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[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1374343289' post='2147888'] Hermit of Mink Hollow = genius. Much of the rest = overproduced dross. IMO of course! [/quote] May the gods (the todds?) strike me for saying this, but you do have a good point there. b, b

Why hide, Axe? We're wimps! We aren't gonna harm you!?!? Must say I have a hard time getting all of this. I'd think a typically 1V / 600 Ohm output would give me a signal fitting for say one of my Kaoss Pads, but no matter what I try, I get no sound. Maybe it's about time Bert stopped trying to understand stuff, and tried to learn bass instead of linking every box in the house. b, b

Ha! One of my first memories from BC is exactly someone mentioning him, and someone else expressing to be happy to see some love for him on the boards. Not gonna check, but I think maybe the culprits were in fact Nigel xilddx and me, me mentioning him, and Nigel being happy. He's been mentioned a few times since in the near two years that have gone. I seem to recall that the Scouser band The Rickenbackers have been mentioned somewhat more, which of course is goodbad reasonableunreasonable. Yes, he's a genius, and his music got even better after he took my advice to heart. Seriously though, I can imagine how one composes and arranges a tune, but how the feck does he even come up with these ideas? I mean: "Lucky Guy"? The slightly meandering sense of harmonic drive through use of the chromatics? Wonderful, wonderful! "Can We Still Be Friends"? Sooo simple, again (just looking at the intervals) and yet so strong in taking one to and through musically emotional landscapes. Fantastic! As a composer, I do complex really well. You want "advanced"? Ready tomorrow! You want two hundred parts and interlockingtwinedmultipoly? Gimme a few days. But writing a song like Todd can? Chanceless, and will be for the rest of my life. OK, back to my Toddaltar. It's been a few hours already. best, bert

Is there a standard to this? Can one use these without thinking, or must one use the manual for the specific model? Here's my two thoughts: I'd noobly suppose the Send does switch off the internal signal, so the return and the original signals don't "push" against each at the risk of damage to one of their outputs. I'd also noobly suppose the Return does switch too, so for example in the case one imports a signal from another source, this imported signal and a possible internal signal do not "push" each other at the risk of damaging one of their outputs. Though I do sense I'm overlooking something logical here, my head will not cooperate right now. Any comments? best, bert

[quote name='antnee' timestamp='1374213470' post='2146438'] just increasing my overdraft before sending it your way [/quote] :-D

I have no clue. That said, my CV 50s Precision into an Orange Micro Terror guitar amp works wonderfully, and I can decide on clean or distortion easily. Haven't tried a Bongo yet, but will soon. The Micro Terror is almost gratis. best, bert

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. Congrats, and relax knowing we love you. Where's that fuzzy emoticon? I still have trouble understanding what they all mean. Anyway, now is a good time to please send back one of my two basses, and of course I will pay the courier once it arrives. best, bert

A post from the "Bands with one or more guitars" thread! Right here! The sacrilege! Roll out the KZ! Wait! It's one of those optical illusions! If you stare at it long enough, a bass and a Hartke thing may appear in the background. Thanks for posting, good Lord. I liked that. best, bert

As said many a time, this thread is bloody fantastic. It deserves a bump, folks. Anyone know of or tried the Ruby Tubes 12AX7? They're very expensive, and reportedly both have low gain and a full, robust timbre. Also, they are hand picked! Yes, no less. I guess a 15 year old girl somewhere in China or wherever looks at the paper box, and starts contemplating which valve to pick for that exact box. Brings a tear to my eye. :-D b, b

Hey Tony, I liked your intro - especially the part where you wrote you love bass. :-) Welcome to the surface then, Tony, and I'm glad to see you have read so much that you probably know the drill: credit card (plus pin code) in a sealed envelope. My inbox. Enjoy, man! best, bert

This thread is Beauty and Beast in one! Not that we don't condone it - it's all good - but I do believe it's about time someone mentioned that: If you have frequencies in your body, there's loads of alternative medicine treaters that can do away with them, or at least treat them. I'm not joking either: the whole alternative scene seems to be dealing in frequencies these days. Me, I just tell them to stay well away from MY frequencies. That important note aside, and I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but: Extremely inportant for the timbre of a tone are the time related changes in harmonic and non-harmonic content during the very first few milli- or centi-seconds of the tone. In other words: remove the attack from a tone, and the listener will have a hard time recognising the instrument. (Side note: this awareness was used in, and is what lifted the 80s Roland D-50 synthesizer well above its price range and above its terrible, terrible simplicity.) Just thought it might be good to mention it. Sorry if it was brought up earlier. best, bert

