Bigwan

I'm a bit of an Ashdown fanboy, but have you considered the Orange Terror Bass? I used a Terror bass and my Tech Soundsystems 4x12 in a heavy rock/metal band and it was perfect. For cabs I'd agree with others here that a stacked pair of 2x10s would give more flexibility.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1337778293' post='1665284'] So here is Pedal-Board 2, Ver. 1 Un-velcroed and messy....but working a treat. [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/15/pedalboardp.jpg/"][/url] Uploaded with [url="http://imageshack.us"]ImageShack.us[/url] Chain: Bass -> LS-2 In Loops A Send -> OC-2 -> CE-2B -> BF-2B Flanger -> GEB-7 -> Behringer Vibrato -> Return Loop B Send - TU-2 Tuner -> CS-2 Compression -> CoPilot Orbit -> Polish Love -> PH-2 Phaser -> PN-2 Trem/Pan -> GE-7B -> Source Audio BEF -> Return LS-2 Out -> Akai Headrush -> Ernie Ball Volume -> LM-2 Limiter Amp Phew LS-2 will move for a SFX Loop Logic soon Si [/quote] Is that a tat on your left foot or have you dropped something heavy on it? Can't tell on my phone screen...

Randomly spitting them out as they come to mind: Sunn Mustang P-bass (the pointy headed version, not the p-bass clone) Aria MAB20/5 (still have it) Aria MAB40 Westfield P Ernie Ball Stingray 4 (2 EQ) Ernie Ball Stingray 5 Ernie Ball Bongo 4HH Ernie Ball Bongo 5HH Goodfellow 4 Wal 4 Warwick Corvette 4 Shuker 6 Fender USA P 4 Fender MIJ 70's P Fender Roscoe Beck 5 Lakland Skyline Ltd Ed JO 4 Lakland Skyline Bob Glaub Lakland 55-01 Status S2000 Status S3000 Hohner Jack 4 Ibanez ATK700 Dingwall Afterburner 1

Oh testing the grey matter... - Vantage 30b (Christmas present '91) - Torque 100b ('93) & Peavey 410 (pre TX) - SWR Workingmans 12 & SWR Basic 1x15 ('97) - Sold SWR combo and bought a Laney 300watt head (name escapes me) & Peavey 810 ('99) - traded the lot in for my Ashdown ABM combo ('01, not a good deal for me, but it's still here!) - built 2 1x15 cabs with Eminence Kappa LFs ('02) - Aguilar AG500SC & Tech Soundsystems ND412 ('06) - sold Aguilar head on here('08) - Thunderfunk TF550B (bought and sold '08) - Ashdown ABM 400 Chrome ('09) - Another post-Fender SWR Workingmans 12 ('09) - Aguilar GS112 ('09) - Line6 Studio 110 ('09 - '11) - Orange Terror Bass ('11 - '12) - Ashdown LB30 & LB212 ('12 -) - Sold my homebrew 1x15 cabs and chrome ABM just a few weeks ago. Left with what you see in my signature. Regrets? Not many, but the Laney was a mistake. Best rig I've owned? Orange & Tech Most overrated? Aguilar AG500 Most underrated? Line6 Studio 110 Next? No plans. Pretty happy with what i have, BUT I'd like to try an EA rig at some point... I've also toyed with the idea of a fEARful build, but don't have the time, the skills, or the time to develop the skills at the minute. Perhaps some day. Good job you're not asking me to remember all my basses... Don't know if I could!

Ashdown vs112? Cheap and compact enough for a rehearsal cab. Not particularly light, but not bad. Don't know about your LB212, but mine is SIGNIFICANTLY heavier than Ashdown claim at 27kg (Ashdown claim 14!). It's actually nearer the weight of the VS212 (31kg). Sounds good though, and fits perfectly in my car's boot, so I don't really mind that much.

Gwilym just bought my Boss FT2 pedal. Nice smooth transaction. Quick payment. Brilliant buyer. Deal with confidence folks!

[quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1337683580' post='1663824'] excellent projects - post some progress pics or it didn't happen [/quote] Will do Al! Also interested in building something like the EWS BMC small format parametric eq. Anyone know of a project like that?

