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Don't forget that second-hand cabs give you Old Cab Day. I have that a lot.

You could also try Gearslutz: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-electronic-music-production/ , but be aware there are very many very knowledgeable people there who, overtly simply put, are very unfriendly. That said, there's always someone there who'll know the answer and who'll treat you with friendliness.

Before I made the choice to buy after the takeover, it had been mentioned several times on BC that Fender have already shown to take the Genz Benz warranties seriously, so I felt confident enough. Also, they are seen as well-built. This too was an aspect for me.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1416044711' post='2606328'] Why not buy an electric piano. I have a Yamaha p35 and the piano voices are way better than any upright for the same money. Never needs maintaining . You could pick one up for that sort of money [/quote] Reportedly, a new problem has turned up re electronic instruments: the modern lead free solder which is said to diminish life span to an expected 10 years, roughly, as resoldering all the cold joints after 10 years is said to be not viable. I'm currently trying to investigate this, as well as other pros and cons with different systems, but am not done yet. For the time being it's worrying though. In comparance, my Roland electronic piano from the mid eighties is still going strong after almost 30 years.

[quote name='Marsy' timestamp='1415455650' post='2600525'] I've been playing it through my ashdown 115 combo (solid state) here at home and it sounds great. But when your slamming a subby square wave or sawtooth into it, it sounds like the speaker is struggling a bit. Although maybe it isn't.. I suppose that is just the nature of 'that sound' ?? [/quote] Hard to judge from a distance, but I'd think that it is indeed possible the speaker "struggles" (as in just responding to the changing voltage and not being able to deliver the exact "square" or "sawtooth" that the amp tries to put through it. That said, the distortion can well come from the amp as well or from its lack of contorl over the speaker, and an amp will normally not be able to put out exact squares or sawtooths (sawteeth). Then again, neither can the synth itself, so all of this is just a matter of degrees - in several meanings of the word. [quote name='Marsy' timestamp='1415455650' post='2600525'] Maybe tubes aren't the way to go for bass synth and I should consider purchasing another solid state head or a better PA.. [/quote] It's not the tubes that make the difference, but the design of the amp as well as its control over a load. My concern has to do with the SVT-CL possibly being similar to the old SVT. Tube amps can be made to stellarly high Hi-Fi specs, despite the output transformers.

Having tried a synth on a 70s SVT with two 810s, I'd say: approach with care. Before buying anything: have you tried the synth through the amp at all? (-15 dB indeed, and [b]synth volume at 0 to start with[/b])? It is very likely to sound horrible, due to both voltage/impedance mismatch and the SVT's transient and frequency response characteristics. The much loved Ampeg sound is all about the stuff that is the "opposite" of what synths are about - as it were. I don't think your cabs are in danger though, as long as you approach with care. As there is a difference in sound between the amp's distortion and the cabs farting out, it's not so that any distortion you hear is necessarily the latter. In case you're unaware, the latter is what you hear when a boy racer drives through your street.

Cool stuff! Thanks for posting this. Has anyone tried charging the Luminlay dots using a strongish photographic flash? IMS some glow-in-the-dark substances are more easily/deeply charged with a flash than other substances, but in general, I have rather good experiences with the method. However, the OP seems to indicate one must use a special blue light (LED?), so a flash may be out of the question.

Just to be sure: are there deviations from standard tuning in these songs? There exists a phenomenon that is not Tullio where people will get nausea and/or dizziness when being "overfed" with frequencies that are not part of the scale. I forgot the scientific name. BTW I'm not trying to make a bad joke here. It has been studied and it does have a scientific name. I just can't remember it. Twas 35 years ago. No, that scientific name is not "Country & Western", goddemmit!

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1414342534' post='2588431'] What are the handles like? Maybe it's those that people hate ;-) [/quote]

For me it comes down to: - Do you feel the need to tell people their stuff is inferior? - Do you look down on people for liking music that you deem inferior? - Do you try to like stuff you do not really like - just because you think it has higher status and can be used as a self image booster even before you try to spread the notion to other people? - RhysP's point about portraying an image about yourself. Those things are what make snobbery for me. Knowing about superior or inferior music is not. Some stuff simply is inferior. Worded seemingly more positively: some stuff simply is better than some other stuff. IMO there is no way that a reality can exist where this is not true. The question is just how we relate to this truth, and right away it becomes a question in the realm of social psychology - not a question of formal discourse.

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1414281830' post='2587923'] [/quote] OK, so YOU noticed. Well done!

