pete.young

I bought a Morley volume pedal from Alex. Great guy, very easy transaction and the item arrived in great condition and extremely well packed. Nice one.

I've got one of these: [url="http://www.fretlord.com/FretlightZ_LED_fretboard_illuminator.htm"]http://www.fretlord.com/FretlightZ_LED_fre...illuminator.htm[/url] works reasonably well on a fretted bass. I guess you could point it down the edge of the neck by clamping it onto the E string.

[quote name='skej21' post='1015606' date='Nov 7 2010, 07:47 PM']This thread might as well be called "Trolling versus Sh**stirring, which one is best?"[/quote] I'm guessing you're new here? That applies to many threads started by Pete Academy.

If anyone is interested in one of these, my son has one just like this which he is keen to sell. No hard case but I do have the original shipping boxes.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1013353' date='Nov 5 2010, 02:31 PM']I think that's a problem for a lot of people. [/quote] That Gareth is, or that they are? I haven't seen any wanted posters :-)

I think you're OK as long as you use full-range and not subs.

[quote name='jonnyfastfingers' post='1012534' date='Nov 4 2010, 08:26 PM']Lookin for some help peeps. In a covers band, we generally to indie rock but are having to sell out for a party gig and want to do Living On A Prayer by Bon Jovi, cheesy I know but you gotta cater for the audience. So anyways was trying to figure out how to do the whoa woah thing, sounds like they use a vocoder or something any ideas? Thanks in advance![/quote] Our guitarist gets reasonably close to this with a wah pedal. Really helps if you have a keyboard player who can nail the chords at the start (before the bass comes in ) - we find that people latch onto that striaght away.

[quote name='Shaggy' post='1010563' date='Nov 3 2010, 11:29 AM']Bellowhead good, but [i]have[/i] to be seen live. Great bass (tuba?)[/quote] Very close - I think it's a Helicon, but you'd have to be a certifiable tuba wonk to know that. I was very disappointed with both of EC's numbers - I'd expect someone with Clapton's financial clout to be able to hire a piano player who could play a decent stride solo for a number like this, but the pianist in his band was clearly not up to it and Jools (who definitely is) had obviously been told to toe the line. I think the punk band got the sh*t end of the stick - only one minute 20 of their excellent stuff in order to make way for a second turgid Clapton tune. So far this series I make that two really decent acts - Imelda Mae and Bellowhead.

Well, my gig was cancelled, and I need to meet up with bassmanady to complete a certain transaction, so I will be there too. I'll bring my Bass Collection 465 and GK3-B plus Roland V-Bass unit so there will be opportunities for people to try that out. Not sure what else to bring, I could bring a Burman Pro 4000 but there wasn't a lot of interest in it last time despite us hooking it up to Merton's Vintage and making a lot of irresponsible noise. Maybe my Yamaha BB800 to make silverfoxnik all nostalgic for the Good Old Days :-) Unfortunately Dave.c has a gig, er, I mean fortunately, er. stop digging, so he wont' be able to come along. If anyone wants a lift from Ipswich or picking up from somewhere close to the A12 on route please let me know. I have a big car and can cart metric shitloads of gear.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1011088' date='Nov 3 2010, 05:15 PM']As for somewhere I can try one… 'Find someone that owns one' was the answer! [/quote] Great offer from Ped, if I were you I'd snatch his hand off. Make sure you get that the right way round ;-) In the meantime, if you can get to the SE Bass Bash it looks like both Ped and I will be there, and I will bring my unit and bass so between us there should be an opportunity to do a bit of tinkering.

[quote name='Dusty' post='1007828' date='Oct 31 2010, 08:44 PM']The bad news for most of you, is they are on CANVEY ISLAND !!! [/quote] Ha ha, King Kong walks on water, watch out Canvey Island :-) Immense result , well done and I wish you success with this venture. Definitely yes from me, if you can persuade the great Wilko to turn up for a guest appearance that would be better still!

