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It's a great article, but it's not an exhaustive list of what a musician can do to earn a living by any means. My own income streams are diverse yet all very much under the professional bassist banner. That said, it's good to give pointers to those who are maybe planning a career in music. One thing you'd be very foolish to do is to think that your life income will be from specialising in one area alone. 'Being a session musician' is just one example

The OP has asked if there are any benefits to having a Single-Cut bass. Well, put it this way, there are certainly no disadvantages. The disclaimer being if the bass has been built properly in the first place! Ha! Anyway - no, there will be no problem with neck issues either on a bolt-on or a neck-thru design. As I type this on my mobile device, someone mentioned two-handed tapping possibly being difficult? Actually, no problem at all there! In fact, as there is a nice surface for your arm to rest on. One of my other basses has quite a thin rounded upper horn and you definitely do notice the difference. I mean, it's not bad though. It'd never be a deal breaker. The Single-Cut doesn't add any more noticeable weight to the bass and i think the tonal differences are so small it's practically insignificant. A change from a BBT bridge to a Badass is going to be way more noticeable. So, to sum up, the driver for a Single-Cut has mostly got to be looks for me. Yes, there are some 'interesting' versions out there, but ultimately beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It does still surprise me to see such a Marmite response to them though.

"When the drums stop...."

Ello! ok, quick answers as I'm taxing my grey cells elsewhere 1. I run mine at the end of the chain so reverbs and delays are able to ring out without other effects...ermmm.. effecting them ..lol 2. Check the output level on the last parameter page of said effect. Sometimes they are defaulted to higher than 100% and need winding back a bit. That should help. 3. Some of the synths are a bit sensitive and you have to tweak a little to get them to behave in some environments. For really naughty ones, try a compressor before them or adjust EQ going in to the effect block. You may find other aggressive effects before the MS will make it misbehave whilst it is trying to find a note to latch on to. 4. A memory 'slot' can hold up to 4 simultaneous effects in any order that can each be selected from gazillions of choices. You could have 4 Big Muff distortions in series if you really want. Pop that in ya pipe Chris Wolstenholme lol Hope this helps!

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1376986652' post='2181721'] I'm waiting for the Providence Dual Bass Station to come out next month. Looks quite useful for what I need. Don't know about dirt on it though and it is 24v. I like the idea of being able to control the mid frequencies. [url="http://www.providence-ltd.com/products/effector/dbs1.html"]http://www.providenc...ector/dbs1.html[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJJ-RFOp-I[/media] [/quote] ive just reviewed this pedal! It's actually rather good. No, it doesn't do dirt at all. It has tons of clean headroom. The pedal comes with a 12v adaptor and creates it's 24v internally. I liked the way you can channel change or feed two different basses in to it. Originally i thought the pedal should come with a D.I too, but actually looking back, it was great as it was. It was also very happy driving a Matrix GT power amp alone up to gig volume.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1376585517' post='2176527'] Sorry, wasn't trying to be funny. I don't know enough about how digital modelling effects work to know whether they actually apply a compression algorithm to the signal, or whether they model the compression effect some other way. I do know that one of the models is an optical compressor. The DBX166 effect has no monitoring. So while the compression effects sound OK, they're not quite the same as having a real compressor. In that respect I think they're different from the distortion or flanging or other signal modification effects. I'm not having a go at your favourite pedal. I've got one and it is a useful swiss army knife, although only having 3 effects per patch is a bit disappointing if you need one of them to be amp modelling. [/quote] It's ok! I wasn't taking any offence or what-not but yup, the compressor effects in this pedal are real compressors in that the resultant signal has been treated in the same way that analogue compressors do. They do, as you say do it via a modelling algorithm though rather than discreet analogue components. The result can be the same though. (disclaimer: Not all modellers are made equal, but this is one of the better) No, I don't expect that a £99 pedal will kick the ass of every piece of gear out there, but I'd say that the compressor models alone on this pedal make a mockery of a great deal of stand alone compressors on the market.

