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I'm not sure whether this should be in FX or Amps forum, but here goes. Say you have an amp which has a mono FX send/return jack. You want to apply a particular effect (say chorus or distortion) to only the uppermost part of the signal - say above 800Hz - 1kHz and leave the rest unaffected preserving your bass end. Is it possible to do this either by using an EQ module or splitting the mono signal into 2 bits (the uppermost one being affected, the other lower portion being clean) then merging them back into each other to give a mono signal again which has been processed to your specification. Is this is any way possible? If anyone has any ideas or suggestions they would be most welcome.

This is utterly brilliant. If I could actually do more electronics than changing a plug or soldering wires on a scalextric car, this would be the sort of stuff that I'd want to do. Seriously good work there!!

Thump Boy has rather kindly posted the FBV board above. That's really good. I've got the shortboard version which is pretty decent, but the FBV is the better of the 2. The only thing that annoys me about the pod is that it's not seamless transfer between patches. So when you change patches say you're using delay, the tail of the signal gets chopped if you turn it off. Really annoying. On the other hand, that doesn't bother everyone. As Thump Boy says, get a rack case. You don't want to be carrying it about without one.

Is it? GAK doesn't seem to say it's in stock and that page has been there for at least a year. Even Thomann have had it on "2-5 days notice" for ages. Before that it's been "on order" with the date being pushed back in increments for 2 years. If that's true - great!! I can upgrade a bit. However, much more tellingly, when I asked Hartke about specifics of it (like weight, dimensions and what footswitches are compatible etc.) around 3 weeks ago there was no hint that it was out or when that situation would change. If it were out why is there no online manual or even a rear panel photo on the Hartke website? As much as I like their amps and gear in general, I'm not buying an amp without knowing anything about it other than a front panel photo. That photo of the front panel is the only image you'll find of it anywhere. Anyways, when I asked, they replied with this which doesn't suggest it's going to be out before new year or anytime soon come to think of it: From: Anthony DiMaggio Sent: 01 December 2009 17:45:18 To: Cc: 'Joseph Antonelli' Andy, Currently, the Kilo is still in production phases, and is not yet available. Information won't be final until the unit is. For further info, contact your local distributor. Thank You, Anthony DiMaggio SamsonTech Product Specialist

The Pod XT Pro is footswitchable. Get the FBV shortboard which is really good or the FBV board which has more control. I've tried the Live (floorboard) version and whilst the amp models and whatnot are the same in some way it's just a bit flimsy feeling in terms of the footswitches. I'd go with the Pro version and a controller. I wish I'd bought the rackmount version instead of the kidney bean version. On the other hand, I tend not to use it live very much now as I use the Digitech 2120 which again is a rackmount with floorboard controller.

When is the Kilo coming out? It was announced when the LH500 and LH1000 were announced with the whole hydrive line. That was at least 2 years ago. Am using a 5500 at the moment and would like to upgrade a bit. Can anyone shed any light?

[quote name='crez5150' post='677854' date='Dec 8 2009, 01:34 PM']If your sending to FOH why don't you just get them to give you a mix of your bass in the monitors?[/quote] Because whenever you trust a sound engineer not to screw you, they invariably do. Messing with your tone or not turning you up loud enough in the monitors so it's like miming with your own band. Looking down at your fingers moving and what do you hear? Nothing. Regardless of how much you ask nicely for some changes or get frustrated and and turn yourself up, they just turn you down by more. You can't win. That's why I gave up using just a pod XT when I went out live. Despite how convenient it was, I just got tired of sound engineers messing with my tone or not being able to hear myself. Why spend a bit of time getting a tone that would tear the head off a thick necked rhino when the sound guy thinks, "Ooh, I don't like that. Not very conventional. Let's tear all the treble and mid off and turn the bass up." In other words, it sounds like a wet fart and everything above E on the A string is inauduble. Sod that. That actually happened to me and after a few more incidents like that (frequency pans DURING songs being the best example - banjo sound to fretless in 2 minutes!!) I got tooled up with my own small stack. My advice echoes Stylon's - Get a power amp.

