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dave_bass5
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It does make me feel like its worthwhile when i see people dancing, after all i know we are there to entertain, and if we arent doing that, i feel we are doing something wrong, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. I do make sure I’m on point as much as possible, so no blame can go my way.
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We once played in one of the high walkways over Tower bridge. It was so cramped we had to pile all the amps on top of each other in front of the drummer, and put the desk on the floor behind him. This was to allow the catering staff to get past us and take the food down to the other end of the bridge, where all the guests were. There was also a DJ there, who set up in front of us. The most pointless gig ive ever done, and the worst for getting in and out, as you cant park on the bridge. The guitarist stood on the other side of the walkway. He looked like he wasn’t part of the band.
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Before for me as well, but bare in mind a lot of heads have comps in, ands these will be at the end of the chain, so its really what works and what you want it to do, and what’s in the chain before it. Ive found either to work, but in different ways.
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Same, plus i get money at the end of the night.
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Price dropped to £90 collected. For sale is my 3 month old Mono Stealth in black. Lovely gig bag, and very easy to wear (best ive ever had). I got this new last Nov when i started gigging, but I’m struggling to store it at home. Ive also started to use my old Gator bag more, as it has a much larger front pocket. Looking fro £90, collected as i dont want to post it. https://www.andertons.co.uk/mono-stealth-electric-bass-guitar-case-black -
I did finally get to play my mates one last month. Neither of us thought much of it and he sent it back and got a Little Marcus. It just seemed to lack life and tone, at least compared to the head he had before and the one he has now.
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And sold. I had that at first, but it stopped my TC Electronics pedals and head getting a tone print when i was beaming from my phone. Got it swapped for the L version and all was good. I guess its the better of the two, but the full freq isnt always a plus, especially with headphones. -
As much as I love this system I’m finding it too bright for headphone practice. I play with a pick and the open top end is just a bit annoying. Planning on going back to the non L version. I got this last year and have gigged a few times with it and never had any issues. I rehearse almost every week with it as well it’s very reliable, although as with all of these devices you can get drop outs. Had a few drop outs over the months at rehearsals, but less than I have with my Xvive 2 system. This system has less noise than the Xvive, and a cleaner tone when playing very softly thought it. My Xvive’s add some low level digital noise. Based in central london, Holborn during the day, Southbank/Waterloo in the evenings. Happy to post (I still have the box and packaging) for an extra £5, UK mainland only. https://www.boss.info/uk/products/wl-20_wl-20l/
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One of the first albums I owned.
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Friday update: 3rd head arrived. A couple of small marks on the base, nothing im going to worry about. Real test will be tonight. Need to check DI as well as my MB800 arrived with a non working DI. Feeling positive....
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On second thoughts, i’d steer clear of that website. Call me paranoid but none of the big online stores seem to have it yet, so I’d question how they do. They have a bad rating on Trustpilot. Ah, not based in the UK, or stock not in the UK. 3 days delivery.
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Bloody hell. I’m still struggling with getting a good Legacy800. Thats only £50 more and i dont need 800watts. Cheers for that.
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Where did you see that price?
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Quick update, the head I’m sending back tomorrow is working as excepted. No volume loss when the footswitch is in. Cant fault it other than the shoddy condition it arrived in. Fingers crossed the one arriving tomorrow is ‘the one’. If not, ill give up. I really do put GK at the bottom of the ladder as far as QC goes, and thats not just music gear. EDIT: oh, and today’s one has less hiss.
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Bit frustrating. I spoke to Andertons and they arranged a swap over. New one just arrived and has black marks all the way along the front, and round the knobs. Also two large scratches on the bottom. I suspect it left GK like this as the box was sealed. Ill take it home tonight and test the footswitch to see if its the same, but its getting collected tomorrow anyway. Not paying that much for a cosmetically damaged amp. The footswitch issue i can live with if its a common one. I have ordered one from G4M, which should be here tomorrow. Any issues with this one and im giving up. Up to this point thats 5 GK products that ive had issues with. If tomorrows doesn't go well that will make 6.
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Ive got a F1. I got it after getting rid of my SA450. Also had a LM2 at the time. It has a different tone to the older MB heads, it does lack the warmth of the LM2, but it also has a more responsive feel to it (IMO). Not clinically 'digital' like some other heads ive used. Its been my fav MB head by far. I have gone off MB for now though.
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There is no clean channel as such, thats the main input and master knobs. Agree i could just lower the OD level, and that’s what i tried last night, but the knob went from noon down to about 10 o’clock, and the master was over noon to get it to match the level i was using before the footswtich. Quite a drop. I can live with manually changing the channels, i only really need the OD for a couple of songs and its on all the time for those but I’m going to get it swapped tomorrow, just to confirm its normal or not.
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Very happy with the L800. Tonight’s rehearsal went very well. Took me a few songs to get used to the gritty tone, but once i did i could hear the heft and power. I think its going to work out well. One issue though. When i plugged a cable in to the footswtich jack the output level dropped for the non OD tone. I could turn the OD on and off fine, and the OD channel sounded great, but turning that off using the footswitch resulted in a noticeably lower output than if i turned the OD off using the switch on the amp. This made the footswitch unusable.
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i was tempted to take the Q/Strip, but i want to see, or rather hear, what the naked rig sounds like first. Pretty sure i wont need a pre amp pedal either lol. The only effect i really need is boost/OD, an di have that in the amp.
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What i found last night is i have ot push the Trim quite high to get the OD to work properly. I backed it off to noon, and the hiss reduced, but i couldn't get more than a very mild dirt from the OD section, even with the Drive all the way up. This wouldn't even be noticeable with the band playing. I put the Trim back to about 5 o'clock and the dirt came back. I think its going to need a bit of fine tuning tonight. Tonight will be the first time in months, maybe years, that im going with just bass/amp/cab. No effects at all.
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Ive always believed Hank could play anything he wanted to, but with such a clean sound he limits himself. A true genius. Nothing flash, just universally appealing.
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I was going to mention the age, but also the love of jazz. Take yer pick lol.
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Helix Floor/LT/HX/Stomp/PodGo owners' Club - Tips, Ideas & Patches
dave_bass5 replied to Al Krow's topic in Effects
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Two sets? 🙂
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Ive gone back and forth between my MB800 and L800, and the hiss seems to be about the same, and ive never worried about the MB800 at gigs. In a dead quite room its always going to be noticeable, but tomorrow night will be its first outing. If i find it a problem ill get it changed, but im pretty sure its normal. Even at this volume its a very powerful tone. With the Trim almost on max (as suggested) the volume is so loud all i can do is to turn the master until i can hear something, and then have to stop there. Love the Bump switch. I think ill have that on most of the time. The OD channel is very nice. With the master on 0 on both heads the hiss is the same so im sure all is working as expected.. Its strange how GK suggest using the two heads quite differently. Ive read that quite a few people say GK's sound a bit ugly on their own, but fit so well in a band mix. Ive always found that, but the L800 seems to sound a bit nicer compared to my MB800 at home.
