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KingBollock

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  1. [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1399154761' post='2441672'] Why do you accept these essays as being incontrovertible truths? They are just as prone to being mythologized as the myths they are supposedly debunking. [/quote] Because they don't start every explanation with "We believe..." and end it with "Just £3.500!"?
  2. [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1399149984' post='2441615'] Flyfisher's point assumes that the power supply is sufficiently imperfect to render cables irrelevant. What and where is the evidence to support that ? If some cables sound better than others, they sound better. At a practical level, that is you really need to know [/quote] Well no, that's not all [b]I[/b] need to know. I am very aware of how easily fooled human beings are, I would want to be certain that there is solid science behind it so that I can be sure that once the demonstration and honeymoon period are over, I am still going to get the benefit I paid through the nose for.
  3. [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1399148861' post='2441600'] So you genuinely believe that all cables sound the same? [/quote] I think Flyfisher's point is valid. I can't see how that last metre of power cable can have an effect unless you can ensure all parts, from power generator to the amp's transformer are perfect, or you're replacing a faulty lead.
  4. Well, at least they're not making bomb detectors.
  5. [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1399143694' post='2441527'] Your maths would be my guess. [/quote] He's right, 30 years isn't old. Don't know why he chose to mention it in here though... Doesn't the word "antique" technically mean over 100 years old? I suppose I should look that up before I press post... Edit: It's not technically, but it is common practice to use it as such, apparently. Though it gets bandied about all the time now, so I imagine it'll change, along with every other bloomin' word.
  6. If the jack socket is mounted on the side of the body, is there a straight, unobstructed path that a long drill bit could take from there to where you want it to go?
  7. That's one problem I don't have. My wife knows how much playing means to me a never complains about the noise, unless she thinks it's getting late and it might annoy the neighbours. But then I tend to be pretty good about when I play and if it's late, and I have to play, I use headphones. I'd use headphones more often but mine are cheap and don't like anything below the A string if there is any bass present at all. One day I would like to have a dedicated music room, but for now it has to be many things. Many, many, noisy things.
  8. In case you're just having a brain fart... You need something like this.
  9. Yeah, that's what was worrying me. I need to get into a band so I can use this thing properly. I can get some brilliant sounds from it but it is all wasted. I'll see if I can find something to experiment with. The problem is all the tool drawers, and boxes and tins and jars full of screws, nails and stuff.
  10. I keep my rig in my little music/computer room. It is a ridiculously large rig for home practise but it's what I've got. The biggest problem I have is with frequency response in my room. The frequency I really want to boost, on my 7 band eq, is 100hz, but because my room is also a workshop and full of [i]stuff[/i] using that frequency causes my room to rattle somewhat. It sounds like a one man band falling down an escalator. Would a gramma pad help with this? If it would, I remember seeing a bread where people talked about making their own, but I can't find it. So does anyone have any advice on a DIY pad?
  11. [quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1399052723' post='2440547'] It only works properly if you are in a rocking chair, drinking moonshine, and have less teeth than banjo strings. [/quote] And a pet Alligator on a length of string. One day... One day...
  12. It looks as though there used to be a tweeter fitted which, along with the port, would explain why the brace doesn't go all the way up.
  13. I've just remembered. The only Fender instrument I own is a Banjo. So now where do I stand?? Am I now UltraHipster or UltraUncool? Anyway, I'm off down the river to see if I can find a fat man to bugger.
  14. He could probably double the asking price if he took and angle grinder and a blow torch to it...
  15. I have one of these and I absolutely adore it. I also have the much lauded Ashdown Hyperdrive and find the Digitech far more versatile and less sterile. I actually run both together which works amazingly well, enabling me to pick out whatever frequencies I want. I use the Digitech for the low mids and the Hyperdrive for the high mids, while leaving the very lows clean. Absolutely everything I could wish for in a dirt section. £25 is a bloody brilliant price!
  16. But I like looking at stuff I can't afford (which is everything...) and I wouldn't want to have to sign in anonymously for fear of being shamed! Perhaps the different sections could require different passwords, made up of either your annual income or your monthly mortgage payments?
