I like their tuners, haven't gotten to try any of their effects though.

After many hours of tweaking I'm making peace with the fact that there's no "magic bullet" setting for a compressor that will enhance the sound of the bass across all different techniques and shit.

Trying to decide between getting an Electro Harmonix reverb pedal or the Blackstar HT Reverb, leaning towards the Blackstar.

I'd look at the Line 6 or Digitech stuff for reverb pedals maybe? They're like a bazillion times more versatile.

What would you say makes those more versatile?

I have an Electro Harmonix Cathedral reverb pedal. That thing is teh bomb.

Smaller and more sounds. Nothing at all wrong with the ones you mentioned btw! But keep options open. With stuff like reverb, it's unlikely one sound will work all the time, so something with a lot of tweaking is best ^_^

I can never get into reverb. The only time I could ever see myself using it is in the studio, and I'd rather just use a plugin for that.

Love it. One of my favorite effects.

reverb for bass in a band setting is fairly useless, its just going to create mud unless you can set the early reflection level really late and create a kind of "arena" effect. for bass i feel delay is a much more useful effect.

but but buddy had the cathedral electro harmonix and it sounds super good on guitar.

Oh, I wouldn't use it for bass, I'd be using it for guitar.

The Line 6 looks kind of interesting. I already have the Digitech Digiverb, it's a good stompbox but Blackstar, EHX and Line 6 would all be steps up from it.

The Blackstar I'm leaning to because I know they have excellent build quality and a tube for some warmth, EHX have some really fancy options but I think they probably go beyond what I'd actually use.

A tube in a reverb pedal, really? Wow.

Yeah i'm with Doug. Reverb on bass is dumb.

On guitar, plate and spring reverbs are the crux of awesome guitar tones.

Blackstar throw a tube in all in their pedals, just part of their approach.

I'm not huge into any effects on bass generally speaking. Fun to play around with but I don't want to cart them around or have them on the floor all the time.

On guitar though, reverb is essential to have around.

It's like how singers refuse to do anything without omg sum revurb except slightly less annoying.

Actually probably won't buy a new reverb pedal as soon as I want after all :(. I've got the Filter Twin coming in and have to buy a few more mundane items like a new printer and shit so, guitar toys on the back burner.

Singers utilize reverb and, more often (from what I've seen) stereo delay. It really helps to fill out the sound of the vocalwhile preserving the natural qualities.

Perfect example of how to f**k all that up, Particle Man's attempted mix of my band.

Reverb's easily my most used effect after drive.

Sad about my pedal acquisition displays but I'm embarrassingly excited about my new printer coming in. It's going to be shit hot, wireless and all that. Plus I'll bag some stationery.

Will pick up a Polytune most likely too but that store is in the opposite direction.

Have to let me know how the polytune is. I'll probably be buried with my turbo tuner, but always nice to see what else is out there :)

Which Turbo tuner do you have?

I haven't seem them available here. The strobe and enhanced accuracy are pretty tempting prospects, especially considering I don't have that much interest in the flagship feature of the Polytune which is the whole, all strings at once thing.

Damn, now I'm back to the choice board.

Hey, remember when I went by Sablate McNuff because it was phoenically "FunkMetalBass" backwards? Haha. Yeah, that was some good sh*t.

**back to writing essay**

I've got the pedal Turbo Tuner. Didn't think the accuracy and tracking of my old Korg DT-10 was that bad, but it's frustrating going back to it now. It's smaller than the Boss or the Petersson, and the display is dead easy to read on stage. The only contender for me is the Turbo Tuner or the Polytune.

They're not really cheap though - I had to order mine from America too.

I had no idea Sablate McNuff had any reasoning behind it.

I think I'll get a Polytune because it's easy, then next acquisition round I'll look into getting that baby.

Respected colleagues, I request your feedback - it turns out I can't get the Ibanez SR4505E that I wanted because it is an out of date model and not available for order anymore. Bummed about that, but I've decided I might get this one instead.

Do you guys think it looks pretty tight too?

It has all the things I want - 24 frets, nice build, has nice pick-ups (Nordstrands) and nice extras (titanium reinforced truss, TUSQ nut). The wood and look is fancier than I'd like, but I can live with it I think.

[url]http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eb_page11.php?area_id=2&data_id=83&color=CL01&year=2011&cat_id=2&series_id=469[/url]

The preamp and switching are nice, but I'm not a big fan of single coils. Swap those with a set of Nordstrand DCs and you're in business.

[quote=gaslight;18535146]Respected colleagues, I request your feedback - it turns out I can't get the Ibanez SR4505E that I wanted because it is an out of date model and not available for order anymore. Bummed about that, but I've decided I might get this one instead.

Do you guys think it looks pretty tight too?

It has all the things I want - 24 frets, nice build, has nice pick-ups (Nordstrands) and nice extras (titanium reinforced truss, TUSQ nut). The wood and look is fancier than I'd like, but I can live with it I think.

[url]http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eb_page11.php?area_id=2&data_id=83&color=CL01&year=2011&cat_id=2&series_id=469[/url][/quote]
Looks sexy!

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;18535349]The preamp and switching are nice, but I'm not a big fan of single coils. Swap those with a set of Nordstrand DCs and you're in business.[/QUOTE]

Not out of the question, but I probably won't bother modifying it unless it pisses me off in some way. I just need an affordable 5 string to have around the place.

Would DC's fit without extra routing?

[quote=gaslight;18535970]Not out of the question, but I probably won't bother modifying it unless it pisses me off in some way. I just need an affordable 5 string to have around the place.

Would DC's fit without extra routing?[/quote]

Yessir, they would. http://nordstrandpickups.com/bass-pickups/signature/

In fact, they are designed to be the same size as some Bartolinis for drop-in replacement, which probably explains why Ibanez went with Nordstrand pickups. They used Bartolinis and wont have to spend any money re-tooling.

Depending on your tonal preferences, it might not be a big deal. I very much like to solo the bridge pickup and boost my mids, so single coil hum is very prevalent on my only bass with single coils, which is my 8-string.

Just been to see Tera Melos. Super legit :)

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;18536423]Yessir, they would. http://nordstrandpickups.com/bass-pickups/signature/

In fact, they are designed to be the same size as some Bartolinis for drop-in replacement, which probably explains why Ibanez went with Nordstrand pickups. They used Bartolinis and wont have to spend any money re-tooling.

Depending on your tonal preferences, it might not be a big deal. I very much like to solo the bridge pickup and boost my mids, so single coil hum is very prevalent on my only bass with single coils, which is my 8-string.[/QUOTE]

Nice, looks like the DCs and Fat Stacks would both fit then.

I'll see how I like the tone, I lean more on my neck pick-up with boosted bass and mids but we'll see how she sounds through my amp.

Seriously, the new Tech N9ne album [i] All 6's and 7's[/i] kicks ass. I don't think it tops [i]K.O.D.[/i], but it's got some damn good stuff on it, including Snoop Dogg.

I like Snoop Dogg, he has a cool voice.

Have you ever tried Nordstrand Fat Stacks?

Seeing that the Nordstrand pick-ups will fit as replacements on all my Ibanez SRs gives me some ideas.

Can't wait to hear this SR1205, I should have it within two months or so.

dudes, trading an avatar 2x12 cab today + an old mic i had + 75 bucks for a fender MIM jazz 5 string with HSC (burgundy with white pickg)

also i made a song with slap bass

[url]http://soundcloud.com/raayl/disgust-machine-mastered[/url]