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[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='503097' date='Jun 1 2009, 05:36 PM']Cool. Makes sense. I will have to use my 4 uber-insults carefully![/quote] That you will!! Double barrel insults might provoke a double strike, depending on the severity! I might give you a strike back if you put some bleedin' clothes on!

Please let us know if there are any more questions, comments and ideas. I will be about to answer what I can (though I am not that good on the software side of things) and kiwi will be about on the 'nightshift' :0) Cheers Oh and thanks for the positive comments and support thus far.

Nope, it is a 5 strikes policy. You will know when you have used up a strike, believe me. But we won't be having to use it much I hope! The main thing was for me and Kiwi to get the rules set up for the new mods and revamp the T&Cs which came with the software and aren't tailored to fit our needs as much as we would like. As ever, if you have a problem, report the post to a moderator (not me or kiwi preferably because it short circuits the system) and it will be discussed and sorted - if a warning is to be given it will be made obvious to the individual being warned and simply contain the nature of the rule broken. We used to have a more relaxed and organic system where we could discuss at length various points and come to some sort of agreement, but with the size of the forum now it is becoming a grey area which soon will be a really clear and concise system. But hey - as long as we can all chill and enjoy ourselves, the main thing we want to do it free up some time to introduce some new features, offers, competitions, products and events for everyone to enjoy. ped

Hi Dave, glad you made it. Lets see the bass!

Pretty sure I saw a set of 4 Genalex valves for £90 at one point because I nearly bought them as spares.

IIRC Kiwi had/has those Gold Lion ones in my ebay link in his Burman or his Trace, can't remember exactly...

The visual bias system is great, isn't it? As for KT88s I would recommend, well the original 'ruby' Chinese jobs lasted a long time so probably worth getting the same ones - a matches set of four would probably be fairly cheap. I also saw some of these [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genalex-Gold-Lion-KT88-Matched-QUAD-Tubes-Valves-KT-88_W0QQitemZ220409719995QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Access_RL?hash=item3351716cbb&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1690|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genalex-Gold-Lion-KT...93%3A1|294%3A50[/url] a while ago which were far cheaper than this ebay listing so you might be able to hunt some down. In general though, with the visual bias, I would think any matched set of four would be worth a try, even some cheapo jobbies

Hi Steve, That used to be my combo. Loved it to bits and never had a problem with it at all, sorry to hear there is something up with it now. I hope it gets sorted easily.

...Obviously not.

OK guys lets leave it there... any more useful comments on topic?

Might be a simple thing like the wires touching the back of the speaker if there is some slack in them (this was the case on my hifi speakers)

Just moved this to the proper forum! I should know better... Here is a bonus pic of the lads Cheers ped

Yep, roll up folks, this promises to be a classy and memorable event! Well done Steve for sorting it! Hope to be able to meet lots of you there.

I narrowed mine down to one fretted and one fretless - I found having more than one bass got to my OCD side because I always preferred one to the others and would always favour one bass. I liked the idea of having a Jazz, for example, on stand by should I ever need one, but I liked the idea of having 'my' bass and 'my' sound even more. I think if you have found that special one then you can bid a happy farewell to your basses past, knowing they helped shape your tastes and taught you a lot along the way, leaving you to focus on the one that sounds like 'you' cheers ped

They were recorded at a studio up in... wait for it... Blackpool (so not THAT local) by a guitarist who my brother went to uni with. We always go there because we all have a similar lack of taste in terms of music so we 'tear tha roof off' behind closed doors before forcing our 'elevator muzak' upon the unsuspecting, and largely undeserving masses. So no you won't know the guitarist, not unless you have thumbed the Yellow Pages for rent boys in the Lancaster area! pedro

Thanks mate I must admit that I felt a little disconnected from the fretless track and the one with the drum solo because they were written before I got to the studio so I didn't have any input. I wasn't able to get the whole week off work because my 6th form had exams the following few days! We always have great fun though so anything remotely musical that is produced is purely a bonus in my book!! Cheers ped

It's switchable. Really good piece of kit, I have an almost identical (albeit silver) model which is 400w a side.

