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Sorry Blue but it's definitely right. You hear more low end at higher volumes, which I think is the reason for this phenomenon

when you're setting the levels on pedals so that they don't jump up or down when you engage them, you have to do it at full gigging volume. If you're deciding on settings at home, then I doubt you'll be as loud as you are at gigs? Which will lead to problems

it'll be a different impedance as well. A lot of fuzz pedals struggle with active basses due to this. I'm not aware of any that'll definitely work, sorry

no, no interference or noise of any sort, the preamp is great, it just cuts out randomly. It can be fine for weeks, then it suddenly goes silent. Take the cable out, put it back in, and it works again It'd be OK except if you do that in the middle of a song without telling the soundman he doesn't like it

If it were a dodgy battery connector, would unplugging and re-plugging the jack cable make any difference? As this does fix this problem

With my folk band we did 15 tracks to a click in a 7 hour session at my studio, so I wouldn't have thought it's that unusual. As above, we're rehearsing and gigging every week so it's no big deal

It sounds like you couldn't tell it was on when you were using it, so you must have set it very subtly. In that case, there really is no point, as long as your rig has plenty of headroom I like to get a bit squishy with compressors sometimes, which is obviously more of an effect than a necessary thing The limiter I use really is necessary as my rig isn't very loud and so it helps to give more headroom before distortion

it is active, yes, but the circuit board is nowhere near the jack socket, it's on the upper shoulder (which I think is standard?) so I wouldn't have thought a dodgy connection on the pre-amp would be doing it, is that what you meant? I know turning computers off and on often fixes them, but an analogue pre-amp?! Weird!

Sorry, I tried to sort out the text, has it worked? Earthing... well, all wires are connected up, and it's a new jack socket. When it cuts out, it doesn't go to a buzz or anything like that, it just cuts out. What should we be looking for with regard to earthing?

[size=4][font=arial, sans-serif]My mate's Yamaha acoustic keeps cutting out. When you pull the jack out and plug it back in, it's fine again. When it happens appears totally random. So far we've tried replacing the socket, and changing jack leads. Anyone got any ideas?[/font][/size]

Ace, can't wait to hear it!

I played The Old Courts in Wigan on Saturday. I've never been in a better sounding venue. The room was great, the PA was great, the soundman was great... Get yourself a gig there, it's great!

I am in awe of this cab

A sansamp is an amp simulator, which you don't really want as you like your amp... Can you tell what's missing when comparing the tone you have to the tone you want? Maybe it's some high frequencies? Or "punch"? I wouldn't say you're missing out on anything by not having an active pre, except for the EQ options it gives you. I guess an EQ pedal would be a lot cheaper than the sadowsky pre!

If you can't get the sound you want from your amp, then some sort of tone shaping pre-amp is what you need. Whether it's in the bass or not shouldn't really matter, that's just your preference. I'd play about a bit more with your amp, you might be able to find the sound you're looking for

When I hear someone say "behind the beat" I think it means "behind the metronome/click". If the drummer is behind, then the bassist should be too. The two will be perfectly locked together, and yet still "behind the beat". Is that bollocks? I play drums in a band where the bassist is always ahead and the rhythm guitarist is always behind. It's OK when I have a click in the studio but a bit of a nightmare without

it could just be that the way you have it set doesn't sound great. If I add more pedals into my pedalboard, I often have to change settings on the pedals which were already there, in order to make them sound good with the new additions, so maybe you just need to do a bit more playing about?

I'd be programming music on a computer

This is all about the size isn't it. Sort of the opposite of the mental 8x15" cab, what about a 1 x 15" with totally over sized proportions? How would this sound? Like a 6 ft high 1 x 15"

So you set your tone print on the amp, and play through it, and this sounds fine. Then, you turn on your effects pedal which is between your bass and amp, and it suddenly sounds muddy and farty, right? Do you notice if the Peak light is on more often when you turn on your pedal? Just thinking it might be over driving the input of the amp Could you tell us specifically which pedals you tried? And did they all have the exact same effect?

I'm a bit confused, but I guess you've been changing the patch on the amp using your phone, right? The phone is sending a signal through your bass down the cable to the amp. If you put pedals in the way, this will interfere with the communication, and so your phone won't be able to speak to your amp properly

I have this on an acoustic guitar and just put some card under the string, works just fine. Doesn't look great though!

This is disappointing. You didn't annoy the LL?

the point is more about how alcohol affects your hearing, as opposed to your playing. I'm surprised that the alcohol would have more of an effect than the deafening sound levels at most gigs these days. If you're not wearing ear plugs then your ears will be as good as a drunks' within a few minutes IMO

I would have thought the effect of fatigue on your ears from the support band, or maybe the first set if you're on one of these long "bar gigs", would have just as much effect. I just remember not to tweak the sound once we've checked.