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The snare trigger is intriguing by itself!

Bass number 5 will SHOCK you.

I quite liked it. Probably a solid 7/10 for me.

This how I approached the last Tool album after hearing the first single.

I have taken the decision to rid myself of additional delays, fuzz effects and additional drives now that I am doing more ‘meat and potatoes’ rock music. The result is my smallest board since about 2011. Tuner, drive, compression, Sansamp. Not especially original, but it works! Forgive the cable spaghetti…

I was hoping for Lars Ulrich to appear on a version of Big Bottom and for him to insist on all bass guitars being lowered/removed from the mix in order to make space for more hi hat, kick and snare drum. .

In a stoner doom band this would be a sackable offence.

I didn't actually say anything about my actual core tone. I just find that I can get a decent pick or finger tone without having to massively change the EQ I am using at a given time. My main amp is a Mesa Walkabout, about 50% of the tone shaping on the amp is based from where the gain control is set. It isn't a very 'flat' amp with settings all at 12 o'clock to start with, but it sounds really nice fingerstyle or pick, so I tend to EQ more for the room/stage rather than making big tonal shaping moves on the amp.

I use these for guitar (sometimes the green 0.88m version): I use these for bass (though sometimes the red 1.5mm version): I don't really consider the exact tonal benefits of a pick, I just like a good amount of rigidity as opposed to 'flex' and I only really consider types of picks that are readily available and easy to source. I also love the stubby triable picks because they are very large (so more difficult to lose), durable, easy to hold and it doesn't matter which point I use. I don't generally EQ the amps differently between fingers and pick playing on bass.

I did a gig on Saturday and one of the other players had a v7. There are definitely a few about in the wild but I suspect that those who bought them do not frequent bass gear forums. I didn't get to use it. I used the house supplied TC Electronic BQ500. It was perfectly fine given that I was running a Sansamp through the preamp anyway. Personally, I think that the Venture designs look nice but the product line is about 7-8 years too late to make a significant splash in the market.

The design reminds me of this:

Well, I mentioned that you have to choose a type music you actually like, not a type of music you don't like and have no intention of actually playing. If my former bands had decided to suddenly become a downtuned stoner band then I probably wouldn't have left them so I wouldn't consider this an example of the tactic backfiring. Even then, if the resultant music wasn't what I liked I would advise that I was looking to do a different type of downtuned stoner and leave anyway.

'Hi everyone, I have really enjoyed rehearsals over the last couple of weeks. However after much thought and deliberation I can't help but realise that we are focusing on traditional Czech polka music. I do not wish to force you to change directions again and as such I must with regret offer my resignation in order to enable me to put together a new group which will focus on my own particular love of Slovenian polka.' When there are sub-genres there is always a way to quit.

Exactly!

I'm a big fan of The Cult and every time I hear She Sells Sanctuary on a coffee advert, a car advert, holiday advert, adverts for podcasts, adverts for tv shows, adverts about musical streaming sites, adverts about headphones or adverts about the merits of advertising, my first reaction is one of 'good stuff, Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury got paid again'.