LewisK1975

Spotted this but haven't watched it as yet, might just do it when I get home from work today.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1502876949' post='3354066'] Far better to have an annoyed band rather than an angry wife! [/quote] Happy Wife = Happy Life.

Welcome Aidan, I'm from Bridgend, and there's more than a few other South Walians on here too. Enjoy the forum, the only word of warning is that it's a terrible place for giving you G.A.S.!

Yep they are great, I had a similar setup for while, 2 supercompacts and was using the BH250 amp / also had an Ashdown ABM1000. Great punchy sound and venue dependent I would use 1 or both. Ultimately I decided to try a two10 and found out that suited me even better (I must like a bit of colour from the cabs).

Probably the most famous champion of the 2 amp setup is Billy Sheehan. There's plenty of Youtube vids / rig rundowns where he explains it in detail and why he does it. He has 2 totally separate signal chains. One comes from the EB0 position pickup on his Yamaha Attitude and stays clean, keeping the low frequencies rumbling away, and the other signal comes from the split-P pickup on the bass and has little / no bass frequencies at all, and this is where he adds the distortion / other effects. I did something similar for a while but by having a stereo pedal board, feeding 2 inputs on our mixer. It works really well for not losing your low end when bass distortions are used. I do wonder with all the current crop of expensive bass distortions around (Darkglass etc) whether it'll even be an issue in the future..

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1503323530' post='3357213'] I looked it up too. That's a new one on me. [/quote] And me.

Thanks Lozz & Clive, another 2 great deals done. Both of you top guys to deal with. Very easy, smooth transactions from start to finish.

I spotted Clive's wanted Ad for a TC spectracomp and after a couple of messages we'd sorted out the deal, Clive paid straight away and I posted the same day. Thanks again Clive and enjoy the pedal!

Sold my Ashdown AB1000 to Lozz, excellent comms and swift payment received. Cheers Lozz!

At the moment I'm getting a good consistent tone I'm very happy with. How? I'm using a DI at the end of my pedal board and in-ears. No amp on stage. What's been said above is true, the same Bass & Amp will sound different from venue to venue, so it'll have you grinning from ear to ear one night and pulling your hair out the next night.

Haven't watched personally but this appeared a few days ago: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2TNzJEaVKE[/media]

Indeed, massive congratulations to you both!

Yep - have to agree, when you compare the price vs. a sansamp, it's just incredible.. Unfortunately I can be a bit of a brand snob when it comes to gear and as such after getting the BDI21 to see if it did what I thought it would, I now gig with a sansamp.

Good combination - My super compacts loved the ABM1000.

If I was ever lucky enough to have the choice, it'd be a 4 string mk1 for me. Just so I could sound like this, listen to how good this sounds (especially the chorus): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaEN4katH0k&list=PLGIYNBxcSZ3uo0Dv4GUoVf-4yKXu7xmKT[/media] EDIT just to say if someone could let me know how to sound like this without buying a Wal I'd be ever so grateful

[quote name='Monkey Steve' timestamp='1497956514' post='3321567'] Second, have you got any management or a gig booker? Rather than spending all of your time sorting out the gigs and promotion that clearly isn't being appreciated by the band members who don't do it, see if somebody else can take the strain for you. Hopefully somebody with the right contacts and experience who can give you some advice on how best to move to the next level. [/quote] Saved me typing that. If your drummer mentions Maiden as a yardstick often, it's worth mentioning that they have had one of the best managers in the business (Rod Smallwood) since very early on in their career. He has been (and continues to be, I assume) pretty much instrumental in all of the business side of things for them.

Not a great one by any means, but I did get a free T Shirt from EBS when the UK tech support firm they use didn't sort out a pedal I sent them for a recall. Ashdown deserve a mention for me too - repaired an amp for me without charge (I only paid to get it there).

Hey Peter, One of our guitar players has a Hughes & Kettner amp head which has a built in DI output. It has switchable modes for (I think) cabs and mic's. It's really very good from what I can gather! This is the one he uses:- http://hughes-and-kettner.com/products/tubemeister/tubemeister-deluxe-edition/tubemeister-deluxe-40/ They make the DI in pedal / box standalone format as well. http://hughes-and-kettner.com/products/redbox-5/red-box-5/ Hope this helps!

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1497517009' post='3318747'] Weirdly - Having had one and hated it, I just got a bit of ricky GAS. Just goes to show, there's no rhyme or reason to it at all!!!!! [/quote] It's gone again now. Phew.

Weirdly - Having had one and hated it, I just got a bit of ricky GAS. Just goes to show, there's no rhyme or reason to it at all!!!!!

Yep I thought this too. Wasn't there but it was my impression with a lot of what they showed on Sky Arts over the weekend. Too much Bass and not enough vocals. YMMV!