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Have you got a printer? Pop to hobbycraft & get some beige 200g paper & print a cheque. What about a P.O? fair enough it costs a few £ more, but if it's gonna get you the gig...

I've only used the effects in Garageband on my iMac when recording, but not very often. Would be interested to see how something like iRig or similar sounds live & if there's any latency issues.

Play with the EQ & turn the mids down a touch, see if it helps. But like you say, it might just be the cab.

Don't listen to them, they're trying to fool you. They're just jealous & trying to get you to blow your rig up!!!

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1351792765' post='1855521'] Sounds like a great cake! :-) [/quote] I'll PM you a link to it so not to ruin other folks interpretation.

I might be one who's wrong. Jo made a cake in that theme, but it was for someone's birthday back in August.

[quote name='hollywoodrox' timestamp='1351781849' post='1855313'] Yes open chords played higher up the neck with a capo can have a light mandolin quality, the capo can make it a bit easier to play an instrument with an unwieldy action and also facilitate simpler fingering on intros like hotel California [/quote] I'll second that!

Well done Skol & Nige, & to everyone else who entered. Interesting pics you guys have chosen. I actually know what Skol's pic is of & it was celebrated in th relevant countries about 3 months ago.

Dear Jim, Please could you fix this for me.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1351677765' post='1853968'] Same for me as Phil's post. I really like the use of a capo - in fact any open or drop tunings too. Sometimes it sounds good to take a particular open tuning finger picked pattern and shift it higher up the fretboard. My 'go to' position for some reason always ends up around the 6th fret on my acoustic. I also transpose on the fly if necessary - except those days when I'm feeling really tired and everyone turns to laugh at the disaster unfolding in the corner of the rehearsal room ha ha!! Oh and dare I even mention that sometimes I have used a Capo on Bass? Mostly for finger picked or tapped lines that require certain groups of 'open' strings. [/quote] You use a capo on bass? I don't believe you! Where did you get a capo that big? Is it custom made from a bit of scaffolding & a gator out of a tyre?

My essentials are (in no particular order) Octave, Distortion, Chorus, Murf, Filter (with expression pedal) & an fx loop. Maybe something like this...

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1351760803' post='1854945'] DANCE OFF!!! [/quote] I like that idea. Videos on YouTube please!

My old Zoom 708 had that sort of effect, so I'm sure there's something available.

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1351675897' post='1853939'] I wouldn't go for the controller keyboard + computer option - I think it would be a pain to have to boot up a computer every time you just want to play the piano, and you'd probably end up playing it less as a result. There are so many variables here it's hard to know what to advise; personally, I have a very old Yamaha electric piano (bought second-hand in the late 1980's) which has a lovely weighted keyboard, but crap sounds and which weighs a ton, plus a cheap secondhand MIDI module for the bread and butter sounds, and a computer DAW for recording/sequencing. This means when I just want to sit and play I just turn on the piano and module, but I have more sounds available in the computer for when I'm composing/arranging/recording. The module cost me about £150 on ebay, and I think I'd struggle to give the piano away, so maybe you could pick up something similar cheap. Do you want to keep open the option of playing keys in a band? If so, consider portability and weight - properly weighted keyboards are much heavier, and a full 88 note board can be awkward to fit into cars (76 notes is a good compromise). Are you a piano player or more into synth and organ sounds? For serious piano playing, weighted keys give a much better feel - but for organ/synth playing it can be a disadvantage. [/quote] Cheers. I'm not planning on playing in a band again, but I wouldn't fully rule it out. Length isn't an issue with my car if I do need to take it out the house. I'm liking your idea of keys, module & DAW. Or maybe a Roland Juno Stage & a DAW? I was mainly a synth player. I'm more used to playing on synth keys (semi weighted), but I've played a bit of piano recently & enjoyed it. Listened to the piano sounds on the Korg Krome & they're superb. Both the Korg & the Roland are 73 key semi weighted.

I used to use DR strings (the coloured ones). Nice bright, zingy tone for slapping. Decided I wanted a more bassy tone & replaced them with TI flats (which was fine for all the slapping I do). Nice playing.

I'm not playing in a band anymore. Last time I played with my band was January & we've not been doing much at all. Considered trying to get things back up & running & my singer took a stroke (literally. There's a thread in OT). There's only guitarists in Perth, no musicians available at all. I'm finding playing bass without a band seriously boring (with a band it's excellent) & think I might have finally came to the decision to sell all my gear & go back to keys, but what to get is a hard decision. So as a lot of you guys have experience with these sort of things, I'm gonna ask for some help & advice. Here's my options that I've seen so far... Workstation - I'm really liking the Korg Krome 73. Synth - Something like the Roland Juno Stage, & get a 1/2 decent DAW to run the sequencing. Keys & rack (s) - Should I get a 88 key remote keyboard (Studiologic Acuna or M Audio) & a rack synth & maybe use GarageBand for sequencing). Keys & DAW - Get an 88 key remote & Reason 6 (or similar). I want to be able to sit & play keys (like just piano on it's own) & also be able to write & record songs on it. Is a DAW with a VSTi going to be as good as something like the Korg for sitting playing? Is there other options that I haven't thought about (like getting loads of 2nd hand gear from 10 years ago)? I want to try & keep things under £1k.

I think you'll need something like iRig to start with. Not sure on apps, but I'm interested too now!

When I had an originals band a cover would be our take on the song. The only thing that would stay original would be the lyrics & the basic chord structure or riff. Everything else changes. When I played in cover bands I tried to play as close to the original as needed (you go see a band live & their songs will be played slightly different).

But WD-40 isn't bad for your bass (AFAIK). One of the things that WD-40 is recommended for is guitar strings.

Qualitee! I've listened to this a couple of times now & I think I might try & learn this (from your video, I'll see how I get on).

I just noticed that.

[quote name='Marsy' timestamp='1351270218' post='1849575'] Hmmm.. There are no gain, bass or treble knobs on either the bassdrive or my cleanboost?? [/quote] Sorry Marsy, I was referring to the RC boost. However, changing a resistor might be an option if you're looking for more gain.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1351235197' post='1848935'] You're strange If anything it should be C-E F-B as that's where the two white keys sit together [/quote] Sorry, I meant to say C-F# G-B. I did start off C-E, but when I was a kid (probably about 10 at the oldest) I somehow moved it to make it an even split.