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[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1507584120' post='3386624'] Like these? [attachment=255310:Photo on 09-10-2017 at 22.20.jpg] You're welcome to them if they're right. Message me your address. [/quote] Goodness me! Really? That is super kind! I’ll ping you a message! Thank you

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1507578604' post='3386542'] Why can't I find this deal online?! A conspiracy I say! [/quote] PMT, DV247 and Andertons don't appear to be doing the 0% deals at the moment. Well, Andertons do 9 months interest free. Your best bet would be to get a credit card offering the same and set up a monthly payment to it. Cut the card up, give it a responsible adult or hide it, but don't use it for anything else. I have a 27month 0% card that I have done the same with to buy an important piece of kit with. It works out cheaper than any other deal I could possibly find for said piece of hardware.

Can the student clap in time to a metronome?

My usual outlet for strap buttons appears to be out of stock of the black DUAL type I am after. Anyone know a good place to buy just the buttons without horrendous shipping charges?

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1507544465' post='3386131'] ^ keeper [/quote] Yeah!!!!

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1507548041' post='3386180'] ...then show me!!! I hate waiting. [/quote] Ok, so I admit that the delay may well be to do with the fact that trying to get a bit of sunlight around these 'ere parts is proving a little difficult!!

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1507550361' post='3386221'] Lemme guess, Jon's relic'd it for you? [/quote] I think I managed to do that for myself after years of hard gigging!!!

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1507467495' post='3385621'] What's the deal with[i] Line 6[/i] basses, is there any love for them? [/quote] I've not had the chance to play one so I am unable to respond, but the new Line 6 Guitars seem to be well received.

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1507488223' post='3385829'] 4.Ooooh no!! That is very frustrating for you that the TonePrints settings are getting lost. And seems like it's not possible for bespoke created TonePrints versions such as yours to be backed up on a computer, otherwise I am sure you would have done? Fyi - possibly even a bigger loss to humanity if the original Dood the Dude SnU TonePrint has been lost to bass players for all eternity and all we will be left with are approximations to the original magic, even if the author says they are as good or better, how can we ever know the veracity of such assertions? Maybe something for you to consider reporting to the intergalactic bass players federation (although if this loss is made known to TalkBass, that's pretty much the same thing right)? I did hear word of the IT glitch on the SnU's before (maybe even earlier on in this thread), but I had been led to believe it was a (i) power supply issue and (ii) had been fixed. Seems not. Ok four (sadly) good reasons for sticking with the COG T16 for now... [/quote] Stupidity on my part, I've upgraded my iPad and made sure I had everything I needed before wiping the old one and passed it on. Neeaarrrrrly everything. The only way of getting them back I suppose would be to restore from backup the original iPad and then copy the settings (by screen print it seems) as users settings have no 'cloud' to be saved to. I guess I found another limitation in the app, the hard way. The good news is that creating a new TonePrint isn't going to be that hard I don't think, if you'd seen what is available in the application. It's not like trying to re-write Lord Of The Rings word for word from memory.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1507485885' post='3385806'] waiting expectantly.... [/quote] You're gonna love this....

