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Ace! I'd not heard of her, so thanks

Yeh I've tried it with a feedback loop and with a bunch of my pedals (I must have 30 dirt pedals) but it's not doing the same thing. I guess you'd need an amp sim in a feedback loop to get closer, but is it really as simple as that? I'll try my BDI21 in a feedback loop when I get chance anyway, I've not done that before

Maybe it's simpler than I thought, but I would imagine that the feedback loop of standing next to your amp while it's turned up loud is doing more than any overdrive pedal could accomplish. This needs a scientific study

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1436186520' post='2815681'] You can add sustain with the release control on your compressor, or with some drive pedals (drive pedals having an innate compression to them anyway).... [/quote] It's more than just sustain though isn't it? Some harmonic overtones maybe?

[quote name='landwomble' timestamp='1436132623' post='2815303'] ...All I want is something akin to the effect I get when I play onstage at gig level with my bass facing my amp - natural sustain through volume/acoustic feedback... [/quote] This is something I've been thinking a lot about lately. How could you possibly reproduce that effect? Would you need some sort of sustainer (like fernandes) built into the bass?

I have a dead simple website for one band and we shift a fair bit of merch on it. I just use paypal and their buttons. If you're just selling music then you could link to your stuff on itunes or set up a bandcamp www.headsticks.co.uk

yes, agreed, it's all about being sensitive to the sound of the song as a whole

well if you're closer to the bass amp, the bass will be louder, so it's distorting your perception of the mix overall Reading through this debate a lot of the advice seems to be about EQ and the "space" in the frequency spectrum which each instrument should sit in. That's important, but in my opinion most of the "space" in a mix is created by dynamics, reverb, and good levelling. Several people have talked about keeping the guitars and bass separate in terms of EQ, which is fine, but what if you've got two guitarists and a keyboard? There's a lot of overlap there. There's nothing wrong with two instruments producing the same frequencies, as long as it doesn't get mushy

Supporting D.O.A in manchester. It was a sweaty one, and not as packed as I'd been expecting, but still good fun

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1435614322' post='2810751'] I think most of the items on here have passed through Clarkys hands at some point. [/quote] Does it add to the tone? Maybe I should send him my basses to handle?

I've had the same problem, just made the change, but it's still underlining my british spellings in red. Nevermind

I just drink as much as possible

about his singing - Isn't it a pretty regular feature in hip-hop to have rappers who clearly can't sing, singing on their own tracks? I always thought it was a sort of tradition and never had a problem with it I'll not have time to check out kanye's performance so won't comment on that

At least you're bothered about your sound! A lot of bassists just don't care The best experience is gigs though, the more you do, the more you'll learn how to shape your sound

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1435059668' post='2804969'] I think there's a similar concept used for drummers with a stool that transmits vibrations through the players body while playing. The one guy I've seen use it (The Zombies drummer) raves about it, says he can't live without it! [/quote] I played a gig once where they had one as part of the shared/house kit. I absolutely hated it! The suggestion was that it'll let me "feel" the kick drum without having to put it in the monitor, but I would never have the kick drum in the monitor - surely if you need a monitor to hear your kick drum then something's gone wrong with the on stage sound!

I've never liked them but my mate's acoustic (2014 I think) is absolutely stunning. The sound of it is massive

:-D

it's similar to the bassist with mids so scooped he can't hear himself, or the guitarist with so much gain he sounds like white noise. I guess you just have to grow out of it

I'm not sure if you've seen a young rock band recently? But the drummer tends to smash the sh*t out of the cymbals while struggling to get any level out of the drums - this is acoustically God knows why they do this. Anyway, in a small venue (200 people ish) the cymbals end up very loud IMO, if you're going for the modern rock drum sound, you have to go very easy on any cymbals you're "riding" (open hats, ride, crashes), and absolutely smash the snare and kick, but yeh, no-one seems to go for this approach, especially if the music is quite fast or technical - ever seen a death metal drummer? I'm sure there are good ones, but most of the amateurs I've seen simply can't keep up with the tempo, and can't get a good sound out of the snare as they can't hit hard consistently at that speed.

the gig I was talking about above had no overheads on the kit at all. They're generally not needed in the size of venue I play (if indoors)