Dood

Very nice indeed. I owned a couple of cabs when Tec-Amp were known as Tech SoundSystems. Absolutely brilliant. Big and authoritative tone despite being light as a feather. Nice rig!

I'll lock this post and let it die I think. It's not really serving any purpose.

Dood is about the Bass Hey guys! Ha ha!! it's funny, before I scrolled down after the OP - I was just going to post that there is a band called Cilice (The singer has recently left to join the awesome Textures) - who tune their guitars that low that they don't bother with a Bass Player! Live shows still have the guts and meat and I didn't miss the bass guitar! Not exactly what you want to hear I guess. When face with some seriously low tuning I have, as above, just tuned lower! My seven string, very kindly posted in a pic by my good friend Simon, is tuned to F# below B of a 5 string. The string is a massive .175 gauge and is a total beast given the 1000W of the Hartke stack it is relaxing against. In your situation, it seems to me that as well as your guitarists tuning really low, they are EQing their guitars with too much bass as well? Now in real terms, that's not the best way forward. Especially playing live. The result will be too much bottom end and noise on stage making instruments become indistinct and harder for everyone to monitor themselves. I think some thought in to shaping the sound of each of the instruments so that they fit in the mix will help your bass fit in a lot better and be heard in the registers you need/want to be playing in. The result will actually be a tighter fatter sound making the band sound far stronger as a unit and not just a low end durge that confuses the engineer and ultimately the paying punters. Another idea for you - if you have lots of synth and low guitars - why [i]not[/i] concentrate on singing lead lines instead? Peter Hook made a career out of it!

Hmmm!! How strange! I've been using Chrome for about 6 month and am on here (dare I say it) virtually every day. I wonder if there is a plugin that is interacting with Chrome, as opposed to Chrome itself that is causing the rash? For example, flash player, shockwave, skype, adobe, ebay, JAVA or something similar? As boring as it sounds, I would suggest properly uninstalling Chrome and any apps the interact with it and reinstall them with the latest versions. Good luck!

[quote name='EskimoBassist' post='910511' date='Jul 30 2010, 06:26 PM']The ISP Technologies Decimator is a bit of an industry standard where noise reduction in pedal form comes in, pricey but worth iti for the results. On the cheaper side, Boss have the NS-2, which from what I have heard also does the job nicely. Probably check ebay for a good deal on one of those second hand.[/quote] I had a Decimator noisegate on my ISP Beta preamp - yes, it's very good! - If you use a compressor in your rig, then I highly recommend getting a TC Electronic Nova Dynamics compressor pedal that has a noisegate on it as well. It's rather good! You could then retire your compressor and have one box with both compressor and noisegate in. ( I definitely subscribe to having as few separate boxes in the signal chain!)

I've managed to bag a cheap stereo JamMan off the bay. It was a bit of a bargain, so I thought I'd grab it whilst I can. I look forward to giving it some abuse!

[quote name='mep' post='909207' date='Jul 29 2010, 01:25 PM']He's up there with the best of them. I've not heard what he got up to since finishing with Queen and retiring. He hasn't done interviews. Can anyone shed some light on his post Queen life?[/quote] He lives in a south westerly part of the UK and "has left the music business altogether". - I reckon he might have a few pennies to his name to enjoy in retirement too!!

[quote name='lowdown' post='908771' date='Jul 28 2010, 11:42 PM']I liked his playing....But if he carried on up the scale on that track, he would have wrote THE most recognisable bassline ever. 'Goodtimes' Good stuff though. Garry[/quote] As I understand it, Mr Deacon was in the studio when Chic were recording said track. It inspired him to write AOBTD - to which he then recorded the track, playing bass, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, piano and well - I guess some sort of percussion. Later the hand claps and drums were added as a loop. Though I think there are many varying versions of this story! p.s. John is god

Thank you so much for checking - I really appreciate it! Ok,I think I know what the problem with the videos are. Some are hosted on another facebook page that probably *do* have security settings. I think my best option is as I have planned, to host all my videos on my YouTube Channel [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/DoodTheVoid"]http://www.youtube.com/user/DoodTheVoid[/url] then link them to my Dood On Bass facebook page. That means the videos willl be available for those who don't use facebook at all.

