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"Bass is cr*p", don't you mean you're cr*p at bass? I'm kinda the opposite from you, converted to bass from guitar (converted from keys to guitar before that) but I still play whatever instrument I can as it's good fun to be able to play several. I've looked at Soundslive before & never heard any bad reports about them so I may give them a try for my next purchase. I've no idea what that is yet tho!

Hi, I got a few books in the 80's about all sorts of techniques & one had Bill Sheehan talking about how he would put his middle finger over his index finger to tap as it would give more pressure onto the "tap". I used to do this but as I got better at the technique I found I crossed my fingers less & less. A lot of tapping in the vein of what Mr Hamm is doing requires turning the volume up louder than what you would have it for "normal" playing (you can see him do this on the Japan vid) as to hear the hammered on notes clearer with left & right hands & learn to have a more lighter touch than you would for most other styles. He's still some player! Hope this info assists you a little. G

I'd say sell the lot & buy a multi fx pedal :ph34r: Only kidding. I would probably put the tuner before the akai if you're going into PA as well, this way if you want to mute then it's gonna mute the PA signal as well. As for where you put all the pedals, I'd mess about until you find the desired effect or one that you really like the sound of. This can take bloody ages tho hence your post I suppose.

Unfortunately I'm away on holiday for the last two weeks in April but I'll be up for the next one (hopefully many more to follow). Hope it all goes well & the weather's good for y'all, should be fun. G

I'm in agreement that some stuff sounds like a load of noodling & that sort of jazz does nothing for me either. My tastes in jazz are more the old crooners (& the new ones) or things like Madeleine Peyroux or even some Bella Fleck & the Flecktones (preferably with Wooton on bass). But then my tastes are a bit different. Films that make you think, food that makes you think and music that makes you think. However, there is nothing wrong with superhero movies, spicy food & groovy music as I am also partial to a bit of these as well. I suppose I like loads of stuff from trance to thrash, funk to punk & anything else that isn't mass produced to appeal to 12 year olds.

Old Radiovox valve amps have a great sound. Couldn't tell you the wattage or anything, but my bro has two & they sound brilliant & pretty loud too. they ain't bass amps tho.

I think you'll get a million different answers for this one. One man's finest could be another's sh!test. I haven't tried enough to give you an answer tho

Just had a wee look thru this & listened to some & there's some pretty good players on here in some pretty good bands. Mine's arn't great but we do enjoy what we do. Frigorifico is the Rock band that I'm in: [url="http://www.myspace.com/frigorific"]http://www.myspace.com/frigorific[/url] BigRoom is the altDot band that I'm in: [url="http://www.myspace.com/bigroomgb"]http://www.myspace.com/bigroomgb[/url] I play guitar in BigRoom as well as bass (the shame!).

I agree that jazz is like any other genre, some is good, some is pish. I watched "the Jazz singer", Neil Diamond's version not long ago & thought it was one of the worst films that I'd ever seen. Not because I don't like his songs (I like some, I don't like others), but because it was just plain rubbish. Bad acting, dire script & missed the genre of music by a mile, it was a waste of what coulda been a good remake. Just my opinion tho, a work colleague loves this film.

I can understand his logic. He wants the ad to stay on eBay but is advertising what he has in the title as opposed to the screw man who is advertising a full bass in the title.

One of my alltime favourite jazz songs. Excellent voice & even better bassline. Brilliant album too if you want to get into jazz. [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tGbGUhYe0Ts"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tGbGUhYe0Ts[/url] Tried to get the youtube vid to embed but failed!

I think I know what your problem is, your psu. Since getting my Godlyke PSU the MF101 does have a high pitched whine which is there whether the bypass is in or out (not true bypass). This is only occurring in certain parts of my house & if I get it I turn the VLE on my amp up until it is almost gone (on non MB amps turning the treble down without it taking too much top off is similar). So far at rehearsals for both bands (different places) the whine has never occurred & it is due to the fact that it's a digital power supply & the MF101 is quite famous for picking up any frequencies (radio included) according to the moogerfooger forum. I'm thinking of giving the 101 it's own psu but as I only use 2 pedals just now it's not gonna make any odds to me. The MF105B is fine tho. No noise, no buzz, just lovely sounds & just sussed that it can make some nice chorus effects too! Other thing I found out about the MF101 is that it can buzz like a bitch being slapped from behind. Solution to this is copper/brass shielding. It's my next project & I'm getting some thin brass @A4 size to cut & put inside the wood panels & shall get some copper tape to conduct between the case. Some folk don't have the buzz problem, mine's isn't loud but if I can get rid of it, I shall. I'm gonna try picking up a + tip psu with a high enough output (ma) & try putting the daisychain onto it without using the +- adaptors, see if it sorts that side & I'll let you know what it does.