  17. Planning on putting together my own board this year and I want to make some simple, but useful, pedals of my own. A looper, amp switch pedal and an effect order switcher. The order switcher is nice and simple. I am sure that if you didn't want to make one for yourself then there would be a company that would make one for you. I found this diagram for it. Thought I'd mention it in case anyone might find it useful. The hardest part might be finding a 4PDT footswitch, but if you're not bothered about the indicator LEDs then you can get away with a 3PDT switch. Which would mean you wouldn't have to power it, too.
  18. [quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1398958516' post='2439458'] Ummmm, before I did my art degree course I did a degree in astronomy at UCL (way back in the 70s) and at the end of the second year we each made a small metal cannon... a turned steel barrel, brass carriage, steel wheels... had to learn how to use a lathe, make some pieces accurate to a few thousanths of an inch, even made our own threaded brass bolts - in the years prior to my course they even bored out the barrels, put black powder in and fired them! [/quote] That's something I would love to make, a tiny, ball bearing firing cannon, ever since I saw one on mythbusters, in the same episode that they make one from gaffa tape.
  19. I can't remember what it's called, but you can also get modelling clay that sets, without a kiln, like wood and can be carved like wood once it is set. And there's Sugru, which is similar to Polymorph but sets like rubber. http://sugru.com/about That's really popular on the crafting channels that my wife likes to [s]drool over[/s] watch.
  20. [quote name='surfguy13' timestamp='1398957173' post='2439439'] What an absolutely brilliant product! I really wish I'd known about this for loads of jobs. I reckon it would be relatively easy to make a mould into which this stuff could be pressed. The best bit is that it can be re-heated if you need to tweak it. I think I'll get some anyway! Another excellent idea.......we have Cambridge just up the road and there's nothing but colleges! One of our neighbours is a teacher at a secondary school and [i]I think [/i]he teaches metalwork, or engineering or something like that so maybe he could get a class to do a project?! Why not, it's worth an ask. Thanks again...... [/quote] I only discovered Polymorph for myself recently. My mind instantly flooded with ideas for it, however my main project that I am concentrating on will require metal work. Speaking of, I wish, wish, wish we had had a metal work course at secondary school. We had woodwork, and an electronics class that consisted entirely of playing with technic Lego. I went on to do electronics at a local college. I keep thinking to myself that if I ever had the opportunity to do a college course again I would do metal work. I can make stuff with it but it is all very amateurish, lacking elegance, would love to learn how to do it properly.
  21. [quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1398955765' post='2439412'] OUCH! Time to get creative then - before I looked for a company to make a cover for you I'd been wondering about vacuum forming - I did an arts degree course at Salford University and we had access to a vacuum forming table... the device heats a sheet of plastic up and then you can mould it over a suitable former on a vacuum table (which could be a shaped block of wood made to the size you need a bridge cover to be). You might think about getting in touch with your local FE colleges or universities and ask if they can help (maybe make it a project for one of their students even LOL). Or even seek out a local car repair shop and see if a panel beater can fashion a metal ashtray for you? [/quote] We had one of those in school, I loved it. I would love to own one myself, my whole house would be made of plastic!
  22. There's a product called Polymorph. It is a plastic that comes as beans and you heat it up in water, then model it to whatever shape you want then leave it to cool and set. Maybe you could use that if you can't find something suitable to cut up as an alternative? http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/250g-polymorph-n14at
  23. I haven't liked fender since before.. Erm, before... Oh crap, I'm rubbish at this hipster stuff.
  24. [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1398944953' post='2439246'] Which is why I suggest moving your pick hand nearer the neck (even just a few cm). My playing is similar to when I use a keyboard. Keep the wrist up. The forearm leaning on the body can give you ample stability. [/quote] But palm muting on the bridge is a perfectly valid technique. So why limit yourself when it is possible to either buy a bridge or alter one to be comfortable. I am a pick player and move around between the bridge and neck a lot, I wouldn't like to have the option of resting on the bridge taken away.
  25. You could try your local hardware store first, cluttered, dusty and slightly musty smelling places are my favourite. Just take an example of what you're after with you, if they don't have it then they might know somewhere local that will. The best search results I get when searching for saddle screws come when I search for grub screws.
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