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    What's the most over-rated bass, or bass related product???

    in General Discussion

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    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

    Sit on it.

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    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!

    I've just got back from a rehearsal with my 'other' band and they want me to...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    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

    Which cab is best? Ampeg, Ashdown, Gallien Krueger?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    I have a long running love affair with the Hartke 4.5XL as many a BCer will know! Absolutely brilliant!! - I also agree with Ped's first comments about your list of cabs.

    Tell us what sort of music you are playing /styles etc as it may give us an indication as to what may be best for you. Do you like a dirty distorted sound? or a clear HiFi sound, for example?

    Bi-amping - clean/dirty rig

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='cheddatom' post='272359' date='Aug 29 2008, 10:59 AM']I think if you took a DI before the amp using a complicated effects set up, then having an SVT on stage to monitor would be a bit silly! Maybe not if it's mic'd up though.[/quote]

    Oh yeah, for me totally! reverbs and stereo delays sound god awful through Ampeg cabs! - However, I think distortion etc can sound good through Ampeg cabs.. maybe its the top end roll off that gives them that nice character for a bit of drive. As you have said though, if I had to mike the cab.. it would make my idea of my set up pretty redundant, as the idea is to not have to do that.

    [quote name='cheddatom' post='272359' date='Aug 29 2008, 10:59 AM']I always struggled with this - no-one liked my DI from the Peavey combo 'cos it's noisey, no-one liked the DI from my pedal board because it needed a lot of top rolled off, and some bass boost etc, basically what I was doing witht he EQ on the combo. The only way to get a good sound through the PA was to take a DI from the amp, roll all the high end off to get rid of the noise, and then mic my guitar combo for the top end. It's a shame some engineers are not that obliging![/quote]

    Which has pretty much hit the nail on the head with my decision for my set up... Engineers sometimes don't have the time or inclination to sort out the signal coming from the DI outputs, so to the best of my ability, I am trying to provide them with a signal that is as close to what they need as possible.. (and still maintain control over my sound , ultimately.)

    In ears that fit into ER25s?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='Buzz' post='271503' date='Aug 28 2008, 08:07 AM']In here somewhere: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=533"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=533[/url]

    Or ask Dood.[/quote]


    Yep, Have a chat with the lovely peeps at Etymotic Research. They have adaptors available that allow certain models of their in-ears to plug into the moulds. I'm afraid I can't remember which ones do now. The filter just pops out and the in-ears plug in. in place.
    I got a free cable tidy thingy sent through too!

    Bi-amping - clean/dirty rig

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='cheddatom' post='271828' date='Aug 28 2008, 03:09 PM']Doesn't hi-fi = flat? Or does it mean mid-scooped?

    I was thinking that if your DI sound is eaxactly how you want it, then you would need a flat rig to re-create that for monitoring....

    As opposed to my rig which I have to DI post amp Pre and EQ.[/quote]


    Yeah, I see Hifi as 'tailored'.. usually meaning some sort of EQ'd curve to the sound, like a scoop, but not having a 'voice' of it's own.. for example Ampeg cabs always sound like Ampeg cabs to me.

    You are absolutely correct. In *my* case I want my backline to sound exactly like my DI output. I guess I misunderstood what you were saying when you said that my rig *would* require a flat response backline. - In order to get things sounding the way *I* want then the answer is more or less yes, however, it isn't a requirement for everyone, hence my comment about having an SVT that could indeed add to, or enhance the tone that the user wanted or preferred.

    Bi-amping - clean/dirty rig

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='cheddatom' post='271556' date='Aug 28 2008, 09:39 AM']I think Dood's approach is excellent but would require a fairly loud and flat (response) rig for monitoring no?[/quote]

    Well, no not at all really. My cab's are more 'hifi' than flat response.. Thats just personal taste.. There's really no reason why you couldn't use a dirty great SVT head and cab if you wanted. I'd just rather have the sound I hear behind me being close to whats going out of the DI.

    Bi-amping - clean/dirty rig

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    ah yeah! Found it!

    [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24079&hl=mxr"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24079&hl=mxr[/url]

    Post No.7.


    My idea behind my signal path is to be able to get a massive sound that I can dump out via DI to the PA / Studio that sounds the same behind me without having to worry about miking. It really seems to work and has taken a while to get it right.

    My whole signal path is fairly complicated. I'll try to make it as simple as possible, but the point is, I run a totally clean signal mixed with an SVT style signal from the BDDI mixed with a 'raging guitar amp' sound. The whole lot gets mixed at my effects unit in puts and I then control what goes out to the left and right DI outputs.

    So here goes:-

    Bass with active pre> TC Electronic C300 compressor in multiband mode (bass model) set to 50% mix parallel compression - Channel 2 set to bypass >

    > MXR M80 (dist channel on, fairly high middle very little top)*
    > output to input A on my TC Electronics GForce effects rack
    > Parallel output (clean direct) to the BDDI

    > BDDI set to around 20% wet 80% dry drive set to 50% EQ to taste but slight extra bottom and top.
    > Output to Channel B on TC Electronics GForce
    > Direct out is left available as a pick off point for the signal, as are the DI sockets on the pedals.

    The whole lot is processed in my TC with the additional stereo effects / dynamics control and all the other funky things I can do.. level boosts / panning etc.

    I either run a stereo DI box on the outputs of the GForce OR I run it straight into the front of my MarkBass F1.. which is ultra clean and sounds awesome!

