burno70

I should be able to test drive my mates M9 tonight. In a way I want to be disappointed so I don't have to deal with the dilemma of whether I should sell up my pedals but I don't think I'm going to be.

IN a way that can be a good thing - better than having deadwood in the band that let you down worse at a later date.

Love the shape of this board - what do you store it in when you travel to gigs/rehearsals?

[quote name='joegarcia' post='622860' date='Oct 11 2009, 02:16 AM']I've been running two rigs for a while now and absolutely love it. I have a big board with lots of effects and use two Aguilar GS412's. I have a Sunn 1200s driving my 'bassy' rig and a 100w valve amp (changes round a bit at the moment) running my 'fx' rig. I split the signal at the start of the pedal board and have bassy distortions, fuzzes and octave down fx going into the Sunn and any quirky, noisy fx (wahs, ringmods, phasers reverbs, delays, synths etc) as well as an octave up running into the valve amp. This way I have a big solid state amp delivering crushing low end with lots of meaty headroom and the breakup of a valve amp at full tilt at the same time. Awesome. I think that having different fx (particularly if some are a bit 'out there') into separate amps creates an amazing array of textures and really works the kind of stuff I play.[/quote] I'd love to hear that rig, sounds amazing - do ya play in the Northwest?

[quote name='cheddatom' post='621519' date='Oct 9 2009, 12:38 PM']AFAIK (and someone will probably correct me) He has 3 rigs, one is always running, and it's clean, another is running most of the time and he chooses how dirty it is with pedals, another is switched in and out and is seriously dirty.[/quote] This is what I've read in some interview with him which I think was posted on TB. I think he also said that his clean rig is always on and he either blends the dirty or 'seriously dirty' - as Cheddatom puts it - amp with it. I may be wrong here but I'm sure they are three different amps but all bass amps. one may have been an ampeg and another an ashdown but I could be mistaken. Do a search under Timmy C in the effects forum. You'll have some trawling to do I'm sure but some fan of his posted a tonne of stuff on him in a thread.

[quote name='Protium' post='619989' date='Oct 7 2009, 09:27 PM']I bagsy the tartan pants[/quote] Only if I'm 2nd on!

My mates recently bought one and is really raving on about it. I'm looking forward to trying it out on friday. I wouldn't have thought I'd ever contemplate selling off my pedals but I'm at a crossroads where I want more effects but feel reluctant to upsize to a more cumbersome bigger pedal board. The more I think about it the more it makes sense - providing I like the M9 when I try it out I could sell most of my pedals and by it, along with a pedaltrain mini and and I wouldn't have to add much more to swoop on a Mutron. If a lot of people jump ship and move over to the M9 wagon will that drop the costs of pedals down in the MarketPlace with a lots of boards going wholesale I wonder?

When the going gets tough by Billy Ocean - song sucks but great bass line.

Why not start up / join a band of similar novice types? I'd imagine that's how most of us progressed.

I went for Shuker's own EQ but it's hard to tell how good it is as you don't get to try different eq's with the chosen pick ups - if that makes sense? All I can say is my bass sounds lovely and powerful - very musicmanish - although I went with Delano pups. Another highly rated EQ circuit is the Aguilar, I was set to go with this one but someone else on here recomended I give Jon's a try - so I did.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='606772' date='Sep 23 2009, 04:07 PM']Is the case lined with panda fur?[/quote] +1 to that! Using Ivory is disgusting in my opinion!

I use the EBS wah one's dual function - works just fine as a volume pedal and doesn't take up any extra space - although the switches they put in are crap - replaced 3 in 2 years, which is pretty poor really.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='603555' date='Sep 20 2009, 01:32 PM']Hey Burno, I think the EQ thing is the way around it. Might take some time to work it out though.[/quote] Yeah, I got band praccy tonight so will give the EQ some adjustments for the songs I use Fuzz on. Cool avatar by the way!

I'm beginning to think that a blender would be the best answer. I already have a few pedals which don't fit on by board so I'm thinking of going down the DIY Ikea Gorm board route - more space -a blender would then be a viable option.

Hey thanks for the quick response. Yeah your explanation makes sense, in that it must be the other instruments drowning out the fuzz at certain frequencies. I Have a markbass 503 head and tend to leave the eq flat. I'd rather not go down the additional pedals route for the eq and I'd rather avoid a bypass loop if possible due to board space. But if it turns out to be the best solution I'll look into it. I think my mate still has a GEB-1? boss eq thang so I could have a go at that. I'll have to wait until next praccy to push the highs and high mids up and see what effect that has. Would this be down to the pedal at all? Or is this an issue with most fuzzes? Cheers

I use an assmaster, I aboslutely love the sound of it on the bass, especially with a bit of octave - but when I'm using it with the band it doesn't sound quite 'right'. I've tried increasing and even reducing the mids on the amp and/or the bass to see if that helps but it's not really giving the effect I'm after. It's not an issue of volume as the bass is present within the song, it just seems to lack definition. I'm trying to get the same sound out of it when I play 'solo' and bring it into the band - if you know what I mean?

Out of your list I've played the Q-tron, the Micro Q-tron and the EBS. I really didn't like the EBS although it has it's fans. Couldn't get it to quack enough for me. I really liked the Q-tron and would have kept it but for it's rediculous foot-print. I thought the micro Q-tron was decent too - although you could hear volume spikes.

I've got to email this thread to Ed, I actually can't put a number on the volume of instruments he's gone through in recent years and would be very interested to find out...

Great idea - I may invest in one of these and buy a flight case to put it in.

I'm a Deftones but I'm not the type of person who looks into all the details of the people behind bands that I'm into - I didn't know that Cheng was in a coma. What happened?

I was playing guitar for about 6 months and doing really well - and then Metallica released their first ever video - 'Cliff 'em All' and that was that - said guitar was sold and new bass purchased. Cliff Burton was definately the greatest influence in me picking up a bass in the first place - but not the biggest influence on my style - if you know what I mean?

I tried a bunch of basses out the other month - I wasn't at all impressed with the new Fenders - although I have to add that I don't get on with them generally. I feel they are poorly set up relative to their price tag/hype, and they felt rather uninspiring to play to me. On the other hand I played a Daryl Jones Lakland and thought it was a seriously nice bass - lovely tone and easy to play. There was a world of difference between the 09 Fenders and the DJ lakland. If I'd have had the money I'd have bought the DJ straight away - alas.......

Lucky enough to catch them twice somewhere between 91-93. RATM at Glastonbury is perhaps the best gig I've been to. Also saw them at Liverpol Royal Court with Tool in support - man, feeling all nostalgic all of a sudden!