tauzero

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1431631496' post='2773495'] Cheers . I still think I would rather have thin weedy c string than thick muffle b string!! Or just keep to 4 string and move up neck!! [/quote] How often would you use the C string? If you'd only use it very rarely, it just makes an obstacle to stretch over to get to the four strings that you normally use - which is why I stick to 5-strings (B-G) rather than go to 6.

I was right next to Norris's Rumble 500 for quite a bit of the Bash, and it sounded good and completely untroubled by the moderate volume it was producing - fortunately I already have the amplification that I need.

[quote name='GregBass' timestamp='1431689551' post='2773978'] "She now looks as though she has been gigged and played and loved for a good number of decades." She looks to me as if she's had the crap kicked out of her rather than being loved!!! [/quote] Yes, I was about to post the same quote. Anyone who thinks that looks like love should be kept well away from relationships.

You can get very affordable JAN 1-alikes from Thomann for not a lot of money - ABM adjustable bass nut is the thing to search for.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1431681687' post='2773865'] @Leonardobass - I wouldn't say that the truss rod feels like there's no friction at all. But, it does feel very easy to turn. [/quote] Might it be a finer thread pitch than normal?

[quote name='Coldflows' timestamp='1431528122' post='2772267'] I have heated and froze and wd40d it, what would be the next move as I cannot find a matching saddle for love nor money? [/quote] How about [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Chrome-4-String-Saddle-Bridge-Silver-Fixed-Tail-For-Fender-Bass-Guitar-/281550096886"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Chrome-4-String-Saddle-Bridge-Silver-Fixed-Tail-For-Fender-Bass-Guitar-/281550096886[/url] which has the slot closer to the intonation screw than the one you got?

First, there was the Series 1. It all goes downhill from there.

Looks like centre negative for the tuner: which is standard for guitar effects, so the PSU should be.

Does just turning the jack plug in the socket revive it?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431597002' post='2772896'] Oh yes. I sold my 76P a few years ago and did the whole merry-go-round GAS thing with P/J basses, Jazz basses, relics, P copies, modern P basses, active basses and on and on and on. Got my 76P back recently and haven't put it down since, I'm exhausted from lack of sleep! So what does that tell you? [/quote] That you're about to sell it and go off on another GAS-induced journey?

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1431349975' post='2770245'] Gordon Bennett! That's insane value. I'm not entirely sure about Behringer gear - IIRC the pedals are really inexpensive, but were known for sucking tone right out of your sound and having an intolerable amount of hiss, but that was a few years back in fairness. [/quote] I've got a couple of Behringer pedals (ADI21 and AB100) and both get hissy if I power them with an adaptor but are fine with battery power.

So - when will we be seeing the BF 8x15"?

It gets louder as you pluck the strings harder?

[quote name='IanA' timestamp='1431539192' post='2772410'] The AE112 is the least desirable of all Jims cabs, HD and CN cabs are a revelation in comparison! [/quote] I'm very happy with my pair of AE112s. Best sound I've ever had.

[quote name='vailbass' timestamp='1431522891' post='2772181'] Oh brother..What a load of crap, even for this guy! Sheesh :-) he did this at the Talk Bass website, too. I never said I didn't understand the 'science', he's assuming so much as to be laughable. To say that according to the numbers, you would need 2 EVM 15's to get 'the sound' of a single 'modern' 15 is ridiculous. Which 'modern 15', for example?. [/quote] That's not what he said. He said that to get the same output (that's volume level) as a modern 15 with twice the Xmax, you'd need two of the older drivers with 3.3mm Xmax. Nothing about "the sound".

Peavey Cirrus? One thing to watch out for with 5-strings is that some are 35" scale, so you need to decide whether that will be OK for you. And another thing to think of is that as you're after a lined fretless, defretting a fretted bass is also an option.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1431282861' post='2769601'] (It was my bass - tauzero had the lovely Warwick Buzzard ) [/quote] Yep, Thunderbirds only have 80% of my required complement of strings. I suspect that a 5-string T-bird with a 5-0 headstock might be a little on the neck-divey side.

[quote name='urbanx' timestamp='1431442941' post='2771422'] The worst bit about TINY crowds is that half of them are usually made up of the other bands. Meaning at least 50% of the audience are musicians...watching your every move... [/quote] Or, if it's a Moffat Bass Bash, they're all bassists.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1431450074' post='2771518'] The volume control on a bass is a cut control. It doesn't make the bass any louder. Only quieter. So if you turn down your bass you're effectively limiting the range of dynamics available to you. Or rather making that range more narrow and harder to make fine adjustments from your fingers. [/quote] No, the ratio of sound level between your quietest and loudest notes will still be the same.

Anyone using "plays like butter" to mean "plays smoothly" has obviously never tried to spread cold butter.

Some two pickup basses give a noticably complex sound, almost like a chorus. Not that anyone will ever hear that down at the Dog & Duck.

Mrs Zero uses the Line 6 XD-V35. We have had the occasional failure to communicate but as the quick and dirty solution to that is to grab a wired mic and continue with that, we've never done any proper experimenting to find out whether simply changing channel would sort it out.

It could be the pots, it could also be a leaky capacitor allowing DC into the audio circuitry. You could do a reasonably cheap replacement with an Artec SE3P-A giving you the same number and function of controls - [url="http://www.axesrus.co.uk/SE3PA-3-band-EQ-system-p/se3p-a.htm"]http://www.axesrus.co.uk/SE3PA-3-band-EQ-system-p/se3p-a.htm[/url] has them at £36.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1431333114' post='2769971'] I'm surprised at how many people "keep a bit in reserve"! I always assumed (rightly or wrongly) that reducing the volume would affect the tone and that basses work best with volumes up full. Better for signal to noise ratio too... but maybe this is not true? [/quote] On an active bass, tone doesn't get affected unless turning the volume up pushes the amp front end into clipping. Yes, SNR is better with the volume full up, but decent modern amps and effects units have very little N so it becomes a theoretical issue. [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1431333114' post='2769971'] Easier on a P bass (or something with only one volume control) but trying to do that on a J could be fiddly as having the two volumes set differently would change the tone (balance of the pickups) a bit I would guess. [/quote] Yes, I have volume and blend on most of my basses so it's not an issue. [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1431333114' post='2769971'] My problem is that if the volume(s) were less than 100%, I wouldn't quite know where I was! If it is always on full and I knock it slightly, I can quickly check and return it to its "full on" position. OK, so I'm a bit clumsy and often catch my knobs when I am playing... [/quote] As we almost always play with backline only and no PA support for instruments, I set it by ear (and then don't knock it). If I do adjust it in the set, again, it's by ear.

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1431321959' post='2769871'] Do those of you who keep a bit in reserve and then turn up have someone out front riding the desk ? [/quote] No. I don't generally need it, but I'm not afraid to use it if volume levels creep up. And I'm not afraid to turn it down a bit too.