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[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1480933840' post='3188082'] The amount of R&D that went into the B Social....I mean...????!??!? How many bassists do you know who own one? [/quote] I've played through one. It's pretty decent. Just not £600 decent. But I don't know anyone who has bought one, no Edit: Bax Shop have knocked £200 off the B Social Price.....

New pickups (what was wrong with the custom shop 60s?), revised neck profiles and a couple of new colours. Better to get a bargain on a new American Standard...

What settings have you settled with for the compressor? I'm running the Sansamp pretty much all the time but haven't sorted the octave yet.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1480452261' post='3184575'] Sorry mate. BTW you havent got the badass bridge on it. Did you not like it? [/quote] Erm hadn't you already decided a few posts back that this photo wasn't actually a Nate Mendel and therefore wouldn't have had a Badass (or hi mass as is now) fitted? Confused....

Have you tried this at volume in another location? It could be poor acoustics in the venue......Would be a shame to condemn the bass before ruling out other factors!

Have you turned the Tweeter control on the back all the way up? Also try angling it up a bit towards you. I had one and it was fine - mine was on casters so I took the back wheels off to add a little bit of tilt to the cab. You do need to be a little bit away from the cab to appreciate the full sound though. Close up it does sounds a bit muffled. The grill is on a wooden frame and is held on with pretty tough Velcro - it just pulls off the front but needs a bit of oomph!

Steel wool is ok for rosewood BUT use the finest grade you can get hold of and be gentle, mask off well everything that is electronic as little steel slivers get everywhere, and vacuum up well before removing any masking tape. Then condition the fret board afterwards with lemon oil or other proprietary fret board conditioners (plenty available in guitar shops). Old toothbrushes are your friend! Take the knobs off to clean them - it makes life much easier. I use Autosol but any metal polish will be ok.

I rather like the Markbass NY121 as a light and compact 12" cab

6k€ and you probably still have to pay for travel, accommodation and subsistence on top of that? That's a lot of T-shirts....

If your neck relief is ok and you can't lower the bridge saddles any more then yes a shim in the neck pocket will usually help.

I retired my M-audio Mbox2 in favour of the second gen 2i2 and am so pleased. The difference in quality is like night and day but it makes me want the 2i4 now....

Yup fair point. It's true bypass isn't it? I can dig mine out to check.....

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1479338685' post='3175862'] To be clear, you are saying that your bypassed tone is quieter with the pedal in line, than going direct into the amp? [/quote] As I understand it, he's saying he's expecting unity gain at the noon position?

[quote name='gazhowe' timestamp='1479333061' post='3175803'] .......the Level control on the VMT is set at noon to keep my overall volume the same whether the effect is on or off. [/quote] Right idea, but you need to set the level control to whatever setting actually does give you the same volume. Noon position might not be it! Set the gain, blend and era to the sound you want, then adjust the level knob to give the same input to the amp with the effect on as with it off (assuming you do want the same level) That could be 2 o clock or 4 o clock even. The noon position doesn't have any relevance.

[quote name='whizzzy' timestamp='1479201482' post='3174634'] Thanks for this. I've modded my RI as per the above .....[/quote] Good news - what schematic did you refer to (if any) to rewire?

Ah ok so in summary, re-wire the existing 'Gibson' config for the Ric config. Straight forward enough once you discount doing all the gubbins through the F holes! I attach the original wiring diagram if you're interested. [attachment=232023:Fender Coronado Bass 0243200XXX Wiring and Control.pdf]

Ok I'm interested, what next? "Get the wiring done" is a bit vague. New pots, all existing wiring just rewired, new wiring etc?

Ok it works fine, on most of the patches. I've gone for basic setup - keyboard midi out > future impact midi in > future impact 1/4" out > amp. I can control patch changes from the keyboard, I'm using a M Audio Oxygen 8. Looking at the manual I should be able to control a few more parameters too. I can't play chords. There is an editor application that you can use to connect FI to a PC via midi (or USB I think) and modify the patches. It is actually designed to accept a midi OR bass signal.

[quote name='Higgie' timestamp='1478611044' post='3170265'] Can anyone with one of these tell me - If using with a MIDI Controller, do you have to use the MIDI output? Or can you plug a MIDI Keyboard into the input, then take the normal jack out and run through an amp? [/quote] Sounds a good idea - I'll try it at home tonight and report back.

I upgraded to the iRig Pro from the basic iRig and have no latency issues. I think it's the same D/A converter in the HD2? I use it with Bias, Amplitube, and that other app that Ashdown use. I did find quite a lot of latency with the regular iRig however. I find it best with Bias, but I think you have to pay for that!

I use mine for exactly as described, a transportable setup to cover the main components of my sound when it's not practical to take a full setup or when I'm just lazy. I like the boost and the chorus as I can boost the Sansamp for extra drive when needed or for [rare] solos. Not tried it with my main board but it's on my list to do.

[quote name='landwomble' timestamp='1477509680' post='3162724'] I was thinking of buying a Bass Driver when I saw this. Am I right in thinking everything you can do with a BD you can do with this plus the extra effects? [/quote] This doesn't have the blend function or the frequency selection for bass and mid, but primarily the same.

Drummers choose to be drummers.

You could alternate by fret -maple/rosewood/maple/rosewood etc That'll screw with the 'experts' minds.....

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1477145915' post='3160142'] My mate just popped over with 2 of these, though one is going back to the shop right now as the neck has major QC issues so will need to go back to Fender. Hopefully he'll be coming back here later with a replacement. [/quote] That's just greedy, buying two at a time - no wonder they're out of stock! Out of interest, what was wrong with the neck?