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[quote name='charic' timestamp='1330132593' post='1553323'] Now I have gas for an avb5 :-( [/quote] yeah! This one is lovely!!

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1330686573' post='1561493'] I find that if you've been playing songs without a click track, for most of them you'll have developed subtle tempo changes which know-one notices until you start trying to play to a click. It's possible to play to a click with "feeling", but some of your songs might not suit it - they might need the subtle tempo changes. [/quote] Yep. I discovered that when my band's drummer quit and I started programming drum machines, using rehearsal recordings. Some of the songs drifted my 5- 10 bpm from verse to chorus. You couldn't really tell listening to it. but the idea of sorting click tracks for all the songs makes me break out in a cold sweat...

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1330203377' post='1554193'] Even if you had the cash spare, what could you do with it. Really. Especially if you respect the history of the instrument. [/quote] Gig with it. What's the point in owning a musical instrument if you ain't going to use it.

I shall try and do some comparision recordings of the bass big muff and small stone this weekend.

Well done! Top photo too!

Now I have confidence in my PF-500 I'm loving it. We did a quick demo recording last night. 11 songs in a hour. Had to DI the bass from the Ampeg, to try and reduce the spilling to other mics. But it sounds great! I'm seriously tempted to get 2 of the 1x15" cabs...

First up was [b]Tricky [/b]- Maxinquaye Now some [b]Oren Ambarchi [/b](new album was released on Monday, I think. It's very very good) Then I'll move on to the [b]Dirty Three[/b]*'s new album. *Warren Ellis's, of Bad Seeds/Grinderman fame, other band.

I have a Bass BIg Muff and a Small Stone. I also have the 2 modelled in one patch on the B3. I have yet to totally dial it in but it's actually very close. The dual band compressor is pretty much the same as my Ashdown dual band comp. Again it needs some fine tweeking. I'd say at a gig 99.9% of the audience won't be able to tell.

[quote name='lxxwj' timestamp='1330465517' post='1558048'] Murdoc Nicholls. Not the best/most interesting bassist by far, but he had a nice use of the occasional dirt effect and some cool basslines, as well as being the fourth member of Muse. Cool guy. [/quote] His stuff in The Sensless Things is better than anything he's done since IMHO!

Currently using D'Addario rounds on most of my basses and DR Neons on my Stingray, which is my main bass these days.

I recently bought my first multi fx pedal, a Zoom B3, since the first Zoom bass one (506 bass). I have separate pedals too. The B3 is great for trying out different types of fx without spending a fortune. My plan is if I use, say an auto wah, consistently for a while I'll go and buy a dedicated one. The B3 will also be my DI box if needed too.

[quote name='LemonCello' timestamp='1330361908' post='1556239'] Fagin's in Taffs Well [/quote] Ah. I played in a cramped pub on Saturday night in Pontypool and clunked my Stingray...

Here's the last photo I took of mine. But now the B3 runs in Loop A and my PolyTune is back.

[quote name='LemonCello' timestamp='1330258916' post='1554669'] Went to a pub not far from me to see a band last night. Very good they were too. I went to check out the venue more than anything else as we'll be out gigging soon. Don't know whether this is typical but they were 'shoe horned' in one corner, must have been no bigger than 10' by 10'. The guitarist literally had to move to avoid crashing into peeps as they got up to dance. At one point I noticed the bass player 'twang' his nice Stingray against the wall which quite understandably made him wince! [/quote] What pub was that?

They're a great band. Don't take themselves too seriously either: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkAhTM1ImAc[/media]

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[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1330257368' post='1554626'] [b][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]quote:Oh, and the green DR strings glowed nicely under the UV light that was on and they drew a few comments...[/font][/color][/b] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Yeah, but was it worth it if you could see white fluff on your black jacket under the UV? [/font][/color] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]​well done 'exceptional bassist'! Sometimes you could have 20 fingers and it's the effects-laiden guitarist who gets the plaudits.[/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]ha.... I remember the guitarist in my band doing "Eruption" and his effects were playing up. result: Dry signal made him sound like George Formby getting angry with his banjo. Loved it![/font][/color] [/quote] Fortunately there were other lights so fluff was subdued.. I was kind of surprised by the compliment. I guess he's used to old punk root note plonkers.

Used the B3 last night. Nice to be able to choose lots of different effects pretty much instantly. I'd set up a few patches over the last couple of days, last night I decided to use an auto wah patch to liven up a simple bass line. Worked a treat. I did get a few comments as I had more pedals than our guitarist and the other two bands put together...

Opened for GBH and The Vile last night. Took all our gear (see Bad Amp Share thread) and walked through the door to see they had brought all their own stuff. Then I spotted the GBH bassist was using a tiny Marshall combo that was being pushed to the max and sounded awful. So I was glad I'd taken my old rig (old Peavey head and Laney 4x10). We played our 35 minute set in 25 mins, thanks to the drummer going into gig speed mode! But we had to do a couple of encores, which was a surprise, so we played couple of songs we haven't rehearsed for about 3 months. They went well, the sound guy signalled we'd come to the end of our slot and people were still shouting for more. As I was packing up a guy from the crowd came and had a chat, said we were pretty awesome and he liked my beard . The drummer from GBH actually watched us, the rest of them and The Vile hid upstairs until they played, he also really liked us and told me I was "an exceptional bassist"... I think I replied with "erm... ok... er ta." The Vile were actually pretty good and GBH played a blinder of a set. We talked to a few punk promoters and members of other local, and not so local, bands... All in all a top night!! Oh, and the green DR strings glowed nicely under the UV light that was on and they drew a few comments...

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1330088563' post='1552505'] This is the only deliberately damaged bass I like: [/quote] Is that not the one that was made from an old school desk? So it hasn't [i]really[/i] been deliberately damaged...

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1329950516' post='1550422'] I had the same problem, so ordered a Zoom expression pedal from Thomann. Another annoyance is that there's only one socket so you can connect either an expression or tap tempo pedal but not both. Might see if I can build a mini tap tempo pedal with expression thru jack and extra footswitch to change modes. [/quote] Thought that night be the case. Interesting idea too, will be interested to see if that works...

[quote name='steve' timestamp='1329935275' post='1550057'] have a look in the total settings (the one for each individual patch), you can rescale the XP pedal travel there [/quote] As far as I can tell that just sets the maximum effect level. e.g. Don't open/close a filter fully, but stop at say 75%. So you have 5mm before hitting the 75% limit. Not read the maximum exp. input value as maximum effect level. If you get what I mean...

I got a Moog EP-2 expression pedal today. Unless you can rescale things you get about 5mm of travel before hitting the max...

Last saw them back in the early 90s. My favourite era was the Moose Harris years.