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Well my research thus far has basically told me the only thing I can really use for music is the iPad! Connecting anything other than a digital camera to an Android tablet seems a bit alien! I need to go find all the different audio interfaces now and find out which are best and which are rubbish. I seem to recall iRig being at the top of the pile.

[quote name='Dread Bass' post='1273606' date='Jun 18 2011, 11:49 AM']Right time for a proper update with anew picture of the book matched fingerboard:[/quote] Very nice piece of wood!!!

Hey everyone! Well, since it's absolutely chucking it down outside, I decided to sit and ponder over a purchase I have been GASsing over for a while. I'll cut straight to the chase, else I might waffle on for hours about what kit I've messed around with over the years! I can see massive potential for the iPad and Android Tablets (kinda disregarded Windows 7 for now) but my questions are: At the moment I can only see that the iPad has 3rd party recording interfaces being made for them (such as iRig etc). There's nothing on the market for Android tablets right?? I've not seen anything anyway! What interface are you using with yours / recommend? Is anyone using Android as a music related OS? For example using Guitar Pro style notation software and for recording / media? What Apps are you using and have you been able to use any 3rd party hardware? Ultimately I think I'll end up with an iPad - The idea that I can use it as a teaching tool as well as using it for leisure and business is a cool one - especially with an 'on demand' power up instead of waiting for 'old faithful' to boot in to windows everytime! Would love to hear your thoughts, ye collective brain of BassChat! Dooooooooooooooooooooooood

[quote name='Norm' post='1273413' date='Jun 18 2011, 06:08 AM']As with ped its bowels with me too. I call them "adrenaline poos", always have to have a right turf out before a gig or any situation where a bit of nerves is required. They are not crippling, (the nerves not the poo!) just a little sharpener to the edge. I always get them & would probably feel weirder if I wasn't a bit nervous. Always go for a slash in between if we do two sets though. Could always wear yer bass a bit lower to cover any embarassing leakage or splash back issues! Cheers, Norm.[/quote] I finally have a name for the condition! - I used to suffer really badly with the ehem...'Adrenaline Poo' and like Ped, if a venue didn't have the facilities to accomodate, it'd just make the situation worse. Last few gigs I hadn't given it a second thought to be honest. Maybe I'm cured! The whole 'need to go' thing when getting ready to play a gig is strongly linked to the natural 'flight or fight' response we have within us and the effect it has on your body. As I understand it, your subconscious senses that you are getting nervy, maybe anxious/ adrenaline starts kicking in. It can't 'see' what is happening so prepares the body for action - it then sidelines other 'functions' to divert energy to what it thinks you'll need to survive. I can't say exactly why it happens, but the side effect for some, one way or another is the errr, how shall we say 'loosening of the bowel'.. Which is where the phrase 'sh*t scared' comes from, I think. Many have found that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can clear up these 'urge to go' by safely reteaching your subconscious mind to not get in a tiz like an over zealous guard dog everytime you do something that gets the anxiety levels up a bit!

[quote name='steve' post='1272911' date='Jun 17 2011, 04:25 PM']I'm not sure i always want to deter them if you see what I mean, just read some more and apparantly the unit will work without an ipad installed, you use the ipad to edit you're patches, this is sounding better and better, anyone know of a price for one?[/quote] Woh! That sounds like a great idea! - I always thought that the Line 6 stuff was brilliant because you could plug a laptop in and configure it - so being able to disconnect the iPad totally is brilliant. I'm liking it more and more too!!

Woh, that's really cool - I've seen a lot of people working on using Tablet PCs with hardware synths and workstations. The idea is brilliant and has already started me thinking about integrating a tablet in to my studio / bass rig somehow. I'm really pleased to see mainstream manufacturers catching on to the possibilities that tablets and other mobile devices can afford us as musicians. It's really not doing my GASsing any good though, as I am trying to decide if I should have an iPad2 or an Android / Windows equivalent! Oh boy-o-boy!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?? It's out already? Man! That sucks! I was hoping to live off the glory of my piece in *this* months edition AT LEAST to the end of the month! ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Hi, welcome to the forum! Well the quick answer for you to get a more powerful amp with the same sound would be to upgrade to the Hartke HA3500. (350w) or the Hartke HA5500C (500w). Both fantastic amps from the same model series and sharing the same preamplifier.

You'll be pleased to hear that the Commando has more than a passing resemblance to the sought after V-type combos! Without being too geeky about the whole thing (please, grab a pillow if you feel your eyelids getting heavy!!) The preamp section of the Commando amp really is a FET (transistor) equivalent of the v-type valve preamp. Same passive tone stack and gain stage layout. I'm not sure about the power amp section, but I think that Trace pretty much uses the same type(s) of design across the range. I had a V-Type pre for a while, it was ace!