I've always liked GK's tone. Rather growly and I have played quite a few GK's. Playing a 2001RB was just brutal with an 8x10. You could level small buildings with it. The only thing that put me off them is the backwards way the knobs are (treble to bass from left to right). It's probably I'm just being pedantic but it really is off putting for some strange, unfathomable reason that I can't figure. Maybe because we read left to right not right to left. Still, they're fantastic amps. The 800RB is a brillaint amp.

That sounds great. I wonder how much is down to the precision or the mesa amp or barefaced cab. Really good sound though and top playing

My favourite Entwistle tone is most definitely circa 1999. Watch "The Vegas Job." Reasonably bassey, but quite a bit of flanging going on in the upper mid and treble register. It may be worth saying that it didn't sound like a bass at that point. On the other hand, use a sound like that at a gig and it's hilarious. The number of people who now aren't sure what instrument you're playing is really amusing. Is that a bass? Looks like it, but doesn't sound like it though....

Yeah, I should have said Valve amps with 4x12's. That will get you pretty close to the Leeds tone.

Yeah, go on!! Name and shame Alex!! In all seriousness though, I'd be very interested to know this stuff. I should probably add myself to the Compact circulation list as I'd be very intrigued to see how the compact sounds in comparison to Markbass cabs I've got.

As a bit of an Entwistle fanatic, I thought I might pitch in as well. Entwistle was using a P bass in 1970 but didn't use tapping techniques until post Who. If you watch the Live at Toronto dvd (circa 1982) he doesn't use tapping at all (possibly because it's Kenney Jones playing drums you can tell it's forced Entwistle to be less flamboyant. On the other hand, there's so much other craziness going on in places it doesn't really matter. I agree that to get his sound from the Leeds era one should look at the rig itself. Cranked valve amps methinks. I tried an old Hiwatt head a few years ago and that was fantastic. If you got your hands on one of them I'm sure it'd be reasonably easy to get the sound. I bet your wallet is already feeling the strain at the thought.... As for the "Live at Leeds" patch on the Bass Pod XT, when I first got the my Pod XT, I thought "FANTASTIC!!" However, it sounds absolutely NOTHING like his sound from that era. I think the best way of describing that patch would be "weedy," or even "lame" but that's just my opinion. I did try it with about 4 basses just to check I wasn't going mad. Still sounded rubbish though. From my experience the hardest sound to get right is his late 70's sound where it was still reasonably clean and he was using the Alembic Explorers. It's just impossible to get that tone even with Alembic I have. On the other hand that's not my favourite tone of his. By contrast, with a Status Buzzard (or something with a graphite neck and an active 3 band EQ), his latter day sound (1996 - 2002) is actually reasonably easy to achieve in all it's incarnations with a very low action, reasonable amount of flanging and bonkers effects depending on what year you want to try and copy his sound. Good luck with your quest for arguably one of the best bass tones ever.

I must confess McCartney leaves me very cold. Undeniably, a brilliant songwriter, but as a bassist? Er, no. Funny that everyone goes for Jaco bashing. Whilst it's not my bag, you can't deny that he changed a great many people's views on bass and I think he's fantastic. Whilst I don't particularly like slap, you can't deny that King is amazingly good at it. I wouldn't diss anyone who is probably the best at what they do. I'd also like to add Pino Palladino to my list of "criminally overated." However, that might have something to do with the fact that he replaced Entwistle in the Who and can't hold a candle to the man either in terms of tone or technique. I'm an Entwistle fan boy. My cards are now on the table. Seeing them play Glastonbury a few years ago on TV almost made me ill. Adam Clayton as well. Though that could have something to do with the fact that U2's albums over the last 10 years have been awful. For those who say that Entwistle didn't deserve "Bassist of the Millenium" tag, that's fair enough and a matter of opinion. Different genres are obviously going to put people off thus making objective comparisons impossible. Were Jaco still alive and recording maybe he would have won, though it's worth noting that he was further down the list than McCartney which is bonkers in my opinon. Who is really better at PLAYING the bass out of those 2? The fact that Entwistle won that poll I would assume would have something to do with the 515 solo from the Who's 1999 - 2000 tour which went on before that poll was taken. Right or wrong, I'd always go for people who can play and solo well.