Without understanding exactly what a "snob" is in this thread: I was the worst snob on planet Earth. Unsurpassed. Unequaled. In '63 i tried to explain the grown-ups exactly how and why they should really not listen to "She Loves You", and should rather concentrate on Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Later I would annoy my parents with my new classical, electronic music (f.ex. André Boucourechliev - who has even heard about the poor guy?) playing on the living room stereo. Not that it was all bad, mind! This annoyance rather soonishly landed me a nice stereo set of my own AS WELL AS a set of headphones! However, by '68 I started to stealthily and guiltily listen to other music. Then The Nice happened, as well as Love Sculpture and Ekseption, all of them covering classical themes mind, and there was no return. I had this rule: the best music is the music you can hear most often without getting bored or annoyed with it. Bach was good. These days, there are no rules, and there is no musical style I know of that I don't have in my collection, and like a lot. I even love Southern Mercan C&W fer cryin' out loud! Some examples: J-pop, especially Kanjani8, the Spice Girls, the first Postman Pat album... I think I made my point.

RIP Jack. I'm gutted.

I don't know the answer, and am a noob, but FWIW I found the VU in my MAG300 head to work perfectly like expected, whilst the VU in my Little Bastard is all over the place and seems like a gimmick to me.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1414161967' post='2586605'] played a solo with Todd Rundgren, misheard what he said when I asked what the key was [/quote] You Brits are just way too polite, and I'm gutted to see that even Todd thinks the first note is the key. I'd have thought better of him. Kudos to you for not reverting to physical violence.

Developing a terrible cramp in my right arm once, I had to finish Ravel's piano concerto in D without using it. I'm not even sure anybody noticed.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1414068015' post='2585427'] I'm afraid you've got your science a bit wrong here AT, things that look green absorb strongly in the blue and red, and hardly at all in the green [/quote] You infidel! Coming here with Real World Science! Bow before Thread Science or we will stone you! [i][size=3](Max. 14 stones per attendee. BC staff and their families are excluded from participation. Women not admitted.)[/size][/i]

[quote name='DaytonaRik' timestamp='1413986050' post='2584424'] making the effort to look a bit like a 'rock star' and playing that part when I'm performing is all part and parcel of my role as an entertainer. [/quote] Yup, and if the snapshot doesn't lie, you do this very well indeed. BTW, I'm all for it, and try to think along the same lines - given the right band and the right type of music.

[quote name='DaytonaRik' timestamp='1413931534' post='2583883'] Where do I send the cheque? [/quote] Huh? ...but I received your cheque already weeks ago, as soon as I was done with the last batch of persons I had to make look bad!?!? I even PM'ed you to confirm! Confused, Bert Seriously though, your pic hopefully is just a snapshot of one moment in which you looked good and the rest not so good. But taken at face value, for me it illustrates well what we're talking about here. I think that how the band "looks" (not necessarily in their clothing) is indeed important, as it's part of the total package the audience presumably pays for - directly or indirectly. Now I personally dislike corporate thinking in this, as well as band uniforms, but I do like respect for the audience. In this, attitude and personality are probably more important than the exact style of clothing. For example, musicians being preoccupied with how in the world to play that next chord are maybe more detrimental to the audience's experience of the performance, than a combination of bad t-shirt with denim and basketball shoes.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1413806382' post='2582059'] Not any more - now edited for little '63J [/quote]

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1413799006' post='2581901'] Duplicate [/quote] Duplicate? Nah. Just a cheap clone.

Finally a thread where one doesn't shy away from scientific data as a base for developing real insight. Here we go again then (as they have been shown earlier): [url="http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/mm-bongo-hh-dargie-delight-_zpsa7e53372.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Marina20121224Bongo_zpsa09d14d5.jpg.html"][/url] Note that these are different basses, and that the woman showing the classical way of doing things is not me.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1413743234' post='2581479'] Horrid American Rubbish That Keeps Exploding. I find this highly amusing as it is quite the opposite of the truth IMO/IME. [/quote] Highly amusing indeed, and quite the opposite of the truth IMO. It explodes only once. (Couldn't resist, but am [b]just[/b] kidding.)

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1413719352' post='2581135'] Mrs Anthony is rather hoping that I hang onto the Orange for a while [/quote] Hehe. Similarly, my daughter gives me Hull for having sold my Terror Bass, and commands me to never sell the Micro Terror.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1413667530' post='2580827'] My OBC410 is one that looks cooler [/quote] That looks mighty cool indeed, especially together with that orange Ray. (The coolest of course is the Micro Terror stack with two 8" cabs, but that's a detail.)