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cfgsteak

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Yes!

Just picked up a "new" used bass multi effect pedal board!

Its a BAss Pod Xt Live. The guy traded me for my Epi VJ. The Variax input is broken (would never use it anyway). So I AM STOKED! I cant wait to get home and plug it into my PA.

I'm downloading the manual now...
 
Holy Balls...the freaking manual is 123 pages...I just hope I can figure out a way to get a decent amp and cab model...I dont really care about the other stuff (at this point).
 
cfgsteak said:
Yeah! It will get my by for a while 'til I get an amp or at least a Sansamp.

Now I gotta score a decent bass...
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You and me both man.

Our drummer let me use this bass that he has the other night, it was pretty badass. Cort Curbow, I wanna say. I might look for one of those in 4-string (his is 5). Definitely none of the neck drop mine has. Stay away from the Epi/Gibson basses if you don't wanna hold the neck up all night.
 
cfgsteak said:
Holy Balls...the freaking manual is 123 pages...I just hope I can figure out a way to get a decent amp and cab model...I dont really care about the other stuff (at this point).
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Dont let it drive you crazy. Try some presets and tweak out what you dont like. I dont know if those have downloadable patches from other Line6 users but if it does, grab a couple of those and be done with it. The modelers can be great but you have to try to keep from spending all of your time tweaking.

And congrats.
 
Mark Wein said:
:cool:

Just look for any model named "Ampeg". Preferably "B15"
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awesome, thanks! it has one

Jeremy said:
You and me both man.

Our drummer let me use this bass that he has the other night, it was pretty badass. Cort Curbow, I wanna say. I might look for one of those in 4-string (his is 5). Definitely none of the neck drop mine has. Stay away from the Epi/Gibson basses if you don't wanna hold the neck up all night.
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YEah, I really want a Fender, although you mentioned I think...EBMM basses too. I'd try one of those. Or a Godin

Denverdave said:
Congrats! :thu:
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Thanks man!

Johnny N. said:
Dont let it drive you crazy. Try some presets and tweak out what you dont like. I dont know if those have downloadable patches from other Line6 users but if it does, grab a couple of those and be done with it. The modelers can be great but you have to try to keep from spending all of your time tweaking.

And congrats.
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Good advice man, and thanks!
 
cfgsteak said:
YEah, I really want a Fender, although you mentioned I think...EBMM basses too. I'd try one of those. Or a Godin
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Mark is right on with the Ampeg B-15. Also, I have been playing bass for about 25 years, the best bass I have ever owned is a MusicMann Sterling, so you are looking in the right direction. I think it is impossible to make one of those sound bad.
 
Quick update, plugged it in last night, cranked up everything...immediately had to turn it down cause it smelled like something was burning up! I think it was my monitor...made some adjustments...and everything was butter.

The pedal is cool. I found the Ampeg B-15 setting (the guy had it preset) and I LOVE the way it sounds through the monitor...like an earthquake.

I find all the settings and effects and stuff absolutely mind boggling...however, I found a sound I like so I'm prolly not going to fuck with it much. It works, I got it for basically free (the VJ had been collecting dust for over a year). So, happy days! Dangit, I forgetted to take a picture though.

Picture this, huge ugly monstrosity with about a zillion pedals and knobs. There ya go. :wink:
 
Awesome again man! :thu:

+eleventy billion on the EBMM basses. Any of them really. Chad's far more experienced than I, but I concur.
 
cfgsteak said:
I find all the settings and effects and stuff absolutely mind boggling...however, I found a sound I like so I'm prolly not going to fuck with it much.
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If you can stick to this, you will be very much happy.

The first time I had a modeling amp and all I did was mess with the stuff. Then I had a multi pedal kind of like that pod and all I did was mess with the different patches and write stuff down etc. Now I have this digitech, I found one or two presets I liked, backed out some reverb or something. Then I downloaded a few patches from their site, tuned those up just a little bit and I am done.

I am so much happier. I go in that room, plug in and I play my guitar. No fooling with stuff. I have a half dozen patches saved that I use and I just pick one and play. I actually only use probably 3.
 
My first multi-effect type thing was a Digitech GSP 21 Legend.

I think I used 1 patch. Had the pedal set up to toggle effects on and off instead of switching between patches.

Yeah, I tweeked that one patch from time to time, but it was very much a plug and play type situation.

Then I got a Pod 2.0. Never really spent too much time with it.

After that, I got a Fender Cybertwin. All I ever did with that thing was twist knobs and push buttons trying to coax a sound I liked out of it. I finally gave up and got my Classic 50. :embarrassed:
 
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