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Bienvenue, Henry! If the wife can't be convinced, at least she can be convicted (and decapitated). ([b]Some[/b]body had to!) Enjoy BC! Bert

Welcome, Ian! Enjoy the talk! Bert

[quote name='worldshed' timestamp='1401378497' post='2463022'] So Im thinking the 12.2 because it will put out 600w to my 4ohm cab (which should be ok for now as long as I don't push it). The thing is, I cant see many situations where I will need 1200w so perhaps the 9.2 is better... [b]problem is it will put 900w into my 400w cab[/b] and I cant afford to get a new cab right now. further down the line yes... but I have gigs Ultimately, I don't want to be carrying around 2 cabs so.... if I wanted up 900w output I could get there with one cab (so most situations I will be fine with 9.2 head and 1 cab), whereas if I wanted anything over 600w with the 12.2 I will need 2 cabs. I play everything from pubs to 1500+ cap venues and festivals. [/quote] Sorry, but I don't understand what you're expressing here. From the look of it, it seems to me you're slighly confused, but it may also be that your thinking is too advanced for me. However, the highlighted part of the quote seems to indicate there is a misunderstanding here. The amp will not put 900W into your cab. Watt is not Voltage. The volume knob decides how many Watt the amp puts into the cab. If you have managed with the 400W cab upto now, then you will continue to manage also with a different amp. You just don't turn the volume knob totally to max. I thought it better to write this than to not write it, but as I expressed, I'm confused as to what you are writing.

Until someone with more specific knowledge chimes in, here's my personal AFAIK: First, you need to identify whether the preamp's signal can be mixed with the FX signal or not, on this specific amp. I think most bass amps disconnect the preamp from the power stage when the FX loop is used, but there are amps that will proudly do it. There's a word for it that I can't recollect right now, but the function has been written about on BC. If it [b]can[/b], you are taking risks by mixing in a hot synth. The synth signal would enter the preamp from the wrong side, and might blow it up. If it [b]can not[/b], then you can use an external mixer that mixes the preamp out signal with the synth, before feeding the mixed signal to the Return. Mind you, the mixer must cater for these assumedly different types of signal, as I sense there are voltage and especially impedance mismatches. But these things can be found out about, and maybe the pre out and the synth are not that different after all. The mixer does not have to be expensive or complicated, so you might be able to find a simple and cheap one. Personally, I use an 80s multitrack recorder with built-in mixer for these things. That mixer will take both microphones and line level signals and probably other signals as well.

Welcome, Saimon! You are indeed not alone. There are several other people here who can imagine being on a bass forum. Enjoy! Bert

Yeah, the chichonera is the gorro de paja to the left of it.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1401374891' post='2462954'] Actually, I didn't... that was the entire pic, or at least the version I copied. Please feel free to post an alternative if you have one. [/quote] Yeah, I assumed as much, but couldn't resist hating censorship. Would have posted the pic already, but my Windows Explorer doesn't work well. But here's a link to one: [url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AQs7OP-s7JE/T_2DCT1tsoI/AAAAAAAAAMc/1zsj_HzMugs/s1600/mens-vintage-hats-1.jpg"]http://2.bp.blogspot...tage-hats-1.jpg[/url]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1401360027' post='2462765'] *Pulls Gorro Catalàn down over face and hides behind sofa* [/quote] You could've spared yourself the pulling down bit if you had used the Gorro Automovilista. But then, you censored that part of the pic.

...or are you underestimating me, or bringing the [i]thing[/i] to possible other readers' attention?

[quote name='Mark Dyer' timestamp='1401350019' post='2462604'] It's an image in my head that will probably never go away. [/quote] Great story! And what a great idea they had, improvising a return of the favour as it were. But ... are you without affection for that image or are you quite fondle of it?

[quote name='sblueplanet' timestamp='1401320244' post='2462531'] However the band I play in just got a new guitarist who just happens to own a Wal mk1 lined fretless and he brought it along for me to play a few days ago. Absolutely loved it. Was funny seeing everyone's reaction as I took to it again like riding a bicycle. No one in the band had heard me playing fretless before and couldn't believe the singing notes etc. [/quote] Cool story! Brought a smile on my face. The kids as well as my ex now gather around me and ask for money, and it's all your fault!

Welcome to the surface, mbr! BTW, I like the colour scheme and the tasteful minimalism in your avatar! Enjoy! Bert

A Bongo HH 6 is among the top 1 of my wishlist. I hope to own one someday.

Ah! Had forgotten that. Thanks, RR. Les Coccinelles it is then, or Les Bêtes à bon Dieu. Now there's a name. You could enter the Eurovision song contest, Leschirons! "Les Coccinelles: sept points..."

Welcome, Philobedo! As to your question, you're probably best helped if you ask this in the Amps&Cabs forum within the Gear section. I can't remember having seen a direct comparison, but they are both extensively described there. Also, they are quite different animals in several respects, and you will probably need to hear them. General tendency, I believe, is that the Terror Bass is recognised as a one trick pony with a bloody fantastic trick, whilst the RH450 seems to me to evoke more disagreement. It's certainly more flexible and luxurious, and probably more General Purpose than the Terror Bass. Enjoy the forum! bert

Welcome, you young whippersnapper! Lovely intro you wrote, Richard, or rather: I liked reading it. Enjoy the site, its laughs, its occasional eruptions of knowledge spreadage and the everlasting coldth (should have been a word) between old, smelly me and the discreet one with the brain. best, bert

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1401225404' post='2461523'] That would be Le Coquenielles (sp?) would it not? [/quote] Are you maybe thinking of Les Coquilles, as in les maisons spirales des escargots?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1401215047' post='2461356'] Er... isn't that [i]The Beetles[/i]..? [/quote] Couldn't be. I said it had never ever been used before - in any language. However, that is not the good part. The good part is that Leschirons has called himself Leschirons for who knows how long - probably without most of us knowing that a chiron is some type of coléoptère. Impressive as well as funny in my book. Though: I don't know what [b]he[/b] means with the name.

Les Coléoptères, a generic form of Les Chirons, and also never ever used before, in any language.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1401198180' post='2461017'] frequently dropping to his knees, tears rolling down his face with the shear emotion of it all [/quote] [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1401200998' post='2461085'] booting a pig's head [/quote] Please refrain from veering into off-topic, BetaFunk. CamdenRob was talking about sheep. [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1401209230' post='2461225'] You actually went to another village? [/quote] and so true. Me dad was almost killed coz locals thought he was from another village.

John, you only got in before me because I was counting how many times we've welcomed Tom already.

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1401088964' post='2459811'] I guess my play on the word "hit" was lost then [/quote] ... which seems strange considering that musicians are statistically overrepresented - both as victims and as the ones paying. So .... is BC really a collection of non-musicians? Twould explain a lot...

I'm aware it's encyclopaedic custom that all concepts in the article are assumed known, but still: What is this ...... "practice" of which you speak? ([b]Somebody[/b] had to volunteer! And all the others took a step back!!! )