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Try telling my wife that. Erm...

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1380389608' post='2224685'] There's me thinking this was about a whammy bar .. [/quote] As my wife tells me, it's not a whammy bar, it's a WahWah lever!

My influences for the style I'm playing now are the likes of Bond, Janek Gwizdala, John Davis & also a lot of jungle, breakbeat, drum n' bass, house & funk. All good fun

What's your budget? There's something to fit just about every budget & the choice is yours.

And a grid view. Or columns. Yes, columns would be good.

Have a look at the Moog Bass Murf. Not cheap, but it has tap tempo & I've found it quite a box of tricks. If you're near Perth, you're welcome to meet up one Wednesday night. I made a video of it, but I never really used the tremolo side in it, though I do use it for tremolo on a song now. About 3:52 has a little tremolo & also @ 11:18 I use the LFO as a tremolo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jisrnigFkAw

Try it in your amp's effects loop, some have a 50% blend (MarkBass have a jumper to change it). If that doesn't work, you could split your bass signal so one side remains dry & the other into the muff & then sum the 2 signals back together.

I like the music, the idea is excellent & I'm sure it's a great experience, but that video was boring.

I'd try out some other 2x12 cabs if the Aguilar doesn't have the sound you want. A couple of good quality 2x10s would be a good option over a 4/6x10 also.

I have a Snap-on Blue point gas iron that I bought about 20 years ago for @ £40. It's in my wires bag that goes with me to gigs & rehearsals so if there's an issue, I can fix it there & then. Mine's very similar to this one, but Blue Point branded. It's had the same tip on it since I bought it & it's seen a lot of use & still in good nick.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1380011698' post='2219347'] I cant download it yet though [/quote] Oops!

[quote name='Fizzer' timestamp='1380009580' post='2219310'] I'm also wondering if I got the correct cab (1x15) when perhaps a 2x10 would have cut through more. [/quote] That's down to the cab design & what driver is used. Speaker diameter has no bearing on the tone. Mess about with your bass' tone controls & the amp's EQ, try cutting the lows a little & boosting the mids a small amount & see if that helps. EQ is there to help you get the sound you want (it's better to cut frequencies rather than boost). Quite often what sounds good at home doesn't cut it when the band start to play, so try doing this either at rehearsal or if you have any recordings of your band, play along with it at a decent volume. If that fails, try some other cabs until you find one that you like.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1379938382' post='2218406'] Okeedokee, I've got a few in, not that many this time, was everyone rather daunted by this one do you think? [/quote] I'll send you mine now...

I could be wrong, but isn't AC in the UK positive & negative & in the US it's 2 positives? An AC power supply usually just reduces the voltage of the mains power whereas a DC PSU would use the AC mains power to run a small transformer to generate a lower voltage supply. I'm surprised it worked on a reverse polarity, though the moogs are hardy pedals (I accidentally put the wrong polarity through my LPF too once). The Moog pedals will happily run on any voltage from 9 to @ 15 volts. My MF-105b is daisychained on a 9v PSU & the MF-101 has it's own 12v.

I don't think the Fender 112 is a 2x10? The 112 in the title suggests it may be a single 12".

& I'll agree with both Lozz & Chris.

From what's been said on here, the Sansamp does a rather good Ampeg sound. The Big Muff is a popular pedal with a lot of bassists (& guitarists). Dirt is kind of a form of compression on the sound, so compressing it further with the compressor set high is gonna completely change the sound. There's a lot of good dirt pedals out there, have a look a some of the threads on here. I couldn't advise you on a compressor as I don't use one, but there's no correct place for any pedal order, just what you like. I leave compression to the sound engineer to decide if it's needed. Best advice I can give is to try things out & use your ears. Have fun.

I'd say for funk, you want an envelope filter. A compressor isn't gonna make the bass sound funky if it doesn't sound funky without the compressor. Octaver can be of use as can a fuzz or overdrive pedal. Like Musky says though, if you don't know fx, get a multi fx unit.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1379673094' post='2215497'] Out of curiosity, has the Zoom stuff got better in the past few years? I had the first generation 506 (from around 1996) and while it did some fun stuff, the sound on cleaner patches or bypassed was definitely lacking something compared to plugging straight to the amp. I still have it in a cupboard somewhere, it might be fun to dig it out some time... [/quote] There's a few on here that gig the newer Zoom gear, so I dare say it probably is of better quality. Line 6 gets good rap for multi fx.

If you're sitting at home playing your bass, then toys are fine. if you're out gigging, then you want something a bit more durable than a plastic box & sound quality to match.

I used to have a Zoom 708 (black & orange thing). I liked a couple of the sounds on it (the detune sounds could come in handy), but it couldn't replace any of my pedals (ok, maybe the chorus). I used it once at a gig & it died mid song. I unplugged it & just went bass > amp.

How's the amp?

If you've got a good drummer, you can use the drips from the drool as a metronome.

If I don't get time to sort out a couple of levels then I'll send you what I've done. Really just the electronic vocal thing. I like it, but the 2nd run is a little loud against the acapella. My fave part is setting things across the stereo field. Arranging the vocalists into groups was fun.

What's the deadline? I've got mine sitting waiting to be mastered, but not got time right now.