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1507230244' post='3384141'] Ok, dear dood (btw we spell that "dude" in the UK), here's the thing: someone has decided to swap me another delicious dinosaur pedal for my COG T65 and as I'd previously listed my lovely COG T16 (in anticipation of getting the T65) I recklessly promised a struggling bass player in Reading, with no money, my COG T16 for a senslessly low price (I guess I was feeling particularly generous 'cos our East End London pub landlord, where my two bands get regular paid gigs, offerred us a £30 a gig pay rise without us even asking and told us that was the "new going rate" - bless him!) and Reading bassist is busily trying to cobble together the cash by selling some of his other pedals, so I kinda feel duty bound to keep my promise to him (always a good thing to do in life, right?). So...that means I could shortly be without any octave pedal! Now Cameron would historically have said get an Aggie Octamizer, but that would be the FOURTH Aggie pedal on my board and I'd end up being regarded as some sort of inadvertent Aggie groupie, which I'm not. But Cam's swapped his Aggie O for his COG T16 (so he clearly agrees with me that they are the biz!). Dannybuoy would probably recommend a 3Leaf Octavbre mini (which are a snip at £225). However you seem to have reached octaver nirvana with the TC Sub'n'Up: - an octave pedal that tracks down to a low E and below; - with the right Dood toneprint sounds as warm as the best analogue; - can blend in clean; - has minimal latency; - costs just £109 new for the full fat and £98 for the mini. So you've got me tempted! 3 Qs (and apologies I think you recently answered these elsewhere) 1. Can I get the Dood toneprint to work on the mini (I assume "yes" otherwise you wouldn't have bought the mini)? 2. Is there any point getting the full fat version (I assume "no" otherwise you wouldn't have bought the mini)? 3. How the heck can I get hold of the Dood toneprint and get it uploaded onto my Sub'n'up? Is this something you can upload onto a USB and send to me (and I'd cover your costs, including something for your time effort and IP?) [/quote] 1. Sadly it's not possible to share ToePrints with other users, something I would love to see be integrated in to the app at some point. However, by a long drawn out process of screen prints it'd possibly be able to copy what a person has made for themselves. 2. Ah actually yes! The full fat has a switch that allows you to flip between one of two built in programs and your custom Tone Print. There's also an extra knob for the -2 Octave filter, which of course can be reassigned to whatever you want in the TonePrint app. I just needed to go small! 3. All of the settings, except those for the 4th knob are shared between the Full-Fat and the Mini, but again, see 1. for how sharing is a problem right now! 4. I've also discovered that if there's an IT..ehem.. 'mistake', all of those settings get lost. Yup, your custom presets can't be restored from the app if they aren't there and there's no way to extract the tone print from the pedal. (See the TonePrint thread currently open) I will be working on rebuilding the TonePrint as I kinda know what it was. I could probably improve it at the same time.. along with the HyperGravity preset I made too. Live and learn, live and learn...

Sorry, my bad - I bought the LT for 700. Apologies

[quote name='shug' timestamp='1507475911' post='3385712'] It does, and I AM that kind of bassist. Cheers, man, I think you may just have saved me £80. The Dood abides... Shug [/quote] Happy to help! [quote name='shug' timestamp='1507470095' post='3385642'] Or, also on ebay,an Aphex Aural Exciter 104. With Big Bottom. Anybody? [/quote] The Apex is a different beast that uses compression techniques to add depth and low end. I'd say this is a better bet for bassists, but given your gear, I'd hope that the Demeter can 'do' enough that the Aphex wouldn't be needed. I suppose the question is, what is it you are hoping the two items would bring to the party?

So ar, I haven't felt like I am missing out because I have the LT.

Having used them on bass in the past, they seem fairly pointless, especially if you are the kind of bassist who doesn't like tweeters or plays with a mid present tone. Of the two controls, one is the top end processor the other is [i]only[/i] a bass boost at 50hz. That's similar to the bass knob on an amp. They are great for full range material for sure, but that's a lot of hardware just to boost your low end on a bass. Hope that helps.

Not strictly eBay, but not mine, I don't know the person selling it or where they are based. I'm posting for the benefit of my fellow bassists: https://www.facebook.com/groups/guitarexchange/

There's a Helix LT just been advertised here for £600 https://www.facebook.com/groups/guitarexchange/

2009 to 2017! Expect a new post very soooooooooooooon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm looking at iShot at the moment as they seem to have clamps that can take the iPad with the cover on too.

[quote name='CameronJ' timestamp='1507403794' post='3385309'] Hercules make a couple of good ones. I'm not sure if they'll take a 10.5" iPad but might be worth checking out. I have a Hercules mic stand phone holder and it works great. Sturdily built too. [/quote] Thank you! I've spotted the Hercules one, but there appears to be lots of problems with the model specific to the 10.5, so I have excluded it from my search. Though I did have one for my first iPad, a 2 model. The clamp was pretty sturdy, so I wonder if it was a design flaw in the model I've been looking at.

