Mr. Foxen

A while back I got a morley wah with a bust switch. I bypassed it so I could use it without, by attaching the two pairs of wires together, worked fine. Now I have got a new switch and have lost the picture I took. Anyone got a gut shot. Its a switch with 6 terminals, as was the old one. How should it go? Anyone got a gutshot of one?

If its on a volume pot casing, its probably an earth, but there might just be a mess on the pot and it was attached somewhere else. Usually a loose earth wire is lots of unwanted noise rather than failure.

I think its often solder tags instead of screw connectors on the terminals of the speaker. Cause they are cheaper and suited to manufactured cabs.

[quote name='bumnote' post='643998' date='Nov 2 2009, 11:20 PM']did you sell your 126? I just picked one up at the weekend, its quite nice, not as nice condition as yours though but i got it cheap[/quote] Still got it. For some reason, it agrees best with my EMG loaded BC Rich. Guessing the clanky toppy sound upsets the oldschool speaker less that my mudbuckers. Fairly sure stacking them is pretty Doom.

Think its same idea as the Schroeder cabs with the sideways speaker. Cuts the highs from one, so you get a bassier balance, cause the speakers were kinda poor. Doubling up surface area, if they were all front facing, would give you more highs than you want. If you put modern speakers in, could probably block up the other hole, and port it.

Which has lost its stick? The velcro to velcro, or the gluey back? Degrease pedals with meths or something before you stick velcro tape on them, sticks loads better.

Ain't that Richard Bona chap from Cameroon? That guy has an awesome name.

[quote name='philw' post='643872' date='Nov 2 2009, 09:14 PM']Only issue with the Vintage Modified is an unremittingly dark (but very ballsy) tone thanks to the single neck position humbucker – at the right price I could be convinced.[/quote] Dimarzio model 1 will sort that, but the spacing is a bit wrong so you'll have to get a narrower bridge (one on it is a weakness too).

[quote name='mrjim' post='643866' date='Nov 2 2009, 09:08 PM']Have you played the signature strings??? Is there much difference from normal strings?[/quote] Yeah, just taking a set of my Warlock, Dean Marley steels, very bright. To the point of horrible when they are brand new. Also don't like being wound and unwound from tuners when I stick them in the meths bath, two have snapped at the bit where the cut tip goes into the middle of the tuner, careful when I wind them back on, only got enough length for 4 more washes.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='643759' date='Nov 2 2009, 07:35 PM']The cleaner your bass sound the more you can go for huge amp headroom, the dirtier the sounds you use the more speakers you need to prevent expensive mistakes.[/quote] This is why you biamp, I'm putting a high pass filter in my dual mono bass bridge put so I can absolutely rag my 8x10 with horrible noise. Do fuzz and distortions add lows? Am I better off rigging one after the pedals?

Sounds like a big muff and agressive playing with bright strings. Those misfits sig strings are grotesquely bright.

Been a bit of a battle between grindy drive and retaining bottom end for me. Think I'm nearly there, but need to play everything proper loud again to see if it all does what I expect.

Probably best making 2 1x12s then, one ported and big, and one smaller and maybe sealed, although the delta speakers might not be ideal for the latter. You'd have to downlaod and learn to use WinISD to be able to tell really. A 2x12 ported box should give you plenty of bottom if its big enough, maybe 4x10 sized would be ideal. Then do a seperate 2x12 with guitar speakers in it for the drive. That would own. If you are determined to have the 2 in the same box, with different signals, make sure they are isolated from eachother by a divider. This is not a very practical way of doing things though. Best plan is make a good cab using them, and get another cab for a dual setup.

I'm trying to get hold of some Ken Smith strings, favourite ones I've ever used, but had to get someone to pick them up whilst on a trip to America.

What DI are you using? Do you use drive pedals? Using a big valve head means a fairly important chunk of your tone is fromt he amp and speakers, and the DI is before them. Totally not worth lugging a Mesa about if you are DIing before it. If you are using drive pedals, then a DI, that can also be a problem, they produce lots of nasty highs the speakers in a bass cab won't reproduce, but will come out of the PA, meaning the treble has to be cut, which might be the muddyness to your sound. Mic up, and give angry looks to a sound man who refuses, or get your own bass specific DI, plenty of Sansamps going.

The Firebass is happy at 2 ohm, its so heavy due to the huge head sinks for this purpose.

[quote name='longtimefred' post='642225' date='Oct 31 2009, 10:49 PM']Sounds like you had fun with it! hehe[/quote] Was handed a trashed one to try and fix. They are no longer supported it seems, can't get a new transformer. When I phoned the dude who owns it, he ca';t talk long because he is busy conducting his orchestra. Some people are far from up on the technical side of things.

[quote name='Pissman' post='642047' date='Oct 31 2009, 05:50 PM']I mainly just listen to CDs, there's something about listening to the whole thing through .. rather than just listening to odd songs here and there[/quote] You can download whole albums and stuff, wonders of technology. Real bands record one 35 minute track though.

[quote name='4 Strings' post='639613' date='Oct 28 2009, 11:47 PM']I understand about sensitivity etc, that's not what I was saying. Have you ever tried running powerful speakers with a tiny amp? Works just like I said. For volume, multi-speakers, lower impeance (with valves) higher sensitivity etc all contributes.[/quote] Yes it works fine. You get much more volume from a low wattage amp into a high powered cab because of the greater speaker area (30w combo amp into a 1x15, and into an 8x10), it sounds fine. No damage was done. Lots more bottom that the crappy low wattage in a crap enclosure combo speaker also.

[quote name='jonthebass' post='641886' date='Oct 31 2009, 02:02 PM']I would say hang on a bit longer and get the dough together for a BareFaced Vintage 2x15". My 2 Compacts are stunning together and can only presume the Vintage is the same if not a little better. Cheers, JTB[/quote] Plus that will probably have more top than most 4x10s without a tweeter, and you can add a tweeter.

I play open strings whenever I see an otherwise invisible mystical orb passing by that I need to grasp.

Pretty Doom.

[quote name='Dubhghaill' post='641290' date='Oct 30 2009, 04:42 PM'][list] [*]Will a bolt on 35" Schecter 5 need much modification to use those thicker strings? [*]The EMG-Hz pickups are OK, but not great. I'm not sure they'd handle the low frequencies too well. Should I replace them? [/list][/quote] Depends on the bridge, anything where you have to pull the whole length of the string through a hole will be trouble. Supposing the strings are tapered (essential if they are big) a top load will sort you. Make sure the bass has a fairly generic nut, and you can fairly easily file it out to suit, or get a new one. Custom strings is the way, measure up your bass so they are thin on the bridge and round the tuners, thick in the speaking length. In fact, you could get them tension matched to a set you like in standard tuning probably, mail Newtone, they seems to respond reasonably well. Just cause strings are heavy doesn't mean they are straining the neck more. As for pickups, I used 1/4 pounders for the Caricatures track, they claim broad response, and the mid emphasis meant the harmonics you hear are plenty strong, sounds pretty subterranian. The Terra Solis track was Dimarzio model ones and neck and bridge, trying to wring a lot of the fundamental out, a lot less recording trickery with that, mic and an mp3 player, but being in the room with it was pretty intense.