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Ampstack shared their album. 14 March at 17:44 · Knob tip: If you are one of those people that always runs same settings on your amp, take the knobs off and put them all on straight up or in highest position when on your favoured settings, then it is easy to reset if you have to lend an amp at a gig or whatever.

Draw a penis on your face to make people think you fell asleep at a party.

You're in the middle of a gig, the crowd are roaring for more and your bass goes out of tune. You kick in your pedal tuner and ... nothing! It's borked. What to do? Simply ask the venue owner if you can use his landline phone. Pick the receiver up, crook it to your ear and tune to the dial tone - a combination of 440hz (A) and 350hz (near as dammit F). Because it's an interval either (or both) notes will do. And because you haven't dialled anyone this hack is totally free! Hey! Presto! You're back onstage and ripping the place up with your blazing licks.

@Al Krow I don't mind being quoted, it's being misquoted that I object to. My settings are not a trade secret at all, but as I have tried - and seemingly failed - to explain that, different basses have different signal output strengths and different fundamental tones. These mean that you'll need to optimise your compression settings for each different bass you use in addition to factoring in other variables such as your right hand plucking strength (I'm somewhat ham fisted whereas you attack the strings with the angst and venom of an asthmatic tapeworm) and any tonal characteristics of your amp/cab/speakers etc. What this all means that my settings almost certainly won't work for you*. So for the record, my settings for the 160 Comp on my B3 are; THRSH -32, Ratio 2.8, Gain 10, Knee Soft, Level 88. * For example, you often wax lyrical about the aggressive sounds of your Ibanez but if you set your compressor up with the settings that work with my warm, mellow sounding Sandberg as above, you'll start yet another thread/poll/campaign to tell the world that you have once again "proved" that compression is an urban myth and the likes of @Skol303, @51m0n and myself will lose the collective will to live. Again. etc. The best thing to do is to try it for yourself and find the settings that work for you with your gear. It really is that simple. There, I've said it. I feel cleansed.

That was dub he wanted, not flobbadob.

My TB500 came home yesterday. Required lots of repairs, email from Mikko: Hi. Just to let you know your Terror Bass 500 has been repaired and is ready to be sent back to you as soon as we've received payment. There were a few things wrong with your amplifier. The front of the amplifier had suffered some damage, the control panel was slightly bent and 3 control pots were snapped from the circuit board. They were still making slight contact so the controls were still sort of functional but that's where all that crackling was coming from. There was also a filter capacitor in the power supply circuit that had snapped off the board and it was making all sorts of crazy pops when turning the amp to standby or off. I've sorted all of this out, calibrated the clock frequencies and cleaned the pots and contacts. The total cost of the repair including labour, parts, shipping + VAT amounts to £47.40. You can pay this via debit/credit card or PayPal by calling our sales team on 0208 905 2828. Have to say, what a fab experience with Orange 👍

Hello (Hé) everyone! Small new on this forum, I come from France, I am 42 years old and I play on a Jazz bass 72 color sunburst. I have also a bass acoustic EKO of 1980 and one double bass of study, a jazz bass squier vintage fretless of 2007, bass six cords of my manufacturing, Fbass style and a singlecut also of my manufacturing in 5 cords. As amplifier I have a GK RB700 II, a baffle GK néo of 15” and one baffle GK of 2X10”. J also kept an amplifier EARTH of 1978 which always works : -) See you!

Yes - I don't normally look at drums things, but the drummer in my band loves tool, and is one of the better drummers I have ever played with so when he says about things being hard I tend to listen. I like this, not because the normal 'girl on youtube thing', but its really easy to see what is going on and show the structure of the song, the concentration needed and the relief at the end!

check out EBS MicroBass II, had mine for years, rugged, super functional, drive knob for grit, EQ to dial in what you want, excellent input/output options

I can't see why anybody who was selling a bona fide item would refuse.

No all she ever says is ‘is it in yet?’

I put small yellow cable ties around lead ends and mike stands etc that could be ‘confused’ by other band members who think the rock wire cables could be their’s and the Aldi special ones could be mine at the end of a gig.

http://youtu.be/bSABkZfh8-A

IMHO pups have a MUCH bigger impact on tone than the wood and perhaps the single biggest impact on tone, other than 'in your face pedals', of anything in the signal chain. So I'm in agreement with @burno70 that the P set up, with the tone dialled off, is the thing to go for here - and no surprise that your P pups are delivering the creamiest deepest lows Having said that, mahogany is just a lovely hardwood.

