Steve A

I love my new pedalboard A board of 'essentials' (ha ha) plus one or two extras... to be expanded upon at some point, no doubt. Back Row, L-R: Tech 21 VT Bass, Boss TU2 Tuner, Xotic Bass RC Booster, Radial Bigshot A/B box Front Row, L-R: TC Electronic Nova Modulator, Xotic BB Bass Preamp, MXR Bass Octave Deluxe, Napalm A/B FX loop blender Pedaltrain Junior.

Hello Mark, didn't see you here... until just now! Hello also to other fellow Merseysidians/Wirralonians and Scousers Steve

Thanks chaps, added you ;-)

Hi All, I'm a long time user of Basschat but just wanted to say I have a Twitter account and it'd be good to talk to you on there. Add me, if you like: @steveamadeo See you there! Steve

Just received an MXR Phase 100 phaser from Pete this morning. I saw it for sale yesterday morning, he packed and posted it within a couple of hours and it arrived today. Incredible. Thanks very much Pete.

I've got Amplitube and the iRig adapter but it's unusable due to it being so noisy.

Bought an Xotic RC Bass Booster from Graham. It arrived in great condition this morning. Thanks very much.

Hi all, I just received a Tech 1 VT Bass pedal from Craig and he was a pleasure to deal with. He posted the pedal yesterday and it arrived with me this morning. Fantastic! Steve

Hi, I've just recently received a Line 6 DL4 from 'opus pocus.' All in good working order, exactly as described. He replied to all my messages nice and quickly and everything was nice and straightforward. Steve

Hi Jake, greetings from Wallasey! Steve

[quote name='Linus27' post='1199226' date='Apr 14 2011, 11:37 AM']My worry with flats is it will sound too boomy and dull. I love a really balanced tone and I am worried that I will loose the clarity with flats. Plus I hate the feel of flats but I guess I can get used to it. Maybe its time to move on and find a new sound. Smooth and warm. Of course if flats work out, I won't admit it. I'm too punk to admit to using flats [/quote] Of course, smooth and warm doesn't have to mean woolly and dull. I favour turning the tone knob almost completely down even with 2+ year old flats on to get a dark, thumpy sound. But, with new flats and the tone open they can be reasonably bright, punchy and clear, if not 'zingy' like new roundwounds. Another option is halfwounds. I used to have D'addario halfwounds on a Pensa fretless... they had a great combination of 'singing' tone and smoothness. I wonder what they'd sound like on a P bass?

[quote name='BassBunny' post='1199069' date='Apr 14 2011, 09:37 AM']+1 to that. But it does seem to work for some people.[/quote] Absolutely, and to be fair I haven't tested a full Markbass amp and speaker system in anger yet. That's a good point about trying the combo amp with another speaker if possible.

Hi Linus, I play a '69 P bass strung with Thomastik flats through a Markbass SA450and Bergatino AE410 or HT112... the sound always works incredibly well for me. In my opinion the Markbass amps are warm but nice and clear/clean and work really nicely with Berg cabs. I've tried my amp through a Bergantino NV412 and NV610 too and it sounded fantastic through those big vintage-style cabinets. I've gigged with the SA450 and LMII through Epifani UL40 and Ampeg 8 x 10 and SVT410HE cabs always with excellent results. Interestingly, I recently played a couple of gigs through a Markbass 4x10... it sounded fine but there was nothing incredible about it, just a decent sound. The flats on the P bass do sound great if smooth and warm is what you're after. The tone seems to improve with the age of the strings too if you want that old sound. I haven't changed my strings in over two years and the bass still sounds great on gigs and on recordings. In the studio I mike up my Berg HT112 powered by the SA450. I definitely don't agree that P bass and Markbass don't go well together, but it's all about personal preference (I'd LOVE a big fat heavy Aguilar or Ampeg rig but they're too big, fat and heavy!!). I don't know if this helps at all... All I know is from what I've heard from a lot of Markbass users, it's their heads that shine rather than their speaker systems. Steve

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For the last year I have been teaching a full day and evening of lessons fortnightly on a Monday but I now have more slots available. Please contact me if you're interested in lessons.

Welcome from Wallasey!

Welcome from Wallasey! Lessons available if you're interested [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=77061"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=77061[/url] All the best, Steve

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1125251' date='Feb 12 2011, 06:38 PM']Thats just crap mate somewhere deep down you must know it. [/quote] Why is that crap?

If the music you play requires the extra low notes, then you need a 5 string. If it doesn't, you don't. The position argument is bollocks. Anything you can play in one position on a 5 string you can play on a 4 string if you practise correctly.