dannybuoy

That lead free solder is hard to work with. I knackered one of the pots on a bass by overheating it since I had to hold the iron on there for so long before it would melt! A hotter iron would help. Not too many places sell the leaded solder any more, Clas Ohlson in Croydon does - and as luck would have it they have a branch in Kingston! [url="http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Electrical-Solder/Pr309565000"]http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Electrical-Solder/Pr309565000[/url]

Tried that BB into the Tall Font? Works great to kick the fuzz up a notch!

The B.J.'s

Funky Ball Of Tits From Outer Space [url="http://mightyboosh.wikia.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Old_Gregg#The_Funk"]http://mightyboosh.wikia.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Old_Gregg#The_Funk[/url]

I have the Yamaha BB415. Cost me £280 new, which is less than the CV Squiers these days! Both Yamaha and Squier prices have shot up in the last few years though. It's a great bass and if you play rock I would choose it over the other two hands down. Those PJ pickups sound massive, and I've never liked the sound of any active dual soapbar equipped bass that I've tried. The low B is better sounding and the neck more comfortable to play than the Fender P5 and SBMM Ray35 that I've had to compare it to.

I've had similar noise issues daisy chaning just about every digital pedal I've had - B2, B3, EHX Hazarai, and the Wahoo. Johnny Shredfreak power supply too. Also tempted to get one of these.

Best off asking Yamaha to make sure - I guess you'd have to get in touch with them to order one anyway, since they don't come up for sale used too often! I know in the review of the 2025 on BassGearMag they said the neck pocket is 5mm deeper, not sure if that applies to the whole new range or not.

Thread resurrection... Another option - add a blend to it. I've found this pedal sounds so much better in a blend loop so I'm looking at ways to build a blend into the pedal to save on board space. I've found this so far: [url="http://www.guitargeek.com/chat/stompboxes-7/small-stone-blend-control-mod-pics-88042/"]http://www.guitargeek.com/chat/stompboxes-7/small-stone-blend-control-mod-pics-88042/[/url]

I too used to stretch the hell out of my strings until I read that it wasn't such as good idea - be gentle with them, if you go past their elastic limit you'll affect their sound and possibly make them even more prone to going out of tune! Most common cause is the string sticking in the nut slot. You tune it in, but then it's slightly higher or lower in tension behind the nut and after a little while the string slips slightly to even itself out. Get a fine graphite rod from one of those mechanical pencils and rub it in the nut slot where the string sits. Also after changing the strings, push down just in front of the bridge saddle so that it comes over at an sharp angle rather than a curve. Another thing, it helps if you always tune up to the note rather than down; if it's too high in pitch, bring it down then slowly back up.

Look out for a Yamaha BB415 / BB425. Used mine when playing in a doom metal band, tried lots of others but never found anything to beat it!

I went to Digital Village several years ago expecting to buy the Tapco S8's but ended up walking out with the Alesis M1 MkII active monitors, to me they just sounded the best of the bunch. Dirt cheap used too, mine were £200 new at the time.

Many amps have a similar filter built in (e.g. most Genz Benz) that would not benefit from a Thumpinator, whereas others such as Orange do not and it makes a noticeable difference.

Certain US stores and we'll known small builders (I won't name names since it's actually illegal) will mark down the value of the package to make it sail through customs. I've bought a few pedals from the US and only paid charges on around a third of them.

You don't need a mixer to blend 3 signals (SFT + Ashdown + clean) since the Ashdown already has a clean blend. I'd just use an LS-2, then if you need more clean volume just turn down the blend and increase the volume on the Ashdown. But I'm gonna throw a spanner in the works now - the SFT inverts the phase so you'd end up with a volume drop and strange sound when mixed evenly since the two signals cancel each other out. To remedy this you can put another cheap pedal that inverts the phase again, such as the EHX LPB-1 next to the SFT, or you could use something like the Wounded Paw Super Blender which has phase switches.

The 'Wet' pedal is getting a lot of love also - you can download different patches onto it, including a shimmer. People are saying it sounds even better than the Strymon Bluesky; it has fewer features but it is cheaper and smaller: [url="http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1131944"]http://www.thegearpa...d.php?t=1131944[/url] [url="http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1130076"]http://www.thegearpa...d.php?t=1130076[/url] One good thing about the Bluesky though is that you can filter the lows out from the wet signal, which is essential for a bass reverb to avoid muddying the low end, not always required on a shimmer setting though since they usually are pitch-shifted up anyway. Hmm, might have to try that Wet pedal now, this thread has reignited the shimmer GAS! You can control it with an expression pedal too. Oh man... [url="http://www.neunabertechnology.com/gear/wet-stereo-reverb"]http://www.neunabert...t-stereo-reverb[/url] http://www.joespedals.com/cgi-bin/sh000011.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ejoespedals%2ecom%2f&WD=wet&PN=Neunaber_Wet_Stereo_Reverb%2ehtml%23a334#a334

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1364488400' post='2027221'] Hardwire Supernatural [/quote] I've always wanted to try one of these effects and not heard of this one so will check it out! But here's what I gathered: Mooer - cheap but not that great Line6 Verbzilla - the original? Octo mode is where it's at Behringer RV600 - Verbzilla clone; from a Youtube demo it seemed that most of the sounds were inferior to the Line6 except the Octo/shimmer which sounded better! Strymon Bluesky - the king but expensive Also the Line6 M5/M9/M13 has the same effect. The M5 only costs a bit more than a Verbzilla plus does so much more so might be the best bet.

If you don't get a suitable offer you could always try taking a Kala U-Bass on the plane as hand luggage!

Spotted this Super P5 on the Bass Gallery website: [url="http://www.thebassgallery.com/product_details.cfm?ID=2194&type=Bass%20Guitar"]http://www.thebassga...e=Bass%20Guitar[/url] Don't like the look of it much myself, weird orange tort on the plate, the black knobs don't go, and the body looks out of proportion?

How about a Sandberg California VS (single pickup), VM (P + MM) or VT (P + J)? They do 5-string Ps in both 34" and 35", you can configure one here: [url="http://www.configurator.sandberg-guitars.de/"]http://www.configura...erg-guitars.de/[/url] Here's one I made earlier:

Yet again lending weight to the phrase "there's no money past the 7th fret"!

Gobsmacked it went for that much. It doesn't seem to have the truss rod adjustment at the headstock like most Squiers I've seen though, but maybe the older ones had it down by the body (I know the JV's did).

The problem is most definitely noticeable in a mono rig, moreso than stereo! If left and right channels are out of phase with each other and coming out of separate speakers at least it will sound ok in some parts of the room, but if you only have one channel, and you mix two out of phase signals together they cancel each other out before they even get to the speaker. I think the EHX LPB-1 should do the trick and is pretty cheap. A guitarist friend of mine suffered the same issue running this pedal through the FX loop of his amp which was blended in parallel, so it must be a phase flipper.

If you're heading to Bass Direct, check out the new G&L M series:

Swaping the wires around won't work. Only easy way to fix it is to put another pedal in the loop that also flips the phase - most simple single-transistor boost/buffer circuits do so, so if you happen to have one of those lying around, stick it before or after the Mesa.