He does say "feel free to ask any questions!", so I'm tempted to ask what "Im am parting out a 1973 / 1974 jazz bass" means & if the screw says "Fender" on it

The Godlyke comes with two reverse polarity adaptors & both my moogers are + tip and my zoom 708 is - tip, it powers them all fine. I read something similar about not being able to do it but one of the psu manufacturers sites I was on showed a set up powering several different pedals using different adaptors. I'd like to say yes it will be ok, but I'd double check either with someone using a similar muff or give a manufacturer a call (I phoned effectpowersupplies as I was gonna get one from there but ended up at DV247 to get a few things). G

It does look & sound like a good idea. The idea for the grill is a good one but you may want to look at a different material that wont affect the sound (reminds me of a new version of the early 20th century speaker designs where they done this with wood). Good luck with it, I'm sure you'll get lots of (mainly good) advice on here.

So for amps that usually get turned up about as far as 1/3 - 1/2 way at most for small - medium gigs, there would be no advantage in a 4 ohm cab over an 8 ohm? If I wanted extra depth (more volume at lower hz), would adding a 15" 8 ohm cab be the best route?

Cheers, I decided to go with a Spider case & a Godlyke Powerall. After careful thinking I had thought that the Gator would give no protection in the back of a van & the Warwick looks like it's made of plastic & can see that lasting about as long as an icecube in a hot toddy. The spider comes with a board, but when I say board, I mean a piece of ply painted black & two strips of cheapo velcro that doesn't stick. Easy fix, buy some heavy duty velcro from craft shop & screw a couple of feet onto the board & it does the job perfectly. A bit of a heavy case but it's well made & solid. There's enough room for my pedals & if i need a power block there's room for that too. Happy days.

After reading a post by ashevans09 with a similar title but for valve amps, I thought I'd ask this Question. Here's the imaginary set up (some may have it): Amp is a MB LMII there is two EBS 2x10 cabs, one is 500 watt & 4 ohm, the other is 500 watt & 8 ohm. I know the 4 ohm is going to pull the full load from the LMII & the 8 ohm is going to take 350 watts max, but this is my question... Why choose the 4 over the 8? is there a big difference in how much volume the 4 ohm cab is going to produce or does it give a clearer sound?

So if I'm looking to get more depth to my sound (more below the 80hz region) I would be better with a larger diameter cone than 10" to produce these clearer & to shake some serious low end? Something like 15", or is a 4x10 going to have better results?

I usually dedicate at least one hour a day to practice, but like most of you, it starts off noodling. We have 2 hours band practice on Monday for one band & 2 hours on Thurs for the other, but I tend to practice the songs or techniques in my own time. Guitarist on the other hand, I think the only time he practices the songs is at band practice as he plays something different every bloody time! Just started decorating the house at the weekend there so practice might suffer.

Another contender is the Godlyke Powerall.

First GAS was a Spider pedalboard, a Moog expression pedal & foot switch and a Godlyke powerall. This was for the very last gas of 2008 being a Moogerfooger LPF I got on New Years Eve.

Never seen that for a bit ^_^ Brilliant stuff. In reply to the OP, I don't really have something particular that I play. Usually a couple of my own basslines to see how it sounds.

To be honest Alex, if you never intend on doing covers like they was originally played (as opposed to your own interpretation, which is how it should be IMOH) then theory is all you may ever need, unless you want to write your stuff for others to play. I hardly use the ability to read & tab's a bit to blame for this too!

+1 on the bass check rather than playing. I check the hardware, build quality, straightness and just hold the bass in few different positions before playing a single note. Then i check the tuning & make sure all frets play in tune & for any buzz as well as get a feel for the bass followed by seeing how long a note will sustain for. Then I plug it in to see how it sounds & repeat the above. Do a bit of string bending & a couple of index pops & check to see if the strings are still in tune. Then I try a couple of scales to see if it's going to suit me, and then I play NV43345 (only kidding)