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Man there are some nice boards on this thread! It’s blocking me up with so much GAS that I might sell a kidney on the black market… Just wondering though, some of these boards are massive and some are sooooo overcrowded, are all these types of boards the ones that you guys actually gig? And if they are, how often do you miss the pedal you’re after or click down two at the same time or accidently change the control values of another pedal in the process of clicking another one on? I’ve encountered all these problems and more and all I use at the moment is a Line 6 Pod XT Live with a LBM and a Russian (black) Big Muff and occasionally another Ibanez fuzz and a Digitech synth wah, although soon this will be expanding by 2…possibly 3 pending summer/grad job. I’m not that clumsy or anything and I don’t pull off any crazy moves on stage so it’s not that I’m getting distracted or anything. In my limited experience of pedal boards I’ve found that generally people’s proper gigging boards are made up of 7 to 8 quality pedals, or a bit less, to cut down on space and clutter within the actual pedal board. Just interested to know if the guys with massive boards have any of the problems that I’ve encountered with a relatively small set up and also if anyone has cut down on their pedals because it was becoming impractical?

cant you buy cables with surge protectors or something similar built into them 'inline'? I'm sure I’ve seen them about and I'm actually pretty sure that I used one at a gig once - that was a jack to jack straight into my pedal board but im pretty sure you can get all sorts like XLR to XLR, XLR to Jack, etc etc... that might do the job but I couldn’t recommend them as definitive solution.

Nice, shame its 8 ohms. I didn't even know they did a 12" cab. Learn something new everyday...

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='185095' date='Apr 25 2008, 09:44 AM']my local sound control only stocks doc's pro plugs which i don't rate - i had a pair for a while, but binned them in the end[/quote] they are what I use and they're great at canceling out the really damaging frequencies whilst allowing you to clearly hear what's going on. Having said that I'm developing some semi-serious hearing problems so I'm seriously considering buying a pair of builders ear defenders

Ok..the black Warwick tolex case has been ordered this morning from SoundsLive.co.uk. No idea when delivery will be but I'd hope to have it by the end of next week. I'll post some pics and give a small review once I've used it a few times. Fingers crossed it's a gooden

[quote name='budget bassist' post='184808' date='Apr 24 2008, 08:21 PM']Exactly what i thought, i'd love one just for the vintage look, give it a good drag around on the pavement first (and at £40 i can almost afford to do so... ALMOST haha)[/quote] thinking about it i might just take a gamble on it, how wrong can i go with a £40 warwick hard case? ...famous last words

+ 1 on joining to sell, don't know how I actually found it though. Great community of likeminded people encouraged me to get a bit more involved than using it as a fee free fleabay.

what a find, surely even the gig bag is worth more than £4!

Jamiroquai - Try and learn every song on Emergency On Planet Earth. Zender was 19 when he recorded that album, that just blows my mind for what he comes out with. Such musicality at such a young age, what a player. The reeeaaaallly tricky one is Music Of The Wind - get on it Edit - actually I just learnt it in about 45mins...cant be that tricky but what a choooon

[quote name='Wooks' post='184335' date='Apr 24 2008, 10:06 AM']I spoke to Peavey's service manager who was supposed to sorted me out with a "new" one and it wasn't what I expected or wanted in terms as a replacemnet for my damaged one, hence the reason why I got my refund. So it's a bit too late to complain to somebody any higher, don't you think?? Or is it???? [/quote] Milk it for all it's worth mate. Peavey are a massive guitar company who wouldn’t want rumours about disgraceful customer service and support to be filtered out through forums like this so get in contact with someone higher than a customer service manager if it's possible and ask for an explanation to why they have wasted so much of your time and why they think it’s alright to replace your bass, which they broke, with something that isn’t an acceptable representation of the original and could be considered as 2nd hand. That's what I'd probably do, probably being the key word though because I'm a lazy arse at the best of times

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='184389' date='Apr 24 2008, 11:13 AM']Here's a tip for you if you want to have owned that many... don't have kids and get a day job Bear in mind that I got my first one 20 years ago. Funnily enough my quest for the sound I want is bringing me back to what I had 20 years ago... a Stage I though a solid state amp and 10" speakers. Funny old game bass playing [/quote] that sounds like a reasonable trade off; no kids = more bass