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After seeing how easy it is to build my own, needing just 4 sockets, the right footswitch and a case to put it in, I am going to do it myself. It would be so easy to add a second loop that I might do that anyway, even though I don't need it at the moment. I love building stuff my self and would always prefer to if I can, and I would save money, which is always nice. So, sorry guys, but thanks for the offers.

I had to change the battery in my Warlock last night and had a bit of a look ' round in there. It is bloomin' tiny! The pre-amp is just sitting loose on top of a bunch of wires, as is the battery, there has been no attempt whatsoever to make space by only having the wiring as long as it needs to be. But I knew all this from a quick squint at it when I first got it. What I hadn't spotted, under all that wire, was the pots, they look like the smallest, cheapest pots you can get. I don't like that, I even installed CTS pots in my Westfield. But the cavity isn't big enough to put better pots in. I am fairly sure I could remove enough wood from around the pots without going beyond the cavity cover limits. I would have to change the locations of the screws but I was going to install brass inserts anyway because the screw holes are threaded. Which means replacing the cover, too. The thing is, I was considering replacing the pre-amp at some point. I had been hoping that installing a battery box would give me enough space for the pre-amp I want, but I now don't think it will. The idea of routing the bass scares me silly. I have a router but I would need to get some forstner drill bits. But I don't think I have the guts to do it myself. I am thinking that the best thing to do would be increase the size of the cavity, rather than just add a battery box. I was hoping to have space to install a couple of switches, too. Is it possible to double the size of the cavity without having to do any refinishing? I would shield the cavity so the exposed wood inside would be covered. I am thinking it must be possible if done carefully enough... If I were to do the sensible thing and take it to a luthier, what sort of costs would likely be involved? Does anyone know of a good luthier in south west Wales? I adore this bass. I had been gassing for one for over 20 years. It plays beautifully. It's just the electrics that concern me (there have been other problems but I sorted them). So I think the work would be worth doing.

[quote name='Budgetneil' timestamp='1390603953' post='2347589'] Mr Mister - Broken Wings. No? Just me then... ;-) [/quote] Sadly I love that song. But it's the only one of theirs that I know and I know nothing about the band. I just remember it being on a compilation LP the year it came out.

Tom Araya - Seasons in the Abyss Glen Benton - Satan Spawn the Caco-Daemon Blackie Lawless - Hellion

Thanks guys! I had been searching for loop and looper pedals but just kept getting sampler type things. I am new to pedals, most of my stuff is in a rack but the distortion is somewhat lacking so I am having to go with pedals. I've got a Digitech Bass Driver, which I adore, and my wife just bought me an Ashdown Hyperdrive; the two together sound amazing. I have now, thanks to you guys, found a wiring diagram for a looper pedal that will suit my needs. I also intend building a pedal for controlling my amp, which will include a channel switch so I can go from a clean SS channel to a tube channel, and I want to build a simple booster to boost the tubes. Most of the effects in my Behringer V-Amp Pro are actually pretty usable, but I also use an old Zoom GFX-707 pedal that I bought for guitar a million years ago, in case I want to have more than one effect, say flanger and chorus, on at the same time. I need to replace the Zoom, though, because half the buttons on it don't work anymore making making new patches difficult. Even though it is the guitar version it still sounds really good (for a cheap Zoom pedal) with bass, without filtering out the bass, it also has an incredibly versatile tuner built in, the V-Amp Pro is meant for bass but still struggles with a low b string, where as I haven't found a tuning the Zoom won't do. Unlike my Boss GX-700, which hates bass, which is a real shame because it is brilliant for guitar. Oddly, I have seen at least two people on BassChat with one of those in their rack I did ask how they used it and if they actually used it for bass (mine is in my rack along with my bass stuff, so it isn't a given that they do) but never got a reply (I only asked in the thread, not PM, so they might not have seen it). Sorry about that, I got a bit carries away, I am quite excited about it all. Edit: Thanks, too, to Wooks79 for the PM. I am rubbish at PMs but always feel guilty for not replying.

Sorry, I am having (another) dumb moment. I know you can get pedals that you can use to group pedals together, so say I need to be able to turn two pedals on and off simultaneously, but I can't for the life of me think what they're called. I keep thinking Loop pedals but that keeps coming up with some thing entirely different. So, what are they actually called? Are there any particularly good ones or ones to avoid? Is it possible to build your own, assuming I have the skills to build more commonly home built pedals, and if so are there any designs to look out for? Right, I think that covers it and makes sense. Help? Please?

