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Charic, DaveB Ha ha! Yes indeed! - it would glow bright blue when I plug in to magical snake oil drenched cables and speakers made out of moon dust and unicorn tears!

[quote name='Musicman20' post='984788' date='Oct 11 2010, 07:44 PM']There were pics up on Talkbass of a 900W (ish) 'Blacksmith' amp by TC. Huge amp probably for big bands like Metallica [/quote] Sounds like the one. I'll go take a look!

Ere's a piccie - a bit of blatant self-promotion, but hey honoured to be stood next to a bass god and what a humble and pleasant guy.

[quote name='DaveB' post='984718' date='Oct 11 2010, 06:59 PM']The worst case i've ever seen this on was a hoover washing machine (total crap) when I did a stint working in retail ages ago. When I asked the hoover rep what HD stood for she said "High Door, so it's easier to get you load in and out see". That is truly shameless, still a crap washing machine.[/quote] Cool! lol lol - In that case my Shuker basses have been upgraded to HD* *"Has Dood"

[quote name='markstuk' post='984519' date='Oct 11 2010, 03:35 PM']Thanks for the reply, I can't remember settings I made a year ago to stuff, let alone a decade ago... Once I get my hands on a USB/MIDI cable in a few days I'll see if I can edit MIDI stuff on the V-AMP and approach it from that end.. In some ways that would be preferable because I would not need to reprogram my Motif as well.. Cheers Mark[/quote] Sure, sure I agree. - If it helps, I bought a cheap and cheerful USB>MIDI converter cable off ebay for my laptop - it was about a 5er and works a treat!

Do we have any more 'photos? Would be great to see you all!

[quote name='molan' post='984505' date='Oct 11 2010, 03:19 PM']I can't believe how many people were there yesterday that I didn't meet (or recognise)! We definitely need to have an assigned time for a BassChat meet & greet - maybe at the bar, lol. I was also 'working' for most of the day with Phil on the BassGear stand so didn't get a huge amount of time to wander around. I did think there was a slightly strange feel to the GB area. Couldn't quite put my finger on it but it felt a bit cliquey and I spotted quite a few people walk over and then away again without getting close to any of Bernie's lovely basses. We were next to the Shuker stand and Jon seemed to be running it as a demo facility with a few fine musicians - Dood, I can't believe that was you and I didn't put two and two together when you were playing! I did catch some of Anna's midi stuff very early on, really interesting stuff. It didn't seem as much of a slap fest as I expected but I did notice the usual phenomena of hardly anyone playing something that they'd ever use in a band environment. Everyone seemed desperate to show off their technical chops. There was a point early one when Anna and Jon's other demo player were duetting (either with some midi drums or a drum track) and it was so refreshing to hear people playing what I would describe as 'music' I only got to see Victor Baily and thought he had some really interesting things to say about this sort of thing. Loved the 'money frets' tale, lol. Loved his 'tone' on a few things when he was just noodling around too, maybe more so than when he was demonstrating the Weather Report / Jaco stuff. Shame to see how his illness is taking its toll on him though. Some form of muscular dystrophy I think [/quote] Ahhhhh Poop!!! Yes, I have to admit that prior to going to Bass Day, I didn't read through this thread properly and hence didn't take note of who would be attending and who were going to be on the various stands. DOH! That's my fault - had I have known I would have come and found you. Sorry!