Love love love!!!! Beautiful!

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='906939' date='Jul 27 2010, 12:22 PM']Is it Facebook only or will there be other means of accessing it for those of us yet to be assimilated by the collective?[/quote] It appears I can view the page without logging in, so yeah I reckon you can too!

In coming weeks I will be adding free videos, free tuition notes and a whole host of Bass related gubbins to my new 'Official Facebook Bass Page' You can find me directly with the link [url="http://www.danveall.com"]http://www.danveall.com[/url] Fangkew for reading [/blatant personal advertising]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='904453' date='Jul 25 2010, 01:11 AM']Fairly sure at this point that this guy is posting these threads and not reading them. Still not figured what he is hoping to achieve. They are quite bizarre.[/quote] Yes, looking at the rather random posting and the even more random content I'm somewhat baffled too! Come on Mark, what's it all about?

Cool, cool - consider it archived then

It's a really OLD thread - I've un-sticky-ed it (WOW awesome grammar Dan) - Think most of us have changed our gear in the last 6 months, so probably rather out of date! - Yes, that's G.A.S for you!

[quote name='Mark Percy' post='904302' date='Jul 24 2010, 08:45 PM']soapbar humbuckers for bass, especially kent/arron armstrong, or EMG, amongst other makers, benifit enormously from parallel wiring. the reason is that the highs are opened up from changed resistance. wired in parallel, the unit reads predictably one quarter of its origional resistance. but dont be fooled. resistance is not the end all of it. the magnet mass, poles or blades which are wound around, and the number of turns, along with size, produce big sounds, despite the reads on the meter. the lows are clear, fat, and articulate as well. unlike the humbucking sound, which doesent have the same highs, or lows. shure its louder, and more brutal, but the commonly overlooked fact of parallel wiring, with misdiagnosed low read, is that it is very clear and articulate, like a fender jazz bass, yet bigger. in a big gig, this cuts right through the mush, if the music has cranked guitars, creating a noticable clarity in the rythm section. obviously the rythm section now changes, as the clarity changes the perception of the music, and obviously perception will change according the to the differences.[/quote] I'm afraid matching coils wired in parallel do not measure 'one quarter resistance'. In resistance terms, much like putting two 8 ohms speakers in parallel to each other, the resistance is halved to 4 Ohms. I'd also be a bit pedantic and say that the description 'soapbars' does defintely not mean 'parallel wiring'. There are many 'soapabar' designs that are single coil AND dual/triple coils that are serial wired. I'd also argue that just because a pickup is wired in parallel - generally, it won't be any louder or 'bigger' sounding - usually just different. A higher output is better achieved by serial wiring coils. Even before you listen to the pickups - the electronics theory will bare that out. I have to pick you up on your two last sentences too. Sorry, I don't want to pick a fight - but that's meaningless nonsense! Where [i]did[/i] you pick this up from? - I spotted your EMG P Bass pickup thread as well - and I'm afraid I don't think the EMG active pickup is the best choice. It will work - but I don't personally feel it is necessarily the best choice for a DB. Not 'having a go' or anything, but this fine fine community here will be more than happy to help bring a bit of clarity to the discussion and right some of these misconceptions!

Hmm - not sure actually - I only read the last page - I'll ask my fellow mods!

[quote name='blind pilot' post='902822' date='Jul 23 2010, 09:05 AM']HELP ! i have a HA3000, that i love, but last night it developed a problem. For the first time, i used the post effects line out/in and since then, after disconnectin from there, i have no sound output. Now if i use a 'patch' cable between the out/in the amp produces sound. my question is, do these jacks have some sort of switch to by-pass the i/o when not in use, and is it possible that if so, its just a bit sticky? or is there any thing else i can check, really stuck, and strapped for cash, so its me out of the game until i can fix this cheers! BP[/quote] Yes they do mate! - The return jack, as you have rightly said has an extra contact on it that acts as a switch to bypass the effects loop when there is nothing attached to it. When you plug in a lead the 'switch' disconnects and allows the loop to work. I have had this very same problem with another amp and at the time I never bothered to fix it - I just left a very short patch lead plugged in to the loop instead - completely safe to do so! It's likely that the contacts have become dirty or tarnished, or slightly bent out of place, thus not doing the job properly. A person qualified to lift the lid (my disclaimer!) can sort the problem and should charge very little for the fix. In the unlikely event that the socket needs replacing - a suitable socket is only a few pounds from an outlet such as Maplin.