[quote name='oggiesnr' timestamp='1390431830' post='2345519'] Am I the only person who seems to have a pick gremlin whose sole purpose in life is to make sure that I never have a pick when I want one? Steve [/quote] I used to have one, and, actually, his name was Steve... He was my brother, thieving little sh*t that he was. Probably wouldn't have been so bad if he'd only nicked picks.

when I first started using a pick I tried a few different ones, including these weird little gold coloured ones with a twist that only coast 15p. i settled on a black, 1mm Dunlop that I attached a rubber foot, from the bottom of a TV, to, which made it 3 or 4mm thick and easy to hold, while still playing like a 1mm pick. I used to get the piss taken out of me for it! I wore it down to nothing before discovering Big Stubbys and never looking back. I think, if you're having trouble finding a pick to suit you, try altering them. Some people score them or drill holes in them to make them more grippy, and my rubber foot worked really well.

I have recently got more into using distortion and am feeling the need for a compressor. The one in my Behringer V-Amp Pro is bloomin' useless, and it's in the wrong place, being in my amp's effects loop. Unfortunately my distortion units have to go before the amp, they won't work properly in the effects loop, which is a pain in the bum, but I want a compressor to go first, but the problem I have is that I want a rack compressor. I was looking at the DBX 266xs and the Alesis 3632, to give you an idea of the kind of prices I am looking at, but neither of those are suitable for direct input from a bass. Is there a rack compressor that doesn't cost a lot that will take an input from a bass? I would really, really rather not have to go with a pedal. I am fairly sure the answer is going to be no, but in thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. Warned you it was a stupid question, so be kind.

I used Dunlop 3mm Big Stubbys for 20 years, then switched to the nylon version a couple of years ago. Recently switched to the Primetones, again in 3mm. I find the Primetones even more versatile than the Stubbys.

[quote name='d-basser' timestamp='1390237407' post='2342981'] Have a look at this vid on toner transfer, not tried it yet myself but this seems to be the way to go according to quite a few folk: [url="http://pedalparts.co.uk/making-boxes-look-lush-with-laser-toner-transfer/"]http://pedalparts.co.uk/making-boxes-look-lush-with-laser-toner-transfer/[/url] [/quote] My wife does stuff like that when crafting. She's got an Antex soldering iron with a flat iron bit for the job. If you go to a craft shop and buy the foils you can reheat the ink and add proper metallic foils, gold, silver, bronze and such, to the print. Also, it also works with photocopier toner, not just laser printer toner. I believe you can buy the ink in stamp blocks, too, so you could use it with stamps or templates. She has got this wicked machine that looks like a printer but actually cuts stuff out, it can get quite detailed, too, good for making templates. So it is always worth asking if your missus has got any crafting (almost typed crafty, but that might come across a bit wrong) friends. I need to do some testing with woods, but I am considering using the foil printing technique to put some fancy, stainless steel fret markers on my Warlock. I say fancy, but I mean the Mudflap Girl...

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1390078021' post='2341287'] I've bought plenty of parts from the US (but never a whole bass) without any problems whatsoever. But then I've never bought an item shipped by GPP; it's always been USPS Priority Mail or similar. The US Parcel Service itself is great in my experience. Super fast, reliable, regularly updated tracking... It's a state run operation and very well organised. [b] The delays start when things reach the UK. Which is no different to sending/receiving stuff on home turf.[/b] [/quote] Yeah, I once bought a camp bed from Cabella's and it was interesting to see it take 3 days to get from America to Scotland and then 10 days to get to the Midlands from there.

Dunno if this will help... I only ever play sitting down anymore, since I don't play in a band. I play with my bass on a strap and hanging [i]between[/i] my legs, it doesn't rest on either leg, and I have the neck angled up, sort of how classical guitarists do. I find the bass sits in a natural position, and if I ever do decide to stand up it remains in exactly the same place.

It didn't look anything like that. It looked like a desert landscape, dotted with 3d looking pyramids, all in shades of blue. I can't find anything that looks anything like it. Edit: The closest thing I can find is this: Imagine a blue background that goes off into the distance, dotted with pyramids that look like that, but all in metallic colours.

