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[quote name='cetera' post='996063' date='Oct 21 2010, 03:37 PM']Lol! Can't I have a day off?!? [/quote] But why would you want to???

[quote name='cetera' post='995675' date='Oct 21 2010, 10:48 AM']Just out of interest will we each get a badge with our username/real name on it? Just for ease of identifying each other etc. Sorry if this has been covered in the past but this is the first one I can actually make! [/quote] I just assumed you'd be in the full GS Kiss regalia, mate, don't disappoint us!

You cant put back what a limiting/extreme compression device has taken out really. Your best bet maybe a parallel unfuzzed path? Or if you want to be devious you could possibly side chain an expander from the clean signal before the fuzz, but put it after the fuzz. It may just be possible with extreme tweakage to get that to help some, maybe, but I'm not willing to guarantee it at all.... On second thoughts that wont work. Ignore me

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='994133' date='Oct 19 2010, 09:39 PM']cheers for the clip will, [b]any chance of a pro-version (pre-sets, clean/mix,e.q. etc..)???.. now that would be ultimate.[/b]. [/quote] + lots!

Along these lines, but more so, I've always wanted a rack thingy to be able to plug both channels of my compressor in and then select the signal path (through one, none, both, parallel and series), with a footswich to control it (but not sending the signal down to the footswitch, cos that would be daft. I am full of great ideas, but have the electronics design abilities of the average natterjack toad....

+1 Dood Low(ish) action and a really properly set up action (ie neck relief) are a must IMO If your action is a tad higher then bear in mind its not the force you squish the neck with, its the speed of your finger striking down and then holding the string fretted (with normal tension) that gets the note to riing. Hard to explain but the energy for the string vibration is derived more from swishy fingers of lythe speediness then great big ogery muscle bound meat claws IME. Oh, and if it sounds all clacky clacky then set a compressor with an extremely fast action (or indeed a limiter) to nip the attack of the notes.

Simple thought, can you pluck less hard? Also spend some practice time working on relaxing your right hand as you play, decent warm up routine too maybe?

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='993311' date='Oct 19 2010, 11:15 AM']ahem.[/quote] True, plenty of love for Barefaced here too!

[quote name='Ukelele Salad' post='993307' date='Oct 19 2010, 11:12 AM']sorry, i've already had some i see - Bergantino, Aguillar, Berg, any others? We have no shops in Bristol so I can't actually try any of them out![/quote] Take the time to go to Bassdirect in Warwick - do not forget your credit card - yes it really IS worth it....

[quote name='Ukelele Salad' post='992401' date='Oct 18 2010, 04:31 PM']I want them to say "This! THIS is the cab for you! It's so good we've locked the designer inside his own ass so that if he tells anyone else how to make it they won't believe him! You cannot get a better cab. Fact[/quote] Then buy a Bergantino....

[quote name='farmer61' post='993186' date='Oct 19 2010, 09:28 AM']Mine still have the rusty looking spots on them in places, tube shaking sounds a great idea, any excuse to get to the garage!! but I'm going to put them back on just to see how they sound after one more micro soak.....[/quote] I've never left mine until they go rusty first, crikey! Should still make a difference though.

ONe other point, I try and remember to give the tube a shake at lest once a day while they are soaking, just to swill th meths around a bit. Cant say it makes any difference or no, maybe I'm a little OCD, but I like my little trip to the shed for me meths shaking

I always give mine a gentle wipe off with a paper towel ( fnar fnar oo-er etc etc ) They sometimes look quite dull when they come out of the tube, almost tarnished... Hasn't stopped the improvement in sound for me ever though, dont expect them to sound exactly like new, rather they sound just 'broken in' as it were.

Well in a perfect world, where everyone had the exact same needs there would only be one cab. The fact is you have to compromise on something, they offer you the choice of where to compromise within their range. What is not to like? Oh, and rapid developement my backside, they've been going for years and years, steadily extending the range.

[quote name='risingson' post='992322' date='Oct 18 2010, 03:40 PM']What I mean is is it actually choice or a perceived level of choice that actually is non-existant? Put it this way, to my ears, a good 15" cabinet is going to sound pretty similar to most other good 15" cabinets out there, I don't think you can vary a product enough to merit multiple variations of that cabinet. But it's just a thought really.[/quote] Yeah, except only one may fit into your car boot, and the other may not, just as a result of an external dimension tweak that leaves the internal volume the same, just for instance....

[quote name='risingson' post='992282' date='Oct 18 2010, 03:03 PM']Depends whether it's choice or 'choice'.[/quote] Explain to the terminally dim (ie me) what you mean please!

So more choice from a particular manufacturer is a bad thing??? OK....

[quote name='Plux_the_Duck' post='992025' date='Oct 18 2010, 10:38 AM']We after another distortion pedal then father This one looks a lot better than the other one [/quote] Nearly as pink though!

Check your pickup height before anything else. By all means try a cheapo compressor, but I warn you now it will as like as not be utterly rubbish, and may well put you off the ida of using compression for life. Which will be a shame, and your loss. As for pedal compressors I'd only consider either a JoeMeek FloorQ or a Markbass Compressore. Firstly they have the minimum number of controls to really bend the comrpessor to your needs, and secondly they are two of the best sounding pedal compressors money can buy....

oooh Phil, nice one!

EQ then? Sounds like a dip in a large range of frequencies, around the lower mids, rather than a particular area of the bass. So maybe something in th electronics or pickups is letting it down, or how you eq it.

Do you mean 1 octave up the neck, or 1 octave across the strings? Listening to the myspace page the bass sounds pretty consistent to me (listening on Sennheiser ear bud thingies), do you find you're digging in harder to compensate then? If its up the neck, maybe the neck needs a bit more relief to not choke the strings. If its across the neck maybe you ned to have a look at the pickup height on the G string side, lift the pickup, get more oomph (although too close and the pickup's magnetic field will choke the strings). From your description (sounding compressed) I wouldnt be surprised to hear that the G string side of the pup is too close to the strings in fact.... I'd be surprised if there werent some compression on that bass somewhere in that recording/mixing process, but I also dont think its likely to have caused the effet you are describing, largely because there is more energy i lower notes, and these tend to hit the compressor harder, so you are most likely to hear the low notes get overcompressed first IME.

Magic! ....Mushrooms?

[quote name='Sean' post='987970' date='Oct 14 2010, 12:51 PM']Would it be possible to include some EQ advice for rigs relating to room acoustics too?[/quote] What, you wanna know all the secret knowledge? Be prepared to roll up your trouser leg then!