Dad3353

What are these 'very different sounds' of which you speak..?

Better one of these, these daze ... https://2cev.co.uk/

I believe that Fender Corps employees pay for their own health insurance and pension contributions, with a '50c to the dollar' matching contribution from the Corps. I don't know if that's extremely generous in international terms; it's certainly far short of the benefits I enjoyed in almost all the French or UK companies I worked for.

Here's what their manual says... 'Connecting to a Computer By connecting the GT-1000CORE to a computer via USB, you can do the following. USB COMPUTER port - Transmit and receive digital audio signals between the computer and the GT-1000CORE - Edit and manage patches, and display the “GT-1000CORE Parameter Guide” (PDF) on a computer using the dedicated software - Download patches from our dedicated BOSS TONE CENTRAL website http://bosstonecentral.com/ * Do not use a micro USB cable that is designed only for charging a device. Charge-only cables cannot transmit data. Installing the USB Driver You must install the USB driver before connecting to a computer. Please download the USB driver from the website shown below. Install this special driver before making a USB connection. For further details, refer to the Readme.htm file that comes with the download. http://www.boss.info/support/ The program you need to use, and the steps you need to take to install the USB driver will differ depending on your computer setup, so please carefully read and refer to the Readme.htm file that comes with the download.'

I dunno; I think I could drum that, no problem.

I have several basses, including a six-string fretless, a five-string active/passive fretted, and a couple of other four-string passives at my disposal, but have been playing my Hofner Verithin almost exclusively for over a decade now. I'm not looking to recreate any particular tone or whatever; I play what the bass wants to sound like, through whatever I'm using (Hiwatt amp, Fender amp, 'puter interface etc...) and almost never with pedals. I just go with the flow, in whatever 'style' I'm inspired to attempt (mostly 'jazz' chord stuff, or chord-melody things that I make up...). I don't (read 'can't'...) play 'songs' and stuff (I used to, when I was playing bass in the band...), and have more fun now trying out different things over 'Misty', for instance. No slap, of course, but one good bass can do so much more if one takes the time, effort and patience to just get the best from that one bass. Of course it helps a little that I'm a drummer, really.

Yes, just like me. I, too, was 'fairly young' for the first seventy years or so. I may have to re-advise soon, though.

No, a Lada 1200. Do at least try to keep up.

Would that I were able to jump at all.

That'd be a Lada Niva, 4x4, then..? I didn't get stuck with my saloon car, but, then again, I didn't go stock-car racing in the fields, either, so...

Well, I did park it, sometimes, to get out.

The Lada 1200 I had gave me no worries; it was indeed a fretless.

No need, as it's a five-wheel version (there's one under the boot...).

Fixed.

Indeed. I went for die-cast as replacement; they've been fine since, and the chroming has held up splendidly.

Possibly, but I rather think that the pitting in the old chrome did the real damage, allowing the corrosive bath to get through to the rim metal. There's not much thickness in a drum rim in places, so it didn't take much to render them useless. Lesson learned, though. Luckily, I'm not such a purist as to insist on all-original parts, as I'd never be able to obtain genuine, new-old-stock Camco rims. I've used Tama rims instead; Tama bought the Camco hardware anyway when they were split up (the shells went to DW, along with the round-cylinder lugs...), so...

Salted with just a tiny drop of cynicism; an excellent production job. Enjoyable, certainly, but unfortunately only too true to be really funny in the 'ha ha' sense. Thanks for sharing.

I was IT manager for a company that had chroming baths for some of its products. I had a set of drum rims that needed re-chroming; the fellow that operated these baths did me a favour, putting the rims through the process. Result: I had to buy a new set of rims, as the 'process' had eaten away most of the underlying metal along with the original pitted chrome. I wouldn't recommend chrome removal. Obtain a black bridge by other means.

Yes, as does a FIAT...

(For that dunce of an @AndyTravis...)

With the tweeter switch set to 'Off', it's not doing anything at all. With the switch set to 'On', the tweeter is giving all that it's capable of. With the switch set to '-6db', the tweeter is giving 6db (6 decibels...) less than if it was 'On', which reduces the treble output of the cab. As mentioned above, the best setting is the one you like the best. It's best judged from a little way in front of the cab, preferably where the audience will hear the cab, as you can't hear it properly when standing just in front. Hope this helps.

Was it ever..?

How about any left-handed amps you might have..?