It’s back from the dead! The TB Mega Thread.

[excane]

depends on the preamp... whatchu got?

[Deltaphoenix]

@Excane. It is one that simulates tubes but is solid state.

I am starting a club on here where we help each other order our pedals correctly.

I have some ideas about other clubs; I back a hot chick singer, Victor Wooten...God?, pedalboard breeders, envelope filter for da funk.

Do you guys have cool club ideas?

[jasonmitsch]

Put the vintage DOD first for warmth, then the modern reissue DOD for flexibility, then finally put your one-spot last in your chain so it can send the power all the way to the front. You don't want any bad power powering your power while you power.

[jasonmitsch]

Do you guys have cool club ideas?

How about a clean blend club? Where you can talk about how every effect works better with a clean blend.

Clean Blenders Jumbo Blender Bistro.

[bigchiefbc]

We need a club for owners of effects that have a tube in them for no reason.

Quick, someone make me a flanger with a 12AX7 in it. Don't actually run the signal through the tube, just light it up with an LED. That would be awesome.

[goroth]

What about the clubs club, where we can talk shit about people not cool enough to be in clubs?

[Deltaphoenix]

Yes everyone, these are all solid ideas! ILF is going to go to a WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL with these ideas!

I have an important question though, Flats vs Round Wound? Also, Fingers vs Picks?

We should try to make as many threads about vs as possible.

[bigchiefbc]

Yes everyone, these are all solid ideas! ILF is going to go to a WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL with these ideas!

I have an important question though, Flats vs Round Wound? Also, Fingers vs Picks?

We should try to make as many threads about vs as possible.

Fingers vs picks isn't even a question. I've already been informed numerous times that, since I play with a pick, I'm not even really a bassist at all, just a frustrated guitarist who can't hack it.

[D.o.S.]

Yeah that one is totally true though.

Not a club, but a competition to see who owns the most Neodyne (or however you spell it).

[Mudfuzz]

Okay so delay >compressor. Should I put the preamp next or limiter?

Limiter last, that way you can slam insane amounts of whatever at it and not get spikes.. Personally I run two comps last in chain one set for limiting to deal with evolve filters AND turning on all my dirt and the other with a more squish, turn them both on and you get that Tony Levin rubbery sound

[WayToHip]

Okay so delay >compressor. Should I put the preamp next or limiter?

Limiter last, that way you can slam insane amounts of whatever at it and not get spikes.. Personally I run two comps last in chain one set for limiting to deal with evolve filters AND turning on all my dirt and the other with a more squish, turn them both on and you get that Tony Levin rubbery sound

^^^ oh god I don't know why Tony Levin is revered.

I have an account on talkbass now, but every time I go on their site, I get frustrated by the lack of good info or critiques. Fuck, the basses section is cringe worthy in itself. I haven't dared gone into the strings or technique forums. The effects forum is okay, but it's a lot of compressors and envelope filters and Muse fanboyism.

The pick vs. fingers thing pisses me off. Maybe I want that apparent loss of low frequencies and sharp attack. Have you palm muted and played with your thumb for 3 minutes? It sucks.
I don't understand the flatwound/roundwound animosity. One idol played flats, another idol played rounds on a fretless.

[Mudfuzz]

oh god I don't know why Tony Levin is revered.

[bigchiefbc]

The pick vs. fingers thing pisses me off. Maybe I want that apparent loss of low frequencies and sharp attack. Have you palm muted and played with your thumb for 3 minutes? It sucks.
I don't understand the flatwound/roundwound animosity. One idol played flats, another idol played rounds on a fretless.

If we're being serious, I've slowly learned to stop giving a shit when people diss pick players, it's just not worth it. I've tried explaining to those douches that 99% of the music I play is supposed to sound aggressive and attacking, so it just sounds better with a pick (that's also why I can't stand playing flats, they're just not aggressive enough for me). It doesn't matter. Their personal hero played fingerstyle, so that is the only acceptable method.

[WayToHip]

oh god I don't know why Tony Levin is revered.

He's playing a Chapman stick with a bow? He knows no bounds. A GENIUS A TELL YOU. I'm a little sarcastic, but maybe impressed, Chapman sticks have the flattest necks ever, I don't know how a bow would work well with one.

If we're being serious, I've slowly learned to stop giving a shit when people diss pick players, it's just not worth it. I've tried explaining to those douches that 99% of the music I play is supposed to sound aggressive and attacking, so it just sounds better with a pick (that's also why I can't stand playing flats, they're just not aggressive enough for me). It doesn't matter. Their personal hero played fingerstyle, so that is the only acceptable method.

Preferring a pick over finger (and vice versa) seems like you intentionally limit yourself when you do. Both have advantages, and limits. I like flatwounds to get maximum thump, but I know I miss getting the grind and attack with rounds. Pick or fingers is really about feel to me. Sometimes it feels right to groove on a jazz ballad with a pick, playing softly, digging in when the song needs it, not playing when it's needed. Other times I have to ride that root with fingers, for 5 minutes, quarter notes. I'm serving the fucking song.

Mike Watt is my hero. LOOK AT THAT TECHNIQUE, FUCKING FLAWLESS.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqj8Ob5htW8[/youtube]

[MSUsousaphone]

I hate flats. And usually play evenly with and without a pick at shows....depending on what it needs. Fuck those assclowns. Also. A little late. But I'd like to start a baby seals club.