Silvia Bluejay

Sorry can't make it on Wed, I'm afraid. When are you coming to West London? Would love to see your band!

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1336378331' post='1644539'] in the interests of science and investigative journalism, shall I post mine to you so you can compare? [/quote] Very nice of you to offer! Thank you, but I guess we don't need to do that, since the damn thing sounds acceptable on my two uprights, as opposed to my bass guitars. I therefore assume it simply dislikes Warwick's MEC pups (as well as being a generally cheap and nasty device!). Fair enough, I'll keep using the Rockit with them. The main reason why I bought the Vox is that I hoped the effects would help add a bit of volume to the sound of my Harley Benton upright, which is a bit too quiet through the Rockit. I got that. Would have been nice for the Vox to be usable on my bass guitars too, but hey ho... Thank you all for posting your opinions and experiences. Hopefully this thread will be useful to others.

Danny, I don't think that's the problem, as the same headphones function perfectly with the Rockit (and everything else). As I said, looks like I'll use the Vox for the uprights, which is where I was having problems with getting a decent sound out of the Rockit. Paul, will check it out, thanks.

[quote name='heminder' timestamp='1336344963' post='1644407'] they also seem to distort a bit when the batteries' voltage drops. [/quote] Definitely - and that's also what happens to active electronics when the battery is low.

OK, tried it on the NS upright and it doesn't fart or sound exceedingly dull. (Then again, neither does the Rockit.) The sound of the NS is very, very bright and "electric", and not very double-bassy even when it's on the the most double-bassy settings, so I guess it's suitable to the Vox. (That sound is not a bad thing, incidentally, as the NS is a 5-string electric upright, not a double bass.) Anyway, I guess I'll put the Vox to more limited use than I expected - just on my uprights, as opposed to on all my bass guitars, and I'll stick with the Rockit for the bass guitars.

It farts both when the overdrive is turned on and - to a slighly lesser extent - when the effect(s) are off. From your replies I begin to suspect that the quality of the gadget is very inconsistent and you guys may have got "good" ones, as BurritoBass says.

Thank you both. I agree with your impression that bass frequencies simply aren't handled in the same acceptable way as guitar frequencies on those cheap gadgets.

Oh, yes, plasticky as well. I'll give it a try on the 5-string upright later. That one's got NS strings which sound exceedingly bright, and might work better with the Vox. Keep opinons coming please! Thank you.

Hmm. The rockit [b]is[/b] hissy and pissy... but the Vox is worse! For a different reason, I must say. It hisses less, but only because the sound is far duller. And it farts, which the Rockit doesn't. Not sure if I should ask the friend who gave me the Vox as a present to return it to Amazon and try another unit, or just resign myself to the fact that these small gadgets are crap and I need to splash out on a decent, more expensive device.

Anyone else find that it's absolute rubbish? Tried it with passive fretless 5-stringer with very bright D'Addario Chromes - a bass that sounds like a dream under all other conditions - and all I can hear in my Sennheiser earphones is a big wet fart. Tried it with active fretted 4-stringer with Thomastik flats, another bass that sounds great (in fact even too bright) on a normal amp, and the result is exactly the same. The reason for the fart is that I have to turn the bass's volume knob and all the Amplug's rotary controls (including the gain) to the max - with any other setting the output is barely audible. Also, even with both the tone knob on the basses and the tone wheel on the Amplug turned to max treble, the output is extremely dull and horrible. I cannot say that it doesn't work properly, I guess. It appears to work properly, in that it produces an output which changes in sound if I turn the effects on or off and if I tweak the controls. But that output is always unmitigated crap, no matter how I tweak it! My Pocket Rockit (with the same earphones) knocks the spots off the Amplug, despite itself being bloody cheap and nasty... I haven't tried the Amplug with an MP3 input as well, and I don't think I will, seeing the above. Any idea if a. I'm doing something wrong; or b. there might be something wrong with the individual unit I have? Thank you all in advance!

Thank you all for this info - Saves me searching around in Google. Lossless all the way, death to iTunes and pretentious Mac sh*t

Mini-album on FB: [url="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150815548474207.432619.528729206&type=1&l=3712e5497b"]https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150815548474207.432619.528729206&type=1&l=3712e5497b[/url] It was good fun!

Oh, damn. Sorry to hear that. Is Putney the new Camden? (as in infamous for greedy council taking it out on motorists.) Sigh.

Let me re-post here the photo taken at the Jetsonics' gig at the Half Moon tonight. Loved the band.

The Jetsonics at the Half Moon tonight. Great gig! They were the band both I and my companion liked most among the three in the line-up. Good to see Clarky there as well!

You will also perceive any variations a lot more clearly if, like me, you like to keep your action as low as possible. A change by a fraction of a millimetre will cause a buzz where there was none before, and that's how I like it

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1334241776' post='1613106'] OK - here's one from me - [b]Spice Of Life - Thursday 3rd May[/b] - I'm playing with my jazz funk band plus have the fantastic saxophonist [b]Dave O'Higgins[/b] sitting in as a guest on a few tunes. The venue is just off Charing Cross road (near Foyles) it's essentially a pub upstairs with a music venue in the basement and has a great intimate vibe - though it does have a capacity of around 100 so can get very busy... AND - there's the added incentive of turning up with you bass to sit in in the second set as there's a groove-led jazz jam - I was the only bassist last time and I had to play all night while the rest of the band went to the bar and drank beer... if you are vaguely jazz/funk inclined please come and play.... [url="http://www.spiceoflifesoho.com/"]http://www.spiceoflifesoho.com/[/url] Hope to see some of you there Mike [/quote] Mike, looks like i'm going to be stuck on a horridly urgent project until late tonight, and will have to miss you gig. I'm gutted - please accept my apologies. I hope to be able to come along to another of you gigs soon. Do keep us posted.

Necks will change shape with the seasons, will react to the average humidity in the climate in your country as opposed to the country where the guitar was manufactured and/or stocked, etc. Yes to tweaking the truss rod as suggested above, plus do have a look at string height at the nut (if you have an adjustable one). And be prepared to re-check and possibly re-set up every 3-4 months!

Planning to be there!

The correct way round for me! Still having GAS though, by picturing your gear's mirror images in my head

I'm not a fan of Ricks, but if it rocks your boat, absolutely go for it (the real one!). We'll want to see photos in due course, obviously

Forget about me telling you about my basses... I'm having a massive fit of GAS instead!

Nah, don't worry, all in good humour. Many here play both bass and guitar

Best intro thread of the year so far PS Welcome!

YAY! I'm following you guys on FB too, and I've seen the updates about your album. Good stuff.