Dad3353

How would that work..?

I can't see it, myself. A poor video, too, but a chef-d'oeuvre wouldn't have saved it, anyway. Slightly less than banal, to me.

+1 ^^

The technical term for that ^^ is 'Doing It Right', and you should continue. Some folks (yes, I know; I find it odd, too...) seem to find a difference between one bass/amp/cab and another, and even (shudder...) have 'preferences'. This implies a remarkable (in the sense of 'able to be remarked'...) difference between rigs. Some folk (even odder...) want to have, not just the sound you get from your 'Doing It Right' method, but sounds of different rigs (as if that even was a Thing..! ). This implies having one rig, and being dissatisfied as it only has the one sound, or having several rigs, which tends to become cumbersome on a crowded stage. The answer..? Yes; you've guessed it..! Modelling, and using an FRFR cab..! With this System, the Player can switch sound with alacrity, which, in their delirium, gives the psychological impression of having different sounds (Yes, yes; we know it's not 'real', but you just can't tell 'em...). No, don't you worry your little head with all of this; just carry on 'Doing It Right', and use the money saved to buy a second yacht. Sharing or not, this is the Default result of going on after the (hugely over-running...) Reggae band.

Twerp..!

Oh, I thought you were being devious; apparently not. 'FRFR' stands for 'Full Range, Flat Response', indicating a very 'HiFi' type of design and phonic result. The idea is to have no colouration in the sound. Used for PA rigs, and is useful when using modelling amps, as they can produce (By... Erm... Modelling...) the sounds of different rigs. The 'FRFR' will reproduce this modelled sound with fidelity. Hope this helps.

Get a kit for another effect and pop it into the case..? If you're not into Building, offer it up in the 'Recycling' section..?

Have you asked StewMac..? They normally reply swiftly to questions; first call, maybe..?

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By Jiminy, he's right, you know..!

I'd be tempted to send one of my orchestral pieces, all fourteen minutes of it..!

S'not funny, my lad..! I need my beauty sleep..! (Not that it helps, of course, but still...). The beggar for me is the Update messing up my composition stuff. I've gone back to a previous windows version from 2016, and removed its Update facilities. I'm now laboriously re-installing the folders, files and software, on this and my e-drum laptop. I didn't need the hassle. Thanks, Windows, but I've pulled curtains over your nosiness. Leave my working stuff alone..!

I think this is true of 100% of bass players, and, indeed, folk on the Planet..! We are all, in our own way, 'not like anyone else'. In fact, it's so much the case that we're all the same in being different..!

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Quite understandable, but it's a shame that the behaviour of a few silly beggars spoil the future for all the Good Folk out there. A pity.

... and I'm the opposite. All I want from an amp/cab is 'clean' as far as I need to go. No 'break-up', no 'disto', no 'grind', no 'dirt'. 200w Hiwatt ex-PA head, with 4x KT88's, and a choice of cabs, such as Ampeg 4x10, HH 2x15, Fender Bassman 2x15... Bass plugged into amp, amp plugged into cab: bingo. Before getting my bass cabs, this was the rig I played bass through (x 2, as a pair, as below...)... We're all different, it would seem.

I don't remember ever, over several decades, and thousands of venues, seeing an amp or cab broken by being used, or even abused. I'm excepting, naturally, stuff such as the Townsend Toreador act on a cab, or the Moon Mania of literally blowing up the drums, but musicians playing gear doesn't, of itself, bust it. Failures, yes, and dozens, but could have happened to anyone, whoever owned it or was playing at the time. Terry Bozzio had to use the main kit at the Paris Zenith 'Zappa Plays Zappa' gig, as his own bass drum broke. He did his stuff (admirably...) on the kit set up for the regular drummer until his was repaired, then came downstage to carry on. Incidents happen all the time, and a failure can happen even when playing one's own gear. Maybe I've just seen lucky acts, but breakdowns are rare enough; breakage I've never seen.

For reducing sibilance and 'pops', that's probably a Good Thing. Yes, experimentation is, indeed, the key to optimising. It seems as if you have it covered.

Good evening, CDLT, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Have you seen these..? Good luck.

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To drummers, this is almost the equivalent of 'rounds or flats'. or my part, I'll have no truck with 'cut' heads (I've fitted a mic inside the shell, anyway...). If a port is needed, it 'should' be for sonic reasons, not just a convenient way to poke a mic in there. There are pre-ported heads on the market (Evans...) with a foam-surround 5" port. You run the risk, if cutting the port yourself, of 1 - not cutting it at the right spot, acoustically... and 2 - the edges splitting, as it's difficult to cut cleanly a perfect circle with a blade. If I was to port a drum, I'd use an EMAD head. Hope this helps.

Nice gear or not, the principle is the same. Some folk are precious about sharing, others less so. It helps if one knows the other bands, including their style of music. It's very often, for small affairs, run by non-professionals, that there's no space nor time to change a whole backline between acts, so sharing is far more practical. We (as a band...) have often been in both positions, as headliners and support acts, and have no issues with sharing. On the other hand, I play drums 'lefty', so would normally insist that my set be used, even as support band, and that others switch the hi-hat and snare/floor tom to suit them, as my kit is probably the best there on the night. 'breakables' are not shared, though (cymbals, snare, bass drum pedal...). For amps, our bass rig is up for anything (200w Hiwatt valve amp, 2x15 HH cab...). Our First Guitar is rather more difficult, as it's a complex MIDI-driven Mesa 2-90/Triaxis rig, so unless the guitar just wants one, simple straight-through sound, he/she is going to have to have their own pedal board, and not touch the amp at all. We have no qualms about our gear being 'high-end', as we'll be there at all times anyway, and it's all robust, tried-and-tested that has already given us satisfaction for decades. A little charitable spirit for such events helps, too.