Try this. A buzzard flight case. It might be what you're looking for. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/rockcase_10835_warwick_buzzard_case.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/rockcase_10835_wa...uzzard_case.htm[/url] Failing that there is a gigbag on ebay for Ironbird type basses which is £50. Think it's made by Ritter. Shouldn't be that hard to find.

The buzzard and explorer are roughly the same size (the 8 string has a shorter neck), so the warwick case might fit. Will have to measure the 8 string to see what the dimensions are. If you want some info on the buzzard try www.buzzardbass.com which is quite good. The Status version is the one on the homepage. I think Warwick did 2 versions. One with the beak headstock (which is smaller than the status version) and the usual warwick type peghead. Also, if I remember right, the warwick version doesn't have a tilted back headstock. I must confess that in comparison of the 2 instruments, the warwick version was inferior in every way. Just my opinion though and I'm sure others would disagree. Not that it's not a good bass, but the status version is even better. This is the gigbag I use for the buzzard. Just for info. It's not that cheap. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/rockbag_rb20603b_plus_thunderbird_bassgigbag.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/rockbag_rb20603b_..._bassgigbag.htm[/url] Will have to measure up the explorer to see if it'll fit the hiscox case.

At the moment, I'm looking for a case/bag and don't have one. When I picked it up I used the gig bag from my status buzzard. It was the only thing I could think of that it might fit in. Obviously this is far from ideal and if anyone's got any suggestions as to a case or a bag then that'd be greatly appreciated. As for the SE bass day, I may very well pop along and if anyone fancied a shot of a bass that'd be fine. As to what instrument I take along to the thing out of the 8 string Explorer, the Buzzard or the Alembic it's a difficult choice.

The rest of the band were somewhat surpised as I hadn't mentioned what I was getting. My guitarist thought it sounded huge and with a bit of chorus thought it sounded like Cheap Trick. I've never really been one for using a pick. I did try it with the 8 string, but whilst it sounded good, I think I'll stick with the fingers and stock up on surgical spirit. As it's set with the drone strings above, I can't string it the other way due to the nut. I didn't fancy it the other way round (which I think is the way Rickenbacker 8's are strung) so I went that way knowing I'd have to get the nut replaced were I to ever change my mind.

Bridge is a Schaller 471. You can get it from Warmoth. I think it might be discontinued though. Will try to upload some soundclips over the weekend so you can all have a listen. Yeah, Entwistle used to use Alembic Explorers in the late 70's until the mid 80's. As I've already indulged my Entwistle fixation before by getting a Status Buzzard, I figured that the only thing I was lacking in terms of radically different sounds was an 8 string. After trying a few (most were rubbish or just didn't stay in tune - which one might argue is the same thing) I decided to just go for it and get an 8 string Explorer. As for tuning, it seems to hold up really well. Thankfully the bridge has individual saddles otherwise I'd be pulling my hair out. I played it for about 3 hours last night at rehearsal and it was still in tune at the end. Hopefully that won't change when the wood all settles out.

Sounds like an invitation to buy yet more stuff!! Quality!! Have thought about doing that, but it's early days yet. Bought it as a "present to myself" for my 30th next week. Am well chuffed as it's a really good bass.

Most definitely a good thing. Not evil in general, just the comment in relation to my new bass. It's really a huge sound and rather chime like. Surprisingly being that it's an explorer, it actually balances really well as well.

Finally indulged myself and got an 8 string bass. Mostly parts from Warmoth as well as Status pickups and an EMG circuit. Sounds evil. Truthfully, the photo doesn't do it justice. But see what you all think. Cheers Andy

Has anyone used any digitech rack gear for bass? I tried a Digitech 2120 a few years ago which was great, but sadly they're discontinued. The 1101 seems to be the same sort of deal. Has anyone used one before and if so what do you think? I've been using a pod xt for about 6 years now, and I think it's time for a change. Of course if you think that there's other stuff that might fit the bill, I'd be glad of any suggestions.