[quote name='markstuk' post='983226' date='Oct 10 2010, 12:03 PM']Hi Dood, Can I pick your brains please? Got the X15 hooked up to V-AMP and mostly working fine given that ART/Yamaha's version of MIDI commands is different from Behringers :-) however the worst issue is that the Bypass button on the X15 sends Midi 84 which slams the Behringer into config mode which is not quite what I would like - I would prefer it to put the V-AMP into straight through mode... The ART manual is not clear on how you might change the Midi Control change from 84 to summat else - just that setting option 6 in the bypass button setup sends 84, without mentioning what options 1-5 might send differently... 84 is a real pain because it tends to clear the previous setup in the V-AMP... Any ideas? CHEers Mark[/quote] Hi Mark - well, I know exactly what you mean and I certianly did do *something* to change the MIDI channel send myself....err.r..... it's just a case of what! I'm sorry to say the ole grey cells aren't what they used to be and I can't remember how to access and edit the board. Mine *may* have been a little different as I ended up buying the upgrade chip from ART too. I've been using a Roland FC-200 MIDI board for probably ten years or so now and the menu system on that is similarly convoluted! - Thankfully my TC effect rack has a 'learn' button - so I can config the effects unit instead. Would have been far easier to have the same function on the Behri' eh?!! Sorry I can't be much more help but I am pretty certain I had the Bypass button doing something useful!

I didn't get a chance to take a closer look at the gear on the TC stand at BassDay. Did anyone pickup any fliers or take pictures? I was intrigued to find out what the 3u TC amp was there. Anyone know?

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='984451' date='Oct 11 2010, 02:19 PM']Yeah, who was that girl slapping on the Shuker stand...?[/quote] Ahh Hannah! Yes, fellow Shuker artsist and a great player and a really nice person! - She know's her gear that's for sure. I missed her using her MIDI set up - as I was...grrrr..sat in traffic till about 1pm!!

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='983820' date='Oct 10 2010, 09:41 PM']The Pennfab ebay a/c seems to be run by the same peeps as stagebox.com website who don't seem to list any Penn stuff at all which seems a bit strange. I've just found [url="http://www.proaudiostash.co.uk"]http://www.proaudiostash.co.uk[/url], so I can give them a shout as well - they seem to have at least the corners & handles, but only list a few different connector dishes - looks like I need a D023K to take neutrik 'D-series' speakon & jack connectors[/quote] I've bought from ProAudioStash in the past, good prices and service received!

Hey everyone! - I had a great time yesterday! - Though I didn't *really* get that much of a chance to wander round the other stands! I demo'd on the SHuker stand all day - well - I think I spent most of the day talking about Jon's basses, more than playing them - but ot was great to have lots of people come up to give Jon's basses (including my two) a whirl. I did spot a few familiar looking faces in the crowd. I only wish I had a big sign saying "Hi, It's Dood from Bascchat here" in the effort to be able to put some more faces to names here on the forum. I met a few of you, but..oh..well, maybe next time! Had fun up on the Rotosound stand too, but have to agree, I was 'bassed out' by the early evening as there were a couple of really.. ehem 'loud' stands nearby! - I was doing some nice dynamic pieces to show off a more subtle side to playing bass, but unfortunately, I was smothered by 'shed building' as I like to call it! So, I didn't get to have a huge nose at other gear. but had lots of fun!

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='981093' date='Oct 7 2010, 11:56 PM']if you look in he effects forum there was a discussion on it. I bought a LIne 6 floor pod xt thingy, great except i found myself using 3 things the tuner the SVT model and the chorus sometimes. After looking at very expensive pedals on the net i found a schematic for something and thought 'i could make that' so i was after some kinda overdrive, or svt, fender front end build. looked round and liked the sound of what the sft could do, found a schematic and veroboard layout from a backwardly engineered one. It's not a million miles away from the 'flipster' project and close to a svt with transistors instead of vaulves. It shares a enclosure with a small clone clone and a sovtek big muff clone, its pretty good, except i think i put a liner pot on the gain instead of the log pot... oops. PM me if you want and ill find the link to the schematic/vero layout[/quote] Thanks Luke! I appreciate it. I'll go look for the thread and will PM you shortly!

[quote name='Johnston' post='981953' date='Oct 8 2010, 07:54 PM']google tuxguitar[/quote] A brilliant and free alternative to guitar pro! Very good too - thank you to the person who recommended it to me!