[quote name='charic' post='1007228' date='Oct 31 2010, 12:17 PM']Would people be willing to travel this far?[/quote] Personally, no. It's just as easy to go to the SE bass bash from Ipswich.

Look what just popped up on eBay. Dougal's old Carvin XB-75P [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Carvin-XB-75P-5-Superb-5-String-Bass-/130447246650?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e5f43053a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Carvin-XB-75P-5-Supe...=item1e5f43053a[/url] Looks like I'm fated never to own this bass - what kind of numpty runs an auction for an instrument like this that finishes at 7.30 on a saturday night, when anyone likely to be interested is playing a gig. Mutter mutter. I wish personal circumstances had allowed me to buy it when it was for sale on here. Oh well.

I have a V-Bass floor unit and a GK3-B pickup installed on one of my basses. It's a great unit but it's not without problems, and if you're like me at some point you will find yourself thinking - I cant' be arsed with this. The sticky tape idea is fine in theory, until it falls off in the middle of a gig. It will do this, the only question is when it will happen. If you're doing any kind of paid work and relying on the unit, it's unprofessional to think that you will get away with the sticky tape. It's also pretty difficult to get the pile of shims that need to sit under the GK3-B to the right height. This adjustment is much easier if the pickup is screwed to the body and sitting on a couple of springs. I clamped the controller on the front of my bass not the back like Ped did, which means it's easier to fit into cases. The V-Bass has a huge range of sounds, which means that it's really hard to get your head around picking a small number of useable sounds. The other challenge that I've faced is getting a consistent volume with all the effects and pre-sets - synth sounds seem to disappear in the mix, ditto things like the upright bass sounds, anything with distortion or boost leaps off the stage and you end up setting the gain to 25% or less just to keep a consistent volume across a set of patches. I do use the synth voices for a lot of the modern synthy stuff in our set. Prior to this I used a Korg G5 - I never tried the Markbass synths but the Korg was better than all the others on the market including the Akai for tracking. The V-bass tracks better, though I'm told that basses fitted with Graphtec Ghost saddles and Midi Expander track much better. I do use the amp and guitar modelling and some of the effects. Is it essential? Absolutely not. I'm finding more and more that instead of trying to use models for Precision, Jazz, Ovation (for Don't Stop...), Ricky, ... just find a decent sound from the on-board guitar pickups and the amp, and stick to it. No-one in the audience will notice the difference anyway. I've just bought a small Novation keyboard synth and am experimenting with the sounds, but I'm already pretty close to realising that (a) it's 100 times better to use a synth for synth sounds and a bass for bass sounds and ( if I'd spent the money on a synth instead, I could have bought a mini moog! Eventually this will replace the V-Bass and I will be free from the tyranny of only being able to play one bass. It's a really close call and for me it's been a painful learning point, but if you have any kind of ability on a keyboard you're better off to buy a keyboard synth and just use the bass to sound like a bass. Even if you haven't any keyboard skills it's probably still easier to learn how to play a keyboard (after all Depeche Mode managed it with no discernible talent) well enough to play synth basslines - OK we're not all Greg Phillinganes but it's a lot easier if you use both hands.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1005273' date='Oct 29 2010, 03:00 PM']Couple of days ago I received a mail from 'Grant at Korg' offering discounted behringer gear from the Behringer Distributor Clearence (sic) shop on ebay. Which I couldn't find.[/quote] Me too. Here. [url="http://shop.ebay.co.uk/behringer-distributor-clearence-stock/m.html"]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/behringer-distribut...ce-stock/m.html[/url] Despite the supposed discount most of the gear seems to be at the same prices you'd already find it on the net. Didn't have any AD121s so I lost interest.

[quote name='ped' post='1003878' date='Oct 28 2010, 03:29 PM']I agree with this indeed, but still probably best to keep it private anyway because we don't want to come up on google if someone searches for 'Pope Visits UK' or something, it may attract unwanted attention. Fixed now, as you were ped[/quote] No worries and thanks for that.

OK. I didn't realise that you'd done it deliberately. I must have missed the announcement.