I’ve found myself with an iPad Pro 10.5 and my current bracket for the Mini 4 is too small. I’ve looked around but am finding the clamps that should do the job fall short at the last hurdle. Either: Too expensive, not gig worthy (identified as having week parts) or can not take an iPad in a cover. What are you all using? (If you dare to go against the ‘done thing’ and have one on stage of course lol! Oh and it’d be great if it could be spun from horizontal to vertical easily as I may need to flip from gig notes to the remote app for my IEM mix.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1507225860' post='3384092'] Quick tip: If you rest your thumb on a pickup or a string, don't let it support the weight of your arm/hand. It should be touching, resting and firm enough for your finger to pull back towards only. Though the tendency is to then rest your forearm over the top of the body and dangle a hand down on to the strings. Don't do that either [/quote] [quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Quick tip: If you rest your thumb on a pickup or a string, don't let it support the weight of your arm/hand. It should be touching, resting and firm enough for your finger to pull back towards only.[/size][/font][/color][/quote] [quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1507274618' post='3384355'] Interesting..why do you say that? [/quote] I've re-quoted my whole post as I think this will help to highlight the point. Really, it's all about promoting good hand health and posture. I've had people, bassists, come to me who complain that they have aches in their thumb, hand and sometimes lower arm and shoulder too from playing long gigs. Often, there's a reason why that can be helped. I'm not a physiotherapist but my experience (sometimes learning the hard way) I hope can help to undo some bad habits. It's not always about hand position, sometimes it can be down to being too heavy handed on the instrument or the bass weighs a tonne and suffers from terrible neck dive for example. This is easier demonstrated than described, but here goes: Thumb first. If you bear down on your thumb joint with your arm, then it's taking the load. That joint isn't supposed to be compressed. Add to that the constant pulling motion on the strings with your fingers, it's going to eventually cause discomfort. Instead of that, your hand should be more 'dangling' but your thumb is there to steady your hand not be an anchor for your arm. Ok, I've got an analogy. Think of it as resting your thumb on an egg. Forearm. There is a tendency for bassists to rest their forearm on the top of the body and dangle the hand over towards the strings. Also not a wise idea because the wrist is bent over at an angle (sometimes as bad as nearly 90 degrees) to the forearm. This is a recipe for carpal tunnel and other complaints. Keeping the arm and wrist straight is the way to go. Or at least as straight as possible.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1507226495' post='3384096'] Or you can bypass all this by playing with a pick and palm muting. [/quote] Yes, but don't forget the fun of putting one of those 'real bassists only use fingers' buffoons back in the place when you switch between the two effortlessly mid song Most of the time I don't even put the pick down as it hides in the crease of my index or middle finger depending on what I'm playing. Or in my chops ha ha!

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1507230244' post='3384141'] Ok, dear dood (btw we spell that "dude" in the UK), here's the thing: someone has decided to swap me another delicious dinosaur pedal for my COG T65 and as I'd previously listed my lovely COG T16 (in anticipation of getting the T65) I recklessly promised a struggling bass player in Reading, with no money, my COG T16 for a senslessly low price (I guess I was feeling particularly generous 'cos our East End London pub landlord, where my two bands get regular paid gigs, offerred us a £30 a gig pay rise without us even asking and told us that was the "new going rate" - bless him!) and Reading bassist is busily trying to cobble together the cash by selling some of his other pedals, so I kinda feel duty bound to keep my promise to him (always a good thing to do in life, right?). So...that means I could shortly be without any octave pedal! Now Cameron would historically have said get an Aggie Octamizer, but that would be the FOURTH Aggie pedal on my board and I'd end up being regarded as some sort of inadvertent Aggie groupie, which I'm not. But Cam's swapped his Aggie O for his COG T16 (so he clearly agrees with me that they are the biz!). Dannybuoy would probably recommend a 3Leaf Octavbre mini (which are a snip at £225). However you seem to have reached octaver nirvana with the TC Sub'n'Up: - an octave pedal that tracks down to a low E and below; - with the right Dood toneprint sounds as warm as the best analogue; - can blend in clean; - has minimal latency; - costs just £109 new for the full fat and £98 for the mini. So you've got me tempted! 3 Qs (and apologies I think you recently answered these elsewhere) 1. Can I get the Dood toneprint to work on the mini (I assume "yes" otherwise you wouldn't have bought the mini)? 2. Is there any point getting the full fat version (I assume "no" otherwise you wouldn't have bought the mini)? 3. How the heck can I get hold of the Dood toneprint and get it uploaded onto my Sub'n'up? Is this something you can upload onto a USB and send to me (and I'd cover your costs, including something for your time effort and IP?) [/quote] Al, I love your posts!! I love a proper discussion and you deliver! I've had a seriously long day today and hoped to reply properly earlier, but I'm ready to flake out. Just wanted to quickly post to say I will get back to you!