gnasher1993

If you're going to be using a laptop you need a good spec. Alot of software won't run well on a laptop. Ideally, you want a big hard drive (2 if possible), as much RAM as you can get, 7200rpm drive speed (rather than 5400rpm of most laptops), less than 5ms seek speed. Obviously, alot of those things are only important if you'll be mixing lots of tracks and running several VSTs etc. Also, alot of people will suggest that the computer that you use for recording should be for just that, i.e. no games or other software. It all depends on how serious you are... As for an interface, if you want lots of tracks you'll need something like the Tascam US-1641. If you're going to be multi tracking everything, then 1-4 channel(s) will be just fine. Have a look at the Lexicon series (Alpha and Omega) or the M-audio fast track line.

I bought John's double bass a while back (August)...only just found this thread. What a great guy! I'm loving the bass... Cheers John

There's a fair few [url="http://www.genzbenz.com/?fa=dealers_europe&country=England&pg=1"]dealers[/url]... I have played through them before and liked them so much that I have a Shuttle 3.0-8T on it's way to me . They're great little amps. Very loud, very powerful, really light. The Shuttle 6.0 is rack mountable but the 3.0 is not. Whereabouts are you based?

[quote name='james_guitar' post='631643' date='Oct 20 2009, 06:46 PM']Either way, I definately want to update my rig... any recommendations for head and cab?[/quote] Sorry I didn't put it very well. The Genz Benz 'combos' are head and cab. [url="http://www.genzbenz.com/?fa=category&cid=95"]Have a look[/url].

Have a look at some of the Genz Benz shuttle combos.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread. When is there going to be another Yorkshire bass bash? Anything planned?

I'll post an update of my board when all my new bits have arrived . EDIT: There's now 6 pedals on the way to me... :wacko:. I'm fairly excited as you can probably guess. 2nd EDIT: Now 7

How do you like the Bass Blogger? I've got one on the way that I've got from a trade and I have no idea whether it's any good...

I've been playing Frankenstein live for a couple of years now. It always turns into an every man for himself, lets all solo at the same time, free for all. I think it's the nature of the tune. Marcus Miller (and band) make some great music. You should check out some of their studio albums, it's very different to the self indulgent live music...which seems to be more about stagecraft and impressing the musicians in the audience.

Check out some of the Genz Benz shuttle combos, they sound great with double bass. Also, check out Euphonic Audio (particularly the Doubler) and Acoustic Image, they both make some great stuff. Your pickup should be alright, perhaps a preamp is what you need. Could be low input impedance on the Bassman that's losing volume...you could try something like [url="http://personalpages.tds.net/~fdeck/bass/hpfpb.pdf"]this[/url]. Of course, that's just my opinion... AJ

I have no doubt that they would take the pedal into their second hand section but you probably won't get much. I think you would be better to sell on here and find a pedal for sale in the classifieds. Just my opinion, of course...

[quote name='lateralus462' post='627754' date='Oct 16 2009, 12:25 PM']So... finished my mammoth clone last weekend, and it sounds exactly like it should and I'm well impressed with myself for actually managing to build something that works!!! - However.....as you all know they are not that happy with active basses, in fact they sound pants, so I'm left with a pedal that sounds epic with my passive basses but rubbish with my Stingray, which unfortunately is the bass I use live most of the time - would adding a pot (say a 250k) to the circuit input (between the footswitch and the circuit itself solve the problem?[/quote] Short answer - no. Long(er) answer - you need a buffer

Check out Anders Jormin. Look for Bobo Stenson Trio - Cantando. Most HMVs have that.

£420 apparently...

This story gets better and better. +1 to everything...would definitely read this thread again