Japhet

I use my Keeley more as a limiter and the LED indicated that noon was about right for threshold with the gear I use and the way I play. I didn't like it to sound too squashed so the ratio was about right at noon too but like I said, I found the gain a bit lively (creating unwanted buzz) so knocked it back to around 10 o'clock. I like the pedal and it had a lot to live up to because it replaced a TC Electronic Nova Dynamics which was awesome. In some ways I wish I still had that but it was a bit big, 12v and total overkill.

I find the 'gain' a bit lively on my Keeley. I have it at about 10 o'clock and the other 2 dials at 12.

I use isolated supplies but some pedals share an outlet. I have one amp with a ground lift which helps, but my preferred amp has no ground lift which is a shame. It only seems to be an issue at a couple of venues though, so I generally knock off the volume on the guitar between songs. I doubt anybody else notices it anyway.

There's a cracking Genz Benz Contour 500 combo in the F/S section. Silly cheap at £170 I think and a great bit of kit. I have no coneection to the seller btw.

I've found the electrics in some venues can cause a lot of hum from my amp and on a couple of occasions running my pedal board through the effects loop has helped. As a rule I run the pedal board before the input though.

I've always preferred flangers to phasers. Seem to get a much richer sound. I have an old Soundblox (Source Audio) flanger which can create all sorts of effects.

Have just picked up a Valeton OC-10 off ebay for £40. Very impressed by it both in build quality and sound. Very close to the Boss OC2 IMO. Would ideally have like 1 octave down and 1 up since I don't see much point in 2 octaves down on bass, especially in analogue format, but 1 octave down on this is lovely.

Don't know about the Loop Core, but I recently acquired a NUX Time Core (Delay) pedal which is a cracking pedal and the build quality is top notch.

My definition of new music is 'music I haven't heard yet', which could be something brand new or something written 150 years ago.

That was the Laughing Gnome, not an elf

The word is out Al. I've just picked one up for £40 to go on my experimental board. Trying to get sounds I like from a bunch of cheap pedals which is fun.

I've just picked up a used Valeton OC 10 off ebay for £40. Looking forward to trying it out. As said earlier in the thread, cheap pedals doing octave up have always sounded horrible to me so I'll tend towards using 1 and 2 octaves down from higher up the fretboard.

I liked the GK MB500 Fusion with it's foot switchable second channel which could be set up for drive/boost. Wish I still had it but they don't crop up very often.

60 this year. Oldest in the band by 15 years. Couldn't care less what people think about age - if it sounds good and people like it, do it. Do feel a bit self conscious playing 'Teenage Kicks' though and tend to look at the floor or the amp settings quite a bit during that one.

Bought a mixer from Colin. Top bloke, perfect deal.

A modest 5. Must try harder.

My band use one. We use the Zoom to get a basic mix (either live or at rehearsal) and then use Reaper to master it, balance levels, add effects or whatever. We've had some very respectable results. As said before, the small screen on the Zoom and general navigation is too fiddly, but in Reaper it's a doddle.

We are talking about bass playing aren't we?

I've eventually got through to our drummer that I need some space. Previously, I'd arrive to find a postage stamp sized space for me, and an area the guitarist could do cartwheels in on the other side of the kit. The turning point seemed to be when he accepted that the kick drum wasn't in the middle of the kit and needed to be moved across. Other than that, we all set up and then wait for the singer to look blankly at us whilst holding various cables to be plugged into the PA. He's only been doing it for 8 years.

I suppose it's largely dependent on whether you know that Steel Panther are a spoof/comedy act. I have no idea who they are so, to me, the name for the pedal initially seemed a bit dumb. On finding out who Steel Panther are, it still seems dumb (although I'm not offended).

Zoom MS60B has some decent sounding compressor options on it if you just want to try some different sorts out. You won't get anywhere near a decent compressor for the price you can pick one of these up for. Even the B3N is cheap compared to a half decent compressor.

I'm currently putting together a (cheap) smaller pedal board and have just picked up a Mojomojo for it. Sounds very nice at low volume. Will see what it's like with the gas turned up soon I hope.

I only wanted to learn Copperhead Road so my mandolin journey wasn't a long one. 🙂