*maniacal laughter mode on* "Ha ha! It's alive!!! HA HAA HAAA HHAAAH!!!!" *maniacal laughter mode off* Set to building a little bass fuzz over the weekend while STILL waiting for all my meatball components to arrive (ordered 1st May and optocouplers STILL haven't arrived - cheers CPC... useless crowd of incompetents). I say little, but it's actually an almost-fully featured Mastotron clone (minus octave switch) that I'm fitting into a Hammond 1590A with all the controls internalised. I'm a set-and-forget guy when it comes to things like fuzz and it'll probably only be used in conjunction with an octave and filter for synthy sounds anyway. It's still naked while I sort out a little problem with the sweep of the fuzz and PW controls (didn't have the exact values of trimmers knocking about so tried the old parallel-with-fixed-resistor trick and it hasn't worked as well as I'd like - all the action's at one end of the trimmer's travel). I think I'm going to call it my ZIP GUN FUZZ, for obvious reasons. Pics once I've it 'enclosed'... Also ordered the PCB for a Pearl Octave clone from Madbean since I'm in such a DIY mood, AND I have all the bits for an SHO clone in a 1590A too, which should work well with my Ashdown valve rig... all these projects and so little time!

Compared to a few local punters I'm a genius... Compared to some folk on here? No...

[size=4]In my previous cover band we started from scratch - everybody chipped in equal amounts for PA and lighting. When I left the band I was payed from the money for the remaining gigs I had left to do to the value of what I originally contributed. My experience was slightly different in that we ALL went through the PA - drummer using an e-kit, guitarist using a POD, me using a small combo amp DI'd for FOH. I think you need to take a broader view than "I don't use it so why should I pay?"... The band, of which you are a part, need a PA. Leaving the singer/guitarist 2 piece out of the equation for a minute, what would happen if you didn't have a PA? You probably wouldn't get gigs. So the PA is benefitting the band as a whole and you as an individual. If it were me I'd insist the singer/guitarist sorted themselves out with their own PA for their own work (oh look - he already has one... that's handy), and everybody in the band contributed to a new PA for the band (and only for the band), with the agreement that when somebody leaves they have their contribution repaid [i][b]in full[/b][/i] (what's this market value crap?!) either from gig money (as was the case when I left the band) or by contributions from the other band members.[/size] [size=4]Hiring a PA for bigger gigs is an option, but it's probably costing your clients more in the long term than you buying it and incorporating that into your overall price.[/size] [size=4]Just my tuppence worth...[/size]

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1337542403' post='1661724'] aha, that makes sense, as I used it in LP mode. It does bother me because by itself the blended sound is difficult to use. But I might just add a micro QTron again, since I love that pedal anyway. We will see [/quote] Note that the qtron bypassed will not invert the signal so without it engaged you will have the same trouble you're having now with your blend...

The qtron inverts the signal in HP and LP modes so that sorts the phase issue combined with the bassballs when the envelope filter is engaged. A little inverting opamp circuit would sort it out pretty simply and would probably fit inside the pedal enclosure if it bothered you greatly...

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1337347525' post='1658598'] Pearl octaver does one up. I think a BCer is working on a clone. I'll chase him up. [/quote] I've just ordered the PCB for a Pearl clone from Madbean too...

[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1337375525' post='1659167'] I still have to wire up the daisy chain and velcro it down, but you get the idea .... So tell me, when it comes to velcro, is there any good reason to do spiky side on pedals, soft side on board, or the other way round ... or doesn't it matter at all ? [/quote] The OCD in me says you need a set square!!! Sweet little collection!

I emailed Dunlop yesterday about getting a schematic for the broken MXR bass octave (not the deluxe version) I bought here last week... They don't hand out schematics, even for obsolete pedals.... Their tech support manager says he'll talk me through repairing it, but using email and the time difference that'll take FOREVER! With a schematic I could find the problem in no time (comparatively). Most other companies don't have an issue. Grrrr...

All these are why that b*****d Cowell has shows on tv...

...So that's where my old RB5 went after NJE. Great bass. One that got away...

Very sad... Blues Brothers and a cold one this afternoon I think...