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Ha ha, well, good news,the MB800 Fusion is being released for next year with tye valve preamplifier and features in! The review Of the head will be in Issue 10, the next issue of iGuitar, the current one is 9. Yup, I've flagged the issue re: Base and it should have been sorted already!! See, no one listens to the bass player!!

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A couple of weeks ago I reviewed the GK MB800 head for Guitar Interactive Magazine's Bass department that I write ( http://www.iGuitarMag.com ) ready for the next issue. For smaller gigs, I need a 'gig bag' sized amp and had been using my MarkBass F1 when the full stack isn't appropriate. Well, the F1 is going up for sale as I've taken delivery of ...an MB800! it's a great little amp that will be useful for the gigs I can't take a rig with me (should i have to journey by train etc) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=374635669255236&set=a.360995963952540.102977.132783403440465&type=3 Here's a pic of the review model on iGuitar's FB page. OMG is it loud!!

Thank you Umph!! Very kind! I'm just looking at the schematics now and seeing what features I need and what I won't, as the pedal will need to be a self contained unit but not needing many if the features that make the signal path a full blown preamp rack. It's looking more 'do-able' as i study it further.

I had an Epifani, but I sold it a while back. I'll get my coat then and leave with the epi-Faaaar-nie joke.

I reviewed the Gallien-Krueger MB800 with my Shuker bass a couple of weeks ago for Guitar Interactive Magazine. My Shuker has a similar tone to an American Spector owing to the choice of pickups and electronics. I have to say, they sounded great together. The MB800 is now my favourite 'lightweight D Class head'. It really is stonkingly good. A nice pairing!

I see the Snark is getting an update for added accuracy and tuning speed. I've got a PW on a headed bass, a snark for acoustic guitars and a Korg flip tuner for everything else. None fit on my headless bass!!

I'd also add that the Sansamp and M80 are two completely different beasts with their own characters. They actually sound really great if you run them in parallel, not series you'd need a way of mixing the two outputs though, such as a passive mixer / mixer pedal. I used to run mine like this: GTR > sansamp in - sansamp out > mixer in A> Sansamp Parallel out > M80 in - M80 out > mixer in B > Output of mixer to amp etc. This is cool as it does allow you to eq your clean sound via the sansamp. Then add more 'wet' on the M80 balance control and use it's 3 band eq to shape only the distortion part of the signal. Then when you're bored of all the faffing, acquire an Ampeg BSP

Are these product from tye same source as GLX pedals? I understand GLX, a budget pedal is made in the same factory as Boss pedals. They have the same controls and usually sound very similar to their Boss counterparts.

Hey all! I've been thinking about cutting down the features of my distortion preamp, then finding a way to have one built in to a pedal, because I love the sound of it. Then I saw the schematics... Ooooph! This one is going to need careful planning! I love seeing you guys DIY pedals though. They all look so cool - one of the reasons I wanna have a go. Something very cool about saying 'I made this', or 'ahh no sorry mate, i had this built for me, you can't buy something thisssssssss cool!'

Met Mick today for a lovely long chat in a service station to do a super purchase from him. Great guy, brilliant transaction and I look forward to meeting up for a cuppa next time!

Lovely job!! Here's a link to my 'John Deacon Fender P-Bass' tribute porn/build thread. Started life as a favoured Japanese non-export Fender reissue P bass and has been updated to match John's refinished instrument he used for pretty much all of his career. I adore this bass! http://basschat.co.uk/topic/87360-deacon-ification-fender-cij-non-export-70s-pbass/page__p__831763__hl__john%20deacon__fromsearch__1#entry831763

[quote name='Warwick_Official' timestamp='1337678855' post='1663701'] The Hellborg preamp is built with top quality components and some brilliant design, and as others have said...what you hear in a studio recording is more than the bass/rig used by the artist. There are so many more components to the recording process, as well as final production. The end result, in many cases, is that the sum may be greater than the parts. In my personal experience, the Hellborg gear offers a faithful reproduction of what you and your instrument are putting into it, warm yet defined, with a wide frequency response and little to no coloration of tone. The components are studio grade, etc....but in the end it boils down to this: Does the gear work for you? And, are you happy playing it? We are quite fortunate to have so many options available....its a great time to be a player/gear-head! [/quote] Indeed! I was very fortunate to have a full stack demo from JH himself with his signature Basses. It's a great sounding rig and he was more than happy to spend a considerable amount of time running through each of the components with me. Awesome player too!

Ahhh! I see! - Hmm! I've no idea!

^^^^ there's your answer!

p.s. there's a video floating around from a BassChat 'Bash' back in the day when the forum was called BassWorld, where I am ill treating an Ashbory bass with a bit of slap n' tap! EDIT - found it! on my rather old MySpace! http://www.myspace.com/video/dood-on-bass/the-bassworld-bash-2007-northampton/7199917

Check out this chirpy lil chap with rubber strings. I guess it would be a fore-runner to the Kala http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashbory_bass http://www.largesound.com/ You can buy the shorter strings for these instruments ok, but I seem to remember that there was a reason why long versions weren't *really* possible. Tension and tuning I guess?

Yes and whilst you're at it, have a go at drums too. As I mentioned on the 'expert' thread, my bass students get a chance to learn about guitar and drums too.

Yup, in the case of EMG it'll be a red cable. Take that to the battery + terminal, then pickup grounds will no doubtbsolder on to the casing of one of the pots or another grounded point. Signal + will. Go to your pan pot/ pickup selector. EMG actually provide really clear schematic diagrmas for wiring up. I think SD do too. The same would apply for the majority of preamps on the market. Some Preamps will specify that they are only suitable for passive pickups. Best to make sure if you are going from passive to active pups.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1337518116' post='1661183'] Because you are perpetuating ignorance otherwise... Some can get by on that and do very very well...others are stifled but maybe don't realise it or either care. If you are learning then sooner or later you are going to come up against more educated musicians..I am not saying this alone makes them better that may not apply at all...but it means you both may struggle to converse, should you have cause to do so..which is likely. [/quote] [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1337511393' post='1661056'] So . . . . why does music teaching always concentrate on the theory, on notes, scales, chords etc? I'm not suggesting there is no place for such teaching - of course there is - but why is there no alternative teaching methods that promote the 'self-taught' methods such as jamming along to favourite songs, showing how to play certain licks, that sort of thing? Or maybe there is and I've never noticed. [/quote] I'm glad this point has come up actually. If there's one thing I can't stand about instrument teachers - and that's the stereotype of a teacher being stood at a piano with a cane, whipping out everytime a note is played wrong. Ok, so this is an extreme, but I mean that there is soooooo much more to learning than notes and chords and theory. When I teach Bass, i crack out some drums or guitar. I jam ideas out and even have my students play different instruments to demonstrate ideas and feels for example. I run tech lessons as well as band skill workshops. I love developing improvisation and sometimes that can mean throwing the books aside for a damn good laugh. I use a method for teaching i have put together that works extremely well that combines theory and practice (including self-teaching) in a way that can enable larger throughputs of information but is a great deal of fun too. And that's the main thing

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1337549302' post='1661937'] Music is infinite. We are all beginners. [/quote] I was just trying to find a succinct way of saying that any musician worth his weight in salt is always learning. I like this alot.