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I enjoyed listening to all of those. Shame I have to pick just one, but it's done. Another tough choice! Nice work all.

Get yourself to a shop (with your bass & amp) & try out as many cabs as you can. I like the sound of the MarkBass cabs (& amps), but not everyone does.

Good update time! The guitarist genuinely did cut his thumb pretty badly (he showed me it when I saw him a few days later) & it's fully healed now. The drummer apologised about not getting to the rooms & is still very keen. He had electrical issues (in an Alfa Romeo? I don't believe it! ). He also had a lot of issues with his phone where it wasn't getting messages or calls. He replaced his phone last week. The DJ Got back to me to ask how it went & said sorry he couldn't make it. I explained what happened & he offered to pay towards the room. The singer never got back to me. I texted him & have heard nowt, so I guess he's out. Even if he does get back. So forward almost a month & we had a meet up for a chat on Wednesday about what we're doing. Discussed what sort of stuff I envision us sounding like & the other guys love the concept & are very excited about it. The DJ is buying some new kit for his part in the band & is also going to take on singing duties. It's going to be an originals band, but to get our juices flowing we're going to start jamming a few covers (in our own style, whatever that may be). We're compiling a short list of @ 4-5 tracks & so far have these to try & see what can work for us... Duke - So In Love With You Hot Natured - Benediction Jamiroquai - Planet Home, Where Do We Go From Here or Runaway Gnarles Barklay - Crazy (probably been done to death by a lot of bands, but it's fun to play differently) Soul II Soul - Bambelela Brand New Heavies - Dream On Dreamer or Shelter I dare say 1/2 of them won't work how we want, but then the ones that I think might work, might not. Still having a listen to those other suggestions & shall share them with the band to see what can work. Planning on getting a jam in @ 10 days time, so watch this space!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1364048200' post='2021308'] None of the above [/quote] You mean you prefer these? I'm also liking those GWB tuners.

GarageBand supports AUs. I'm not 100% sure it supports all VSTis, but I think it does for most of them. Isn't there amp sims under the effects sections in GB?

I really wanted to enter this month & had a tune in my head, but I just haven't had any time. Come Monday, I have quite a bit of spare time for the whole week. Well I'll use that time to listen to everyone's entries.

No preference, but it does depend on the design of the bass & the headstock.

What about putting an EQ or Boost pedal between your bass & amp & turning it down so the output from it isn't so hot? That would mean you have more control over the input gain (obviously you need to increase the output gain accordingly). Would this not have the desired effect? There is a cheaper but harder option. Try backing off some of the bass's volume. I know its hard not to have it as far as it goes.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1363990170' post='2020778'] I would talk to Shep (pantherairsoft) about your issues. You need to try and fix some of your own inherent issues and possible bad technique before searching for the one bass. At the minute finding something that works will be impossible. If you fancy taking the long road up to notts I'm sure he'll be more than happy to let you try his roscoe too. [/quote] She'll end up with a massive pedal board (or two) if she does that!

Get the amp sim & spend the rest on some other fx.

I've been a 1 bass guy since I started playing bass almost 30 years ago. Started with a Vox bass & then got my Ibby in '91 which is still my main bass. I've still got the Vox (in pieces in the shed) & I've tried quite a few other basses, but it's the bass that does what I want it to & feels comfortable in my hands. So the answer is, whichever bass feels most comfortable in your hands & allows you to play freely & sounds how you want to, is the bass that you should stick with. it might be one of the basses you have, it might be still in the shop/luther's. Only you know that answer. If you don't need to sell the others & want to keep them, pop em away & just bring em out if really needed (e.g. your "one" bass fails you). Good luck with it.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1363955904' post='2020085'] Jens used to publish prices but because he sells so many instruments outside of € Zone it got really complicated dealing with overseas enquiries and fluctuating exchange rates. If you request a price on anything through his site you'll get a response inside 48 hours (usually faster). [/quote] That's understandable on the pages for the individual instruments (like he used to have if you went to the page for info about the Roya or any other model), though it would be nice if he still had the price of a finished instrument on the "Available Instruments" page (but I suppose if you can afford a Ritter, then that wouldn't matter).