I don't think my fave female Bass Player actually plays Bass anymore. As a musician, she was awesome - brilliant playing and singing voice too. Though if we're going on looks alone - yeah, very attractive, pretty lady!

On a budget, you could look at the Line6 UX8 which not only records 8 tracks separately as requested, you essentially get a POD X3 and a whole host of other functions thrown in to boot. Makes great sense especially when it comes to 're-amping' from a dry signal later on if you weren't happy with any of the recorded sounds.

I'll no doubt be there again this year with Shuker, Rotosound and Hartke - I will also, like last year be one of the only people refraining from 'slappage'.. ha!

Captain Sensible once described me as 'flamboyant'!

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Hi Monckman, There's been a few threads about the unit with some reviews in: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=Search&CODE=show&searchid=6d9326b22d624be5e7333a2645974129&search_in=posts&result_type=topics&highlite=%2Bsonuus"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=Search...hlite=%2Bsonuus[/url]

I recommend issue 67 ;o)

Hmmm... interesting - See what Carvin are bringing to the table in D Class world! [url="http://www.carvinworld.com/bassamps/bassheads.php"]http://www.carvinworld.com/bassamps/bassheads.php[/url]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1259119' date='Jun 6 2011, 11:14 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-500W-class-d-valve-MOSFET-hybrid-amplifier-module-/250819737405?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers&hash=item3a6605773d"]Add this kit to your favourite cab: [/url] Plug in your favoured pre.[/quote] Mmmm!! Very nice! - Though I'm having slight problems believing the two lil dudes hanging off the end of the PCB are capable of churning out 500W - 250W RMS I can believe. That said, I'd like to see some more info' on the kit though,

Right, I've changed my mind and realised what I want! I really like my Ampeg BSP-SVP preamp. It'd be great to shoe horn that in to the box somehow!

[quote name='BassBod' post='1258833' date='Jun 6 2011, 07:49 PM']Alembic F2B (twin channel fender/RCA preamp from the radiogram days) with a 300w class D power amp and a transformer DI in a small box. My Euphonic Micro is very close to this...but the preamp isn't quite as nice and the DI is a balanced stereo jack. Ever seen a grumpy/confused sound engineer? This feature virtually guarantees you will meet one.[/quote] Funny you should suggest that design actually - as my idea of a D Class amp is pretty much the same. I'd use the Hartke LH preamp (which is very similar to the Alembic / Trace / Fender / etc etc etc designs) - but I'd run it in to two 500W power amps that can be bridged or run in stereo or parallel mono to cover all eventualities. I'd want the whole lot in a 1u rack case with a stereo DI, true bypass graphic and a bypass-able Thumpinator by SFX (Max). I might also be happy to include a compressor, but it'd have to be a triple band type such as the TC Electronics Nova Dynamics. Hmm.. maybe a parametric EQ instead.. and a purple LED. no, three! Oh wait I've changed my mind.. I want.... A SHWUBBERWEE!!!

[quote name='Nostromo' post='1256500' date='Jun 4 2011, 02:41 PM']I’m seriously keen on MIJ Jazz Bass Specials. As you can see from my signature list below I have both a Jazz Bass Special and a Power Jazz Bass Special – they are great instruments - and I have been led to understand that these were the very models that Duff McKagan always favoured ? . . . . but I could be wrong ?[/quote] Yup, t'is true - though I keep reading on the internet that some suggest the basses are 'custom' - but Duff has said his are Jazz Bass Specials in interview. They indeed have a Jazz neck and were made in Japan. I remember reading somewhere (Could well have been the original magazine excerpt I still have from 1989) that the neck profile is based on a '62 Jazz neck. They are bloody good though! I have a PJBS in red - there's a PJBS in Ozzy Ozbourne's 'No More Tears' video too - I remember seeing a Simple Minds track on TV once and yet another JBS PJBS 'ere too, courtesy of Simple Minds in 1988 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_yMylg8Dc0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_yMylg8Dc0[/url]

[quote name='Toasted' post='1257674' date='Jun 5 2011, 07:51 PM']I thought it was funny, and if Michael is the good bloke you all say he is I'm sure he'll take it in the spirit that it was intended - a joke.[/quote] I'm afraid the comments were not taken as a joke. I also agree with MichaelG.

LowHeadRegister has accepted that his comments were, and I quote 'a tad acerbic' and has deleted all of his other posts from the thread leaving only the quoted. I will therefore tidy up this thread and put this sorry mess to bed. Got away without a warning