Boodang

The mxr bass synth is finally on the board. The chameleon preset is so good I'm just going to leave it there. Something I have found, is that the phasor gives the synth sound a different twist with an extra vowel like quality.

Plenty of parallel processing going on in my board but I use a EHX tri mixer as is gives me more flexibility over volumes and phase.

It's interesting that just because you're a musician in a band it's assumed you're into drugs. Most musicians I know are stoned cold sober and it's the audience who are stoned. As you say, not everyone is into it.

Well, i can't speak for myself but a friend on mine, his son is in a reasonably successful band (headline the odd small festival) and they hire a small workforce to keep it rolling... engineer, roadies, driver, social media manager.... so these jobs rely on their performances, so they, quite rightly, take it seriously indeed. Compared to the weekend warrior, quite the responsibility.

Fretless, flats & finger style but I pluck over the fretboard around the 20th fret(less). Plucking at that point gives a very mellow sound so I tend to boost the mids to compensate and introduce a bit of definition. I could just pluck nearer the bridge but I prefer the feel of playing at that point on the strings as it's much more 'elastic'. I've got into the habit of letting my fingers play into the fingerboard so if I did play further back towards the bridge I'd have to add a finger ramp for it to be comfortable now.

Latvia's first Hammond organ trio (I live in Latvia).

They do!!

Git!!! You have a MXR bass synth! I even missed out on the second batch, now waiting for the third to be made around end of Dec... I'm not holding my breath. What's the AMT tube preamp like? Review please!

The latest iteration of my board while I wait for my MXR Bass Synth pedal to arrive. The Dunlop 68 Shrine series uni-vibe I bought at the weekend on a whim. I've just been in a Hendrix / blues band so I couldn't resist it. It does however sound surprisingly good on bass with the sweep on min and the depth on max... almost like a phasor. The bodyrez I use on the EUB and I've really got the death ray dialled in now.

If the band has stalled, start a new band with 'B'?

Apparently it's actually a Harley Benton, he just changed the headstock logo.

In fairness it should be a bit of a shout out for Wunjo as well.... especially as they have a decent selection. Plus they were helpful and very relaxed about trying out basses. They set up an amp and just said we could help ourselves which was great.

Interestingly, we played a J Squier in Dawson's which we felt didn't feel nice, same model (I think also in Wunjo) played brilliantly. And I'm not talking set up either but the neck. I think at this price they all play slightly differently.

Only £10 more expensive in Wunjo so price wasn't the factor.