Mudpup

I bought it years ago when Thomann were blowing them out for £150. Brilliant bit of kit and you rarely see them come up used. I think everyone keeps them....

Love it tbh - much better than the previous Pitchblacks that i had. The display is excellent. I picked it up for £20 used off ebay a couple of years ago :-) If it went pop i wouldn't hesitate in getting another one. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353525802000?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338343596&toolid=10001&customid=eb%3Ag%3Avms%3Aeb%3Ap%3A353525802000%3BCj0KCQjw8p2MBhCiARIsADDUFVEdyQohsDLutGdkepDssmBVSbsSxSd8ExTuwuu-EV46cfrBeELmTy4aApx4EALw_wcB&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8p2MBhCiARIsADDUFVEdyQohsDLutGdkepDssmBVSbsSxSd8ExTuwuu-EV46cfrBeELmTy4aApx4EALw_wcB

Gotta start somewhere buddy! Not a stupid question at all.....

In its simplest form just plug your bass into the input (IN) of the BDI and run a lead from the output (OUT) straight into the front input of your amp (where you would normally plug your guitar lead into). Probably best to set all your amp tone controls flat in this case until you've had a play. When you want the BDI to work just hit the switch on it and you'll hear the difference it makes. The amp will work perfectly fine without the switch engaged. The 'BLEND' knob on the front regulates how much of the effected sound you will hear - fully anticlockwise and its mainly just your natural bass sound and as you rotate it clockwise it will mix in your effected signal. If you need to run into a PA you can connect into a desk via the XLR output And if you wanted to totally bypass your amps tone controls you can plug the BDI into the effects return (if your amp has one) and you will then be using the BDI as your amps 'front end' whilst using the amps power amp to supply the total volume.

Yep it works back to front oddly. In a band setting I used to engage the scoop but with the amp eq add on a load of mids and drop some deep lows. That worked really well for me - massive booty but you didn't disappear into the mud

I loved my old ABM600....it's one of the few amps that i've moved on but would happily buy again at some point. Not too heavy, some proper non class D wallop and (unlike the previous ABM models that i could never get rid of the woolly sound from) they have a lovely valvey sparkle available if you want it. They are so much more versatile than people give them credit for.

There you go - sat on top of one Big Baby in the house and there's another one to add at gigs

I don't have a candidate for 'worst' but my second hand Mesa BB750 Big Block amp bought a few months back is probably the best purchase in the last 10 years. It's an absolute monster of a head....Weighs a fair old chunk but the sheer slam and depth it has is totally worth it!

I had a week off last week and treated myself to a me day with an afternoon visit to a guitar shop to try out a bass I was curious about. It was a Cort A4 Ultra with the new Fishman pickups. I wasn't over impressed with the pickups personally as they seemed to compress the sound particularly on the E string. Probably good for modern slappy stuff but not to my taste and it's one of their top end basses at c£1100. And I was only looking anyway. The next model down is the A4 Plus which is effectively the same bass but with Bartolini licensed pickups and a maple/mahogany body instead of an ash/mahogany one. The guy in the shop suggested trying it to really show the difference in the pickups. I spent 20 mins having a noodle and came away thinking I much preferred the cheaper version as it had a bit more character and booty about the sound. It has the same Hipshot hardware, neck through design and the neck profile is lovely. I'm struggling lately with jazz style necks and even though this is still quite narrow at the nut it has a flat fingerboard radius and a slightly deeper profile with a flattened feel to the back of the neck which I think can get along with better. It seems to be the flatter board that works for me and the fretwork and edges are sublime. The bass itself feels fabulous - the open pore finish and generally curviness of the body feels great and it seems pretty light as well. I was only having a sniff around anyway... That evening I was idly pooching about online having a think about the bass and I tripped over someone selling a used version of the one I liked. Looked pretty good in the advert and after 20 minutes of messaging we struck a deal. It wasn't local so I was on the train the next day heading north to check it out. Turned out it was only a few weeks old and still had the tags on it and a decent gig bag too so I grabbed it. Haven't gigged it yet so it's been a week of home use and I can never tell if something is going to work for me until i've done a few gigs with it but it seems pretty good so far....time will tell

Darren Reddick - plays a Spector I believe and on the cover band circuit in Surrey (I think its Asylum Affair he's in but I may be wrong). He's a great DJ, I love the 6pm RockBlock he does. Interestingly another Planet Rock DJ - Wyatt - played drums in my band for a few years when he was about 18. He left London and headed off to be a DJ against our (poor) advice. He's now rubbing shoulders with some of his heroes from back in the day and well done to him too 🙂 (Darren, if you read this mention Jumpin' Bones to him..)

I haven't used an OC2 for years - sorry, i wouldn't be sure.

Yep i had a quick blast through most of them last night on the headphones. That Toneprint idea is loads of fun.....

I just picked up a Sub N Up mini and have started looking thru the Tone prints. There's loads with modulation and reverb built in to them. Interestingly my Andoid phone only shows a few of the Prints in the app but my iPhone has loads more on it. Weird....

Good call, that makes sense

What are silks actually for????

I work for a bicycle distributor and we're seeing ETA's on basic tyres of quite common sizes going into late 2023/2024 now. Some popular drivetrain parts from Shimano (the market leader and most bikes are reliant on their products to some extent) are looking like they're at least a year away.

How did you get on with it @thisisswanbon? I fancy a Big Muff of some sort.....

Nope they're stainless steel https://www.thomann.de/gb/warwick_red_label_045.htm I've tried the Coban ones a few years back and found the Warwicks last a few extra gigs for me and seem a bit brighter. They don't sound like cheaper strings.

We just got paid for a gig we aren't playing till next Friday in a GK pub. Never had that before (although we haven't dished it out yet in case anyone comes down with Covid beforehand and it gets scratched) 😂

I just bought 10 sets of Warwick Reds from Thomann and they worked out at £7.09 a set. Bargain....