tauzero

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.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1431351078' post='2770275'] Yes - as you say, the original has a 'capstan' accessible in a slot under the heel. And as PlungerModerno rightly says, the replacement has a conventional allen-key access at the headstock....I need to find out what Paul's preference is with that in terms of leaving it as is or covering it with a bent cover. [/quote] I just realised that you did cover that in your last bullet point in your original post about the necks. I was very glad that I only had to adjust the truss rod very rarely (although it is a better system than the daft Fender one, but not by much).

Rechargeables are all very well but (assuming you take a spare battery) you have to keep the spare topped up or get a low self-discharge PP3 (not a common-or-garden NiMH).

How do you adjust the truss rod on the replica? On the original (or the Hayman 40/40, anyway) you went through a slot on the rear of the body with a special tool which was a cranked piece of metal and turned the wheel with that. The wheel isn't visible on the replica.

[quote name='stevebasshead' timestamp='1431176264' post='2768508'] 1. I want to move more air/achieve greater volume through a greater surface area of speaker (1x15 = 176 sq in -vs- 4x10 = 314 sq in -vs- 4x12 sq in) all things being equal in the speaker sensitivity stakes of course. [/quote] It's not just the area of the cone that counts, it's how far the cone moves.

I have about half a dozen of the Stagg stands: [url="http://www.promenademusic.co.uk/Stagg-SG-50-Guitar-Stand"]http://www.promenademusic.co.uk/Stagg-SG-50-Guitar-Stand[/url] (other retailers are available). The cradle pivots so it copes with asymmetric bottoms. It's also better than the Hercules grab stands for headless basses. And it's a reet bugger trying to find a stand for a Buzzard. I need the grab stand stem extended by 20cm or so.

PA gear goes in the garage (which is now full). Two 1x12 cabs are stacked just inside the non-opening side of the patio door and have a piece of carpet draped over them so the cat can use them as a vantage point. Amp, wireless, effects, small mixer all go under the coffee table.

I'm another who leaves a bit in reserve. The noise level on my amp and effects is sufficiently low that I don't feel the need to maximise the bass signal to reduce the noise level.

Procells for me.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1431213709' post='2768951'] Sorry Tauzero, you misunderstood my post, I know how the band came about the name, I'm querying the origins of the phrase itself. [/quote] How about [url="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/lead-balloon.html"]http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/lead-balloon.html[/url] then?

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1431192395' post='2768698'] Strange, a quick google and there is no information on the origin of th phrase. Bpnzodog, I don't buy your version,sorry. 4-string-thing, yes, but IF it did, it would come down brilliantly! [/quote] It's well-known. How about [url="http://forums.ledzeppelin.com/index.php?/topic/1152-is-it-true-that-keith-moon-named-led-zeppelin/"]http://forums.ledzeppelin.com/index.php?/topic/1152-is-it-true-that-keith-moon-named-led-zeppelin/[/url] ?