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I moved to flats 7 months ago & wish I'd done so sooner. I went with the TI Jazz flats & had no trouble switching from the DR Strings rounds that I was used to & the tension differences that people note from rounds appear to be very minimal (doesn't affect my playing). So yeah, go for it. I'll be sticking with rounds & may try the La Bella Deep Talkings on my next bass (or if for some strange reason I snap a few of the TIs!).

Power wise, over here in the uk you're best with 240 volts. I've practiced with a 30 watt combo, a loud drummer & 2 guitarists (I've played gigs with this too).

After listening to some of the demos on here it proves that a £100 guitar doesn't sound much different to a £600 guitar (basses are different, of course :snob: ). I have judged bands before (in actual competition) & paid no notice of what their tools was, but listened to the sound they produced with them. As the saying goes, a poor workman blames his tools.

I have everything flat, the VLE at @ 10 o'clock & the VPF at @ 9 o'clock. Gets a sound that suits my bass lovely.

I always liked the bass line to Sugar Daddy by Tori Amos, simple but very groovy. Tina Weymouth is a poptastic bassist too so my shout goes for Talking Heads - Slippery People (I know, they have tons of great basslines. but everyone knows this one).

Hello & welcome (belated ) GAS = Gear Acquisition Syndrome. You'll get it bigtime!

My rock band always practiced on a Monday & BigRoom on a Thursday. However, my church band usually practices on a Saturday (tho I forgot that before I hit vote!).

Never played one, but this looks like a serious contender to me... Ritter Roya

MF-101 & an ep2 pedal. Not the cheapest option tho & you still need something to make the synth sound.

My dream team would be: Vocals - David Phelps Vocals & programming - Bjork Guitar - Eddie Van Halen Keys & fx - Jean Michel Jarre Piano - Jamie Cullum Drums - JoJo Mayer (or maybe Cobus) Bass - xgsjx (oh, that's me that is) Now to email them

I'm on here all the time and I've just noticed this! What a sad loss this is. I never met Si, but shared a couple of PMs & a few blabs just on the forum. I was looking forwards to having someone I recognised to talk to on Rock til you drop. Seems a bit ironic that forum now. Well God now has an excellent chap up there (taken from how he appeared on this forum anyway) & my thoughts & prayers are with him & his family.

I play in an acoustic trio & prior to getting the MB combo, I only used the wee Vox Venue 30 in the acoustic band & the carlsberg rig was used in the rock band. The Vox has a 12" driver in it & could even be used in 200 folk venues. I think just about any combo will do the job you're wanting, it's what sound you want it to produce that you need to decide on. I tried the Phil Jones briefcase & was very unimpressed by both sound quality & how loud it didn't go. But the one I tried might have been faulty.

From what I've heard, steer clear of the Marshall. They're unreliable & weigh about 8 ton. The other two are good choices & both sound different. So try them if you can. If you're willing to go second hand then there's some great stuff to be had within your budget. Have a look in the for sale section on this forum. You could get a MarkBass LM11 & a 1/2 decent cab for £5-600 (such as a mag 410).

Oh, does that include the Dave P.A. Systems?

In my bands, I don't so much as go for cutting thru but go for a very subby sine like sound with a couple of the mid frequencies around the 400-600hz left there for when I'm up the register playing melodies when there's just acoustic instruments playing. I find my Ibby with flats makes for a great bassy sound (put thru the mf's to tailor the sound further) , but looking to get a 5 or 6 stringer that can produce some seriously subby sounds (maybe even a fretless).

[quote name='burno70' post='927934' date='Aug 17 2010, 07:50 PM']Thats fit![/quote] Fit's that? Sorry, Doric joke.

What you plan on doing is most probably going to result in shorting your outputs together & do some damage to your amp. There's also a misjudged idea that getting the full power from an amp into a 4 ohm cab is going to result in 1.5 - 2x the loudness of what you get from an 8 ohm cab, when in reality you will only get a very slight increase (in most cases, but not all). Adding more cabs moves more air, giving more loudness (volume). Best idea would be to get another HyDrive 410

[quote name='Oggy' post='922783' date='Aug 12 2010, 02:23 PM']Excellent – great stuff, sounds sort of honky on my PC. The problem I have with my setup is that I can’t slap/pop on the Gibson SG, as 'OutToPlayJazz' pointed out to me; that rather large neck pup gets a right bashing and it sounds – well Agggggggggg. The Mustang has only the one central pup so it’s in the frame for the pop/slap experiment. The single pup sort of limits the variation in available sound so initially I’ll stick a set of Hi Beams on it and see how I go. I have to say that tracking down a set of Short Scale 'Hi Beams or Sunbeams' was a bit of a mission. The guys at Stringbusters (Adam & James) came through with a set of Medium Gauge, short Scale Hi Beams for me, they have to order them in and were happy to do so – great service – they even answer email and will take orders over the phone. Oggy [/quote] Cheers. It does have plenty of depth to the sound when played thru headphones (or better speakers), but it's down to the set up of the bass. They aren't zingy tho! I got my TIs from stringbusters, excellent service here too. Best of luck with your new direction, you'll have to record some stuff when you get things rolling & pop a link on here.

If you're new to FX & not sure what you want, then your best option would be a multi FX pedal. Something like the Boss ME50B or one of the countless Line 6 or Zoom pedals, depending on how many pennies you have. The advantage of this is that you'll find what effects you like & what does what & then know what you want in regards to individual pedals should that time come.

I've recorded a clip using photobooth & picked up with the in built mic. Hope it gives you an idea of how they sound. I put info about settings in the description on the vid. Usually I pan 75% to the neck p/u when playing with fingers & slip to 50/50 when slapping, but as you can hear, I don't do too much of it! lol

Hey Oggy, I've not got the 1/4 jack to mini jack wire to plug into my mac, but I'll get it tomorrow & hopefully record something by the weekend. Thomann sell the TI JF324 Jazz flats. They're a 32" scale (mine are JF344s, a 34" scale). I'm gonna set up my wee Vox & try recording using the mac's mic. If it's rubbish it ain't getting posted!

I've recently converted from rounds (DR Strings peacock blues) to TI Jazz flats. I do a little slap on these (just in a couple of songs tho) & although not zingy like rounds, I prefer the sound from them. If you ain't in a huge hurry, I'll record me doing a bit of slap direct into my Mac & pop a link on here. But it's getting my other half off youtube long enough for me to plug things in. Oh, she's making cakes tonight so I might get a chance then! Might not be what you're looking for, but you never know.

I'd have a look thru the 2nd hand basses on here in the for sale section, there's some good things to be had at all prices. You should maybe upgrade your amp/cab combo as well if your funds will allow. Ibanez make good all round basses & start from very little. But I would try a few basses to see what kind you like.

Erm, haven't you forgot something? Ignore me. The video didn't show up on my phone, not even any hint of one.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='916483' date='Aug 5 2010, 10:27 PM']Just joined - what were the chances of the [i][b]only[/b][/i] other Scottish member living in the same town as me?[/quote] Nope, I'm in Perth. But moving to Falkirk soon!