prowla

3 hours ago, diskwave said:

Surely the clue here is . the "General Public", All the above  answers are all from people in the know.  As I eluded to before, ask anyone in the street and I reckon the best youll get is either Sting or Macca... and Im not even convinced about those two. The "Public" havent a  clue when it comes to bass and I dont blame them, its not important.

Since we're being pedantic, I'd suggest the word is "alluded". 🙂

Chris Squier

Paul McCartney

Geddy Lee

Mark King

Jeff Berlin

Alphonso Johnson

Stanley Clarke

John Taylor

Pete Way

Steve Harris

John Wetton

Mo Foster

Roger Glover

Pino Palladino

Geezer Butler

Gary Thain

Burke Shelley

Lee Sklar

John Entwistle

Bill Wyman

...that's my ten.

On 05/10/2021 at 17:55, spongebob said:

70s Punk? Think you'd have a job to beat a P bass, both in looks and tone.

 

Probably covers most of the bass parts played in that era!

A beat up Precision.

And maybe a well-used Ric (but don't throw that one at a wall!).

8 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

Yup, had a lot of stuff:

RBI (rack)

VT Bass (rack)

Geddy2112 (rack)

BDDI (twice)

GT2

VTBASS DI

DP-3X

GED 2112 DI

... there's probably been more.

 

I'm kind of coming round to either a GSS Baby Sumo or finding someone to build me something.  Small is the way forward; no more racks.  If I need a trolley to get it into a venue, it's too big.

You're still welcome to try out some of mine if you like; I mentioned that I took an Ampeg pre/power along to a Bass Bash a couple of years ago and never powered it on because my Markbass EVO sounded so good.

7 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

The SansAmp pedals are well below the standard rack preamp level of "line out". If the amp amp isn't  known  to run on pedals it will be hit and miss if it runs on a BDDI. That is why I suggested using the RBI. Output for Africa on those.

I think @NancyJohnson has had an RBI, and also a 2112.
The VT500 is sometimes jokingly referred to as an "AvecAmp", because it is an integrated amp with a 500W power stage; according to Tech 21 it is "formulated with the same proprietary technology as our SansAmp Character Series VT Bass DI pedal.".

Interestingly, I happened across this thread from a few years back...

I prefer an equipment-style case for musical equipment, though I do have a Peli wheeled one for my cables & oddments.

Not having to carry a great lump of a thing is good for you 'elf too!

I watched for sale items on ebay/FB/whatever for a while and eventually something the exact size for my PT (don't remember the precise model) popped up.

More of a strategy than a recommendation for a particular item.

You can also get interior foam from such as Shadowfoam or Sealey to make things a snug fit.

10 minutes ago, Passinwind said:

Many commercial pedals won't be able to fully drive the modules, or will only be able to do so at settings you may or may not actually like. My DIY amps all have an Aux In formatted to work with more pedals, or even with an active bass plugged straight in, but IME it almost never sounds as good as just going in to the front end of the built in preamp. And in any case, a great many commercial amps already give you ways to bypass the front end, so they already are "ICE amps" but with the useful insurance factor of working on their own if your pedals fail. 

I was meaning these... 🙂

On 23/09/2024 at 15:50, NancyJohnson said:

My signal path was predominantly BDDi/RBI > Poweramp for years.  

Isn't the AvecAmp (SansAmp with an amp) pretty much that?

1 hour ago, Passinwind said:

True, and plenty of others have  as well. It's important to accept that to do it well it's generally much more expensive than just buying something commercial, resale value is often less than nil (and also illegal here in the US at least), and it's just a huge time suck. But yes, one can buy an ICEpower module and throw it in a box with a preamp with sufficient output capacity, and if all goes well it'll make noise.😉

I've been wondering about an ICE amp; I was at a car show and some of them were kicking out ridiculous bass - I was thinking my bass pedals could do with something like that.

54 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

 

The problem is that with a conventional bass rig your sound is a product of every part of the signal chain. If that was the sound I wanted I'd dump everything else after the BDDI. If you are really lucky you'll find an amp that can overcome the colouration of your cabs, but then you will need to use the same amp and cabs every time you play.

Maybe a mixer and a PA.
Oh, DI the BDDI into the PA! 🙂

On 27/03/2024 at 20:39, TheGreek said:

Relating to my thread about "Stairway to Heaven on bass" - I sent the link to a guitarist friend who replied "aren't you sick to death of that song?". 

 

Well TBH, yes....but there are other songs which I could quite happily never listen to again.

 

Firstly, "Hey Joe" - the Hendrix version, the full length version of Layla, including the 4 hour piano solo - by Eric Clapton and (for now) "A Bat out of hell" - actually anything on that whole album - by Meatloaf. 

 

IMO the world would be a much better place if none of these were ever played again.

 

Your turn...

 

 

Yep "Bat Out Of Hell" and "I Would Do Anything" have me reaching for the off switch.

Also anything by Status Quo, Bruce Springsteen, and Guns'n'Roses.

Oh, and thanks whoever mentioned "Come On Eileen" - that's now going round in my head!

I've got a Status neck on my Frankenstein bass.

(Yes, it is a bolt-on!)

Squier

4 hours ago, cetera said:

Just to let you all know that there won't be a SE Bass Bash this year. We're currently considering the possibility of doing something in the Spring of next year instead.

Oh no!

It'd be good if someone made a compact power amp.

The Sumo ones are a strange form factor

@NancyJohnson As mentioned, I have these.

You're welcome to try them out for a couple of weeks, or I can bring them to the next Bass Bash.

(The "AvecAmp" is the same size; it's just in a shorter case, so it's further from the camera!)

The power amp is a cheaper model, but I wanted a 1U unit.

I've also got this Fx setup which covers a wide range of sounds.

The Microbass 3 is my "must-have" pedal; there's one for sale in the BC classifieds.

My only gripe with it is I wish both channels were the same (like the Stanley Clarke acoustic bass model).

That's a Corker!

Those are cool basses; if I saw one for £90 I'd probably nab it.

10 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

I have a few basses (all good), several cabs (all good), some Sansamps (all good) and a Darkglass AO900 head.

 

I've posted previously about how I haven't really bonded with the AO900; it's a tad too aggressive/gnarly for my liking.  I adore the power and that I can jack a stomp into the effects return, but ideally I'd like to be able to have a small/loud one box solution to give me a bit of Geddy Lee style clank and Jean Jacques dirt, so I'm looking for recommendations.  I guess the amp will return £650/700 which I can throw at something else.

 

Help!

I'm with you on the Darkglass sound; to me it sounds like a comb and bog roll, but I think it may fit into the mix well.

A real Ampeg is probably the answer (to most bass sound questions), but lugging one of those around is a chore.

My Stomp is good for incidental effects, but I wouldn't use it on all the time; in face I even switch mine out via a looper, as it affects the sound even with everything off.

I've got Ampeg, SWR, Trace, and RBI preamps, but I've not spent much time with them as my Markbass EVO's emulation is really good; I took some to a Bass Bash, but the Markbass sounded good and I never got round to turning them on.

The organ gives their sound a sixties (pre-prog) feel.

Some of the "punk" thing was just different hairdos and the band members sneering a bit rather than a big revolution reinventing music.

Well, it is something to ponder.

Years ago I was in a band and I was never into partaking, though the rest were; we were at a practice and they were all going "This is great man!", but I thought it was an utter shambles.

I think some of the drugs can help stamina, staying up to work on things, and suchlike, so I guess that may implicitly help playing.

I watched a Beatles documentary and they were all on something; I think it may help the creativity.

A lot of the music I like appears to come via drug enhancement, but it's just plain not my thing.