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[quote name='thatgrantboy' timestamp='1464274254' post='3058125'] Much like what the Behringer AB-100 would allow then? (won't let me paste the link). Two inputs, a level adjustment on each, and the option to put them to the same out. Tis lower end of the market, but I'm sure there are higher-end options out there! [/quote] No, the AB100 doesn't work that way. If you A-B two inputs into one output, IIRC one of the level controls sets the level for both. If you A-B one input into two outputs, then you can set two different levels. Instructions: [url="http://www.rapidonline.com/pdf/35-4297.pdf"]http://www.rapidonline.com/pdf/35-4297.pdf[/url]

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1464636922' post='3061063'] Valve amps will distort with odd order harmonics which sound pleasant to the human ear. Transistor amps distort with even order harmonics which aren't. [/quote] That's the exact opposite of the truth. Valve amps contribute even-order harmonics which sound good (as they're octaves), transistor amps produce odd-order harmonics as they go into clipping - a square wave is the product of an odd-order series f + 3f/3 + 5f/5 + 7f/7... (the multiplier is the frequency, the divisor is the volume, hence 3f/3 is a third the volume and three times the frequency) which is why the odd-order harmonics are produced.

Small claims court? The police probably won't want to know but you could get the bailiffs in if necessary.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1464883790' post='3063522'] just got mine, doesn't seem to do anything that my zoom B1on doesn't do, still at this price I'll keep it, might come in handy for recording with, one thing though, what's with getting the numbers are wrong in the instructions? (there's no 10 on the diagrams) doesn't inspire confidence in quality control does it, and what's with those the switches on the sample settings and no blend or presence settings?, very confusing [/quote] I'm struggling to understand your meaning here. The PDF of the manual [url="https://media.music-group.com/media/PLM/data/docs/P0294/BDI21_P0294_M_EN.pdf"]https://media.music-group.com/media/PLM/data/docs/P0294/BDI21_P0294_M_EN.pdf[/url] has a number 10 (the input socket), the sample settings show all 6 knobs and no switches. Have you got the right instructions?

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1464790465' post='3062574'] the only time this doesnt apply of course, is if a massively key cog or massive character in the band leaves... for example, queen without freddy mercury is almost a parody of itself now, and thin lizzy without phil to me isn't thin lizzy. [/quote] Of course, when Alex Harvey left SAHB, they became "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band without Alex". That's telling it like it is.

[quote name='Deedee' timestamp='1464613199' post='3060772'] Interesting question. I was told that the angle of the head I.e. the angle it leans back away from the nut certainly makes a difference to the tension, so perhaps a reverse headstock would do the same. [/quote] The angle of the headstock will make absolutely no difference whatsoever to the tension on the string. Now, on to compliance. The speaking length of a string is (on a 34" scale bass) 865mm. On the bass which I happen to have to hand, the first tuner is 40mm from the nut, the next 40mm further, and the third another 40mm (it's 3/2 and also 35" scale but that's not really that important). So what we're looking at is how much we have to stretch the string by, and the variation we'd have in tension in order to play a note from one string to another. Measuring my plucking action, I deflect the string by up to 5mm. I suppose I should really divide this into two right-angled triangles but I couldn't be bothered, I'll approximate by finding the hypotenuse on a triangle with sides 865 and 5. And it's 865.01 mm. So the increase in string length is .01mm. Now, how does the tension change compare? Well, one string is being increased in length by .01mm in 945mm (40mm to the first tuner, 40mm from bridge saddle to tailpiece), and the other by .01mm in 1025mm (as for the first string plus another two tuners worth at 40mm/tuner). So we can eliminate the .01mm which is common to both and see that the ratio of tensions will be 1025:945 or 1.085:1. So one string will be 8.5% harder to deflect than the other. Mind you, you'll find at least that amount of variation in string tensions with string sets that aren't balanced tension (ie. almost all of them).

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1464620923' post='3060861'] If I can find the instruction book I'll also have a Boss drum machine for sale too. [/quote] You should be able to find it available for download on the Roland/Boss website.

Evidently we need to kick our guitarist's arse as he lives in Leicestershire and hasn't got us any gigs yet. Tamworth and Birmingham pubs pay £200-£250.

