ratman

I have a question for you pedal builders - I'm about to order one of those BB's from pedal parts, it's my first kit. I do have a soldering iron and it's a 30W. Would I be better off with a 40W or 60W iron for more heat, or will the 30W do?

Great idea! I've been taking photos of my pedals on my phone too, but the stickers are genius. I reckon if you needed to have a couple of settings on a pedal, using different coloured stickers would nail that too.

I'm not a pick player, but when it's needed I use Planet Waves thumb picks, the ones that wrap around your thumb. Saves me getting cramps trying to hold onto a normal pick, and I can flip from pick to fingers and back in a flash. I always keep 2 hanging off the strings by my machine heads. They work for me.

A few of my favourites...... Junior Brown Brad Paisley Ricky Scaggs Johnny Hiland Redd Volkaert Jerry Reed Brent Mason

I played fretless exclusively for a few years. I wish I'd have known about flats & half wounds back then. I turned to flats a couple of years ago for my fretted and accoustic basses and loved them, although now I use half wounds on my P as they give me back some of the mid range that the flats took away, whilst retaining that lovely round flat sound. This has really helped for getting a good tone when recording, but also live, where the lack of mids using flats killed the effect of my overdrive pedals.

I went from using Hartke heads for many years, to a Streamliner. I now have an amazing rich valve tone and way more low end on tap than I ever had before. (I was using Ashdown cabs which did the job just fine, but in the past year I've moved to Bergs, and they're stunning with my Streamliner.) You really need to try a few Genz amps out, you have to hear them in the flesh. The Shuttles are fab too, I just prefered the simpler Streamliner myself, but try them both out if you can. I suggest a visit to Bass Direct. And, the prices are a steal at the mo....

That was a pleasure to watch.

Bergs and Vanderkleys will walk all over MB cabs.

I use a Roland EV5.

I've seen this happen before and it sucks. So I've signed too. Up to 46,228 now.

I have a Micro RD, and it's fab. Sounds like a valve amp channel. And it's tiny too.

I don't have experience with either, but I think you probably need to try them both out. The Aguilar does have sweepable mids which makes it way more versatile tonally. Personally, I wouldn't go for a pre amp without a mid control, for me all the sweet tones are in those mid frequencies.

That sounds like it'll be awesome. Some audio clips would be great to hear once you've got it. Enjoy.

Phone them up and ask.

There's an art to 'plodding' away holding down 4's or 8's. Anyone who thinks it's beneath them as a bass player to play these kind of parts is serioulsly missing out. The notes may be simple but it's all about making it drive/swing/groove/bounce (delete where applicable) which is where the skill and fun comes in.

Here are my B3 settings that I used for Plug In Baby. And before I get shot down in flames for not getting it spot on and exactly like the original, I know. But, through my rig, my bass, my board and with my fingers, it was close enough for blues on the night. And it sounded great in my opinion. I didn't use an octave, but it wouldn't hurt to put one on if your normal tone is quite mid focused or twangy. Mine is fat and bassy to start with so I left the octave out. Hopefully this will be a starting point that you can tweak to suit your gear. Effect1 - Bass Muff. Gain-55, Tone-75, Level-90, Mode-BassBoost, Balance-25. Effect2 - M Filter. Freq-84, Sens-4, Res-5, Type-LPF, Char-2 Pole, Vel-Fast. Effect3 - Graphic EQ, adjust as necessary. I hope this is of some help.

I'll get my B3 out tomorrow and see what my settings are for that one. I've only played it once, and I think I just used a Bass Muff and a filter, that seemed to do the job. I'll have my settings posted here at lunchtime.

I've met quite a few BCers whilst buying/selling gear, and at one bass bash. Ditto to the general sentiments above

Although I don't normally use this much nasty dirt myself, this bass sound rocks.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc18xt5wQnk

I second a comment made above. As it's a small business, if someone else comes into the shop, the full attention you were getting is suddenly halved. Understandable, but frustrating. Probably best to book your time in advance. But, Mark has lots of great kit, and BD is well worth a visit.

I'm pretty sure he's wearing white socks too. Oh dear..... it just gets better......

Hold on, Hold on!! He's nicked my entire routine!

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1389079141' post='2329562'] Diago pedal power £60 ish and never let me down [/quote] My mate has just bought one, it seems to be the dogs. 3A supply.

I play with bands that don't use set lists too. The difference there is that the singer/band leader will call the next song BEFORE the last one is over. No problem, it works.

I work with a singer who does the 'long gap whilst he thinks of a tune' nonsense. The guitarist and I hate it, and now we stand there looking at him, and keep askling him what's next, putting him under a bit of pressure. Unfortunately, this tw*t of a singer won't use set lists and is an unproffessional idiot who really shouldn't be dealing with the public. But the gig pays bills. It's a good job the rest of the band can really play.