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1363905346' post='2019468'] You've really got to be going some to hit £10K on a Ritter. Our friendly UK dealer has a cracking brand new Cora in the, to my eyes, beautiful high gloss white finish with gold hardware (including the frets!) for under £4K Still big money but it is a thing of simple beauty . . . [/quote] I couldn't agree more. The first Cora was an all white job that looked stunning. Even my wife loved it & she has no interest in basses! I didn't word that sentence too ll. It was just the 3rd bass (Royal) that was advertised at £9.5k. There used to be prices on the Ritter site up until @ a year ago. If I had £4-5k to spend on a bass, Jens would be my first port of call. I know the majority of Jens' basses are in that bracket. IIRC, the Raptor starts from @ £7-8k. That would be an interesting bass to play down your local.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1363887699' post='2019006'] Probably quite good for bluegrass. But I think leather gloves will be best for metal. [/quote] & wooly mittens for that Ashdown sound?

I've been trying to stay out of this thread for ages as I have BAD GAS for a Ritter. Just looking at them makes me go The first one that did it to me was this one... I just love the wood & silver leaf. It feels at home with me visually (if you know what I mean). Then I saw this, which just screams Visually, I love everything about this bass. The wood of the body, the manky looking fretboard, the bridge. It just does it for me. Then there's the Royals. This makes me go Oooohhhh But at @ £10k, I don't ever forseeing me owning one of those. So I'll be sticking with my manky old ibby!

The + side of a multi unit is that if you're not sure which effects you want yet, then you have a good selection to choose from in the one box. Also they can be considerably cheaper than a pedal board with a few pedals, cables & PSU. The + side of pedals is that you can choose which effects you want, get effects that you can't get in a multi & put them in whichever order you like. Multi fx are usually not so great at dirt. Single pedals are usually a good bit more expensive for a decent selection & they can be noisier if you don't have good cables, routing & power.

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1363877397' post='2018786'] You could try. Probably worth wearing the knee pads and wellies too, just in case ;-) [/quote] I might give that a go. Should I also wear bib & brace dungerees?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1363876400' post='2018765'] To be fair though, it [i]is[/i] actually the gloves giving him that buttery tone... [/quote] I'm gonna have to try my gloves out after listening to that. Think I'll get a similar sound with gardener's gloves?

An Ibanez Soundgear might be worth checking out. Slim necks, well balanced, light weight, slim contoured bodies, & you can get a pretty low action on them. & the cherry... They sound awesome.

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1363805711' post='2018003'] My word that is sickenly pornographic [/quote] It's not black anymore. It looks like this.... [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/xgsjx/5864441787/][/url] Though I've since changed the knobs for cream with a black marker & replaced the toggle with a moog style knob (that controls one of my moog pedals).

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1363805175' post='2017990'] xgsjx Yesterday, 02:40 PM Black basses are cool. What's even cooler is stripping the black bass to show some nice wood. I'm possibly going to spray my project bass (P body, MM bridge pup, J nexk pup and jazz neck) black. It'll have a new B/W/B plate fom the Bass Doc and a maple neck and fingerboard. Black and maple? I should say so! [/quote] If your project is just wood, have you considered giving it a black stain or even a black ceruse finish (if you have the patience)?

You should put this in the Off Topic section. There's a couple of folk who'd love to see this.

Not at all. It's good to get a fresh debate on an older topic. This way we see if there is any shift & ge another chat about bass.

I'm sure I'm gonna hear the difference on my ipad. My appreciation of loud things as a kid means everything I hear has the top rolled off. A better test would be to use identical components to what the fender has, but attached to a completely different material, such as a frying pan or a lump of polystyrene.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1363726119' post='2016711'] Good God, they're not cheap are they..? [/quote] Considering that rounds was costing me @ £50 a year, I've saved a small fortune (I bought them in January 2010 & never replaced them, not even the G).