paulmcnamara

Still here!

Just bought a Polytune3 off of Dave, smooth, speedy and seamless transaction! Thanks!

Decided to build a board with inspiration from Dan @thatpedalshow

I'm old enough to remember the old technology...... in the 70's our guitarist got a secondhand Wem Copycat........ it was always breaking down! But its great to have the old tech in a more modern format with more reliability.......

I failed to notice how few people are using this forum and how old the posts were, alas!

Bought a secondhand Strymon Volante off the bay..... no regrets!

Maybe good to consider the Strymon Iridium: through a monitor, or similar? Fender Deluxe Reverb, Vox AC30 & Marshall Plexi........ all sounding good and a great drive which works amazingly with the Middle control. B46258DA-206E-41AE-B587-36BF75462ACC.heic

It has an unplugable jack from amp to speaker, so can be done.

My use would primarily be with guitar rather than bass as my bass amp is solid state.......... Probably should have put thread in guitar dept. But it's been interesting to hear peoples experience and views on attenuators. The Fender amp in question is a Pro Junior (15watt) but pushing the valves at the right level is still far too loud for home use!

Having tried various digital amp/multi effect options I have returned to a good old fashioned (modern) valve combo. I love the simplicity of operation and the purity of sound....... My feeling is that the purity of the basic item is always ahead of even the best imitations and far more straight forward to use. I think as humans we like routine simplicity; the little nag in the back of our minds...... what can I do, or what do I need to change with my set up, can sometimes be a psychological question of insecurity, which plays well into those companies advertising and the economic necessity of upgrading to keep our musical instrument companies going......? So often you hear people referring to previous set ups, which they had regretfully sold on.......

Thinking about using a power attenuator with my Fender amp (for home use) and wondering what anyone’s experience of using them might be?

From a current TC Electronic ad......................

From a 2007 USA Strat, sticker was removed long time after purchase and left it's presence. 11 hole, 3 ply, shielded. You are welcome to it for £5 postage. I am selling a new one elsewhere in forum. Regards, Paul.

Was listening to a recent You Tube interview with Noam Chomsky in conversation with Brian Eno and Roger Waters. Roger is certainly passionate about justice, but Brian Eno's tolerance is far more powerful than Roger Water's intolerance?

And it isn't just the amp/speaker configuration that determines the sound, as already mentioned there is the room shape/absorption factor, the instrument and your subjective hearing......... and then there's the mix in terms of how to you cut through.......... so many factors, so little time, but through interesting experiment I suspect most of us find the right sound for us and hope its okay with the rest (band/audience/engineer) etc. After years of looking for that elusive sound I finally realised that at a rehearsal last year that the sound I had one evening was perfect... ah, what was it you ask...... not sure, simple set up of bass, amp and speaker........ but when I used the same simple set up the following week, it didn't sound quite the same..... it was good but not quite so perfect...... or was it?

Dave_Bass5: are you asking for yourself or for DG?

Apart from the musicianship and writing I was always impressed by the production and dynamics: none of your modern day "killed with compression". It was always a good album to judge a hifi system by. On the right system it could and still does really sing.........