tayste_2000

Awesome Steve, I should be moving to Macclesfield soon which puts me about an hour outside of Birmingham on the train, just checked the prices and it's pretty reasonable to pop down for a 2 hour lesson every month or so.

I just sent Ian over at Ghost Effects an email and thought it might be worth posting it here incase someone has some better ideas or is just interested in the build that is going to happen [quote name='tayste_2000']Dear Ian I had a bass fuzz face built by yourself a year or so ago and I\'m very happy with it so I\'m wondering if you could possibly help me out with another project I have in mind. I\'ve recently purchased a Fender Fuzz Wah, now I don\'t know if you are familiar with these but functionally they are amazing, sound wise they are a bit crap. In this link you should be able to see the functionality I\'m talking about The wah works as any wah would expect the switch isn\'t under the treadle meaning it\'s a nice solid true bypass switch. The fuzz has a similar switch and the gain is controlled by moving the treadle left or right (it\'s a basical wah mechanism using string to turn a pot) it then had a trim pot under neath for fuzz volume and a switch to change it from Fuzz -> Wah into Wah ->Fuzz My plan was to get the wah replaced with my 70\'s Kimbara wah that needs a rehouse anyway due to an iffy switch and get the fuzz swapped out for the Ghost Effects Bass Fuzz Face you made for me. This poses a few issues, first being the Ghost Face doesn\'t like being placed after the wah, it works perfectly fine with a buffer in between it so I\'ll either need a buffer making or supply a 3rd pedal in this case a Dredgetone Angler that has a buffered bypass and build a 3rd effect in which is an overdrive which to me wouldn\'t be the end of the world. 2nd issue is power, I know the Ghost Face reverses polarity so it can\'t be daisy chained, I have no idea what polarity the wah takes as it\'s battery only. My intention is to run this effect as battery only anyway so I would have no issue running 2 batteries inside, one for the fuzz and one for the wah. Though if it could be done with 1 that would be great. The good news is the Fender Fuzz Wah is HUGE it can easily accomodate all this circuitry and more. Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in building for me. Kind Regards[/quote] So there it is, hopefully Ian is up for building it else I might have to hit Max at SFX up but I know that\'s gonna be a fair old chunk of cash. Anyway, thoughts, comments, insight?

Full Rig Run Down [url="http://www.premierguitar.com/Video/20110830/1627/Rig_Rundown_The_Mars_Voltas_Juan_Alderete.aspx"]Rig Rundown - The Mars Volta's Juan Alderete - PremierGuitar.com[/url] Here is the pedalboard, he's trimmed it down considerably. I've not listened to it as I'm at work but visual the board is: 1st Row TC Electronics Poly Tune Boss CS-2 Boss VB-2 Boss OC-2 DOD Meatbox Wren and Cuff Pickle Pie B EarthQuaker Devices Ghost Disaster DOD 20/20 Multiplay 2nd Row Boss PN-2 Pigtronix EP2 Envelope Phaser Line 6- DL4

I use one and it's great, very quick to pickup your note, perfect bypass and the visibility is excellent even in pitch black or outdoors. The size and build quality are big plus on a touring board. For reference I've owned Korg DT-10 Boss TU-2 Korg DTR-2000 Peterson Strobostomp 1 Peterson Strobostomp 2 Planet Waves

Oh I forgot to mention as well once Jack had finished, Wilko Johnson from Dr Feelgood was on and he had Norman Watt-Roy on bass, whom I also met him later on

Got invited by a friend to the Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival on Friday to see Jack Bruce and the Norman Beaker band. Oddly enough Norman lives in the same town as me and someone was just recommending to me a few days earlier that I go check him out. Now Jack Bruce is one of my bass heroes I love his style his tone etc etc, so I got to the gig and got to the front right under Jack's nose. I was just blown away, having coming away from the gig and checking out other live performances I'd say his voice is better than it's ever been, his playing was stunning but a bit sparse, very lead bass esq with the organist filling out a lot of the band sound. His gear was what you'd expect, 2 Hartke XL 4x10 and 1x15 stacks with a HA3500 on one and a HA5500 on the other, sm57 on one of the 10's and then I'm told 2 di boxes. He used his fretless Jack Bruce signature Warwick all night, I don't know if anyone has ever commented but it's got side red led's in it. I could see his backup bass resting on a gigbag and it was a Gibson EB3 (I assume) it certainly wasn't his old 60's one it may have even been a Warwick signature but it looked absolutely brand spanking new. He played the whole gig with his right hand and the neck pickup and only moved closer to the neck when playing, I was so close I could hear his amp (I was technically stood behind the PA ) it definitely was very mid heavy but it had a good chunk of grind to it as well that I wouldn't have thought was possible with the Hartke's, anyway Jack sounded like Jack, amazingly articulate. Once the gig had finished I hung around trying to get an autograph and came to the conclusion that Jack wouldn't be coming out to the general public so I went outside and found the stage door, just as I did his tour manager was pulling the people carrier around so I offered to held him get the gear in the car. As I'd suspected Jack was only using the HA5500 stack and the HA3500 and other 4x10 and 1x15 were a backup, it was there he told me about the 2 DI signals, I can only assume one pre and post the Harkte. So once this stuff was in the car, the tour manager said he was just going to get Jack. Jack comes out and gets into the car, I sheepishly asked "Excuse me Jack, sorry to bother you but I couldn't get an autograph and a handshake could I?" to which he responded "Well you're not really (bothering me), I can't shake your hand as I've got terrible cramps but I'll try and sign something for you" so I got my Jack Bruce autobiography signed, I had my vinyl copy of Songs For A Tailor in the car but I didn't want to take it into the gig or try and run and get it before he left. Now one thing I will say is, Jack was very gracious throughout his gig and was grateful to be at the gig and this was a festival so it would have been hard for him to hang around, I mean the man is near 70 and you can really see it when you meet him, he looks in great health on stage but afterwards it's clear he's giving it his all. Anyway enjoy the pics (sorry they were all taken on an Iphone) Setlist: First Time I Heard The Blues Mellow Down You Burnt The Tables On Me (He didn't play this) Neighbour Neighbour Politician Born Under A Bad Sign We're Going Wrong White Room Sunshine Of Your Love Encore: Spoonful or Sitting On Top (He played Sitting On Top)

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