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coincidentally, i've just been looking for a wee practise amp myself. the wife has threatened to buy one for me, as she's fed up with me playing too loud. i checked out this forum, searched for 'practise amps' and saw the Orange 25w bass amp, looks sweet. mind you. that promethean looks good too.. further research needed.

i have an EBMM sterling, and while i can use the deep imact with it, i have to be careful to set the input level just right and not to boost the eq, or it glitches. compression can help. i also find that some fuzz pedals work better with it than others, mxr blowtorch, way huge swollen pickle = good ; EHX big muff pi = not so good. in short, i fear that you're right, maybe a buffer is the answer.

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i love this thread.

[quote name='Count Bassy' post='1197078' date='Apr 12 2011, 05:36 PM']..except the VLE/VLP which I had fully anticlockwise.. ..The sound just seemed undefined with a very boomy bass.[/quote] did you play around with these ? although i'm not an MB owner, i got the impression that these were the controls that defined a decent tone..

[quote name='son of frog' post='1196391' date='Apr 11 2011, 11:54 PM']Thanks for the replies, the LS-2 sounds like a reasonably priced answer, going to order one this evening. But its got about 6 different settings, which one do you have it on to achieve this? The pedal front panel is rather confusing. My guess was either the "A + B - Bypass" or one of the "A - Bypass" or "B - Bypass"?[/quote] A + B MIX - Bypass. (with either A or B being clean signal, mixed in to taste) .the other two are single channels on/off. great pedal.

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='1196164' date='Apr 11 2011, 08:20 PM']Ive been playing with the behringer bsy-600 and expression pedal[/quote] any chance of a soundclip or two ? doesn't have to be great (see mine for example ), just an idea of what can be done with it..

[quote name='paul_5' post='1195663' date='Apr 11 2011, 01:16 PM']Alesis SR16[/quote] that's the one.

sounds great Higgie. super recording too.. kind of a g-funk vibe along with the dubby bassline.. carry on.

some good ideas there ^. also can i suggest you invest in a digital recorder, like the zoom h2 (no, i'm not selling mine.. ) ? record your jams/practises. listen back later, preferably after a few pints or some other mind-altering substances, in order to gain a fresh 'punters' perspective. you may well hear what it is that you are striving to achieve...(works for me, anyway..) sometimes being 'in the moment' stops you from hearing things objectively. i hope that makes sense..

[quote name='danny-79' post='1193126' date='Apr 8 2011, 06:08 PM']Will do. Just ordered some strings, the set up obviously isn't as simple as just putting heaver strings on it, bridge, truss rod will need adjusting an an most important will need to make sure that the strings are sitting in the nut properly. this is the slightly irreversible bit, the nut will need filing to take the drastically heaver strings, if you don't file it (most likely the B string) will eventually end up splitting the nut plus other issues, so its a decision thats worth putting some thought into before you start. (at worse if want to put it back to standard, will just need to replace the nut).[/quote] mmm.. food for thought.. the nut on the 'Jack' is pretty non-standard too, i shall get my local bass tech to advise me on the possibility. cheers.

[quote name='danny-79' post='1193117' date='Apr 8 2011, 05:50 PM']Thats for advice so far to all, gonna order a five string set now an see how it goes, It could be the start of something completely different .... WIN WIN if nothing else [/quote] please keep us posted with the results. i have an old Hohner Jack that i'm thinking to do the same thing with.

i'm not a major jazz fan, but Miles Davis - Bitches Brew is definetely one of my desert island discs. as far as trad jazz goes, i love New Orleans style. early stuff like King Oliver makes me smile and want to shake my booty.

[quote name='I am not excane' post='1185926' date='Apr 2 2011, 04:07 PM']The Proton is not too hard to find - Tonefactor has them as well as a few other places. You can always contact Spencer at 3leaf to buy it direct from him.[/quote] i think he was probably asking what you think of the sound rather than where to buy..

soundclip of whammy, oc-2, source audio b.e.f. and occasional octavius squeezer and mxr blowtorch. excuse the sloppy playing, that's not what it was about. [attachment=76670:Si_edited_4.mp3] also the recording was a mic recording from a zoom h2 which Shep has kindly boosted for me.

^^^ stunning work ! good-looking board too...

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1185166' date='Apr 1 2011, 07:33 PM']I am the pope, do you believe me?[/quote] your Eminence. i kiss your ring-mod.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1185187' date='Apr 1 2011, 07:50 PM']If you havn't already try Whammy (on 2 Oct up), OC2 (just -1oct) and the Soda Meiser.. Huge fat wall of sound which you can push up to a squeal. If you have a delay and whack the whammy up full and back down super quick you get nice guitar note like wibbles trailing off [/quote] yeh, i've been using the +1 Whammy octave , with OC-2-1oct, no delay yet, but a blend with the Octavius Squeezer and it's LFO can yield some cool results. i'll tame the soda-meiser some day..

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been having massive fun today with recently acquired digitech whammy & oc-2 (credit where it's due Shep ) > octavius squeezer / source audio b.e.f. and occasional fuzz from mxr blowtorch. can't recommend it highly enough. soundclips in the near future, although i'll probably need advice on how to upload wav.s or mp3s to make the best of them.