! I thought at first that it was probably just really heavy, and I was being a bit of a weakling. However, I do normally lift the whole cab on my own, and I got our drummer to try who is the muscley type, and he couldn't do it either. I didn't get chance to look at it last night, but we have a practice tonight, so no doubt i'll be trying to prise it with a screwdriver. I really don't want to damage it though!

I love the placebo effect, and think about it quite a bit, and try to use it on myself. My boss has been taking this herbal remedy for a month, to stop her migraines. Before, she "needed" some extra strong one a day pills to stop the migraines, now she just takes a placebo. I told her that it's a placebo, but not to think about it too much. She wasn't interested anyway, just said "well, it works for me!". I have a really nice cheapo bass which was my first 6 string. I always thought I would invest in a really nice, more expensive bass when I could afford. When I could afford, I bought a very nice schecter, but, it doesn't play any better! For the first month I had it, I was raving on about how much better it was to play and how it was worth the money (it was though) etc, but, that was just the effect of having spent a lot of money on it. Once that effect wore off, I realised it just sounded a bit better, and looked nicer. Maybe a bit of the same effect with your basses?

Using a mic is a good suggestion!

Is your DI post EQ? Do you EQ out a lot of highs? I'm guessing no to both these questions, and that could be your problem.

Just to make it clear - I put the cab on it's back, took off the grill, unscrewed all the screws around the rim of the speaker, and tried to pull it out. I can even get my hand round the back of the speaker, as there are two large ports in the front of the cab. With my hand on the back of the speaker, trying to lift it up, it wont budge! I don't think it will be "rear-loaded" as it's covered with the nice plastic that Trace cabs are, and I can't see any screws.

Maybe the soundguy needs to roll off the top end. Your bass rig wont be putting out the same high frequencies as the on-stage monitors, which are probably creating the feedback. You could always turn the gain on the pedal down!

Thanks for the replies, i'll take some pics after work, it still wont move!

I use a lot of VST plug-ins, including amp sims. I can't really recommend a product, because, i've never paid for any, and so wouldn't know about value for money (sorry for being a theif, lets not fight). There are some legal free vsts, including a very nice JCM800, which I could find at home. The Ampeg suite/modelling thing is pretty amazing, but, you'd better have a good processor, and I guess it's expensive. Cubase comes with a couple of amp modelling things, which are under the distortions menu, but have speaker emulation options. I've tried others but I can't remember their names, or if they were any good! If you want to track the guitars, monitoring through the amp sim, you will need a decent soundcard to create very low latency. I guess the Lexicon is good enough though?

[quote name='Rich' post='85871' date='Nov 9 2007, 12:38 PM']This is my Shuker... tobacco burst over burr maple. Very orange in sunlight. Sorry about the small & crappy pic. [attachment=3399:shuke.jpg][/quote] Do you have a bigger picture of this beauty?

Hah, you'd stop whinging if you tried to lift my pedal board!