Recent content by SumOne

I thought the Combustion was great, the reach was okay - more of a stretch to those first frets on the B than shorter scales but for most positions it was fine due to the fan frets and bridge placement, playing chords high up the neck was something I found a bit tricky to get used to. I don't...

The Markbass is good, I got rid of it I think mostly due to it's size and 12v power but it sounded decent. I can't remember what settings I used but I seem to remember that just mild compression and adding some mild overdrive was useful (I wouldn't associate Dub/Reggae with a noticable...

Ah yeah, you're right - using the send in stereo with a TRS and I presume splitting into 2x mono cables. I never got around into looking into that too much though as it uses valuable blocks, are they independant at separate parts in the signal chain like the Core though? This thread seems to...

I think Boss wins on most counts: Sounds better (I can't test alongside a Stomp so perhaps that's my memory playing tricks on me but I've owned the Pod Go, Stomp, Stomp XL so have a good understanding of them and I don't remember any of them sounding as good, they always felt like a good idea...

Indeed. Reggae bass isn't always massive subs and bass turned right up but it shoud always be driving the music and given sonic space to be noticed. The rest of the band should be well clear of messing with the Bass frequencies and not be too busy sounding, less is more. If the bass is lost in...

Some of my favourites for Reggae: Good EQ (My favorite has been the Q strip) to boost around the 80-200hz sort of area. HPF and LPF to cut highs and the very lows. Compression with a HPF sidechain so it doesn't squish the lows too much (Empress, and FEA Opti-FET are good for this) Mild drive to...

I found the extra switches on the XL well worth it if you are doing any looping.

Thanks, yeah hopefully the simplest with the current hardware is to have a new software option where the button can turn 'Alt' either on/off rather than a 5 second time-out. If new versions with hardware changes could be in the pipeline then more knobs, or the 'alt' button being an on/off on...

I has a Sandberg TM5 SL and Ibanez EHB 1005 MS. Both about 3.3kg, (7lb 4oz) and the tone and sustain seemed as good as any heavier bass I've owned. The Sandberg has light tuners and I think perhaps lighter neck wood so didn't have bad neck dive, and the Ibanez had none seeing as it is headless...

I recently got an Atlas and it seems great, it's up there with the best of them. I particularaly like the EQ features and the fact that compressor settings can get much more extreme than other pedals I've owned (enough to do things like make a decent distortion, or swelling effects). Is it...

The Idotbox Landphil is good too, it is the Blowerbox plus a lower level of controls that have something like a 'Sonic Maximizer' to enhance highs and lows and a control to shift what frequencies receive the most distortion. I found it was a versatile pedal - can be used as an EQ and sonic...

The NUX MLD is a good cheap DI/Preamp with XLR, 3 band EQ with sweepable mids, footswitch to engage the drive. It also has a few extra things like Aux in and Headphone out and IR loader. One issue is that it can be tricky to get it talking to your Laptop to edit extra features like changing the...

Has there ever been rumour of a headless Dingwall? If not then I reckon it is about time to start one! I owned an Ibanez EHB1005MS and it worked well for that, it could work really well for a Dingwall. I also owned a Combustion, which was a great Bass but compared to the Ibanez it felt like a...

Initials is perhaps a bit self-centred, or a bit like kids having their name tags in their clothes. An old Bass with random initials on it wouldn't really put me off though, it adds a bit of life to it. Some customisation/interesting note (e.g. 'played at Woodstock')/signatures/art/signs of use...

Aguilar Octamizer and an MXR M87 are great together. .......if I could then also add an Overdrive/Fuzz and and EHX Switchblade Pro then that opens up a huge amount of possibilities.