I worked in a guitar shop back in the very late 80s. I remember a rep coming to show us a bunch of guitars and most of them had really tacky images of mostly naked women on them. There was also another which had a sort of 3D pyramid finish, which was actually quite cool. The thing is, I am fairly sure the guitars were Roscoes.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1387755459' post='2315393'] Are the Digitech and Zoom designed to work with line-level as opposed to instrument-level signals? There's a significant difference. [/quote] That's a very good point, and I don't know the answer. Would it cause this kind of fault, though? It sounded absolutely fine, except for the fading out every now and then. I think I have come up with a sort of solution/work around, since it is mostly an aesthetic thing, I could just fit an input socket on the rear of the Peavey.

I was hoping to get an answer to this as it could rather upset my plans for my set up's future.

Took delivery of some [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/Products/Products/quick&q=primetones&type=search&searchclause=all/"]Dunlop Primetones[/url] today, the 3mm sharp ones (well, 2 sharp, 1 rounded, even though I ordered 3 sharps). They're a little larger than the Big Stubbies and while they are smooth feeling, they're not as slippery as the Stubbies. The grip area is also bigger, so they are much easier to hold. One of the problems I had with the Stubbies was that the dimple is too far from the tip of the pick, so I found they stuck out too far and would click against the pick-ups, I don't have that problem with the Primetones as I am able to grip them closer to the tip, which also makes it far easier to do harmonic pinches, which is nice. So, overall, they are expensive at £6.99 (+p&p) for a pack of 3 and I think whether they're worth that will depend on how long they last. They feel like they should be very hard wearing, so they might well turn out to be a very good buy. That picture (taken from the Strings Direct site, where I ordered them from) makes them look sort of rubbery, which is why I decided to go for them, I thought they'd feel good and grip well and have a nice smooth tone, but they're actually very hard and smooth, but they do grip well. And, actually, the rounded tip pick has the tone I was expecting, I'm kind of glad for the mix up.

Today I decided to try something different with my rig, mostly for tidiness, but there's a problem. Every now and then it will fade out, not usually for long, though at one point it did last a while and there was distortion, too. I haven't had this problem before. My rig goes: Bass > Digitech Bass Driver > Zoom GFX-707 > Peavey T-Max input > T-Max FX send > Behringer V-Amp Pro return in > V-Amp line out > T-Max FX return. All I did was put the stuff from before the T-Max into the FX loop before the V-Amp, and that was when the problem started. The only options I had were to try different leads, which I did, it didn't help. I have put everything back the way it was now but I would like to know what the problem was. Once, I tried something similar when I tried to include my Boss GX-700 in the loop before the V-Amp, so I could use its effects. The resulting sound was horrendous, very weak and distorted. I know it might seem a bit odd, going from the pre-amp in my Bass, to the pre-amp of the Zoom, then the pre-amp of the amp, then the pre-amp of the V-Amp, but it works for me, I can get a massive range of tones, all just about infinitely tweekable, and it makes recording easy.

An 8 CD box set Greatest Hits of the 60s, set on random. I've had to add a few tracks from other CDs to make it more complete but it's ace, my throat is sore from singing along to it all day.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1387219118' post='2309547'] Ask her to sew them together for you ... [/quote] I think we should end this train of thought here, else anyone that remembers seeing photos of me will wake up in the middle of the night, screaming, for the rest of their lives.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1387208801' post='2309363'] [url="http://kotaku.com/5948143/japans-panty-vending-machines-the-unreal-hyperbole-and-honest-truth"]http://kotaku.com/59...nd-honest-truth[/url] [/quote] My wife and I once bought a purple, frilly G string and a white, silky posing pouch, respectively, from a vending machine on Great Yarmouth beach front. It was like those ones where you get a ball with a toy in it and you don't know what you're going to get, else I'd have got a black posing pouch... Edit: Remembering that has reminded me of something else. When I met my wife I owned a pair of leopard print tangas that I loved. It turns out that my wife loved them, too, as I recently discovered that she has kept them, even though they haven't fit for about 18 years.

My BC Rich Warlock NT. It's beautiful and sounds immense with it's double P's. I also really like my Cort T-35. It's a hell of a lot of good bass for not a lot of money. I never was much of a one for fashions.

Just in case, if I remember correctly, the album version is tuned a quarter step down, so that might make a difference if you're trying to learn from that version. It was the first song I ever learned for a band, took me two weeks to learn the damned thing, did my bloomin' 'ead in.

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