Pinball

You should have been at the bath musical instrument auctions a couple of months back. You could have bought the first one ever made in as new condition. It went for about £500 form memory. I had a little play unplugged and it was really nice. It had a known provenance and the serial number was something like 000001

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1378301447' post='2198344'] New option out recently also: [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/TC_Flashback_x4.html"]http://www.bassdirec...ashback_x4.html[/url] [/quote] I have on of these and they are great. Originally I was looking at getting a ditto but had the chance to try one and realised that I wanted more than it could give. The extra options and delay on the more expensive flashbacks make them great value for money. I love the Dynamic setting which favours the most recent thing you play. There is also a great value cheaper option: http://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/13316490862780941676?q=TC+flashback+delay&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.51773540,d.ZGU,pv.xjs.s.en_US.jkEW54nYU50.O&biw=1707&bih=772&tch=1&ech=1&psi=lFwrUq_kKM_g7QbA3oGQBg.1378573461509.3&sa=X&ei=mFwrUr_DHsLN7Ab70YHoBQ&ved=0CFYQ8wIwAA Before that I used to mess around with a JM-4, which was great in that you could record what you did and had lots of modelling options but was too complicated for my small brain for live use

I got one of these Belcat units recently after reading good user reviews, It does the job fine. It's only £30 with cables and adapter or even cheaper on its own. It works noiselessly with my pedals. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002XLI0JM/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]http://www.amazon.co...0?ie=UTF8&psc=1[/url] The supplier is Gear4music.

I play mainly for fun and for free in what was a trio and is now a 4 piece, which has given us a really good sound. The transition from 3 to 4 band members is more difficult than I imagined. All of a sudden it is harder to find a time when we can all practice and get together and play. That in means we want a decent amount of stage time when we meet up and larger gigs. This means need to spend money on gear and promotion. My point is that the larger the band the more dificult it is to ignore the money element. If we can get the balance right it will have fun and make money but its not an easy path to tread!

AAh thanks, the pointy headstock threw me.

Well it's a Carvin but which? Is it a kit one? I didn't sell last time round so could be something of a bargain http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=171119377592

What about the Wilko method? See vid If you watch carefully the way that he uses he fore finger....... oops he's gone off shot, wait there he goes, he's gone again...he's back. Damn you stay still Wilco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znRAbFIxPN0

Well, its not ideal as there are some things you can't play and a sound technique is always an advantage but if it works why not? There are many different ways to (guitar or bass) and many famous players that play with varying finger styles. When I went back to playing guitar I took to hitting it with my thum, you can hear it on the intro and ending of this. [url="https://soundcloud.com/beautiful-skin/industrial-machine"]https://soundcloud.c...ustrial-machine[/url] Whatever floats your boat I say. Anyway Skol, you don't fool me I know of your musical capabilities from the competitions and would imagine you can get anything to sound good.

Well I guess it should be quite complicated like the Carvin LB70p I used to have or maybe my Esh. I find them a bit tricky to dial in but if I only had one I would suss it out. I would much rather have a couple of complementary basses that I could just pick up and play without thinking too hard.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1378021728' post='2194665'] Sounds like he's a nice, honest guy with his own opinions about why MIA basses are made. [/quote][quote name='skej21' timestamp='1378022598' post='2194673'] Sounds like a poor salesman that uses his ill informed opinion rather than well-researched product knowledge and facts in discussions with his customers. If he did have product knowledge, he would have seen an opportunity to inform the customer of the differences of the basses and then left the customer to make their own decision based on the facts. That's just my opinion though [/quote] Two different views of the same thing. I have a biased view thanks to the fact that I was looking to buy a guitar and took mine along just for interest expecting to be offered 50% of what it was worth and he took one of mine in a straight exchange because he really liked my guitar. He seems to treat the stock as his private collection. I like him as his heart is in the right place, even if his views are sometimes err interesting.

In this case he advised Mornats not to buy an expensive bass and told him that as he was happy with his existing bass, other than the sound, the best bet was to decide on the sound he wanted and to upgrade the pickups No sale pushed for at all. It was pretty strange really.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1377773167' post='2191536'] Just buy the boss me 50 b which some lovely bloke has for sale Basic, uncomplicated and fun [/quote] Good call, a great pedal if you want access to a lot of effects in a simple to use multi-effects pedal. I took that approach with my lead guitar and have an ME70. For bass I use less effects with bass so am going down the individual pedal route. This seems to suite me fine so far-I may well still end up with MB50 in the future . There is also a cheaper ME20B that may be worth a look

Hi I can just pass my personal experience. I thought I'd try some effects pedals and would start with some distortion/fuzz. I bought a little boss unit but it didn't hit the spot at all and I found what I was looking for in a Harkte Bass Attack, which is described as a tone sharpening pre-amp. This and my Digitech Bass Synth Wah Envelope filter are what I use most. The Synth Wah gives you a lot to play with for the money. Another great envelope filter is a Bass Balls but it has less variations than the digitech Take your time and if your not sure buy 2nd hand from here as you can experiment and get your money back.

I would have to say Lemmy (in his Hawkwind days) Andy Fraser Jack Brice Those guys tuned my ear to bass

Congrats on your new bass

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1377585248' post='2188941'] How about a Fender Jazz? See my sig... [/quote] Indeed, like that choice Is this thread helping you choose Mornats or confusing you further

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1377542782' post='2188681'] Pinball kindly (well, I say kindly I think he wants me to buy it!) lent me his Esh Various. I tried it out for a little while and thought it was ok but not for me but I picked up up about an hour ago and I can't put it down. The sound is incredible. It's not ultra light or compact and the neck is a bit of a plank but I do just really like it. Hmmm, I hope he doesn't read this! [/quote] mwahhahaha Seriously though, its a quirky bass that handles really well and also sounds good. I didn't realise how good until I tried recording with it. I love some of the combinations from the "Eshtronics" system.

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1377531767' post='2188533'] In which case definitely try a Yammy BB. [/quote] He's not going to buy a Yammy. There weren't any 4 stringers in the store we were in on Saturday so I suggested he try a 5 stringer for sound-burn't orange it was. I'm not sure if it was the color or just the guitar but by his face you would have thought that I had waved a turd under his nose

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1377520857' post='2188390'] I know just such a person - usually gigs with a new'ish Fender P. Has 45 other instruments that only get used in the studio on session work Everything does get played though. [/quote] I think that's fair enough except that 45 sounds a little excessive to me, unless you have lots of arms that is. Note: lucky him I couldn't afford to keep them strung

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1377513247' post='2188256'] Turns out my tiny-looking Corvette weighs the same as my Overwater and is just as big! I'd never have thought that until I had them side-by-side. It sounds fairly similar too despite being active. Hmm. [/quote] I always liked the sound of your corvette both live and recorded.