Dood

look at preamps by Aguilar, EMG and our very own John East preamplifiers. All of which offer a range of different options.. one of which will surely suit your needs. Jon Shuker (www.shukerguitars.co.uk) also supplies his very own preamps in his basses. I wonder if they are available seperately?

[quote name='TheDarkReaver' post='288544' date='Sep 21 2008, 03:23 PM']I was looking at some Thomas Lang vids on youtube yesterday, he's a pretty good drummer like.[/quote]


Thank you! Yes, it's great to have him on board in the band! - I met him about a year ago before I approached him to join 'the void'.. We all get on really well and have very similar ideas about how we wanna go about our 'direction'. - He's a great drummer and I am defintely looking forward to cranking up the backline and play live!

Dood.

Marshall guitar heads have a built in low end roll off so the distortion doesn't sound mushy with guitars. Whether or not that is a sound you are after on bass is preference, but I prfer to *feel* my low end, especially anything around or below a 5 string.

That said, Lemmy's bass sound is gnarly as... and there doesn't appear to be much low end girth there.. as I say, it's down to preference.

[quote name='crez5150' post='288932' date='Sep 22 2008, 08:08 AM']Depends.... I prefer to incorporate showing off into songs.... though I did used to play the Magic Roundabout with a two hand tapping type thingy a few years back whichh was always fun.....[/quote]


OMG!!! Me too! ;o) - Dougal is my childhood favourite! ( I have quite a few Magic Roundabout 'things' around my house!!)
I used to do the theme as a little mess about.. but have long sionce forgotten it.

Bizarrely, given my shy shrinking violet character (as some of you know lol) I don't really shred when asked to.. It's that 'being put on the spot' feeling I hate!! - I much prefer to do something in a band context.. an example off the top of my head is playing a song with my old band where me, the guitarist and keyboard player would play a unison solo with sweep picking guitar and bass parts in. Used to look amazing! Those guys are awesome players!

I play in a band called [b]Within The Void[/b] www.withinthevoid.com featuring Pin (ex-Sikth) Jamie Hunt (Ex-Biomechanical), myself and drummer Thomas Lang. We are currently looking for a world class singer to complete the line up!

There are no choons on the website yet, but add yourself to our myspace to get updates!

[quote name='metaltime' post='285204' date='Sep 16 2008, 04:39 PM']Checked out that recording of the drummer from within the void. its sounding a bit good like. He is not bad on the old drums that young man.[/quote]

Yeah, he ain't bad, but I'm giving our Thomas some lessons on my Woolworths kit right now.. "Hey!! Lang!! have you mastered my 4/4 beat yet????" ;o)

I'm really looking forward to see Doodle 2! Certainly it is gonna be worth waiting for!

[quote name='lwtait' post='286199' date='Sep 17 2008, 08:06 PM']mines in my avatar [/quote]


took the words right out of my mouth ;o)

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Sorry for not seeing this thread sooner!

I have been tuning to F# for quite sometime on my Shuker 7 string. I use the Dark Lord F# on the bottom of my usual 6 string bass set and it sounds fine. It's a 175 gauge string, so a fairly hefty string. My bass is a 34" scale.. some would have you believe that a 36" scale is far better for a 175 gauge string tuned to F#.. the 'theory' seems to pan out on paper, but I think it'b be fairly difficult to compare apples to oranges as all basses ound different anyway.

I have read on the web that the C# tuning would require a gauge in the region of 190. Jauquo III-X uses basses tuned to C# and understand he uses similar gauges.

Wouldn't mind trying NewTones again if they were able to wind a 175 as I was very pleased with their diamond strings!

It's a great unit! Infact, I would have trouble finding issue with any of TC's rack mounted effects. They are amongst market leaders in quality professional devices and way ahead of all the 'toys' out there. ;o) My mate and ex band mate, Andy James uses one. He's playing with new band, 'Sacred Mother Tongue'.

I have been using the G-Force for many many years and it still hasnt been 'out done' by it's competitors. I have recently added the C300 compressor to my rack too. One of my guitarists, Pin (ex-Sikth) uses the G-System and the other, Jamie (ex-Biomechanical) uses a G-Force as well.

Yeah, great pieces of kit!

Nuffink mate! No pics, no news. No idea!

To turn the discussion round a bit, I really do think that some songs benefit from being able to get below the low E of a four string.(Whether they were originally written that way or not). Especially the case when you have a keyboard player in the band. - Hell... there are plenty of covers I play where I head well below B ;o)

That my friend is absolutely stunning and gorgeous!!!! I love it!!!!! Honestly, that finish with the birdseye neck makes me drool!