I had two - an older jazz bass '02Strong' model which was a lovely heavy ash body and 36" scale. It was a superb bass, very resonant and full sounding. I got it from the Ishibashi 'U-box' a while ago for £700ish as a gamble, and it paid off. The only thing I wasn't so keen on was the fact the front of the body was flat so the inside of your right arm could get sore when playing standing. Sound sample: [url="http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/Bacchus%2002STRONG%20EXT36%20Jazz%20Bass%20sample.mp3"]http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/Ba...ss%20sample.mp3[/url] The second was a 'Twentyfour' and it was very different in terms of sound. It was very Ken Smith like, rich and smooth. It didn't have the clout of the jazz and the body was alder which I didn't get on with so well... I think an ash version would have been a keeper. Sound sample: [url="http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/Bacchus%2024F%20Hum%20Custom%205%20jam.mp3"]http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/Ba...m%205%20jam.mp3[/url] Whilst I had these basses I got in touch with the main man at Bacchus and found him to be a really nice bloke - he still sends me postcards and he was great at finding spares and bits & bobs from Japan for me. He found the Twentyfour for me in Japan and sent it over. The craftsmanship is top notch - the attention to detail is very high and I wholeheartedly recommend them alongside the usual suspects in the price range and above. Cheers ped P.s Funkydario is a Bacchus dealer and will sort you out with a Basschat exclusive price:0)

Hi guys I am at the studio making some funky grooves with my brother (drums) and some ape on guitars/keys/brass. Here are a few clips of the unfinished tunes so you can hear the bass quite well. I am playing my Vigier fretted as usual and broke out the fretless twin for the last track. My brother is playing his Vdrums (td12) and the guitarist uses a pod X3 to desk - we are all in stereo so in total we send ALL the grooves to the desk through the sum total of 6 cables!! Amazing. Only last year we were spending hours micing up drums, cabs and all sorts. I am amazed with the results, the Vdrums are especially awesome - check the drum sound in the sort of soloiish bit below! This track was all about locking in with the drums, based on a groove we played with last time but never fully developed. The part at the end where the bass follows the 'vocal' kind of keyboard part was fun - I used a back pickup bias for that bit on a jazz bass model on the Vbass. The rest is clean Vigier with no messin' [url="http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Sticky%20Situation.mp3"]http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/US...20Situation.mp3[/url] This one was also from the 'lock into the bass drum' school and features some Spanish sounding horns in the middle! We spent the best part of an hour trying to match a keys sound I heard on a Bernie Worrell track but ended up liking what we have here. [url="http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Canti%27s%20Wrap.mp3"]http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/US...%27s%20Wrap.mp3[/url] Here is a good demonstration of the great sound of the Vdrums. [url="http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Chicken%20Feed%20%28Space%20Emergency%29.mp3"]http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/US...mergency%29.mp3[/url] And here is the last track which is a chilled piece with some rather subtle fretless. [url="http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/20s%20On%20my%20Wagon.mp3"]http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/85432/US...0my%20Wagon.mp3[/url] Cheers and let me know what you think - these are unfinished and unmixed, literally a lead taken from the computer to mine and recorded so they aren't perfect quality, but the parts I have selected should drown out the hiss. ped

Needless to say I didn't pay full whack ;0)

I used a rather over engineered solution called the 'bassmute' - I can't get a link because the work computer blocks anything remotely useful. It was a sort of rocker switch which engaged individual foam mutes on each string which were independently adjustable. It was a really useful bit of kit, I would have one on my main bass if there was any room behind the bridge pickup! Cheers ped

Um yes so what I meant to say is that I would be careful - if your fingers hurt that much then perhaps you need to look at your technique first, keep the movement minimal and smooth.