Recent content by stickster

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    Recording straight from bass to laptop

    Your sound will probably be better if you use a preamp to raise your signal from instrument to line level before recording. If you listen back to your current recording on good speakers or studio cans, you'll likely hear a good bit of noise that you can eliminate or greatly reduce with a preamp...
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    Official Markbass Club - the beat goes on, and on....

    So... I have no idea how this works, since I'm a casual reader of the forums. But I found out you guys have these official club thingies where I can show my love for gear. I have a LMT800 and a 102P-SE and love them dearly after only a couple months. (It took a great amp to pull me away from my...
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    Showmanship

    What a great response. Recently I lost an old friend and mentor (SCREW YOU, CANCER), and as a result came back together with some old bandmates after having drifted apart. Now when I'm on stage with them, I remember how lucky I am to do something I love, even part-time, and entertain other...
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    How to convert Little Mark Tube 800 effects loop from parallel to serial

    Hi all. I just registered and thought I would pitch in a "how-to" for the subject mod I made recently. Many (all?) of the Mark Bass amps use a parallel effects loop, which essentially mixes the effects loop signal with the uneffected signal. This has a positive side effect: if something happens...