dave_bass5

I love AmpKit, its my fav IOS amp sim. Shame i already have all the bits i need.

I have had both. I liked the Wizard but find the Fender to be a bit more woody and traditional. The Wizard has a nice kick to it but with my 1212 cab already having a lot of low mid I found it a bit over powering sometimes. To my ears the Fender, in my Squier give me a perfect classic P tone.

I've never owned a multi cab rig but for the past 8 years I've found a Schroeder 1210 or 1212 works very well with my Markbass heads. I've never run out of steam, and rarely use PA support. These cabs are very loud, they are the only cabs I've ever been asked to turn down. They are old cabs and I know there are plenty of similar cabs around but the MB/ Schoreder combination has been widely used by many people.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1357066382' post='1917089'] Yours was one of the first on here! Loved it. I played one recently and was thoroughly impressed. [/quote] I think mine was broken as it never sounded the same as Dave Swift's ;-). I do hanker after another, I've settled on P basses now.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1357063423' post='1917028'] Was Jools bassist using a Fender P5 instead of the Dingwall Super P? [/quote] Yeah, same as my old Fender P5. God, i wish i still had that lol.

I thought he sounded terrible. Very lacking in both tone and energy. On the plus side you could hear the baseline very clearly and I found it interesting to hear how it goes without the over the top 80's mix I'm used to hearing. I quite liked the first song (no idea what it was) but felt the band were very disjointed and nervous looking.

[quote name='Jimelliottbassist' timestamp='1356999925' post='1916315'] Happy new year by the way!! ;0) [/quote] Yeah, same to everyone here. Can't believe this is my first NYE in for 9 years. Next year ill play for free if I don't get anything in.

Just wanted to add Dexy's to that lol. Band were good but oh my, Keven. Tut tut.

Lol. That's it.

Nice one, glad it was that simple. I wish I had a gig tonight, the first time in 9 years I'm not gigging. Have a good one.

Only thing i can think of is does the pre amp have an internal trim pot that can adjust the volume level?

Well at least you had better luck with it than i did Pete. Make sure those springs are making good contact. I was very surprised that i didnt have that problem. Funny how the three of us have got different results. Just goes to show there is more to this lark than it first seems. Paul. Can you keep us updated with this issue. I'd love to know whats causing it, especially the pole piece issue. Good luck.

Paul, i had exactly the same issue with the pole pieces with my P-Retro. It didnt seem to matter if the bass was in active or passive mode, touching the pole pieces gave me a loud hum. Even using a wireless system at gigs (im not sure if thats actually relevant though). As i play with a pick it wasnt really a big deal, but i did find it annoying that it could happen. I didnt have any issues with touching any other part of the bass though, not even the knobs. One thing to watch out for is that none of the lugs on the input jack is touching the cavity walls. My Squier CV is shielded with paint and i did have volume issues when i first put the P-Retro in, and it was down to one of the lugs touching the wall. Also make sure the small brass spring is making contact in the pots. Im not sure if that helps, just passing on my experience. It sounds like you know what you are doing. For what its worth i spoke to John and he seemed to think its normal for this type of pup, but ive never had it before, and after taking the P-Retro out and putting the old stuff back in there is no pole piece hum at all.

I too started off with the BDI21. I had just one gig approaching where i couldn't use back line and wasn't going to splash out for a BDDI. At £20 (back then) i figured i'd use the BDI21 for one gig and if i never used it again i hadn't really lost anything. I tried a few times after that to use it with my rig but it never seemed to do what i wanted it to do. A few years later i was about to sell it so i thought i'd gig it a go at a gig to make sure it was still working and, well, i was hooked. Its all in the blend control apparently. Keep that fairly low and it works really well. As i use it as an always off effect, just sitting on my amp i wasn't too bothered about it breaking but i did like the idea of something a bit sturdier. I never use the Presence knob so i didn't miss that. To my ears the BDDI is a bit warmer, more vintage compared to the BDI21 but i like both.

Before i got the BDDI i had a BehringerBDI21. Its a very, very close copy of the BDDI for around £30. In fact i think i prefer it to the real deal but as i was gigging a lot i decided to the the real thing, as i think it will hold up to life on the road more.

I loved the BDDI, especially once i found the magic spot on the blend control. The lack of mids never really bothered me as my rig is quite mid heavy anyway. Ive never gone fo ra dirty tone so hardly ever used the drive control about 9 o'clock. I got curious earlier this year and sold the BDDI and got a Paradriver. The PD has less of that SVT emulation in it, although it can still do those sort of tones. Since getting the PD ive stopped using the EQ on my amp. The PD's EQ is very powerful, especially the mid control, on top of that you still have a blend knob. If anything i feel my options are too many now. The BDDI was more a set and forget whereas im always tweaking the PD, trying to get the best out of it. I'd say neither will replace a OD pedal but i guess it depends on how much OD you actually use. Ive gigged my BDDI without an amp and it works very well. I think id rather use the BDDI than the PD in this situation but thats just my opinion.

I like both, and recently got a P retro for my Squier (whats left of it) CVP. It made a huge difference and the tones i can now get are amazing, especially considering its just a one pickup bass and im used to what a P can put out. But, i feel its lost a bit of what the P bass is about, for me at least. More knobs to play with, and endless variety of tones (that sound great but aren't actually needed), on top of the ones i already had. Its been great playing with the new tones but ive gone to passive. for me the one tone knob, full on volume is all i need from a P bass.

I believe that they become faster if they are clamped close to the nut. I certainly noticed a difference going from the tip of the headstock to just behind the nut.

Oh, i didn't realise i was already following this topic and that its an old thread. Sorry if im repeating myself.

Ive got the Planet Waves headstock tuners on my gigging bass and it does the job fine, I dont tend to use it more than once per gig, but for doing a set up etc i really love the Peterson Strobo clip tuner. It seems to be more accurate, or at least shows more accuracy. Not cheap though. Ive also got a Snark but thats just as a back up in my gig bag, the PW is just so small and unobtrusive compared to the Snark. When im bored at gigs i sometimes turn the tuner on and play word games with the notes lol.

Ive owned a few of the cheaper pedals over the years, some good, some pointless, but the best ive used is the MXR M87. The thing is ive realised (again) that i really dont need one. Anyway, this is just a very cheeky plug for mine thats up for sale ;-)

I didnt even know about the Classifieds. I just read the whole of this thread and thought what the hell is going on, as the for sale forums don't look any different. So, now i can see that there are two different ways of placing adds can someone explain to me why, and more to the point where should i be placing an add? Can we place a for sale add in both?

Yeah, that's where I got both mine. Pretty cheap as well.