paul_5

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Engineer’s Thumb. The ratio control is actually a lean blend, so I can use parallel compression in a single unit with a small footprint. 👍🏻

I really rate Alex’s playing, and his approach to creating great bass lines. I love playing Girls and Boys on my P bass.

These have been getting a lot of love on here recently: https://www.studiospares.com/Microphones/DI-Boxes/Studiospares-DI-BoxPreamp_458190.htm

Biro? Only if you’re confident.

That makes sense. I know very little about speakers, but that sounds about right.

First thing I’d do would be to measure the DC resistance of the p’up. Get a multimeter that’s set to read resistance (ohms) up to 20k and put one probe on each of the wires. pickups can vary wildly between 6 or 7 up to 15 or 16. Generally the greater the resistance, the louder the pup is.

Mine runs compressor, octave, envelope filter, then various dirt boxes and finally chorus and phaser.

Welding nozzle cleaners do exactly the same job for a whole lot less money!

Led Zeppelin at Live Aid...

I have to say that I didn’t really notice anything wrong with them when I fired them up at bedroom volume. I bought the cab because the dimensions were about right for a 12” driver I have, so the plan is to make a new front baffle and put that in with the 12”. I rarely gig with an amp now, so it’s not really too critical what it sounds like as a finished product.

This. It removes not only the annoying scratchy sound, but also the nagging doubt at the back of your mind that it’ll crap out again on a gig.

Mine too. I use the ‘clean guitar’ Headphone amp, as I use it for guitar too, but the fender Bassman preset is great middle ground. It does need turning up a bit (depending on which headphones I’m using), but it’s great for the money.

I’ve had an original Hartke Bass Attack, MXR M80, Aguilar Tone Hammer, Sansamp V1 and 2, Behringer BDI21, briefly a Harley Benton bass expander and a couple of DHA VT pedals. I have to say that the only one I’ve come back to is the Dave Hall stuff. I had a VT2 DI EQ but am currently sporting a VT1 DI EQ and loving it as both a preamp into my power amp and my home headphone amp.

Thanks so much Bill.

Hi all. I recently bought a 2x10” cabinet with replacement drivers. These are supposed to be EBS drivers, but I don’t know much about them. Any other BC’ers able to positively (or otherwise) identify them?

R.E.M. Automatic For The People > Monster Don't get me wrong, I LOVE monster, but AFTP is just sublime.

Personally I’d go with Mac. Yes, it’s more initial outlay, but I’ve only had a couple of issues n my MacBook Pro (since 2010) that have stopped me making music, and I remember a time when I was spending more time taking my Windows machine apart every other weekend to solve hardware conflicts, and regularly had to reinstall drivers. It’s true what they say - once you’ve had Mac, you never go back. Macs have a free DAW in the shape of Garage Band, which is more than adequate for dipping a toe down the rabbit hole. cubase will install on your Mac too, so there’s that. Latency issues will be there on any system, so I’d recommend a solid state drive and max out your RAM.

Can I just ask, what's the distance between the 2 pickups, and how did you arrive at this dimension?

I seldom take more than one bass, but it depends on the gig; if I need Jazz and P sounds then I’ll take 2 - sweaty rock gigs that just need a P bass grunt I just take the one for. I always carry spare strings and leads though.

Hopefully it’s not plucked your fine knitwear...

Yeah, I’ve got a home made cab with a lovely 12” driver that sounds great, but looks terrible, so I might just make a new front baffle and run my 12” with the tweeter.

Way to open a can of worms!!

It still is in some parts of the UK.