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[quote name='higgins666' post='1209163' date='Apr 23 2011, 01:48 PM']I've thought about getting a pedal based preamp & running that into my FX-Loop aswell, has anyone tried the Tech 21 Leeds/Oxford? (I'm not much for the Ampeg voicing, so that puts me off the VT Bass abit)[/quote] Well, unless I'm mistaken - certainly for the BDDI , it's 'speaker simulation' has a massive scoop in the mids and is likely to make things worse for you. I am making an assumption based on the fact that I haven't tried the Leads or Oxford models that they may do the same.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1208798' date='Apr 23 2011, 12:07 AM']Stock tubes/valves tend to be budget based economic choices, depending on the sort of preamp, they can make a pretty big difference.[/quote] +1 there!

I see your basses have active electronics - in which case, turn the bass and treble down a little on the instrument and turning LH's volume up will have the same effect as boosting the mids (along with truning the bass control on the amp down too).

I actually sat tight and watched intently start to finish - tasteful and spot on performance, thanks for posting!

My foray in to Bass started I'm sure like many others - I plyaed guitar first, because I didn't really know much about the Bass guitar when I was aged 8 or so - but I soon discovered the low end and I'd began on Bass in earnest around age 12 and had my first Bass guitar aged 13. I never stopped playing guitar as well and we had a pinao in the house too. It wasn't long before my brother took up drums so I had that to fiddle on at times too! Later on I played lead guitar in a local metal band for 6 years or so, whilst my Bass took a back seat. Feeling the call of the low end whilst experiencing the demise of said band, I moved to full time ERBs and have been there ever since. I have guitars that I play all the time and keys in the house as well. I think it's very important for a bass player to have an understanding of other instruments too, especially to play some drums!

Been a big fan of Ampeg SVX for quite sometime - so 3.5 being free is great news. Good work IK Multimedia!

Hey Einar! Thanks for the post on Facebook, much appreciated! - Aww coming on nicely!

Cheers Dave! Much appreciated!

A fantastic endorsement Andy! - My old rack rig was a wash of compressors and effects and all sorts of gubbins. Any doubts I had about the LH1000 were very quickly quashed when I turned up at the first rehearsal with it and my two Hydrive cabs. I ran it absolutely clean with no drive or anything but still I had everything I wanted from the head alone. I'm amazed that unlike other manufacturers, Hartke have chosen not to put a ridiculous price tag on a tried and tested valve preamp - but instead crammed a very powerful power amplifier in the same box as well! I think the only upgrade I may be tempted by would be the Hartke Kilo when it comes out in August - but even then, I think it'll only be a GAS attack as I don't think I actually *need* the other functions to get a great sound, it's there already! If anyone has a GAS attack and an LH head comes up for sale - get one, they really are impressive!

Thank you everyone, I really appreciate the kind responses! I've got some more cool news in the pipeline, but you'll have to wait for that! - I have however just come back from seeing the Derren Brown SvenGali show. OMG!!! Yeah, that guy is awesome!

Hey Shep! Ahhh no mate, not stealing thunder at all! I think it was great news and I'm glad to see that you are sharing it with the community! Good on you! Well done fella, it's awesome!

[quote name='KevB' post='1200954' date='Apr 15 2011, 05:01 PM']Just make sure they don't fob you off with American cables that won't work on UK voltages... [/quote] Dammit! I've been had! They all have the wrong plugs on the end! lol lol!

Thanks guys! Yes, I'm chuffed, very pleased!

Oh, I see you use Hartke speakers - I can see that being beneficial! They are 'harmonic friendly' I love 'em!!

Hey Blind Pilot! - As much as the above EQ / Compression advice will help to accentuate harmonics - the first place to start is working acoustically with the bass to get those harmonics ringing out loudly. New strings, preferably roundwound - and brighter sounding the better is very helpful. As suggested in a post above, if you pluck closer to the bridge along the length of the string, the tension is higher and thus you can pluck harder, which in turn will give you a louder note. However, your left hand technique I guess is counter intuitive - whilst you want as much volume from as little string movement on your right hand (picking harder) - your left hand technique needs to be a bit more delicate. You only need to touch the harmonic node on the string lightly - and for most people remove the left hand finger as soon as you have plucked the note - though as you become more skilled at only touching the node, it's possible to leave your finger on it longer without killing the note too much - which is great for harmonic arpeggios. Spend time locating the exact point on the string that the pad of your finger produces the clearest note. Remember, you only have to move a few millimetres each side of that point and you could kill the harmonic altogether. You've probably already discovered that over the top of the 4th 5th 7th 9th and 12th frets and their related frets an octave above the harmonics are easy to get to ring out. Make up a little exercise for playing as many of these in a little tune or something to get used to the change of position and still maintain a good strong harmonic sound - again acoustically. Then when you are happy that they sound good see what effect plugging in to an amp has. It all starts in the fingers - You may find that your gear (especially if it's just a 15" speaker for example) will have a hard time produce loud harmonics as the top end roll off will not accommodate those high frequencies. Hope this helps! Doooooooooooooooooooooooood

[url="http://www.planetwaves.co.uk/"]http://www.planetwaves.co.uk/[/url] Instrument cables, tools and accessories. Hey everyone! I just wanted to share some great news I received yesterday! I've been invited on to the Planet Waves Artist Endorsement roster! I met with D'addario head of sales whilst at the London Bass Guitar Show this year. He was interested in what I have to offer as a Bass Player and we started the 'gears in motion' shortly after. I'm really pleased as I have always gotten a great level of service from Planet Waves in the past - including on the odd occasion when I had a faulty cable. No quibble whatsoever they replaced it gratis under the life time warranty. On a side note, it's amazing how much of your gear 'costs' are wrapped up in decent cables, especially if you have a rack system or a pedal board! This is going to be a big help for me and obviously a great networking opportunity as a Planet Waves artist. I'm looking forward to getting involved with the UK team - just have to say a big thanks to Elaine and Simon @ D'addario who have been ace! YAYYY!!! Time to edit my signature eh!

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1200507' date='Apr 15 2011, 11:53 AM']...... The latter is a fine, plangent item popular among the discriminating. C5 is - by contrast - a Pot-Noodle chord.[/quote] I'm clicking the imaginary BassChat 'like' button now! 'Pot-Noodle Chord' has just entered my vocabulary!

Wow! I've just been looking through some of the thread titles and can actually remember them!! Especially the Kit Kat Chunky thread! ha ha! Nice to see which forums I was moderating then too!