LukeFRC

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1340364090' post='1703314'] Way Huge Red Llama. I guess it's technically not considered a fuzz but I love it for high gain stuff I would personally describe as fuzz. Mine is a clone so I hope it's the same as the pedal i'm recommending! [/quote] also a simple build isn't it? that's the one with one ic chip?

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1340355149' post='1703123'] Yes, I was getting this last night between 12 and 1 am. [/quote] +1 basschat survives attack! Woo

build your own. make clones of 10 for the price of buying 1..... fuzzes tend to be easy builds

I saw one of them for sale a few years back, it was pretty cheap, like under £1000 I think

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1340301943' post='1702643'] Fire away without fear edit: but I must say, just in case, that I am already spoken for [/quote] it was for big red X

I use the same spaces too!

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1339888079' post='1696037'] It's a bit raped looking for me. Apparently it's been in a lab under experimental conditions. You could pick up a pretty decent one for not a whole lot more. [/quote] [quote name='SidVicious1978' timestamp='1339895427' post='1696089'] raped awesome yeah true [/quote] possible to find/use a different adjective please?

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1340291547' post='1702403'] Maybe so, but what if the singers on those "classic" tunes had preferred keys of E flat or D? No low root notes to use then... consequently a possibly rather thin low end... [/quote] e flat you would just move the whole tuning a semi tone. If they insisted on D well.... where do you think the "rock" trend for tight trousers came from?

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1340292357' post='1702427'] You didn't find the mid sweep useful? [u]Not many amps offer something like it.[/u] My gripe with the J-Retro is that it colours the sound even when you set it "flat". Flat does not really exist with that preamp (but it does with others), and I really like a passive Jazz sound. But even then, I love the oomph and versatility it gives me. But I could use just the mid sweep module and be happy, to be perfectly honest. I use that a lot. [/quote] Eden, SWR, Thunderfunk do, on multiple bands. Isn't the Yamaha East Eq modual essentially a mid sweep too? The mixing desk I use has two, fully sweepable with varying Q too [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1340292709' post='1702429'] I just think that sometimes people don't fully think through the reasons for fitting (or not) a pre amp in their bass. I would hazard that unless the controls on your amp are very subtle or the EQ points aren't sympathetic to the bass (in which case you've either got the wrong amp or the wrong bass for you) that the amp should be able to do everything that built in pre amp can and then some. It's far easier to build an effective and musical sounding EQ when you're not constrained with having to fit it into a typical bass guitar and power for a decent length of time off a PP3 battery. [/quote] +1 but I do think you often overestimate people's ability to make gear sound good. I think sometimes you hear the idea of the sound realised but wonder how musically that has been achieved. It's fairly easy to suck the life out of bass tone with Eq. I have another question for you but it's pretty OT so will PM you.

it's nice your bass teacher recommends it..... but what for? Does your band need it? It seems to me to be throwing money at a problem that doesn't exist.

would it not be cheaper to buy the parts and make a new one rather than mod this one?

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1340225715' post='1701516'] So, is it Basschat, the times or both (or neither) the reason a lot of us have more than the necessary number of basses? (I would say the necessary being one!) [/quote] bit of both, until very recently we were in one of the most prosperous time we've ever had, and at the same time the relative cost of basses has dropped. Basschat then exists where people talk about their basses and talk about the sort of brands that you just wouldn't have in the local music shop 30 years back. Secondhand market puts some of these basses within peoples reach, both financially and practically with a outlet to sell again if needed. I can buy a bass to try and know I can probably sell it on at the same price if I don't get on with it. I think also if you have this massive range available secondhand to try out then the temptation to think that 'your tone' needs a certain bass... when in reality no one in your band can tell. It's not a bad thing, I've had some amazing basses that I just would never have had without basschat.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1340215196' post='1701260'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Whoops! Didn't realise I was so shallow! Not proud of that.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Right, I need to lose weight: Jazz for sale - East preamp, Di-Marzio pickups, unmarked with case and candy..![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I can justify three basses; two, really; need one; don't want five. [/font][/color] [/quote] I can help with weight loss. My weight loss programme- you can have the first session for free!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1340185806' post='1700491'] he seems to be a man of good taste, so it would not be surprising if it were. I love strats and teles, me. I only own three guitars right now. Two are strats (one "standard", a yummy Classic Player series in sonic blue, and the other is a humbucker&FloydRose loaded Richie Sambora signature... please don't laugh at me ). I need to get back to guitar more. [/quote] i was playing my guitar yesterday good times

why not just fix the buzzing one you have now? pretty much any head will work with any cab. If I am wrong and something goes pop don't sue me. Ohms is the resistance of the speakers in the cab. An amp might put out 300w with an 8ohm cab, but if you used a 4ohm cab it would have less to push against so you would get more power. why not just fix the one you have?