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  1. Jack
    Thanks for the info so far folks. Musicman, you're in my neck of the woods. If you're getting that kind of money would you care to tell me where? :-p
  2. Jack
    Because normally you build a bitsa for you and not for somebody else so it's not their idea of the ideal bass. And also if someone's a professional luthier there's usually some guarantee of quality, with a hobbyist not so much. I remember a top gear segment on kit cars once and Clarkson made some point about how nobody would want a car he built, but they'd happily pay for one made by someone as anal as James May. The point is you just dont know.
  3. Jack
    Yeah, pub punters in particular like to make comments. I'd prefer to be able to hear though. I have tinnitus from something not connected to loud music, but I'll do everything I can to protect my ears.
  4. Jack
    I have done a search and couldn't find much, but if anyone knows of a previous thread then that would be great. Meanwhile, I have a cheeky question. Being mostly British on here I know it's uncouth to ask but I was wondering if we were over/under charging for our gigs. Granted, the only right answer is whatever you and the person booking the gig is the correct amount to be paid but I was curious as to how much Basschatters are being paid and for what. My band at the moment is brand new and are doing the typical pub rock covers. 2 x 1-hour sets, then usually half an hour of encore stuff. We're a five-piece, so our £200-£300 per night usually works out at around £50 each. Once we've been established for a while we'd like to start doing private events and such, but we have no idea how to charge for those things. We're all new to this band but have all been regularly gigging for many years apart from our rhythm guitarist. We have great backline and can bring our own 'good' PA or we've hired an exceptional one for gigs we think warrant it. We do gigs around Northumberland and Durham, fwiw. Anyone else care to share? Is every other basschatter earning double what my band is?!
  5. Jack
    FFS, I asked him to steal me a bass........... We know two things, he's stupid and that because he's stupid he'll hopefully be caught quickly.
  6. Jack
    Sorry to hear about that. I think if they were intentional scammers more than one of us would have caught out though. Either way I hope you get either your money or your pedals. :-)
  7. Jack
    BUMP - added the compressor too.
  8. Jack
    Go on, make me a trade offer on the Laney!
  9. Jack
    [quote name='Jack' timestamp='1357147737' post='1918194'] And this is the answer to those 'why do you guys need 3kW+ rigs?' questions that we get every week. That, and some people chase the fundamental. [/quote] A few people use hugely powerful PA power amps.
  10. Jack
    The amp models and the od pedals are in the same virtual bank. One or the other. :-(
  11. Jack
    Let me see if I can sell some stuff first then if it's still here I'm your man. Unless you're interested in a practice amp, sansamp clone or compressor pedal as partial trade? :-)
  12. Jack
    [quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1357146859' post='1918173']power is cheap and moving big rigs gets tiresome.[/quote] And this is the answer to those 'why do you guys need 3kW+ rigs?' questions that we get every week. That, and some people chase the fundamental.
  13. Jack
    And so it is :-) These go for £80 or so on Ebay, but I only really want what I paid for it.
  14. Jack
    Im kinda tempted, when does it get to Teesside?
  15. Jack
    Shameless, but if you'd like my Laney R1 you could have it for that plus postage. ;-) Otherwise, they're all much of a muchness tbh, look for a decent-sized speaker and headphone out. The Roland ones are great, expensive but worth it.
  16. Jack
    I don't really think we're clear on what you're after still. As a wise and ancient Chinese philosopher once said: "THAT tone is a chorus, you must buy a chorus pedal, THAT tone is a wah, you must buy a wah."
  17. Jack
    I have to agree with my learned colleague here. Barefaced or GK. Boy, forums sure do have fashions...............
