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Love these tracks, a real blast from the past. Great tracks from a bass point of view too! I believe the bass part on bust a move was played by Flea

I’ve sent you a contact name and number. As Pete says, great venue, you’ll have a great time.

Which version of the Helix did you go for?

Love that Warwick! Keep meaning to get down to the Gallimaufry one night!

How does the EBS pedal compare to the Helix drive which is based on Billy’s Pearce preamp Dan?

Just out of interest, what are you guys using for power? Are you still using your amp's input or fx return, or a dedicated power amp, active cabs? Just curious really, part of me is thinking that, if I do go down the Helix route, I'd probably keep my MB Fusion and go into the fx return, meaning I've always got the option of going through the amp should anything go wrong.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1508315007' post='3391231'] The guy that mods the biggest facebook group makes protectors for them. Little stick on things to go over the screens and scribble strips. If you are gigging in places where spillage is likely then it might be worth getting a set https://www.facebook.com/groups/line6helixusergroup/ Join the group and send a message to Chad Boston. [/quote] Yes I've joined that page/group to have a read up and get some views on it. Thanks for the heads up on the protectors, I think they'd probably be a must for me. Had a message from my guitarist friend last night to say I'm welcome to take his home with me for a few weeks and really get a feel for it, which is really cool. Looking forward to seeing what it can do, although his is the full fat version.

GK MB Fusion, I've had GB Shuttle 9.2, TC RH450 and 750, and a TH500 previously. I've kept the GK longer than any of the others. It just seems to work for me, 3 x 12AX7's at the front end for a nice tube warmth if you want it, and the fact it's got 2 gain channels is a bonus. You can set one low gain for a really clean, crisp, modern tone and then set the second channel at a much higher gain for a more driven, thick, valve tone. Can be picked up for well under your budget too.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1508253179' post='3390877'] Yes. Dead easy. Each of the chains can be separated or joined together for a mono output. In fact if you really want - you can have 1/4 inch to a real amp, and another going to a 2nd amp without cab sims. Then the XLRs with Cab Sims going to the PA split left and right or clean and dirty.... and then have the USB going to a PC for recording etc etc. Easy to do as well. Set each input path up for a different input so they behave like separate amps. Then at the end of each path set which output you want to route it to. Under 20 seconds to set up that routing. Probably under 10 seconds when you've had it for a week! [/quote] Thanks, that's awesome info! I'm meeting up with an old guitarist friend of mine who's got the Helix original, be good to sit down and have a good play about with it without having to go to a shop. I can see my wallet taking a hiding in the not too distant future! My only concern is having something that expensive sat on the floor at pub gigs, but for financial reasons, the LT is a more attractive proposition than the rack unit. What I've down in the past at really tight gigs, is place the pedal board behind me, in front of my amp, which is fine as I don't tend to switch fx mid song anyway, I'm doing 99% covers now so it's more likely to be set a patch for a song and leave it.

Have any of you guys seen the Erik Arko vid where he's using a Yamaha Attitude LTD3? I'm starting to take more interest in the Helix LT, and in the vid he uses separate signal paths for each pickup/output of the bass, but he also send them to separate outputs. I have an Att Ltd 2 and was wondering, is it possible to use 2 inputs and have a seperate signal path per pickup/output, but only use one output on the Helix, so I can run into one amp? The plan would be to use the fx return on my GK MB Fusion, meaning that in case of emergency I've still got an actual amp with me on gigs.

I bought my Ashdown ABM500evo RC from Doctor and the Medics!

Yamaha Attitude Ltd 2, pedaltrain board containing a Korg Pitchblack tuner, EBS Billy Sheehan drive pedal (purple one), Ashdown James Lomenzo Hyperdrive and an Arachnid audio channel switching pedal, into GK MB Fusion and Barefaced Big Twin 2. If using the Yamaha, I'll use the EBS pedal, if I switch to my Bongo then I'll use the Lomenzo instead

[quote name='bassbiscuits' timestamp='1498469549' post='3324740'] Thought Chic and Barry Gibb's sets were both ace - and also Rag N Bone Man had an awesome bassist with him. V impressed. [/quote] He's a member here, his name is Bill Banwell. He's a great player. He had some work done on one his custom Warwick's by a tech I use, and is apparently an incredibly nice guy too.

Our very own Bill Bass onstage with Rag n bone man, sporting his now customary Jazz 5 string. Fantastic player.

Cracking basses, not everyone's cup of tea aesthetically but such versatile beasts. [URL=http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/ern500evo/media/048_zps84a306ec.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b502/ern500evo/048_zps84a306ec.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

My current rig: Musicman Bongo 4HS or Yamaha Attitude Ltd 2 Both strung with D'Addario pro steels Into a pedaltrain mini which houses: Korg Pitchblack tuner Ashdown James Lomenzo Hyperdrive EBS Billy Sheehan signature drive (purple) Arachnid Audio channel switching pedal Rig: GK MB Fusion 500 Barefaced Big Twin 2 I find the Bongo sounds better through the Ashdown pedal and the Yamaha better through the EBS. If it's a gig I'm likely to use both basses on, I set up the 2 channels of the Fusion as one for each bass. So if I switch basses, I just switch which drive pedal is on and switch amp channel. If I'm only likely to use the one bass I'll set the 2 channels up so that one is a boost channel.