bobbass4k

All my dirt pedals and the OC-2 and GR thrown in for good measure. I'm trying to decide which ones to get rid of. Ath moment I'm thinking Mastotron and CP, the UF-01 just does everything they can and more.

If the mid pot eliminated it the I'd say it's a certain frequency of interference, there's a billion things it could be, somebody else's amp, a PA speaker, even something as anal as the wattage of lightbulb they were using. If it happens again go through possible noise sources one by one (anything electrical is a possible noise source), try playing elsewhere in the room, turn off every bit of electrical equipment one by one etc. You could just reshield (or indeed shield) the control cavity, but I know I'd want to find out what was doing it.

I've got a second hand Simms-Watts at the mo and it's and it's probably the best amp I've had. It doesn't really do dirty to be honest (not what I'd call dirty anyway) but the tone is just sextacular. I'd definitely be looking at old PA amps if you're on a budget, I've played an Ampeg SVT and I definitely prefer my Simms-Watts.

[quote name='harvey1-8' post='1034210' date='Nov 23 2010, 06:49 PM']I think bobbass4k on here uses a Rat, he'd be able to give you more info.[/quote] Ooh, I got a mention, sweet. I do indeed use a Turbo Rat, at the moment it's my main distortion. I absolutely love it, I think the distortion "character" (that sounded less poncy in my head...) is perfect for a bass distortion. It's not transparent like an Overdrive, the only real distinction in sound you'll get is between fingers and a pick (which is actually a big difference). But it's not as full on as a fuzz. I use a blender with it, but I wouldn't say it's necaserry, it depends what kind of sound you want. Max (silentfly) does bass mods to the Turbo Rat. I'll try and record some clips when I get the time.

OC-2 > Fuzz > Filter. That does plug in baby spot on for me. No idea how wolstenholme does it (I would assume the deep impact is in there somehwere). But he definietly uses and ocatver and distortion in the chorus when the synthy sound drops out, admittedly 95% of a pub audience won't notice, but if you want to do it absolutely spot on it's something to remember.

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Couldn't you just put the board out of the way? Just off stage or behind your amp or something, unless you're doing vox and need to be in one place. The simplest option I'd say would be a true bypass loop, hook your effects into it with long cables and have the board out of harms reach. A 7 switch bypass loop would run you a fair bit though, and you'd have 14 odd cables running from stage to off stage. I suppose if you only use some of them in combination or can switch them on and off in between songs then you could get the number of switches down.

I have it first, but i've been thinking about i lately that it'd actually make more sense last. Surely you want to be tuning at the last possible stage before it goes to the amp? As that's the signal you're actually hearing (or closest to it). Don't suppose the attenuation from pedals makes much pitch difference, as long as they're good bypass. Just thinkin' out loud.

Wolstenholme loves his octaves If that's not bouncy I don't know what is. Octavey goodness starts at 2:01, no fuzz and not bouncy, but that massive octave run is one of my favourite things to play.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1034320' date='Nov 23 2010, 08:01 PM']Can you not just convert to an MP3?[/quote] That is in .mp3, they're 1GB each in .wav, getting 600Mb of files onto a free (legal) file sharing service still isn't a cakewalk in the tea park.

How odd, should be fixed now.

Goodo, I'll start figuring out a way to share them on the internets (3 files 234Mb each minimum.....should be fun). In the meantime [url="http://www.mediafire.com/?r9zrn391jq7de""]this[/url] may interest you.

Probably a very select audience, but I demuxed Oceansize's Feed To Feed DVD's, so I've got the bass, drums, and vocals track for the first 3 albums and Music For Nurses. They're very useful for figuring out the songs, because the bass is very audible, but the drums and vocals help you keep place in the song too. Let me know if anyone wants them and I'll figure out a way to make them shareable.

[quote name='daz' post='1030099' date='Nov 20 2010, 03:38 AM']My combo has a built in Octaver, does that count No seriously i never use it, dont see the attraction really. How many times is an octaver used per gig.?[/quote] In the stuff I'm working on with my drummer housemate at moment, the oc-2's on maybe 75% of the time. It's the cornerstone of my synth sound, which I use a lot of the time, and it's also very very useful for filling out the sound when it's just you and a drummer. It's amazing how easily a guitarist is replaced by an octave pedal and a distortion.

My housemates got an electric kit, an Alesis DM6 (I think). He's finding the snare isn't responsive enough, it doesn't really register very light or very fast hits. Anyone know of any very responsive electric snares? His drums connect by 1/4" jacks which I assume is the standard, so any brand should do. Ideally as close to a real snare as possible would be awesome.

I loved my LM250, they do actually deliver on their promise of completely colourless amplification. With the eq set flat, it's just your bass sound but louder. If you like your bass sound then it's great, but I think a lot of people are used to their sound been coloured by the amp and have never actually heard their pure bass sound before. The VLE and VPF controls need to be used very carefully too, someone played through my LM250 and didn't get that the VLE and VPF aren't eq controls, they go from off to max. He set everything to noon and hated the sound, while he was berating me i turned the VLE and VPF off and he loved it. If you don't like them then fair enough, but as someone else said it may be down more to your bass than the amp, I found the eq ws very powerful too and required quite judicious usage, I don't think I ever set anything to full.

[quote name='matski' post='1026815' date='Nov 17 2010, 12:53 PM']I'm surprised to see that the Digitech Whammy is fairly popular - are people actually using them in a live situation or just pissing about with at rehearsals?[/quote] Used to use mine in my old band all the time. At the end of the day, a bass guitar is just a piece of wood with some metal wires and some magnets on it. I'm always surpised by the people who say you shouldn't (or even worse can't) use effects or do anything outside of the norm. In one of our old songs me and the guitarist used to put on really high gain distortions, get our phones out, he'd ring me and then we put the phones near the pickups, then we both used whammy's to get a mlody out of the cascade of noise. It was a thing to behold.

That looks sextacular

I'm considering getting a second one. Just because I can.

[quote name='Jacqueslemac' post='1024927' date='Nov 15 2010, 05:50 PM']Agree with that. It's a hackneyed description, but "sonic soundscapes" fits his playing! Third album on its way, you say? Excellent! (I'm almost 50 and was introduced to Amplifier by our 19 year old drummer. Who's a girl. Good music knows no ageism.)[/quote] Third and fourth in fact, double album called The Octopus. No firm release date yet but the preorders have sold. They promised it this year so I think they'll pull out all the stops to get it out this year.

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='1024901' date='Nov 15 2010, 05:34 PM']Brian Gibson, from Lightning Bolt. Can't think of another two off the top of my head.[/quote] First album was '99, not what I'd call new. Although I agree, he's massively underrated. Crown Of Storms is the most tasteful use of bass tapping ever committed to record.