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Thanks for the suggestions guys, the M9 looks quite interesting. Do you know whether anybody makes a Multi-FX which doesn't feature amp modelling and distortions? I'm only considering a multi-fx to cover filter/synth/compression/chorus/modulation etc etc

It does have a bass boost setting as well remember, try that with the tone past 12. The problem I have with mine is that the toggle switch is broken in that position to I don't have any other option! It really comes in useful for dance tunes though, Tone at about 11:00, sustain at about 1:00 brings out some nice sub frequencies I use it with a Danelectro FAB chorus and it sounds deeper than the abyss itself!

Interesting... But I prefer to masturbate at home rather than onstage

You'd need the exact same bass, strings, amp, effects, EQ settings, compression, mixing console, playing technique etc etc. I wouldn't bother personally, find your own tone!

Hi Guys I'm wondering if there is a multi-fx unit out there with good synth/chorus/envelope filter/delay/octave type features (not worried about distortion/wah) which would fit onto a pedal board. Suggestions below please

Based in Penzance so might be a bit of a mission but he's a great chap. Top quality work and the price is very reasonable. [url="http://www.guitardoctor.co.uk/"]http://www.guitardoctor.co.uk/[/url]

This is where it's handy to have a day job Insurance for my Micra is £660 with Elephant, but paying in monthly installments with the interest it works out at about £800+ so it's still not cheap

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I used to play in a brass band! Euphonium was my main instrument though I spent most of my time there on Trombone (tenor, unfortunately!). I also dabbled in the dark arts of Eb Tuba but I always struggled to get on with the bigger mouthpiece. It's a shame that I never owned my own Trombone though, I could pick up loads more gigs if I owned one - shame I don't have the funds to make the investment

Isn't Trace Elliott just a fancy term for muddy plonk? At least that's all I ever managed to get out of them. But then again, they were the amps in the college rehearsal rooms, which are a bit of an amp graveyard. Wouldn't mind trying a Trace properly to get a proper opinion, but I wouldn't hurry out to buy one (even if I had the cash!)

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1334254478' post='1613378'] Nice rant but I have to say it sounds like every time I've ever tried to use rotosounds. [/quote] Doing it wrong.

I saw my favourite at a jam night last night. Two "experienced" (60+) guitarists got up and spent ages puzzled as to why neither of them had any sound - turns out they had plugged their guitars into each other!

I went through a phase of installing a pickup cover on my Highway One P. I found it fine for playing fingerstyle, resting my thumb on the cover itself, and it's nice to rest your hand on when playing with a pick. I did find it got in the way when playing more lively stuff though. If I had a second precision I'd kit it out with pup and bridge covers and flats, just for those special occasions

I've tried Elites, Ernie Ball, GHS and D'Addario in the past but I always go back to Rotosounds. Worn in 66s, mmmmm.... Recently I've been trying Dean Markleys. NPS Roundcores are good but nobody in this country seems to sell them. After receiving some dud Blue Steels, I've just started using some brand new top-secret, not-yet-in-the-shops Helix HD SS strings (the A and E are also tapered) Review to follow once they're properly worn in

I think I speak for us all when I say as a bassist I hate hearing "failed/wannabe guitarist" etc etc. Most. Annoying. Thing. Ever! The guys in my college band actually wrote in their coursework that I should be a guitarist because I play so many fills and licks. WTF??

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1333968698' post='1608802'] [/quote] Looks nice and tidy, is this yours?

[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1333968492' post='1608797'] Actually I'm the opposite - I find it a bit prentious when people use crotchets, semibreves and quavers.At least when you talk about 8 ths ,16ths etc it means something. Crotchets etc just make you sound like you;ve studied in some classical conservatory in Vienna [/quote] I learned it when I started playing in a brass band, aged 10, so it's not as sophisticated as you might think (and nor am I for that matter!). Eighths and things just annoy me because I've always used the proper terms.

It annoys me when people refer to "fourths, wholes, eights" etc instead of crotchets, semibreves and quavers. It's not rocket science people! Also the common misconception that he/she can play slap/fretless/tap/pointless fretw***ery - he/she is amazing! "Why don't you play with your fingers?" - Because I'm saving those for your mum! D:<

Julyan Wallis - aka the Guitar Doctor. http://www.guitardoctor.co.uk/ He's in Penzance, could pm you his number

One time while I was doing sound for a band at a wedding, we got all of the gear in for the bassist to find that he'd left his amp head at the rehearsal studio, some 50 miles away. Luckily he had a Line 6 unit (okay, maybe not so lucky...) so that we could take a line into the desk and use the amp modelling to bodge a useable sound. Another time with the same band (who btw I now play for) the drummer threw a stick into the crowd after a solo - OK when you're playing Wembley Arena, but not so in a pub with the audience 10 feet away! It clocked some guy on the head and later on we heard that the shock from this triggered his psoriasis, which that doctor gave him an ointment for that made his hair fall out! Same drummer, different gig - after nearly killing us all on the drive up ("What traffic lights?!") he almost refused to play a gig because he was charged for soda water at the bar. This was, btw, a charity gig in aid of a local man with leukaemia! I love drummers!

I dropped a couple of clangers a couple of weeks ago - firstly the Friday night, I forgot the last verse of Sweet Home Alabama. Luckily one of the guitarists (and usual frontman) jumped in to help then later that night I have a glance at the setlist then announce the next song, Don't Stop Believing only to then realise that that was later in the set, and the song I had looked at was Don't Look Back in Anger, which wasn't even the next song anyway! The following night I fluffed SHA again, so now instead of the last verse, I throw in some Werewolves of London and All Summer Long

The thing I dislike most about slap is the misconception that anyone who can do it quickly is a "good" bassist. Geddy Lee doesn't slap!