    * the reason I take the top off, is to remove a bit of fizziness. However, using this method allows more of the *clean* bass top end to come through instead. Same thing with the bottom end, as *that* is coming from the BDDI boost. Phat, punchy and feels like a kick drum ;o)

    What I REALLY love about this method, is that if you dig in with your fingers, the drive really sounds dirty! Pinch harmonics ring out and solos are almost a one handed affair! - But, if you really push the bass signal, the clean signal over takes the distortion for some really smart percussive tones.. What I mean is, you can actually SLAP really effectively even with shed lods of drive.. you hear all the pingy pops and slap lows!

    As I say, it takes a bit of balancing with the compression and the levels of drive, but playing through a massive PA the other day, we all agreed it sounded brilliant, even with a full band playing!

    - sorry! Kinda went off on one for a bit! - I think I have finally arrived at something I am happy with!

    Cheers

    Dood.

    Bi-amping - clean/dirty rig

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='Finbar' post='271009' date='Aug 27 2008, 02:07 PM']Crikey, guess I'd better respond.

    No, I don't mean bi-amp in the most literal sense. More just a stereo setup to simulate a 'true' bi-amp rig. I just got the idea from the Timmy C/Chris Wolstenholme rigs. Also, I borrowed an Aguilar Agro recently, and it sounded fabby as a preamp, it just needed some more oomph underneath it with a bit more clarity. Train of thought brought me here. May turn out to be a dumb idea :huh:

    And some of the confusion that has sprung up for the rest of you has also entered my mind too! That's why I'm fielding this topic to everyone :) I'll try and expand a bit.

    I was planning on leaving the whole thing on all the time. Epic tone is epic, after all. However, if its a heavily driven Pre, it probably has a footswitch with it to turn the overdrive off. I can utilise that if I ever need it 100% clean I should think. Because yeah, sometimes the distortion won't be favourable. But I don't want to be fannying around with turning cabs on/off all the time if I can avoid it. Incidentally, its the Ampeg SVP I have at the moment coasterbass, and it doesn't drive enough to be my dirty channel.

    The reasoning for splitting after the effects was that I thought it might sound a bit odd when using some effects pedals to have the unprocessed sound coming through as well. For things like distortions and delays, it'd be fine, but for things like pitchshifting, there would always be the root note underneath. That wouldn't sound bad necessarily, but not the sound I'm looking for. I'm also thinking that the dirty channel would be the quieter one, so if I ran effects just through that, my effects might get lost a little bit. This has been the biggest headache for me. Like I said, if there were no effects, it would just be plug in, split signal, big tone. Easy ;p I want an aggressive tone.

    So yeah, I'm still just finding my feet with this idea, keep responses coming and I'll give it all a good think! :huh:[/quote]


    'ang on matey.. i'll see if I can find the post about my combined MXR M80 and BDDI parallel routing. I basically do what you want, left on all the time for a truly epic tone. If I can't find the post I'll knock something new up for you. I reckon it sounds WAY better than the SVP-BSB rig I was running ;o)

    Who's whistling me? Oh wait.. its my ears..

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Here's the Ear Protection sticky! Defintely worth a read as to why you SHOULD spend on decent ear plugs!

    [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=533"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=533[/url]


    I have mild tinnitus, I also have the ER 15/25 moulded ear plugs.


    I'm sure it has been said on this thread, but I can not stress the following information enough!!!

    [b] That ringing in your ears after a gig is your ears telling you damage has been done. You may think that when the ringing has gone the following day, that all is well. IT ISN'T. The damage is cumulative each time your ears ring and is irreparable. A little bit more on top of the last time you hurt your ears. One day the ringing doesnt go away and you are stuck with it. I know!!! You'll get no warning either. It *could* be the next time you rehearse! [/b]

    My friends suffers from constant white noise in his ears, like trying to sleep next to an out of tune TV! - I have a whistle in my right ear, probably from cymbals over the years and another whistle of a different pitch in my left ear.

    Get moulded plugs people.. £160 Vs the future of your hearing is nothing!! - Honestly! Its cheaper than a gaming console! Hell! Sell the console!! lol

    upgrading power stages in amps

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='ben_eat_pie' post='269687' date='Aug 25 2008, 07:12 PM']hi there guys

    just wondering if anybody has tried fiddling with there internals to get more power out of their head - i like the sound of my amp, and i don't wanna buy a new one - but i need more power, and with a lower minimum impedance.

    any info muchly appreciated!

    cheers,

    ben[/quote]


    Due to the nature of each amplifier manufacturers designs differing so much from others, you would be very unlikely to be able to 'upgrade' the internals of an amplifier head. (Or get more power from an existing one). These days, everything is crammed on to printed circuit boards in order to keep the costs down and are pretty unserviceable for the novice/average Joe on the street.
    Your best bet is to get a seperate power amp and slave that from the line out of your existing head to give you extra power. Better still, does your amp come in a 'preamplifier only' version? (Not sure what you are using) - As I would suggest getting a preamp and seperate power amplifier, giving you the ability to upgrade depending on your needs.

    1u power amp - whats my are my choices?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    These are the best ;o) (IMHO etc etc) - but the price tag is a bit full on for the average pub gig. I owned the D2004 2k amp and nothing could touch it for sheer quality ;o)

    [url="http://www.powersoft.it/pageurl.php?url=http://pro-audio.powersoft.it/"]http://www.powersoft.it/pageurl.php?url=ht...o.powersoft.it/[/url]

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