in the same way i wouldn't play a steinberger, i wouldn't want an EUB.

[quote=BenJammin;17812432]Meh. I'd still rather have a real one. It's partly mental, but having something without the full body to it just wouldn't feel right.[/quote]

Look for something used. I've seen then around here for under $1000 used. They'll probably need a good setup and good strings, which will cost you $250 or so, but then you'll have an upright.

[QUOTE=fatbandit;17812400]And yeah, I'd simplify your rig. Try and get one good full range cab, and shrink your rack down. I went through a massive downsizing/simplifying process recently and I'm much happier for it.[/QUOTE]

Simple rigs are the way to go. I've got one head and one cab, set up time is inside of a minute and the ease of transport is just fantastic.

I've got a small, lightweight cab, a heavyish head, and a pedalboard which needs very little setup. I'd say I take longer than a minute, but I wouldn't be playing in that time anyway, as the first thing I do is set the head up and switch it onto standby to let the valves warm up at any rate ;)

I still don't know how I'd feel about having tubes in my bass head. I have a guitar combo with valves in it but it doesn't really leave the house. The extra weight/cost of a tube bass head would really not suit me at the moment.

Just how fragile are the tubes inside a head anyway, I've never actually broken one but, say your head is standing up on its end, and falls over, is that likely to be a tube damage situation?

I have a combo, my set up time is extraordinary.

Haha.

1) Find power outlet.
2) Plug in.

Pretty much!

[quote=gaslight;17812669]I still don't know how I'd feel about having tubes in my bass head. I have a guitar combo with valves in it but it doesn't really leave the house. The extra weight/cost of a tube bass head would really not suit me at the moment.

Just how fragile are the tubes inside a head anyway, I've never actually broken one but, say your head is standing up on its end, and falls over, is that likely to be a tube damage situation?[/quote]

There is a company (pigtronix?) that had a new tube head at NAMM. The head weighed almost nothing. These are the same guys that have started using phantom power to power pedals and basses. Pretty sharp guys that seem to be ahead of the curve.


Nevermind, it was P3 and the tube head was a guitar head that packed 50 tube watts in a 5lb head.

[url]http://milbert.com/guitar[/url]

Just ordered one of these. Should be pretty sweet. :)

[url]http://store.guitarfetish.com/onvtrmocoki.html[/url]

Nice man.

Do post some pics and sound clips when it's put together.

[quote=gaslight;17813596]Nice man.

Do post some pics and sound clips when it's put together.[/quote]

Will do. I might wait to put it in until I order the EMGs and the Aguilar OBP-3 at the end of the month. I'm converting my 4-knob, 2-band preamp layout into a 3 knob, 3-band layout so that I wont have to do any additional drilling to fit the effects in (with the excepting of a toggle switch). I will also be routing a spot for a quick-change battery cavity and replacing the threaded inserts for the electronics cavity.

Oh, you're putting a tremolo inside your bass?

[quote=gaslight;17813629]Oh, you're putting a tremolo inside your bass?[/quote]

It's a tremolo effect, not an actual tremolo bridge. It has a rate knob, depth knob, and on/off switch. I was actually looking to get a Boss TR-2 tremolo pedal for one of our songs, but I figure I'll just install it in the bass that I'd normally use the pedal with.

You're an odd fellow that's for sure.

I've got a TR-2, it's good fun.

[quote=gaslight;17813679]You're an odd fellow that's for sure.

I've got a TR-2, it's good fun.[/quote]

I've always wanted to experiment around with onboard effects. The same company makes chorus, compression, analog delay, and distortion as well. I have pedals for all of those things, though.

It must equate to a shitload of extra knobs on your bass.

[quote=gaslight;17813689]It must equate to a poopload of extra knobs on your bass.[/quote]

Well, I'll have 3 stacked knobs, one push/pull, and 2 switches.

Well the thing about valves being fragile is an odd one. I've never broken one through transit in the last 5 years I've been using valves in my amps, but I take care of my stuff. Bottom line is don't drop anything. If I used a transistor head, I wouldn't want to drop that, and I'd be just as worried about dropping that as I would a valve head. As for having a valve amp stood on its end? That just wouldn't happen if I'm around D:

My amp is still a (hefty) one hand carry, and I had the money free from selling my old amp and pedals, so I didn't see a problem with dropping a lot of money on a really nice head.

chris

ill do your band thing

gogogo

WTF!

**handstand**

So, is DKFH fairly straightforward to use? I've got a quick track I want to lay down before it leaves my mind and I want to record it to drums.

dude, we got something else sorted in the meantime D:

ta though ^_^

gonna be offline for 3 weeks from the start of march while we record our album in a residential studio down south. going to be wicked cool

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17813706]Well, I'll have 3 stacked knobs, one push/pull, and 2 switches.[/QUOTE]

So the stacked ones are where you hide the settings for the trem?

[QUOTE=fatbandit;17813740]Well the thing about valves being fragile is an odd one. I've never broken one through transit in the last 5 years I've been using valves in my amps, but I take care of my stuff. Bottom line is don't drop anything. If I used a transistor head, I wouldn't want to drop that, and I'd be just as worried about dropping that as I would a valve head. As for having a valve amp stood on its end? That just wouldn't happen if I'm around D:

My amp is still a (hefty) one hand carry, and I had the money free from selling my old amp and pedals, so I didn't see a problem with dropping a lot of money on a really nice head.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't mind trying an all tube head, the Aguilar DB750 I would have liked to get but was a lot of money, like $4000+ plus here when I was looking for a rig. The DB751 is only around $4000 these days though, that's tube pre-amp and MOSFET power-amp, or the Thunderfunk is just under $3G. That said, I can't afford anything of that nature for a while :(.

DKFH is extremely simple to use. Quite hard to get sounding *really* good.

But yeah just write open a virtual instrument track in Audition, then insert DKFH on the track and write the beats in the MIDI editor. Should be pretty simple. Never used Audition though, it's real simple in Cubase 5 though.

[quote=gaslight;17814799]So the stacked ones are where you hide the settings for the trem?[/quote]

Yep.

The pots will be: Vol/Vol, Bass/Treble, Mid (push-pull 400k/800k), Trem Depth/Trem Rate

The switches will be: Mute, Trem On/Off

[quote=Joelbassman;17815300]DKFH is extremely simple to use. Quite hard to get sounding *really* good.

But yeah just write open a virtual instrument track in Audition, then insert DKFH on the track and write the beats in the MIDI editor. Should be pretty simple. Never used Audition though, it's real simple in Cubase 5 though.[/quote]

Sweetness. I'll have to try it out.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17812432]Meh. I'd still rather have a real one. It's partly mental, but having something without the full body to it just wouldn't feel right.[/QUOTE]

it's true though. EUBs just don't feel the same, or sound the same. They're not really all that comparable, to be honest.

I have no idea how AUS dollars relate to USD or to GBP either for that matter. So that sounds expensive ;p FWIW, my Matamp was about £1300. For a hand built point to point wired amp made with the appearance you want. That's about the same price as a mass produced, foreign built Orange amp of the same size.

[QUOTE=blacklungfever;17816077]it's true though. EUBs just don't feel the same, or sound the same. They're not really all that comparable, to be honest.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I would definitely believe that. Playing an EUB is just like playing a bit, upright electric fretless.

You play DB, don't you? I seem to remember that from before.