Newfoundfreedom

Does anyone use guitar effects on bass, or does it just always sound cr#p? I've got a Line 6 M13, which I absolutely love from a usability perspective. I've tried using it on the bass for several things but I'm always underwhelmed with the result. A couple of the reverbs are OK, and the tuner works, but other than that it doesn't get much use. I'm more than happy to admit it may just be me not setting things up properly as I don't have a lot of experience when it comes to effects. Has anyone else had any decent results with one of these or similar? Or would I be better off just chopping it in for a dedicated bass multi effects?

Sounds perfect. I'm much more interested in the contents of those than the content of Scott's videos.

Yup. Same here. He irritates the #@£* out of me.

Poverty. Keeping a car on the road to get to work was more important than a bass I didn't play, because I was too busy working. Also, being homeless puts a bit of a damper on your bass collecting aspirations.

Make sure you get the MK1 Stu. The MK2 has a much shorter battery life. These will run for 6 hours plus on a full charge.

I think personally I'd be leaving and demanding a refund due to the venue's utter lack of management.

Aha! Now we're getting somewhere. Now all I have to figure out is who Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette are. Google to the rescue!

A long annoying drone and chords that haven't changed in years. It's it a Quo concert?

It's alternate picking when you can't decide between a P bass and a Jazz bass?

Wow! This whole thing beggars just one question. Who or what is Peacock?

I'm calling bulls#@t on that one. It was obvious the timing was way out!

Definitely. I've lost count of how many times at a gig I've whipped out my recorder and played "Little Donkey" to a standing ovation. Sadly that is genuinely the sum total of the music skills provided to me at school.

As I said, "I" can't see the point on spending money on something more expensive. I'm not a touring musician. In fact I don't, and never have made any money from music at all. It's a pretty expensive hobby. So saving money on things like this is always a welcome bonus. If it does the job, and it sounds good, then I'm all for it. To be honest I've got no time at all for gear snobs who think that brand name gear and high prices make them better musicians. If it wasn't for budget gear, there wouldn't be any musicians, unless they were lucky enough to come from extremely wealthy families who can afford to throw a fortune at what could be just a child latest whim.

Semantics. If you can't hear it, then what difference does it make? Fair enough if you're recording or playing arenas you might want something more "professional". But if you're just blasting out covers down the Dog and Duck on a weekend, or want to practice without being tied up my cables, then these are superb.

I wonder if you've got a dodgy set. I've tested these against a lead and get zero noticeable difference in latency, quality or volume.

Sounds to me like the drummer wasn't really interested in being in the band, but didn't want to be seen as the bad guy by quitting. Constantly asking the question, whilst simultaneously being the one blocking any solution is a classic passive aggressive move. Now he gets to stay at home, happy and safe (can't really blame him for that one) but doesn't have to look like the bad guy that broke up the band. I'm afraid the OP walked straight into the trap, as did I in a very similar situation with my last band. Either way there nothing really lost as it obviously wasn't going to go anywhere anyway once people lose interest in playing together.

I bought these from eBay for about £25 and they work flawlessly. I've gigged them a dozen times or so before lockdown, and used them for probably 50 or more practices. They last for hours, have a ridiculous range, zero noticeable latency, and just work. I don't see the point in spending hundreds on a wireless system when you'd be hard pressed to find anything that would work any better.

I'm exactly the same Dave. Horses for courses I suppose. But I'm in a band with people who are really good friends ( I'm even married to one of them) so practicing for us is just getting together with like minded mates and creating music. It's first and foremost an enjoyable social get together. If it wasn't, I don't think I'd bother doing it. I totally appreciate that for some people it's a living, which puts a rather different spin on things, but as far as the hobby side of it goes, I certainly don't need an audience to enjoy it. In fact I enjoy it far more without one.

I've never really understood this mindset to be honest. If there's no gigs then it's not worth rehearsing. How about just for the love of playing music with other musicians? I actually prefer rehearsing to gigging. Sitting in a room with other musicians just playing is one of my favourite things in the world. Rather than rehearsing being a means to an end, I see gigging as a necessary evil.

Nope. I'm very much still set in my ways. A acquired my musical taste in my teens and pretty much listen to the same music and bands now in my mid 40's as I did then. Whatever part of my brain attracted me to music as a teen just isn't there in the same way any more, and I find it really difficult to get into new music, no matter how good the band are. I just don't have the mental or emotional stamina to really get into the nuts and bolts of anything new. I can count on one hand (well, maybe 2) the number of bands or artists I listen to now, that I didn't listen to 30 years ago.

I thought it was just me. I mean, how can you question a so called guitar legend? My wife loves him. I find him extremely bland with a topping of vanilla.

I used to DRIVE that bus! (Well not the 69 to be fair, But Barnsley to Sheffield along the same root)

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