[quote name='charic' post='980785' date='Oct 7 2010, 06:07 PM']Busy time eh? I'll ask around although some idea of budget would be ideal.[/quote] Well, the budget would be simple to work out really. Much like the other Bass Bashes that have run - It has been a case of charging say a tenner on the door and the 'hire' gets taken out of the kitty and the rest of the money goes to a charity of choice, which I think is a great idea. Then it's just down to getting enough people to come to make it a worthwhile do - Which as far as I can tell, has never been a problem!!! Cambridge to me seems like a good place to do the bash - I really don't mind the hour trip down the road.. especially in comparison to the rather gruelling trip to Bass Day over in Manchester! 3.5hrs more like!

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='980022' date='Oct 6 2010, 10:58 PM']caitlinbread sft is based on an ampeg preamp isn't it? it's pretty good, well my homemade version is[/quote] Actually, tell me more about your homemade SFT!?

Sorry guys, I've been totally bogged down with other stuff this month.

Kev's BlueTube pedal for sale has the Fender Tone stack in it.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='980022' date='Oct 6 2010, 10:58 PM']caitlinbread sft is based on an ampeg preamp isn't it? it's pretty good, well my homemade version is[/quote] I have no idea! really? (I mean, the 'based on' - not your pedal! lol!)

Gotta say though, I am SO impressed with the guys going at it with the DIY over on TalkBass - in much the same way as I am impressed with Alex Claber's work and Max at sfx on this very forum. I really couldn't criticise the looks - because if I tried to build a cab - it'd probably end up looking like a shoe box! Well.. not entirely true - I did build a couple of cabinets a long while ago.. but yeah - you get my point! I'd still love to have a go at building one of GreenBoy's 1515/66 cabs though ) What a beast! Anyway, I guess the short of it, is that I also like the fact that Bass Players have taken it in to their own habds to build cabinets that *actually* produce the goods efficiently - and the more people going the DIY route can only give us more options to play with...oh..and...errrrr... more boughts of GAS that we can't afford to deal with!!!!!!

I'm gonna get reading the thread to find out more. I think my preference before I start looking any closer would be a plain black grill like Epifani cabinets, so it looks almost stealthed - or something sexy like the Hartke Hydrive cabs. Ok.. will be back later!

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='979523' date='Oct 6 2010, 03:53 PM']Oh, you little beauty! That's the first one I've seen that allows you to freely select the pattern length. 19/16, here I come! [/quote] That's ace! I love it actually!

If you fancy making your own simple loops, then try a 'looper' pedal! (ok, there's a cost involved). I use the Digitech JamMan that does allow you to record or 'install' drum loops on it. Or, you can just make your own with a microphone or by say, slapping away on the instrument. I'm going to do a video soon with some looping examples but here's the first one I grabbed off the Choob by someone else.. My JamMan allows me to record to a click I can set up - but I usually use the bass to make up some interesting drum sounds by tapping pickups or scraping the strings. Once the loop is playing I can practice bass lines, solos or theory ideas like modes, for example.

If you want to make use of the additional power with a second cabinet then do this:- (Or indeed just to be able to use both amplifiers at once for a more powerful rig) Bass > RH450 Input RH450 Output > speaker cabinet ONE then RH450 line driver out (or effects send) > LM2 input LM2 output > speaker cabinet TWO **set the LM2 EQ to the 'flat' setting as the RH450 will provide you with your programmeable EQ.** OR! If you like a bit of stereo, like I do sometimes, try this with a stereo chorus pedal - OOOH lush sounding! Bass > RH450 Input RH450 effect send > Chorus input Chorus output A> RH450 effect return RH450 Output > speaker cabinet ONE then Chorus Output B > LM2 input LM2 output > speaker cabinet TWO Switch on and do your best Pino Pallodino / Peter Hook / Mark King impressions! **set the LM2 EQ to the 'flat' setting as the RH450 will provide you with your programmeable EQ.** The reason I have suggested connecting to the LM2 input instead of the LM2 effects loop, is that I believe the effects loop for the LM2 appears after the gain control and before the EQ in the preamp and thus won't make much difference where you connect to - other than the addition of a gain control when you plug in to the front of the LM2 head. You won't be able to bypass the EQ and thus my reasoning for starting with all the controls set to *no* boost or cut.