Agree,by John Paul jones's admission he never repeats himself so on Zep stuff i just role around the neck on the fills and get it on the important bits

It's a bit daft that it doesn't say on the website, but I think, looking at the other samples, that one is on figured, flamed, wood and the other is on straight grain. On the teal one you've chosen, you can just see the green coming out in the parts of the flame that are straight grained... Bear in mind that the samples appear to be on maple - the darker wood of your body will give you a different colour tone. Best way of finding out is to put some on in the bottom of the neck pocket. Apply with a small pad made up of lint free cloth and un-thinned. The colour when it is still wet will be indicative of both the colour tone and the depth of colour once it has been clear coated. The colour will look quite different once it's dried. If it has dried and you want a reminder of what it's going to look like, just wipe it over with a slightly damp cloth. Great job on the body, by the way!

Love your honesty (which is humbling) and that alone makes you deserve every success. Hope the PA speakers were good 'uns too.

What's the neighbour's wife's clothes rail doing in your house? Asking for a friend.

How about this for a cable tidy

Maybe the increase is to pay for the new product line?

A bit of a pain to take a door to every gig just to use it though!

For the purposes of the headcount, I'm still planning to come.

As promised, here is my brand new tune for Paddy’s day, an Air by O Carolan. I can promise you I do have other shirts. It’s pure coincidence that I am wearing the same shirt as my recording of Star of County Down above!!!

Some of my favourite bass playing ever from Bernard. Niles rhythm guitar. Its just superb.

it is my the first two basses, I am only one small amateur, I am not violin maker, they are not perfect, but they are playable

I sure wish I could come and bring my blue Ray 34 except I live in Alabama !My heart 's been over there since The Beatles did Ed Sullivan in 1964. oh well... grenadilla

Bazz's tip #1: to clean a filthy fretboard, an electric toothbrush with just warm water does the job perfectly. Bazz"s tip #2: to clean dust around the pickups and bridge with the strings still on, use a shaving brush I bought two door hanging clothes hangers three days ago for the same purpose as the OP Mine are stainless steel, with 5 pegs, perfect for cables and headphones

This one will get you started, for free (it's not bad at all...) MT Power Drum Kit Vst ... ... until you've saved up enough for Superior Drummer 3, which is excellent, but costs more (just under £300...). There are many others, of course, but you'd need to specify your project needs to go into more detail. Hope this helps.

Love it - that neck is just beautiful.

Can still get Pro 2 on Amazon. Been through 3 or 4 charge cycles on mine and all good so far. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013HXKZYW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I’m done with eBay I think. As my wife says ‘I hate eBay. It’s full of c**ts’. 😊

No Fields of Athenry?

Careful people, this could be someone’s partner posting a sting after sensitive information

Because it's easier than sitting practising for hours on end.

Now you see I like that a lot. So much energy and real talent too. Trying too hard?? Maybe / maybe not but if you're on Letterman then you could do a lot worse than milk it for all its worth and be memorable.

you're right, as Homer (Simpson) said, "if its hard, its just not worth doing"

I asked "Agedhorse" the amp designer about fan noise. I haven't noticed the fan at a gig, but it's noticable at home. His response: No, don't spray anything on the fan. The noise floor of the fan is slightly higher because we used a precision ball bearing fan with a rated life of 50,000 hours rather than a common sleeve bearing fan with a life of between 2000 and 5000 hours. Fan failures are a known issue with many older amps, ball bearings avoid this. Andy

Just heard this on Jazz FM.

An 800 watt amp, and also a 250 watt valve amp does not belong in a bed- or livingroom. You're doing it wrong.

I find anything simple and repetititve difficult as I get bored and zone out and start thinking about having coffee and wedding cake at the break

I do not manufacture or sell speakers, or represent in any way any entity that does. I'm an acoustical engineer, so any comments I may make come purely from an engineering standpoint. I don't have a dog in this fight, but that doesn't mean I can't point out if one or more of them have a decided limp.

What's the matter with you? Whilst it's true that one may have little choice other than to stack tops above subs at each side of the stage due to constraints regarding room layout, time, etc, there's no need to spit the dummy. Bill is correct in that it isn't ideal and his post was moderate in tone. Try to debate issues in a grown up fashion, please.

I bought a thunderbird rip off, then sold it to a mate a day later. Only bought it because I was so happy there was one actually available when I looked!