dannybuoy

I've had a pedaltrain for years, always changing it about and never had to replace the velcro! I think it'll last a lot longer than you think. And sooner or later you'll want a pedal that isn't a Boss pedal, so I'd make the switch now!

I quite like this! http://r.ebay.com/JCH3tX

I think the 500K pots in the VM series do make a difference. I sold a VMP to buy a USA P and was quite disappointed in the sound at first due to the more subdued highs - until I strung it with flats and kept it like that ever since!

Yup - for instance on my Yamaha BB, the nut feels really close, but on a Peavey T40 or TBird it feels at least an inch further away. So it should be possible if you look at opposite ends of the spectrum to get a 35" bass that feels no longer than some 34" basses!

I like the look of the 5-string Jazz with narrow 42mm nut width: [url="http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/ajb-v.html"]http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/ajb-v.html[/url]

I would recommend the Squier VM Jazz 5-string. Or a Yamaha BB415 / BB425 if you change your mind about Yams! My BB415 has a great low B, better than any other I've tried (which admittedly is limited to the aforementioned Squier, a Fender USA P5, Cort Elrick, and SBBM Ray35), so not all cheap fivers have a poor low B!

Try not doing that then? If you set each pedal by themselves to unity gain then you should be able to combine them in series without a volume boost. But if each one is set to be say 10% louder when turned on, then turning them both on raises the volume 20% (well not precisely, but it's just an example!).

GHS Brite Flats are ground wound, but are very smooth - as are the Status half-rounds I have on my fretless (which are even smoother). I don't know which half-rounds you tried before, but these two are much flatter and smoother than the D'Addario ones for example.

What distortion pedal are you using and what kind of sound are we talking - light OD or full on distortion? If for example, you're using an ODB-3 which is a feedback machine, try swapping it for an EHX Bass Muff Deluxe which has a built in gate (or getting a separate noise gate pedal). The gate will kill feedback when you're not playing anything - but if you're getting feedback whilst you're playing notes it won't help you there!

The first time I heard about them was when a friend had this made up - looks like it came out of Terminator 2:

Walking out: An Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcgyKo7vbm4[/media] First dance: Pencil Full Of Lead - Paolo Nutini [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-xd3NuWQI0[/media]

Down the aisle: Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_DQKCDgeM[/media] Signing the register: Up The Junction - Squeeze [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQciegmLPAo[/media]

That does look a bit tasty!

Anybody tried the dual-P Fender Blacktop Jazz basses?

If you can get the Tarkin with a blend then I am interested! I'll send you a PM...

I've tried the Supercollider, TFR, Pickle Pie B, Musket, but the EHX Bass Big Muff works best for me. I had to mod it to fix the volume issue where it's too loud in dry mode, but the deluxe version fixes this by having a properly adjustable blend control. The TFR has great low end like the BBM, these two are the best of the bunch in this particular area. As a standalone fuzz, the TFR is the best I've heard. But for me a clean blend is essential to cut through the mix - not to bring back missing lows like some use a blend for, but to bring back some of dynamics lost by squashing the hell out of the signal. The TFR is available with a blend, but I swear that on the one I had it was wired out of phase, so that the volume dropped at a certain mid way point and it just sounded weird at every other point!

I have a first class masters in mechanical engineering and I say your astrophysicist brother is talking out of his black hole!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1370938152' post='2107552'] They are screaming at 4 good-looking young men on stage playing up-beat catchy pop songs. The "bass hook" or any other individual instrumental part is irrelevant. [/quote] Ringo is good looking?

Video just released! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhhOU5FUPBE[/media]

I would've just wedged something under the front. A small child could fall on that amp and impale themselves on that.

A thread was posted on talkbass recently with clips comparing the Sansamp/B7K/RustyBox etc - and the best sounding to me was the Aguilar Tonehammer: [url="http://johnbscott.com/preamp_shootout/"]http://johnbscott.com/preamp_shootout/[/url]