  18. Jack
    Hey folks, Bought some pedals, messed around for a bit and then bought one of those Zooms that were on special. Both of these pedals are boxed and as new. Actually, AS new doesn't cover it, they ARE new and have literally been played for maybe 45 mins each in the house. [u]Dr. J Sparrow: £50[/u] Up for sale is a Dr. J Sparrow pedal. It's basically a sansamp clone that I bought it to get the 'sansamp sound' then decided that it wasn't for me. I have played real sansamps in the past and can confirm that this is pretty much spot on, I'm just not a fan of this whole tube amp in a box type thing. These are on ebay for £80+, and as I've said mine is boxed and brand new. [u]Biyang Baby Boom CO-10 £40 (including postage)[/u] Next is the compressor I bought. At first I had some noise issues with it, but when I tried an isolated power supply and then a battery it all works brilliantly. Just seems I don't really know how an effect pedal compressor works compared to a studio or PA one. I was using it to level out dynamics but it has loads of squash, can definitely an 'effect' comp rather than a subtle one if you'd like. I'd actually be keeping this if it wasn't for the Zoom. As it's an unknown I have posted links to some reviews beneath the pictures. [url="http://www.theonlineguitarstore.co.uk/products/Biyang-CO10-Compress-X-Pedal.html"]Online Guitar Store[/url] [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/stomp-box/270258-npd-biyang-baby-boom-compressor-x.html"]Telecaster Forum[/url] [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/biyang.shtml"]Onvilab review of this pedal's almost identical (cheaper!) twin[/url]
  19. Jack
    There's a certain 'oomph' that is neither volume nor sound quality that you only get from a big rig, but is a 2x10 + 1x15 really that big? Bet you'd love two good 1x12s and micro head. Of course, casters are cheaper.
  20. Jack
    Arrived this morning, spent until now messing around with it. As with all of these types of untits that I've used so far all of the built in patches are flashy and show-offy. They do sound nice and they certainly show of what the unit can do. I'm really liking some of the amp models/flavours through headphones but the 4 seperate swithes are what makes it really cool, rather than changing the patches you can turn on/off the compressor, preamp, and 2 modulation sections. This I really like, and makes the unit operate more like a proper, manual pedalboard. I am finding some of the patches quite noisy but this is through my mixer and headphones, I imagine this will disappear through an amp. There is more than sound quality to think about though. The sheer number of inputs and outputs is staggering and useful. The tuner is brilliant and the whole thing is very solidly built. Good so far. And I think anyone nitpiking needs to think about the price. Where I am, this thing is cheaper than some pedalboards. As in, pieces of wood with some velcro on top.
  21. Jack
    [quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1356043851' post='1906279'] and an SFX MicroThumpinator. [/quote] Did you notice the option of using the sub bass control as a -12dB HPF at various frequencies from 50Hz up? I'm hoping it will work well enough that I won't need one of fdeck's HPFs or a Thumpinator.
  22. Jack
    [quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1356027797' post='1906029']gushing[/quote] Ok, so I bought one.
  23. Jack
    So I'm considering one as a 'sound like me' solution for when I'm not using my amp. I've just put a board together with a boost, comp, od, tuner and preamp all of good quality but it's big, heavy and just feels like overkill. What are the 'normal' effects like on the Zoom such as the overdrive and compressor? I don't really ever see a use for the multiple voice filters or even much of the amp/cab modelling. What I'm more interested in is the sound quality, noise levels of the outputs and the like. For instance, how good is the tuner? I'm close to biting, I'm just worried that I'll play about with it for an hour at home, think it's really shiny and cool and then never use it again. And even at £99 it's too expensive for that. Any advice people could give would be fantastic.
  24. Jack
    A big one, those are powerful heads. 2 of the 2x12 neos sounds good.
  25. Jack
    I have a Green Mile and a Pure Boost, been using them for a few weeks and they're both on my board. The Pure Boost I love and so does everyone who's heard and used it. Really, really simple volume boost with basic tone controls. I've been using it to level out volume between pick and fingers live and for that it works brilliantly, my guitarist has ordered one as a volume boost for solos, he's been using a Behringer EQ set flat but with a volume boost as a stopgap whilst he looked at boosts, now he wants the Mooer. Went home for xmas, my dad tried it in front of his Ampeg combo which is a tiny, simple, one-channel affair and loved it for getting the amp to overdrive at sensible volumes. As a side note, I wish I could gig with a 15W, 12" combo amp.......... The Green Mile, well I'm undecided. It's a nice overdrive, but doesn't quite have the valve warmth I like. We shall see. It's just as beautifully made, low noise etc etc as the boost so this isn't a bad review, I'm just not partial to it myself. Lamborghini's are really nice cars I'm sure, but I wouldn't have one no matter how much money I had. Is anyone else finding the 'warm' mode to be hotter than the 'hot' mode?
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