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I am wondering why some bass adds people are say lovely bass ect and I cant see any photos posted at all ? Is it me

As you have touched on and Dan explained These controls a useful for boosting or cutting at a desired freq. Typically though it sounds as though Genz are tempting potential buyers by describing the sounds that could be achieved. In practice the whole purpose of these controls on an Amp is to enable you to deal with troublesome frequencies on the gig. So if you find you sound too Honky in a room with hard surfaces you will be able to find the freq causing the problem and cut the volume at that freq so your rig sounds as it does normally, likewise should you find the carpeted area you're set up in, sucks out your low mids you have the means at your disposal to boost some back in to counter that. It is more about maintain your consistent tone you like from your bass and not as an effect knob. Hope that helps all the best

Yep - totally agree, I have always viewed his vocal contribution as another instrument in the band. As good as they were together Led zep was Plant's vocal delivery.

definite issues at present, I was asked to organise a trumpet player for rehearsal last night, never heard back then e-mailed MD reference haven't got anybody yet at 4pm, they got the mail as we were leaving practice at 22:15 last night I blame GCHQ and recent alert levels ???

therealthing - The course prices are on Jon's Shuker site, presently £750 for a 3 person build course that he runs about 3 times a year. you can ask for 1:2:1 courses that cost more. As you are about the same distance from the Peak District as me, you need to factor in the cost of B&B for the week (£250) and then evening meals etc travel expenses. So not cheap, I estimate this cost me £1100+ I could have bought a nice second hand Shuker bass Jon build himself off this site for that. But of course that isn't the point it was the experience and learning process and satisfaction of producing a working bass. You need the Time - money - and inclination all three lined up for me this year so i went for it.

Walshy - was about to add a reply to your thread, What a smashing bass that grey MM is, your pictures are fine but it look a $1,000,000 in the flesh. Nice one

Tredders - It is full on, and would say you are going to cope better with some aptitude in the DIY area, ie, I have fitted four kitchens and a few bathrooms in various houses in my time so used to basic woodwork measuring and cutting out,. I had never done any routing so that was nervous. taking a rough file to a neck blank and producing a thing of beauty takes an eye with some artistic or craft oriented insight. My main relief and satisfaction is having produced a bass that feels like the high end basses i have been using of late, I had prepared myself that this could be an expensive educational holiday. but I have a bass i will be proud to play out.

Would like to say a big thank you to Jon and Tim for all your support and guidance throughout the week. Cheers

Well my week away has come and gone and i am now sat at home with a new bass I have been wanting to do this for some time so with redundancy in April and early retirement leaving some [b]me [/b]time, it was now or never. I have always wanted a double reverse P. as per Leland Sklar's old bass [attachment=252213:sklar P.jpg] I have also recently been drawn to the Tele bass bodies in particular Dusty Hill's reverse headstock bass [attachment=252214:dusty hill.jpg] So as a five string player i came up with this - slab body with edges a little more rounded than a 'tele' but less than a precision I used Tele control plates to keep that look also. Used the dusty hill reverse headstock so that everything was reverse Swamp Ash body maple neck Padouk board medium frets 3mm reflective side markers in 4mm brass barrels 20inch radius 34" scale wired vol/vol tone / tone [attachment=252215:IMG_2798.JPG][attachment=252216:IMG_2799.JPG][attachment=252217:IMG_2800.JPG][attachment=252218:IMG_2801(1).JPG] A hard week 9 til 5 but really pleased with this, a great neck, a very playable bass

I would just buy an Acme lowB best cab i have owned bracing video - [url="https://youtu.be/uJy3TscsL-U"]https://youtu.be/uJy3TscsL-U[attachment=251744:IMG_0936.JPG][/url] [url="https://youtu.be/uJy3TscsL-U"][attachment=251745:IMG_0936.JPG][/url]

I was just checking Wiki - early 1800's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pajamas

Got into it for thumb / slap because you need to temper things and even things out, funk don't sound the same without one, unless you have a valve amp. so have got in the habit of having one up front on my board, I would rather not have anything between me and the amp but these do balance out your playing style and string volumes.

If you hold these to your lips and continue to increase the angle, you'll find you will get increasingly Phased

Hi Guys I guess you are electrically biassed having clicked on this, and thought you may like this. A Great explanation [attachment=250852:KVA beer.jpg]

Love the SM-500 i bought on here to run my two 4 ohm cabs great tone and flexibility

We Use an RCF PA which is great gear but also have 3 x 10" Alto monitors which are great and have used them as a small PA at Jazz jams I quite rate their gear, but don't go less than 12" for your main speakers.

I'm with Bassmayhem - that's musicianship

I have had many generator related gear issues, i have documented here in various threads in the past so will spare you the detail Basically generators if they are overloaded, the frequency will dip. Larger sets e.g. Fair grounds you may have noticed the set cough when additional load comes on, you may see a puff of black smoke from the exhaust as the AVR linked to the engine tries to correct the speed to keep the frequency stable. If the set that your venue hires is too small or set up with Freq too low Your gears transformers will experience higher current get hot so your protection circuit may shut it down. An example -Quote The lower the operating frequency the more flux lines that are generated. Operating a transformer at 50Hz generates 20% more flux lines than at 60Hz. As the number of flux lines approaches the magnetic material’s limit, the heat in both the transformer’s core and its coil wires increases, and under certain circumstances, unpredictably so. This can result in a transformer that exceeds safe temperature levels. Therefore, a transformer designed to run at 50Hz will simply run cooler at 60Hz. But one designed only for 60Hz may overheat if subjected to 50Hz.