If I wasn't with a gigging band, I'd play guitar at home (or duetting with Mrs Zero) rather than bass.

He's cut a big U shape out of the body arcing round the bridge, then used some substance (resin or plastic, I would think) to build up the horrible-looking grungy bits.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1464469555' post='3059724'] If you just change everything in sight then you end up with something different to what you started out with and will quite likely devalue the item . [/quote] So you should keep all the sh*te components that you've swapped out and supply them with the amp if you ever sell it. Many many years ago, I recall the case of a Lotus racing car (not F1) which was used in some major road race and crashed. The crash bent a chassis rail, which was chopped out and replaced by a length of scaffold pole or similar, then the car raced with that repair in place. Years later, the car was sold - IIRC the chassis rail had been replaced properly, but the length of scaffold pole was included in the sale as it was part of the car when it had won a race or two. Can't remember the details, but I'm sure someone on BC will know them...

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1464433612' post='3059424'] oh wow! How was that experience? They run it on Mondays now I think [/quote] Well, it was a learning experience. There were rather a lot of songs that I had never played, and I learnt the chords by watching the guitarist's fingers (even more fun when they've got a capo on). I'd like to do something like that again, to keep my brain working. There was also a huge challenge one night, when a chap turned up with a djembe and asked if I'd do some drum and bass with him. I like to think that the performance we turned in was rather good. He was excellent and I rather hope I didn't let him down.

[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]"[color=#000000]This is an amazing guitar that plays and sounds as good as it looks!"[/color][/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]So it plays and sounds sh*t then?[/color][/font][/size]

Looking at the detail on that, it's not been done by someone who's really good at pinstriping. Not utterly cack-handed but there's quite a variation in line width and a lack of symmetry because lines aren't drawn to the same length. Wouldn't have got a job at the old Triumph factory in Meriden.

Doesn't seem to include the two whammy bars. I'm out.

[quote name='Sammers' timestamp='1464085646' post='3056372'] There used to be a blues club/jam night at the Roadhouse in Birmingham, once a month on a Thursday I think. It might still be around? [/quote] Once upon a time there was an open mic night there on Thursday nights - I finished up as the house band bassist. The guy who originally ran it stopped, but I think it's still going in some form.

[quote name='AndrewJordan' timestamp='1462910372' post='3046936'] Listened to a track you've been covering for years and realised you've been playing it wrong? [/quote] Yes. My excuse is that every tab and every YouTube example of said song, except the original, is written/played wrong. Every single one. Oh yes, and it was quite easy to hear on the isolated bass track on Youtube, but not so easy on the original, although knowing the chords should have pointed the way to the notes.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1464342321' post='3058572'] No, seriously, anyone have any idea why the bins have '89dB' on the back? The noise of the machine collecting them? [/quote] [url="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wheelie+bins+89db"]http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wheelie+bins+89db[/url]

They do both kinds of music - rock AND roll.

It looks to me like the guarantee is for the date, not the time, which seems pretty meaningless. It's something that Interparcel could do with clarifying.

I had one. They are distinguishable from the 500 as the Superfly has no fan but the Superduperfly does. It also stays far cooler than the 500 for the same volume. I took mine (both the 500 and the 1000) out of the aluminium casings, made them lighter and easier to put in a small case. Great preamp and editor software.

[quote name='Kex' timestamp='1463218308' post='3049589'] So old bad, new good? Guess thats why a Stradivarius is next to worthless, why a 1952 Precision is unsalable, why vintage Aston Martins sit unwanted in damp garagea and no one drinks anything other then Beaujolais Nouveau. As for those old valves, don't even start...... [/quote] You're not exactly comparing like with like. I'd compare a Trace Elliot combo to a Ford Cortina, not an Aston Martin.

Done. As I never play to clicks at any speed, that was one whole page of No...

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1463300364' post='3050193'] I really do not understand why people don't just use washers as straplocks. [/quote] Because I don't want to. It really is as simple as that.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1463178893' post='3049401'] Got to be on par with Jef Leppard. [/quote] [quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1463212329' post='3049509'] My mate plays guitar in that band [/quote] Our drummer is their drummer.