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[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1385024086' post='2283455'] Hmm I think that's simplistic as everyone is different. My memory is fine for playing but really bad for lyrics. [/quote] That's true, we are all different. The point I was making was that I had to find myself in at the deep end to find out I could do it without charts. It worked for me though. If I had a terrible gig I guess I would have brought them next time. I agree with your comment about lyrics though. I have to work a lot harder to learn lyrics, and I only do BV's!

Your brain isn't full. That's just your excuse to yourself. You just have to do a gig without your charts and prove to yourself that you can do it. It happened to me a while back. I was running a very slick function band and once at soundcheck I realised I forgot my pad. I nearly freaked. But, I did a 3 hour gig, and made 2 mistakes. The pad stayed at home after that. Take the leap of faith at your next gig and just get on with your playing. And you'll have more fun if your nose isn't buried in charts all night long.

I was walikin the pooch this morning and my lugs were freezing. +1 vote for a BC beanie!!

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1384965495' post='2282895'] im sorry i [s]didnt[/s] couldnt make it to the chorus [/quote] You really need to hear the chorus. I mean it.......

The Kanye track - if some newcomer released that you'd say it's pretty bad. But for someone of his 'standing' (loosely used term), its p*ss poor. Xmas number 1 maybe? Lol. And Pale Tone - good god. There's 4 minutes of my life wasted. Made me laugh though, and even Kanye didn't do that.

Oh yes, now that's what I call a valve! I've got to find a way of getting three of them into my Streamliner!

Batteries were always a pain, and no matter how good you are at remembering to charge them up, you will always mess up once in a while. I'll be sticking with the mains supply. Is this a case of 're-inventing the wheel', as it were, selling us something that we don't really need? I mean, we have batteries and we have mains supplies. Now some bright spark has thought up the idea of a rechargeable battery that you can plug into the mains so you can use it and charge it at the same time. Brilliant.

I've tried the defretter out. The problem is, apart from a real fretless, I've got nothing to compare it to. It does give the timbre of the bass a sort of seudo-fretlessy growl. Sliding up and down the neck you will still hear the notes change as you pass over the frets, so don't expect to hear a smooth slide. I won't be using this effect anytime soon. IMO the best thing to use to sound like a fretless........is a fretless.

[quote name='Fionn' timestamp='1384850182' post='2281341'] Just experiment man, find your sound [/quote] +1.

Each to his own, that's ok. Personally I have both and I would recommend the B3. The foot switching is way more versatile for live use. I like to think I have great tone from my rig and pedals, and these Zooms are welcome additions to my effects, and they both get used a lot.

That's the chap! Thanks.

I remember seeing in a post here some time ago that someone on BC sells valves. I can't remember who it is, can anyone help me out here? Thanks.

I've had one for a few weeks now. I've done maybe a dozen gigs, and it's been amazing. My tone is a bit tighter and there's a bit of woolyness gone down in the deep end. Lots of band members have commented on the difference which surprised me as I already use good quality gear. I won't play without it now.

You'll get a massive volume increase when you push in the high gain button. The distortion is wonderful though. You can ride the sweet spot, so you can go from clean to dirty just using your fingers. I suggest you play one before you buy so you know what you are getting. And no, there isn't a footswitch socket on the Streamliners.

Nah, that's the new Darkglass overdrive........

I've had no problems with my B3 and it's daisy chain. I'd try another psu. If in doubt get the B3 replaced, it could be faulty.

After using flats for a while I got involved with a recording project. We had no end of issues with the lack of mids in my tone. I bought some D'Addario half wounds, hey presto, my mids were back. For me, they cut it live too, better than flats.

I can only add to what Lozz has said. I have a B3. I have mainly used it for all my modulation effects - chorus, flange, octave, filter etc - and found it to be great. Although I have used the distortions too, I have some nice real pedals for that which I prefer to keep using. I did, however, knock up some patches recently for some Muse covers and I got the distortion sounds I was looking for using the Big Muff model, which has a handy wet/dry blend on it (a lot of the effects have this useful feature), and it rocked. Historically, digital units aren't known to be great doing distortions but the B3 is definitely no slouch. I guess with new processors and better modelling, the new breed of digital multi effects are way better than they were even 5 years ago. Once you try a couple out you may be pleasantly surprised. My B3 won't be coming off my board for a long time yet. It saves me lots of space and it sounds fab too. (And on the strength of that I just bought an MS60B too for small gigs where my board is too big. That's great too, where I dont need to be changing patches as much.) You should try to demo or borrow some of these multi effects if you can. They've come on a long way.

[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1383316262' post='2263081'] I could use it for a stomp too. ie have comp, amp sim eq and noise reduction always on, next slot as line selector and last slot as chorus [/quote] Just remember you have only got a maximum of 4 slots to fill. I wouldn't worry too much about noise reduction, unless to have your gains or ttebles really cranked up to silly levels. So you could use Comp, Amp, LineSel & Chorus, for example.

I've had mine for a couple of weeks now. I got it for pub gigs where the big board is just too much. I love it. I copied a lot of my effect settings from my B3 and apart from having to adjust the wet/dry on a couple of filters, they are identical sounds. The stand out effect for me is the LineSel. It's the LS2 model, and it adds a lot of functionality to this pedal. With this you can have say a comp 1st in your chain, then the LineSel 2nd, then another effect or two in 3rd & 4th slots. The comp stays on all the time but you can use the LineSel to turn on the next two effects. Just like the real thing, as if they were in the effect loop. Sweet. I'll have a look at the defretter later.

If someone asked me if, on an upcoming gig, I could play it not on my bass but on a keyboard instead, I'd tell them to royally f**k off. I wish drummers would stop agreeing to use electric kits at gigs. They sound and look terrible. And by all accounts the heads don't even respond like a real drum either. I had to suffer on of these kits at a recent restaurant gig. It wouldn't have been as bad if the guy could play, but no, it was a case of no toys and no talent either. That was a long, painful evening. Thankfully it'll be a long time before I have to hear one of those kits on stage again.

[quote name='6v6' timestamp='1382096020' post='2247827'] I'd be very surprised if anything Mackie makes is "dire" [/quote] The Mackie Thump range are dire. We bought 3 for pub gigs and they have all died on us at some point. We got them from DV, who have admitted they have had lots and lots of failures. They did replace them (more than once), but we don't trust these Thumps now and we will be getting shot of them very soon. I know that the classic 450's are bullet proof, it's the Thump range that should be avoided at all costs. They're built in separate factories and I guess the manufacturing and QC just aren't what they should be.