dannybuoy

I used to have one, it can run on any basic 9v centre negative adaptor like the Boss one... as long as it supplies enough current, I'm not sure how many mA the SMMH draws. I ran mine of a Johnnyshredfreak 9v supply with daisy chain.

I saw these posted at Talkbass ages ago but IKEA didn't stock them in the UK. Now they do, and they are only £3: [url="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50058512"]http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50058512[/url] [url="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50058507"]http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50058507[/url] Paint it and stick velcro on it and you have yourself a dirt cheap Pedalrtain alternative! The one from the original TB thread had been modified to look like this:

Although they are waterproof, there is a hole in the top (or should be) for the handle, so a bit of water could still get in if it's a toerrential downpour. I have a black one with red piping which came with my 121P when I bought it second hand... I'm thinking of replacing it with a nicer looking black & yellow one though!

Not too sure on the differences between PUPs... The Wizard Thumper is supposedly loud, 'earthy' and 'dark', the Seymour Duncan 1/4lb is loud, more bass and treble and good for hard rock, the Fender will probably be a replica of the classic designs. I think Fender use 250k pots but you can use 500k for a brighter sound and some pickup manufacturers recommend one or the other. Oh and the 'Cosmos Black' is more of a dark smoky chrome than black if it makes any difference!

The Tascam and Pandora are both good, you can save mp3s on the Tascam, slow them down and filter out the bass, and it also has some basic fx. The Pandora has a line in for an iPod (set the iPod EQ To 'bass reducer' if playing along with it!) you can also record 30sec loops and slow down / transpose etc, plus it's a full fledged multi fx unit with great sounds in it. And you can thread your bass strap through the clip! For a cheaper no frills unit checkout the EA Earwig from the US. Personally, I use a DI Box and iPod into a Behringer Micromon with great results, I've also just got a Pandora PX4D for dirt cheap for use outside of the bedroom, but haven't gotten around to learning how to use it properly yet!

The pocket on my MIA Fender has a noticeable gap, yet my Squier VM is tighter than a very tight thing!

I've got a Gotoh 201 in Cosmo Black I was about to list if you want it (although chrome or gold might be a better bet for that bass) also a tort scratchplate (although not sure if it'll for the SX, it's off a Fender). Replacing the nut is easy enough to do, and may give you better tone on the open strings and make tuning smoother and easier. If the pots are cheap you may find that they go scratchy pretty quickly, so you will probably want to upgrade those down the line. While you're under there you could also solder in a new pickup like a Wizard Thumper or something!

Pedaltrain Jr / Mini etc is worth the cost I reckon. I got a Pedaltrain Jr with carry bag for £70 brand new (although they've gone up now), which is cheaper than most of my pedals. It's really light aluminium, and the design makes it really easy to route power and patch cables around. The Spider Engineering ones are great value - they are built like a tank, but they are just a flightcase with a plain old piece of plywood knocking about inside for your board. Worth getting if you don't mind the weight and need the extra protection they offer. +1 on the Johnnyshreadfreak power supplies though, best bang for buck going. No noise from my setup, and plenty of power to run most people's boards.

Big ears. Like these ones: Search for half width rack ears and some should turn up. If your gear isn't exactly half width then you may have to get custom ones, or you may be able to get them from the amp manufacturer. Best to send them an email and see what they recommend!

Do it. Red basses look rubbish with anything other than a black scratchplate IMHO!

What are the pedals? Some have a positive ground instead of negative, and they can't share the same power supply. You can get around this by using a power supply with isolated outputs (e.g. Voodoo Lab Pedal Power, BBE Supa charger, T-Rex Fuel Tank) or an isolation adaptor (e.g. Diago Isolation Adaptor, Gigrig Virtual Battery) on the daisy chain for the pedal that has the positive ground.

If you're lugging gear around on public transport, it can be done with the right gear. I've done it with a bass in a gig bag over one shoulder, Pedaltrain Jr/Mini in a soft case over the other, and a Markbass CMD121P amp on a little folding trolley. But a car is certainly the way to go if you're gigging / practicing a lot! Which part of London have you landed in?

Quite unusual, anyone seen one before? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-Epiphone-Bass_W0QQitemZ300340728172QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item45edb3d16c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-Epiphone-Bass...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-1963-Precison-Pickguard-1960-1961-1962-1964_W0QQitemZ300340918126QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item45edb6b76e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-1963-Precison...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] 'No shrinkage' but it's so warped you could fit your hand down the side!

Yup, Virtual Dub can split the files without re-encoding the mwhich reduces quality, Windows Movie Maker can only do it by re-encoding them which is a bit pants.

+1 That's what I use, [url="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/virtualdub/virtualdub-experimental/1.9.4.32559/VirtualDub-1.9.4.zip?use_mirror=kent"]here's a link[/url]. Get VirtualDub, open the file. Make sure audio and video are set to 'direct stream copy' in the menu so it doesn't try to re-encode the video. Hold down the shift key and drag the slider around (which snaps to 'key frames' which are faster to seek to and are the points where it's best to snip the video), place the start and end markers atthe desired points and hit save to export that potion of the avi. If you can't open the avi, try installing the latest version of [url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/"]ffdshow[/url].

Yeah, take me off the list too please. I'm not after a new cab right now, but when I come around to it it'll probably be the Big One, and I can hopefully check one out at the forthcoming bash!

I do this with 2 devices; a Radial JDI (any DI box will do) and a [url="http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/MA400.aspx"]Behringer Micromon[/url]. Bass goes into the DI, which also has the pass through to the amp - alternatively you can use the DI output of your amp. The XLR output on the DI then goes to the mic input on the Micromon, which has a thru socket for sending the bass to the main FOH mixer if desired. You can send the monitor mix (or iPod) to the line in on the Micromon, it has no thru socket but if you need to send the monitor/iPod to another source you could easily use a simple splitter adaptor like this (since a thru socket would likely just be wired up directly to the input it achieves the exact same thing): The cheapo mixer option would work, but be warned, a passive bass won't sound great plugged straight into a low impedance mixer input, you're best off with a DI box going to the mixer! You could also check out the [url="http://www.rolls.com/product.php?pid=PM351"]Rolls PM351[/url]: Although it's larger and way more expensive then the Behringer. The Behringer sounds good, has low noise and is really tiny (smaller than it looks on-screen).