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1374052784' post='2144608'] Re "Gorgomyte" : Who gives a f**k about the name ? [/quote] You do not seriously mean to express that you really believe that any of us really give a sjit, do you? I hope not. It's just part of keeping bc a partly lighthearted place that is fun to visit. b, b

OK, I admit I had no idea that it was an octave pedal you were thinking of, but the rest was evident though. In this case, the question [i]had[/i] to be where the delay came from when using the loop. b, b

Great one, Wot. Congrats! Yes please do let us know more when they're housebroken and you feel you can update the first impression. best, bert

OK, finally having locked up the Orange Collection, at the cost of using up 2 of my five granted license numbers, my first impression is that it's totally awesome. I can't judge the modelling yet, but the enormous amounts of possibilities in the Orange Collection, and the sound of it, make it a winner for me already. b, b

Yeah, I remember now. Using the standard 95% confidence interval, If you were left-handed you were averagely 5% better at being a painter, musician, or drummer. (very old, lame joke, but hard to resist, and I hastily repeat that of all musicians, I like drummers the most.) b, b

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1373986699' post='2143881'] That's why I like gorgomyte so much [/quote] Post all you like. I'm NOT off to Mordor to get hold of it. In fact I even fear its name. "Gawr Gohw Myte". Sounds like something that'll find its way out of the tin by night, and climb the bedpost.

Hehehe. Great answer to your follow up question! Me, I'm now gonna put every effect I own in the loop, like Kaoss Pads and studio stuff and the like. Those, and Kaoss Pads. I feel secure they'll work just fine there, and might just do something nice in addition. One never knows. To be sure though, I'll add an extra Kaoss Pad. b, b

[quote name='BassistInTheNorth' timestamp='1373983550' post='2143826'] Left handed people have some advantages over righties... apparently. [/quote] Really? But to be serious for just one minute, I seem to recall they did some research and found out something about the relationship between being left-handed and art, as well as other stuff I can't remember right now. BTW, you should hear Leen's music. They're no slouches. b, b

The AmpliTube Orange plug-in is on offer until July 17th for subscribers to the Orange USA e-mail list. At an offer price of 40 USD or 32 Euros, this apparently is 60 or 70 % off. AT Orange is a plug-in for AmpliTube 3 for Mac or PC, and spawns 8 head models including the AD200B, a combo or two and several cabs. Now, I haven't used the program myself yet, so I have no idea if it's good, or if the offer is good. But it looks good! The purchase and download process was very frustrating though, as no clear function overview or process guidance was offered. After purchase, all the needed software for this collection gets downloadable for free, and consists of AmpliTube 3, a custom shop, a rack unit shop and a license admin program. Head over to Orange USA (...or cab over if you so choose). best, bert

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1373797189' post='2141610'] It's a personal choice and should be respected whether one agrees with it or not. [/quote] Yup! Happily, I don't see any disrespect in the responses - only questions and a certain degree of disagreement on the reasoning that you willingly provided as a response to other people's reasoning. It's an exchange of ideas. Me, I've had roughly 150 international deals, and the experience has been virtually flawless. One day something will go wrong, and I [b]will[/b] use words I had to learn from other people than me mum, but after that I also [b]will[/b] remember that the other deals went sooo well. b, b

Dunno if that's a good thing. We had a teacher in catholic school who was ... er ... friendly. On a more uplifitng note however, here in Norway, the Norwegian Post Office have willingly changed from taking care of your goods to throwing them about, and not only to be more effective and keep prices down. They have clearmindedly started a spiral where customers feel forced to augment average package weight dramatically through the recent decades, and thus use considerably more of their yearly income on postage. Me, I rather fetch or deliver and take the trip as if it was a holiday. Or rather: [b]make[/b] a holiday out of it. Life is better that way. Then again, you won't see me meeting up on middle "ground" when dealing with Brits. Sorry, Brits! b, b

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1373747793' post='2141285'] The output voltage of a loop typically runs 1v at 600 to 1000 ohms. That makes it not a good match for floor pedals that expect maybe 100mv with the 25kohm output impedance of a bass. [/quote] Thanks, guys! In my head, this means I assumed right then. Correct me if I'm wrong. b, b

The wonders of synchronicibility! So the lefties are awkward and stupid, eh? Indeed, as you already hint at, there might just be some science in relating this to people as well. See, I'm a leftie, and I've always felt less well-adapted to and less well-adopted by society, and more stupid than most. There could just be something in it! best, bert (I admit that I should've stopped this long ago, but then these days the nights are long, the white wine is silky, and my longing back to Wales suddenly gets the best of me.)