Infact, I think I'm going to have to fill the rest of this sentence with yet more '!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'s


yeah!

OOooh! I remember these from when this ere forum was known as BassWorld. There are a lot more people who have had to 'deal' with former owner and cab builder from said company. As I understand it, the cabs themselves weren't bad.. they have good drivers in after all. However, it has been suggested that the guy who owned the company was a little less than honest and walked off with a good few customer's money. I understand they never got to see their purchases either.

I've only briefly read your post, so I may have the wrong end of the stick.. but you do know you can force the effects loop to stereo? ;o)

[quote name='OldGit' post='275078' date='Sep 1 2008, 11:37 PM']What like Ron Jeremy? [/quote]


Pah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!

[quote name='ruztiwarren' post='274565' date='Sep 1 2008, 02:38 PM']And another thing..... Why is it on YouTube, even if it's a ten second second clip of a five year girl "playing" her dad's (or mom's) bass in the living room, someone feels compelled to mention she's not as good as Flea/Claypool (insert name), at which point it's statutory for some other critic to mention the name Wooten. Said name will then spark a strongly worded bitch fight for several pages, culminating in speculation about each others sexuality and mother's profession. This tends to be regardless of whatever level, style, gender or age of the bass player's clip. I'm gonna find a Wooten clip and write I bet Wooten could s**t all over this guy (which is probably true).[/quote]


abso-f*ckin-lutely!!! Remind me to never enable the ability to post comments on any video I ever post on you tube.

I've had a look at this 'ere amp in the past.. it sure is a beast. What I can remember is that the two poweramp modules are wired in parallel mono operation and, as suggested are rated at 600W each at a given impedance.

Hey Bill! nah, I couldn't get the pages to open either.

No, it's okie... I'll let ya off this time! Don't let it happen again, or I'll make you stand at the back of the class ;o)

I know that the For Sale section doesnt get a great deal of EUB stuff in, so I see you point there mate!

Catch ya later Si.

Bit cheeky posting and bumping a thread to your own for sale post young man ;o)

Ohhh there's some really good ones in here!! I agree with the Fender thing a bit.. and it did actually take a while to get used to the MarkBass colour scheme I have to admit! Though my F1 is so small, it doesnt really get noticed.. Most people ask *where* my amp is!!

Heh heh.. Alex, I also agree with you about people who use the words 'cold', 'sterile' etc to describe sounds. (Yeah, I know I was guilty in the past!!)

Ok.. here's mine.. and I am sure I'll get a bashing. 'VALVE TONE' and valves. - Now I am NOT saying these are bad.. but I AM saying, for bass they are grossly over rated! Especially when manufacturers feel the need to levy some sort of 'boutique tax' just because the product has li'l glass tubes in. It seems to me that people feel that they HAVE to have valves in their gear to sound better. What a load of tosh!
/rant

I was feeling a bit flush and bought a full uber-monster Pearl Roadster drum throne for practice. I like it, as I can fold it up and take with me to rehearsals, but it is sturdy enough to use as an office/studio stool as well. It has an adjustable back support too. The seat is designed especially for different drumming techiniques (double pedal etc) so can be adjusted for seating comfort. This seems to work well for my practicing too as I can find a sweet spot for playing. I guess that needs a bit more explaining! - Basically, my strap height is such that when I stand up from a seated position, the bass is in exactly the same position. So A stool that gives me the correct support is perfect!

One of my all time fave bass solos, for making me smile and dance, was actually more of a 'bass and drums' solo by Jerry Best and Johnny Haro, from when they were playing in a band called 'Freak Of Nature'.

Halfway through the set, they would get introduced as 'the rhythm section'.. the rest of the band would nip off stage whilst they did a medley of famous basslines.

Maybe you guys could do the same?

Obviously you would need to pick songs that suit your set, but I would go for 'Good Times' by Chic.. 'Another One Bites The Dust' or 'Dragon Attack' by Queen.. maybe 'Moby Dick' by Led Zeppellin - I've played Rage Against The Machine and Muse lines in sections... and a bit of Cyprus Hill even!! 'Insane in the brain!!!' gets everyone dancing! ummm... what else? - Hmmm.. don't play any White Stripes!! :oD

LOVE the headstock! I have always preferred headstocks that were glossy if coloured black, but with the text, yours looks really clean,understated and classy!

Cool! Had a quick listen to get some ideas.. I'm leaning towards the 'in built ' tone of the Ampeg to go with your Sansamp for a bit of bite!