dannybuoy

Source Audio OFD is one of the best options for covering the whole spectrum of drive with presets. They are just about to release another distortion pedal though, the Aftershock!

Very interested in this. Just picked up the new Two Notes Le Bass which sounds great, but I don't like its cab sim very much, plus this GK has an aux in and USB interface so it could replace my PJB Bighead, as well as having a compressor and tuner

I saw Breakbeat Era live, was probably year 2000 and not heard of them since! Might be worth getting an SFX Thumpinator to filter out the subsonic rumble going to your rig, especially if you have some resonant low pass filters going on!

Blueberry!

Funk in the trunk!

I haven't been in a band for a few years now but still love playing along to other tracks or a drum machine or even just solo (mainly through a headphone amp since the nipper arrived!). I keep thinking I'd like to get into it again but know I'd just get fed up of the commitment after a while!

The main reason for using a loop is if you are using amp overdrive and want to put certain effects after the distortion. Most floor based multis are designed to run at instrument level whereas effects loops usually (but not always) run at a hotter line level. If your amp does then you may be better off looking at rack based effects that are more line level friendly, but there might be some floor based ones out there that can handle it! Your only other option is a signal reducer and signal booster all in the loop with the B3, but then we're approaching overkill!

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1455267287' post='2977562'] Does this count? [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMWUYMWlEyo"]https://www.youtube....h?v=QMWUYMWlEyo[/url] [/quote] I somehow just knew what this would be before even clicking on it!

Someone who spends more time on forums or watching Youtube demos of gear than they do practising their instrument?

I'd love to but they are expensive and I can just flap my hand about left to right for free!

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1455264059' post='2977522'] I thought everyone just used it to host stuff for linking to from elsewhere online... kinda like photobucket. Didn't really think there was much else to it. [/quote] That's their problem, everyone has been using it this way and not caring or looking to see what else they offer - and since they allow embedding clips into forum posts and such, they probably miss out on a lot of advertising revenue from people not even visiting the site. Easy to use Dropbox or Box etc for hosting clips anyway, but if they do go down there will be a lot of forum threads hosting clips with missing content!

Because you need them obviously!

Now when I say invented, I mean I just thought this up after playing for years and thought the results were so good I would share. There are probably countless other people already doing it and I'm just late to the party. It woudn't be the first time - I came up with a guitar riff when I was 15 only to learn a few years later that Hendrix ripped me off when a bought a new CD of unreleased material! People always complain about the B string sounding so different to the other strings, that when you skip to the B it's always obvious since the tonality changes to much. I just came up with a simple solution, move your plucking hand further to the bridge when playing the B string. I can now play a run going from the E to the B sliding my plucking hand left and right as I do so and they now sound like the same string! The same technique can be used in the other direction if your D & G strings are too twangy and you want to fatten them up. My right hand used to stay anchored in the same position, now it's floating about all over the shop like it's been possessed, but my tone has improved as a result! Anyone else already do this?

[quote name='Guinness21' timestamp='1455200933' post='2976975'] Does anybody else think that sounds badass? [/quote] I'm hearing pinched synthy gated fuzz there. B:Assmaster or Diabolik will give you that in spades.

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1455205833' post='2977046'] That's proper funny [/quote] I thought he was being serious! Cheap knackered beer-soaked amp = Authentic punk tone

Doesn't sound like a stuck wah to me, more like a very nasal fuzz EQ'd or run through a cab without a tweeter (or a cab sim or guitar amp). My Diabolik (and the BB-1X I mentioned) can get somewhat close. Plus I think Timmy C would struggle to get a stuck wah sound with a spring loaded 105Q unless he resorted to intricately balancing some counterweights on the pedal!

I assume you're going the COG route now after listing all of the gubbins you were using to get that sound!

VT Bass or Two Notes Le Bass for that SVT vibe. Sounds like a fuzz kicking in at 1:40ish too! I sold my Boss BB-1X as it was crap as a light overdrive, but it actually excelled as a heavy distortion and sounded not a million miles away from that tone.

6/10 but guessed everything except the last one!

More TS-like bass pedals for you to consider, more on the boutique side: Xotic BB, Cusack Screamer, Rodenberg 808B Plus the Ibanez Bass Tube Screamer of course! Darkglass/Pike pedals sound like they'd fit the bill too. I know what you mean about tubescreamers sounding bloated with too much low end, these pedals somehow avoid this, plus the grunt/fat switches can filter out even more lows from the dirt channel if you should wish. They also sound like they have a built in speaker sim to remove any fizziness.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1455129981' post='2976286'] B3K vote from me. That blend control is ace. [/quote] For a punky Precision tone though, I have to say the Vulcan (with the colour set to the old school position) beats the B3K. It's as if the midrange was tuned to pair with an angry P and sounds a bit like a Darkglass Vintage but with hairier balls.

It's funny, some items are way cheaper than over here and some are way more expensive. Same goes for Thomann. I've also ordered items MADE IN THE UK from bikeparts.de for 60% of the typical UK price!

The VT is perfect for this. Bass Soul Food will do as well, but not as good a job as what you already have I reckon! Time for roundwound strings, bring 2 basses if you must have flats for other tunes!