woodyratm

Wouldnt life suck if we all liked the same basses?! FWIW i tried dozens of basses before deciding on my lakland, that was trying high end fenders, MM, Warwicks etc. Even based my purple beastie on it! You might get a few dogs occasionally, but for my (personal) testing, i found 9/10 fenders were howling, but all the Laklands i tested were lovely in comparrison.

Maybe look at a delano pup if youve not decided yet

I have a rough question kinda in the same vein... I want to use my 4 string lakland at drop A (AEAD) - what kinda gauge would be needed for this? Best to get a 5 string set and ditch the high string? Will I need to likely need to file the nut? It's 34" scale.

I had one. I managed to get fairly useful tones. But you have to be insanely clinical with your playing but I found that to be the same with the Roland GK3B also. I bought mine used and sold it for the same price. I think I sold it for about 30 quid. Worth it for that price, but not the 70 it retails for.

What power amps are you guys using (if any)? I'd like to take ipad, light amp and barefaced cab for gigs and practice. Was eying up the EHX magnum 44 but not sure its loud/clean enough. I'd rather any distortion came from my actual preamp tones.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1411237610' post='2557834'] Yep...just to re-iterate. Valve amps have to be run under load so make sure you know a few absolute NO-NO's with regards to running valve amps. They aren't very kind at all to anyone taking liberties. You MUST run it under a load at ALL times. You must run it with the correct load so, 8 ohm cab should have a ohm selecter on the back of the amp. You turn them on in stand-by mode and then wait for the amp to warm up before switching in the power stage...which is normally the second on switch. If power is switched off ( i.e power-cut ) ..switch the amp off and start again. Valves and voltage supply are dodgy bed fellows so reset the amp and start again if the power is fluctuating or unstable. Valve amp users hate the venue limiters with a passion for this reason. This is why valve amps became unpopular and second to the more resiliant and robust SS models. They did not become unpopular because of the sound 99% of the time. [/quote] +1 Although it might just decide not to work at all! Risks ya gotta take in the pursuit of tone! Enjoy it

Forgot to reply to this! It was amazing! Didn't cock up quite as often as i thought! The band felt it was their best gig to date. So chuffed!

If my memory is right you can use both channels at once with a Y cable or ABY box. I remember it gave a lovely sound. Sigh - i'm lusting after one again... Might just buy an axe fx instead... :|

Aww what the hell?! I don't have space for bono! I dont even have time to remove it.

Other people may have had no issues - but I can't have an amp fail on me with no warning It did sound absolutely amazing though. My back hated it though! Something like 12 power valves?!

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1410428211' post='2549277'] JamUp app on ipad or iphone and a Line6 sonicport would be the best option in my opinion, and would be cheaper than the Kemper or the AxeFX. [/quote] Cheers - Will give it a go! Got a Sonic port already.

I liked mine loads. Until it decided to die just before recording. Was great to have spent ages working on a tone that I liked and fitted amazingly with my guitarist, only for it to die at the last second.

Hey guys, Looking for some advice - I'm currently in two projects, one with synth/rock the other metal/djenty. I've got my FX obsession under control now and I'm pretty much using one or two tones. I want to however get to the point where I dont have any pedals (or at least not as much!) in front of me. What I would like is fairly straight forward. 1) ability to setup two amps within - I'm using a PF800 just now, so Ampegness would be good. But I'd like a setup to allow me to use a 2nd amp or dirty tones. So the clean bass is a constant. Think RATM, Muse, Tool etc. 2) Actually sound decent! 3) Have multiple "pedalboards". Like Scenes I guess? Eg I could press 1 and have my synth band, press 2 and have the metal. 4) Would be nice if was easy to use! I've looked at the Axe FX (Youtube natch), which I've quite liked, but the cost is insane. I would however sell my head and i've already got my dingwall for sale, so it's not completely out of the question. My singers other band users Avid Eleven Rack stuff. The metal band guitarists use Line 6 HD300/500s, but I wasn't blown away by the amp stuff in the M series - not sure if they're the same? I had a quick look at Kemper also. What power amp would people suggest? Lighter the better tbh! But if It means I don't need a board and can have TOOOOOONES of tones I could live with it. Any help would be grand

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1409845084' post='2543897'] Once you hit that first note, the nerves disappear. Well they do, so long as you manage to hit the right note [/quote] Hahahha! I'm living my the phrase "If in doubt - Open!"

Good lord - I have actual nerves! Joined some mates to play some metal and gig again. First gig is tonight. Not even sure I can remember the songs atm! Excited!