Recent content by Spocky

Basically I think the problem is in the bass player module of the Amp. Suggest the following: 1) Remove picking arm (usually right but occasionally left) and replace it with a Pino Paladino upgrade 2) If that doesn't work then remove and replace the fingering arm with a Jaco 3) If you are...

...or a more dynamic a capella version such as this Cheers Spocky

This when a song should never be covered by a particular person... .....as an interesting side I am an anaesthetist and we play music in operating theatres and running a random play list, one little old lady with a broken hip was going off to sleep as stairway to heaven started on the...

I have a bit of a newbie question....with the inputs, what is the difference between 'Bass Instrument' and 'Normal' on a bass amp? Looks great by the way. Cheers Spocky

Just reading through this, a couple of questions: 1) What is your primary amp head (and do you want to match it in tone/capabilities) 2) Are you after a smaller venue amp or as a dual purpose backup to your primary and also a smaller venue device (i.e. capable of driving your main cabs but also...

John Entwistle (duh!) and Steve Harris if I need an actual live person:bassist: Cheers Spocky

I think that there are some "effects" that are reasonably universal (like compression) but other technical additions like DI out and ABY switches and Boost that are a base that other true tone changing effects can be added to this 'foundation' style pedal as such. Some interesting options: one...

Hello, I am beginning to understand that certain 'effects' are good to have (like compression) and adding some utilisable tools (like clean DI) as well as effects loops and maybe a good tuner. I was looking at single 'swiss army' type pedals (e.g. Pigtronix Bass station...now discontinued) and...

Regarding the skill levels of Guitarists and Bass Players.....I always love this little bit of an interview with a relatively good guitarist (apparently :bassist:) and his frank admission: Go to 11:38 to see the bit I am talking about and the "Musical Conversation" between guitarist and bass...

First 45 single record that I brought was "1999" and "Little Red Corvette" ...... bit sad how icons are failing at the moment but unfortunately these things happen :thumbsdown: Rest In Purple Prince. Spocky

Hi Beans-on-toast. This is the stuff I am after and although I know its hard to go through a lot of this in limited shop spaces, I like the way in which you go through the systems limits to find if there is a weakness. Good stuff.....thanks. Cheers Spocky

Hi J.Wolf, I think you are getting what I am thinking about...what are the technical complimentary attributes and how do they go to make a whole. But my question is how do you test that removing things than can affect the sound in an uncontrolled environment of a gig location (and instrument...

This is something I don't quite understand. I am presuming that this is just a power/volume issue (my tendencies are always to go bigger than required by usually a lot as you can always volume down). but does the Amp/Cab combination lose its tone/sound as well in a gig environment? Cheers Spocky

Understand fully where you are coming from as its an almost totally subjective matter anyway. What I was trying to look for was whether there was a way (under controlled conditions) to see what the capabilities off the Amp/Cab combination were initially....then its down to just playing the...

Thanks for that advice. One other issue for me is that not all the brands are easily accessible in Australia so might need a road trip of a few thousand kilometres to try stuff out (sound good to me). Cheers Spocky