[quote name='dood' post='900946' date='Jul 21 2010, 01:56 PM']You know when you have 'made it' when an amp manufacturer puts a switch with your name on your amp!!! That is brilliant!!!!! Congrats Ste'. Lookin goooooooooooooooooooooooooood![/quote] I've just decided I am going to change my name by Deed Poll to 'Power On'. lolz!!

[quote name='steve-soar' post='900776' date='Jul 21 2010, 10:20 AM']You bast.... What does the "tayste" switch do? [/quote] You know when you have 'made it' when an amp manufacturer puts a switch with your name on your amp!!! That is brilliant!!!!! Congrats Ste'. Lookin goooooooooooooooooooooooooood!

[quote name='Flanker' post='861054' date='Jun 8 2010, 02:44 PM']Hey Dan check it out - your old Powersoft is pure Class!!! Great relatively lightweight rig! [/quote] love love love love!!!!! That is a lovely rig - and I miss that ther' powersoft tiny beast!

Hey Ray, Does it cut out when you wiggle the lead about in the socket? May just be a dry / cracked solder joint and can be repaired by someone who is competent at soldering for next to nothing.

[quote name='Steve Lawson' post='898469' date='Jul 18 2010, 10:58 PM']Sorry to take so long getting back to this - was on tour, now home, and jetlagged But anyway, yes, with the looperlative you can do multiple loops of different lengths, either unsynced or as multiples of any one of the tracks (the track that acts as master for the sync can be changed at any point too) OR you can resample the incoming signal with any combination of the tracks onto another track (bounce), to cut the track length down, or change the time sig by dropping a beat or two. OR you can use the quantised replace function to create rhythmic stuff that way... I've been using that on a couple of tunes - the version of Grace And Gratitude on the end of the brand new live album heads in that direction: [url="http://music.stevelawson.net/album/live-so-far"]http://music.stevelawson.net/album/live-so-far[/url] as does my cover of Hello: [url="http://soundcloud.com/solobasssteve/hello"]http://soundcloud.com/solobasssteve/hello[/url] (audio) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sf9yKrw9dQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sf9yKrw9dQ[/url] (video) Also of looperlative interest would be the untitled duet with Todd Reynolds on the live album (which has some fairly major transitions going on, as well as a bit at the end where I record different notes to different tracks on the looperlative and then pitch shift them independently to change the chord (sounds like a keyboard player playing a string pad through some pretty weird changes ) On 'Born On The 3rd of July', I swap between a slide solo being played, and the fretless solo that is looped and controlled with a volume pedal... and the newer arrangement of Love Is A Battlefield (newer than the video posted earlier) also has some fairly major Looperlative abuse at the end of it - either of the 2nd and 3rd vids on this page: [url="http://solobasssteve.posterous.com/three-views-of-a-solo"]http://solobasssteve.posterous.com/three-views-of-a-solo[/url] ..... As far as the digitech stuff goes - they've revamped the line a little. I really like the look of the new stereo looper with the delay stuff added in as well... If it does what it says it can do, it'll be fab Steve[/quote] Hi Steve, thank you for sharing your videos. Appreciated muchly. It has certainly given me some food for thought! I like how you are able to manipulate the tracks in real time. It is opening up more possibilities - especially with a few ideas about some rather off beat covers I'm plannning! The digitech is still high on my list - and coincidentally, I spotted a TalkBass post by Tayste in the archives about the Digitech BNX3 and have looked at the GNX4 that features an 8 track recorderthat can be used as a looper. This *could* provide some interesting layers - however doesnt have the ful flexibility of your looper rack. Thanks again - I'm still investigating when I get the time!

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