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I'll be there, see me lurking around the Hartke stand!

There's a possibility i'll be down for both days, but i'll post back here when i know for sure as I'd love to catch up for cawfee and a chinwag with y'all. I'm gonna be toting my wares on the Hartke stand, but this year i intend to actualy play through some gear on other stands! Last time i spent so much time talking to everyone, i didnt plug in to a single amp!!!

Dude, i totally use awesome blue pointy picks! *checks. I really do!! Dunlop stubby are great for speed. Infact, i outran a kipper with one just the other day.

Put simply, a passive high pass filter relies on the loading of the circuit it is connected to as well as it's own components in order to set the filter 'value'. Not knowing what the schematic is inside the plug (be it a simple choke/capacitor arrangement, i don't know) I'd suspect that it may work, it may have little effect at all if the centre frequency is pulled down too low, or it may eat away more bottom than you'd like if the centre frequency is pulled high by the load. An active circuit alleviates the loading problem and is far more preferable. I'd love to see some more technical detail on this to see what the suggested load should be for correct operation and to see how many amplifier effects loops wide of the mark. Disclaimer: AFAIK, correct me if I am wrong, IMHO, your assets are at risk if you do not keep up payments.

Cheers John! I should have been a bit clearer in my reply as I meant to say about the Yammies, though I think GH did pull the Nash out for gigs with Matt. I might be wrong, but i think Matt has shown me stage pics with him and the Nash in.. Duzznae matey in the grand scheme of things, lol, but yep, he definitely played the Yamaha basses with Matt.

If all you need is a bit of growl, maybe look at a pedal to augment your set up. I've just played with a DarkGlass B3K that does an awesome job of adding anything from a little bite to all out Ggrrrrrrr distortion from one small box. Also check out the Catalinbread SFT or indeed if it's an Ampeg grunt, the Tech 21 VT Bass pedal will reward you with those tones. You'd still have the GB tones to return to, as well as not having to outlay tons of cash on new amps etc.

Definitely post in the wanted section, i was quite literally unundated by lovely peeps of BC offering some good kit. Infact, have a search for my own post as ive just gotten a set of monitors for my macbook too! Another £50 and you're in the region of a set of good second hand Adam A7's which are highly regarded. Ive got a set of Mackies that work really well for my set up.

Ahhh superb. I've e-chatted with Myles before about valves. He's been a great help and incredibly knowledgeable. This makes for very interesting reading.

My good friend and band mate Matt toured with Glenn for a couple of years just before he started doing the thing with Bonnaammaassaaa and he rolled up with his fave Ampeg rig. A valve head, possibly CL and IIRC a 4x10 and 1x15 for most gigs. Matt. Can confirm that the onstage volume, even behind the kit was loud! GH likes his rig to sing, that's for sure. His red P bass is a Nash that i know he loves to bits. Glenn accompanied Chad Smith on a drum clinic up these here parts (yes, that's the drunken pictures of Chad and i on my FB!) - surprisingly, he turned up with a MarkBass LM2 to try out and the huge 610HF underneath. It sounded good, but we both agreed it was a little 'nice' sounding at the after show errrmmm drinking session. Glenn returned to his Ampeg rig afterward. he's been seen with a Laney valve head recently, but I've no idea if he's a full time endorsee? I have a hunch he is, but i didnt look before i started typing! Never a good idea! Ha ha!

Hahaha! You guys!! I should post the monty python sketch video really shouldn't I?

[quote name='mildmanofrock' timestamp='1330258125' post='1554643'] Thanks fella. You say the XLR includes cab simulation. Do you know if there's any way to switch this off - so if I'm using it to send a signal to the front-of-house desk, it won't conflict with the PA speakers? [/quote] Further to Mace's response, it won't conflict with the PA speakers, as the sim (when enabled) at the XLR is that of a mic'd up Bass cab, which is exactly the same signal that you'd be sending to a full range PA system under normal circumstances. My ref above is sending the sound of a mic'd up bass amp/cab combination in to a bass amp/ cab combination. The PA is deaigned to be as flat/ hifi-ish response as possible, where as bass cabs/amps (discounting boutique flatter response stuff) usually have a heavy amount of inherent EQ. Daisy chaining two together via Mic' up cabs usually sounds incoherent and muddy. (especially if the mic sim is that of an SM57 heh!

For me the ramp is about consistency. I like my dry bass sound to be controlled and rounded. (that's before i throw any ugly distortions on!). The ramp allows your fingers to hit the string at the same height every single time and thus if you're playing with a three+ finger technique can help smooth things out a bit. I'd call it a 'smoother' rather than a 'compressor'. Sure it stops me from digging in too hard, but i can still retain wide enough dynamics from my instrument too. Ramble over!

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1330204368' post='1554207'] Really?!? Is there any evidence for this? [/quote] Blisters? I used to get them frequently from digging in too hard when playing long stints in a metal band. Since using ramps on both my Shukers, they help me keep my playing in control and ive not had a single blister for years now.

As if by magic, the dude arrives! Yup, ive written a review here on BC (in the reviews section) and my colleague also did a video review in issue 7 of iGuitar magazine that i write for.

Oh cool, that wiki link is pretty detailed!

If anyone dare use the word 'digital' in reference to D Class, I'll come round and slap them with a kipper!! There's no Analogue to Digital conversion and thus they're not digital. I.e. the D doesn't mean 'digital' it's just the class.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1329916512' post='1549605'] We seem to have a regular procession of BC'ers dropping by Jon's workshop - could one of them not oblige? [/quote] If anyone is popping along to take pictures of someone else's basses, could they clear it with Jon first, as he won't know who is on basschat and who isn't. He'd really not wanna upset someone who didn't want pictures taken of their Bass, if they wanted to be the first to see it, if that makes sense. Dood, Shuker part time p.o.c.

No problem fella! Indeed, that's the right way to do it - send the signal out of the X3 Live Out 1/4" jacks and set the output to line level. Then in the configuration menu, IIRC there is a setting for running to a power amp set up and cabinet. That should give you the best settings and levels. The XLR outputs by default will have a 'mic'd up bass cabinet' simulation added, which isn't really what you want when you are running back in to another bass cabinet. It will indeed sound fuzzy and incoherent. Interestingly, most complaints about the Pod gear sounding rubbish is just down to those hidden settings that configure the line 6 stuff for a particular application. - They didn't really make it easy. There's a ton of stuff that the X3 could do - my favourite trick was to use channel / path one for my clean bass tone then only ever applying distortions and other affects to tone two, but carefully EQ'd so that the two sat together. Bass tone always sounded fat and tight and I never lost any low end kicking in a new preset. My other trick was to use guitar amp / cab sims for all of my distortions as opposed to distortion pedal sims on their own. Gave you a bit more flexibility and with the right cab, would make a massive distortion sound controlled instead of fizzy. try it! Dooooooood

Nomm!!! yep, love that lots! Welcome to the family! There's a Shuker appreciation group on Facebook