I have a copy here - Yup written by Tony Bacon and of course Barry Moorhouse who founded The Bass Centre and House Music retail and distribution in London.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1376505087' post='2175172'] You don't mean... parallel compression?? [/quote] Ha ha! Rumbled [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1376564254' post='2175987'] Your youtube video on the MS-60B is fantastic, thank you! It helped me a lot to decide to buy one and how to use it afterwards (who wants to read a manual? ) [/quote] Thank you! There's a few other things I wanted to add, but I figure the review went on long enough! - The MS is great and it's still on my pedal board! [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1376564442' post='2175993'] ? A signal processor that compresses the signal is... what? what would you call that? The compressors in the B3 and the MS-60B are modelled in other well known compressor units and attempt to reproduce their characteristics... This they may do more or less successfuly. But they are compressors! what on earth are they if not? is the distortion effect of a digital modelling distortion unit not a distortion? [/quote] ^^^ Yup. The compressors on the pedal are actually very good too. I'm not biased here either - both the B3 and MS are great units.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1376515256' post='2175444'] Bear in mind though that these are modelling effects, not actual compressors. [/quote] Eh? lol

I love the B3. The compressors are really nice. I've been using the DBX type comp but what I love to do is use the global wet dry mix to stir in a bit of original bass tone as well. Works a treat for fat sounding bass.

Eughoo! Nooop, i have to say I wouldn't dare leave my cabs in a shed or garage unless the building were adequately insulated from the elements. Damp can get in to the wood and paper cones of speakers over time (especially cheaper ones that may be less 'protected' from the effects of weather).

Hey ya Becky! Great to see ya here

Cool, well I'm gonna see if I can thrash the pants off one soon! I'll report back. Could be rather handy for Guitar duties with a pre, PA for clinics and of course for a bit of extra booty in the bass dept. Think it'll be rather good with my Hartke kit!

I don't recall one output muting the other on my ole SVPs. I'd suggest something might be up!

Yup, sounds like an earth issue and also agree an earth-lift could have helped. The only thing I can think to do is to insert an external DI box in the signal path. I'd suggest if you're not using the effects loop to take a lead from the send in to an external DI as this will pick off the signal including your EQ settings. (Look for a DI with a ground lift switch)

I used a laptop bag! Cheaper than an 'amp bag' but had more storage pockets for cables and accessories!

I think you've asked two different questions. The title of the thread: My first answer, like SuperClive would be to say that it is when you are earning a living from being a musician. I am lucky to be able to support my family doing such, ehich is a great feeling. However, i think the question you asked in your text i would answer differently. One word. Experience. i love Nathan East's 'moto' that I subscribe too as well- 'Attitude + Aptitude = Altitude'. Knowing your stuff and having the right attitude to apply it is the first place to start in my opinion.

I'd be an interesting test actually - I've not had a chance to compare amps on damping factor alone and how much of the 'feel' of the amp will be noticed when A/Bing them. I wondered if a higher damping factor would be better for ported cabinets and lower for closed non-ported types?

Thank you Steve, very kind of you to say so! - Just updated some text and refreshed my advert.

The 115XL and 210XL make a great little rig and yes, if they are each 8 Ohms at 200W, that'll give you a 400W at 4 Ohms combination. Yes, the 115XL and 410XL do sound different - again you can use them both together. Yup, I have a 4.5XL and a 410XL. The 4.5XL wins every time. Deeper lows and that 5" midrange is wonderfully clear and way nicer than a tweeter chucked in to a cab with little thought for crossover design. The 410XL is a great cab though. Kinda wish they'd put a 5" in that too. The 4.5XL as a stand alone cab is louder in the lows than a single 115XL. I'd love to pair a 2.5XL with a 4.5XL to make a cool 6x10 rig, but the 2.5XL is no longer made and very hard to locate these days.

You MUST watch this though: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBWY8oAnnww[/media]

I recall seeing an old video where the original bass player was using a normal P or PJ, but wasn't the actual track all synth'd?

Cheers Oscar, I've got the page open ready and will have a good read later hopefully!

Miki, this is great! Thank you for taking the time to post. I'm going to make this thread a sticky as I think it's an invaluable resource.

Hey all, I'm always keen to see where the 'lightweight vs high power' debate is heading and to see what gear is currently available. I had a review of a GT1600FX power amp the other day - and in terms of being both of the above, I thought I'd start a thread about 'em to see who else is using Matrix power amps for their PA / Bass / Guitar rigs. Interestingly, they're not D-Class and I'd be keen to find out why they're staying with AB class. Hmmm, I'll have to learn a bit more about AB and D class topology! Anyone know if AB has some sort of better performance in say, low end for subs etc? I see that guitarists are loving the GT range for pairing up with Fractal's AxeFX processors and PA companies see to really love Matrix's gear for driving everything from tops to subs. I figure that they'll be good for Bass too. Mainly though, they're British - A rare breed these days it seems. There's a bunch of 1u and 2u poweramps on this ere page - the GT1600FX being the one with the most grunt [url="http://matrixguitaramplification.com/products/"]http://matrixguitara...n.com/products/[/url] I had a look 'ere too, [url="http://pa.matrixamplification.com"]http://pa.matrixamplification.com[/url] and some big beasties here at 3500W per channel! ha!