Oh God why...

[Naveed Afzal]

So i got that Trace 15... im making payments on... a Sting H(H), and now i need to do more for my tone....

I went to Guitar Center Ready to purchase a BBE and a Tech21 Sans Amp RBI. When i got there, they told me they dont sell tech21 stuff, and the BBE just makes me louder, in a sense.

So i ask him what about EQs.

He Points me to one 15 Band DBX, which he'll give me for 139. original 150.

Then I Spy a 30 Bands for 200, which i am intrested in because i tend to pull a Tim C. and Run 2 rigs at once.

But the dbx 15 is this one
http://www.dbxpro.com/215.htm

the 30 is this one
http://www.dbxpro.com/231.htm

the also showed me something by behringer...

the Ultra curve it was like 299
Im not sure which one it is its one of these 2.
http://www.behringer.com/DEQ1024/index.cfm?lang=ENG
http://www.behringer.com/DSP8024/index.cfm?lang=ENG

and he's gonna throw in a Road Gear 6 space if i grab the 30 band dbx.

I forgot to ask him about the noise cancelling ****.... but im thinking NOW i might need to get a bigger rackspace case like 10 or something.

Because Im going to be running
2 head = 4 spaces
1 eq.
a Noise canceller.

I also checked on some Bartolini 59 J1 L/S CBJD Set
When i get those put in im going to see if i can get them to make me a pickguard out of wood and stain it to match my fretboard...

also... check out the guy i play with.
http://www.myspace.com/sixstringjrobinson

new track coming, with me on it "The Wrong Thing" please send me an invite if you do check him out.

[edgebass5]

This is just my personal experience talking here, your results may vary, but this was my spin on this type of thing:

There was a time when I was doing the same thing as you. I had nice basses, a nice amp, but for whatever reason decided to arbitrarily build a rack that looked like it should have been in the Terminator movies. I had a noise gate, compressor, 31-band EQ, digital modeling preamp, 2-space rack drawer... all in addition to an SWR 8004 T/O/P head. I used all that gear along with an SWR 750X and even a Gallien-Krueger 2001RB. Ultimately once I started getting rid of gear was when my tone started improving more dramatically.

My suggestion to you is this: Instead of buying tons of accessories and rack gear, find a preamp that has the tone you like built-in. For me it was an Avalon U5, for you it could be........ who knows. As I said, your results may vary. Good luck :thumb:

[Akira]

How do you afford all this stuff?

[bass&cookies]

when you get that hh, you must tell me how it sounds

[Naveed Afzal]

How do you afford all this stuff?

How Do I pay?
Well, my dad gives me an allowance, 400 a month to go to college, because he wanted me to focus just on school.

I did have a job, and i have a pretty tight wallet, so ive saved money from my old job, and i am now a manager of a store in the mall i make a good bit of money, and i dont work much, this new job is for pocket money alcohol, going out to eat graanted i dont spend like 500+ dollars every 2 weeks to go hang out with my friends, id say 200 is about right and even thats to much. so most of it gets saved..

Ive been giving lessons for 2 months.

for people who arent good about svaing money, guitarcenter allows you to do monthly payments, which is a good way to make sure u are going to get what u want, and not 'accidently spend it' when i was younger i did that quite frequently.

You have to remember im in 21 years old... so ya know im not a kid.


EDGE:

Well, ill tell you what... im a tone nut... i want to play Loud, and i want the tone to be what i want... Im looking for mid range for my Bands tone, when i play with singers i use a more warm low sound. And the fact that i do jump around alot, is why im looking at that behringer, because i can set the presets... and hit them when i want... I love that feature. Im not into selling gear... but i am into buying used gear. So I dont see myself selling anything... As i build my second rig, and start recording more I wont be using the ampeg rig, i'll just use the EQ and Preamp(if i do buy one).

[edgebass5]

^^^I'm definitely not saying you shouldn't buy what you want, far from it. I just think you could likely accomplish the same thing with far less gear. Honestly, whatever works for you though.

[Naveed Afzal]

I once heard sum1 say never take bass advice from a man who purchased a Mark Hoppus Sig....

jp, its all good man i know what you mean,

[edgebass5]

^^^Ah, but I never purchased that bass. It was purchased for me by relatives. They went to a music store, and told the clerk I was (at the time) a 20 year old bassist, and the guy talked them into the Hoppus bass because of my age presumably.

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

hey, there isnt anything wrong with a mark hoppus bass.

[d-mart]

Is there anything right with one?

[BassVirtuoso]

Naveed, anymore of this high tech stuff and the po po are gonna get you for stealing.

[Az_Holl]

Is there anything right with one?
They look and sound great...

[Akira]

^^^Ah, but I never purchased that bass. It was purchased for me by relatives. They went to a music store, and told the clerk I was (at the time) a 20 year old bassist, and the guy talked them into the Hoppus bass because of my age presumably.
For a 20 year old? I can see the salesman talking them into it if you were like 13, but dang.

[d-mart]

They look and sound great...

Each to their own

[nisakss]

hey all, what's up??

I'm pretty happy, last night I plugged in my bass to the computer and just recorded some stuff. Today I played it back and loved the tone of my bass....that was a nice surprise. :cool:

[Jimbobntnr]

hey all, what's up??

I'm pretty happy, last night I plugged in my bass to the computer and just recorded some stuff. Today I played it back and loved the tone of my bass....that was a nice surprise. :cool:
Feel free to start a new casual in any thread that you wish...haha.

[nisakss]

Feel free to start a new casual in any thread that you wish...haha.


ohh the shame....I thought this was the casual...sorry.:upset:

[Naveed Afzal]

BV shut it...

theres a 31 band eq fpr 45 dollars, i thought about buying apparently it works great its just really old, and they've been dropping the price cuz its been there so long.

Oh God Why Casual Thirty Five.

[EADG]

Naveed, anymore of this high tech stuff and the po po are gonna get you for stealing.


pwn by ethnic stereotype.