dannybuoy

I realise the 'tone suck' issue is very minor, it's very noticeable to me through a clean hi-fi rig or through headphones even though nobody else in the audience would notice the difference anyway. But if I'm investing in a quality bass and an amp, why introduce degradation into the signal (however slight) when there are better alternatives available for around the same price?

I'd stay away from the Boss personally, I've had a few Boss pedals and found them all to have a negative effect on my tone when in bypass. The Korg DT-10 also suffers from a crappy bypass so I'm led to believe. 4 great true bypass tuners are: Ibanez LU-20: Cheap, massive display, two outputs. I've owned this and I can't fault it, I only sold it because I fancied a tuner with a strobe mode. The best value option by miles. Korg Pitchblack: Looks awesome in a stealth kinda way, lots of different modes including strobe. My current tuner. Sonic Research Turbo Tuner: The most expensive of the three, but is the fastest most accurate tuner there is and has a great strobe mode. If I was buying a tuner I'd probably get this. Digitech Hardwire Tuner: Don't know much about this one but it's worth checking out.

Just bought Clarky's P5 in great condition for a nice price. I paid in advance with a bank transfer and he didn't do a runner! Also, the next day when mentioning I wanted to try some different strings he offered to post me a set of flats for free. Top bloke!

The fattest bass I've ever heard is my Peavey T-40!

Here's another great pic of a Precision. And Ginger Reyes from Smashing Pumpkins... :wub:

It does indeed hate active basses, or having a buffered pedal before it (like a Boss OC-2 for example). Sounds thin and raspy. This will help though: [url="http://www.muzique.com/lab/pickups.htm"]http://www.muzique.com/lab/pickups.htm[/url]

Good thing about the smaller ones is that the wheels automatically fold inwards when folding the platform up which is handy for stashing it away! They're strong enough for your average cab, although I would certainly go for something beefier if transporting an Ampeg fridge or something!

You could make your own if you're handy with a soldering iron - it's quite a simple circuit that has various veroboard layouts posted around t'interweb.

Not tried one myself but have heard many report that it is one if the best things they ever made, and that it sounds very close to the Sansamp BDDI. For the price I don't think you can go wrong.

Also, if you have some recordings, put some tunes up on a Myspace account and become 'friends' with all the local venues and promoters. If they're looking for a band to fill a slot and they're feeling lazy, they might just go online and check out some of the local bands in their friends list.

Cheap bungee cord you can get from Wilkinsons if there's one nearby. You can get good trolleys from Homebase and Maplin but they're cheaper on eBay - search for folding sack barrow: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOLDING-HAND-SACK-TRUCK-TROLLEY-VAN-BARROW-CART-44J_W0QQitemZ260444206794QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment?hash=item3ca3af36ca"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOLDING-HAND-SACK-TR...=item3ca3af36ca[/url]

Jamerson flats are like bridge cables. Chromes have pretty high tension too. If it's the tension you didn't get on with, try out some Pyramid Golds (medium tension) or TI jazz flats (floppy like spaghetti). For old-skool fingerstyle thump like on the old Motown and funk records, a P with flats is IT. I want another (hopefully 5 string) P for more agressive rock stuff though.

[quote name='Stag' post='670945' date='Dec 1 2009, 12:24 PM']I must say ive been blown away by mine, after never having owned one since before last week in 15 years+ of playing. Versatile yet simple, effective in almost any situation. Everyone should have one! [/quote] No, everyone should have two! One strung with flats, one strung with rounds!

Yup, it's freaking huge, what were they thinking? What with the recent trend for tiny pedals and pedalboards you'd think they'd make it smaller than a bus.

[quote name='babaseen' post='663116' date='Nov 23 2009, 08:12 PM']Anyone tried the G-Lab Wowee Bass Wah RWW-1 from Poland? G-Labs also has a true bypass pad that can be used with other wahs.[/quote] Although I prefer the sound of the Wilson: