jrixn1

I wouldn't move from the 912 to the 915 - I'd go to the 732. I no longer own one but I played bass guitar through mine and a little bit of synth. It is very good sound quality, and loud - will definitely do small-medium gigs. The 9 series looks nice, is newer but heavier than the 7 series. The middle number is key though - compression driver voice coil... (3 is better than 1). What was your previous rig?

What about an interface to your phone? E.g. https://zoomcorp.com/en/gb/audio-interface/audio-interfaces/u-22/ So now your bass is on your phone, you use GarageBand app etc on your phone to play the backing track + record yourself.

Perhaps the seller is concerned that if they accept PayPal goods and services, they become open to payment reversal scams or disputes that the item was not as described. Ultimately when making an online transaction with strangers, there is no way for both buyer and seller to be 100% protected. Like you I too would not proceed if for any reason I wasn't feeling comfortable.

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I agree. I thought people were talking about recovering passwords from data i.e. when the hashed password file has been leaked. If you don't have that file, then like you say, you can't brute force directly on the live site as it would take billions of years - and the site locks you out after three attempts anyway. Perhaps a less worse method would be the other way round: pick a common password and then try it in combination with known usernames.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking "the number of possible passwords per second which can be checked can be in the billions or trillions per second"

The scenario is that the password file has been leaked. In that case, the passwords will be cracked locally, not against the live site.

Roqsolid are good. The other one to consider is https://www.hotcovers.co.uk/ Can't go wrong with either of them.

Perhaps the line out signal was too hot - but did the engineer also have a separate issue of the stage volume being too loud? It depends how you interpret "kept asking me to turn amp volume down" - did he mean "turn the line out level down" or did he mean "turn the stage volume down". For the line out signal being too hot - How were your gain and master set? You probably know this, but just to clarify: adjusting the master volume doesn't affect the level of the line out going to the desk. To reduce the line out level but maintain the same stage volume, you'd need to reduce the gain (either by turning down the gain knob, or by pressing in the input pad) and then re-establish your stage volume by turning the master volume up; that might affect your tone though - but perhaps a compromise would have to be made there. Separately, if there was an issue that the bass was too loud on stage, to the point where the volume of bass coming through the PA was set to zero but it's still too loud for FOH, then you would need to reduce the stage volume, by turning down the master on your amp. When I've been in this situation, I 100% trust our sound engineer and so have to deal with being quieter on stage. Sometimes though I can tweak the EQ - perhaps lower my overall volume but boost some upper mids - so I am quieter but attempt can find a frequency which cuts through (to my ears) better.

I've looked into these in the past - isn't there a max string gauge? https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware/tuning-machines/solid-peghead-guitar-tuning-machines/steinberger-gearless-tuners/ "Maximum string gauge: 0.060" (1.52mm)."

Try https://www.facebook.com/groups/depsuk/

The newish Markbass MB58R Mini CMD 121 Pure also looks interesting, at 10.3kg.

I mean use only the effects send, without plugging anything back into the effects return (i.e. don't complete the loop). This results in the signal being split: the original path remains, through the power section and real cab; and an additional path now, through the cab sim and external DI box. This is how I would expect most amps to route in general, but check your specific manual/schematic.

Are you also using a real cab at the same time? If so, use the amp's effects send -> cab sim -> external DI box. If not, put the cab sim in the amp's effects loop and continue to use the amp's DI.

If you put a mic'ed instrument through backline, it will feedback. Go through the same PA that your singer etc (i.e. anyone/anything with a mic) is going through. Or if there is no PA... I'm curious what the band line-up is and why/how it is so loud that you need to mic a sax.

I've a couple of times recently sent bass bodies, parts, and a hard case to N Ireland (although not a complete instrument) via ParcelForce and it was just the same as sending it anywhere else in the UK. No paperwork etc.

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I'm not sure if I've missed How1's point - but some Motown tracks e.g. Ain't No Mountain High Enough had three guitars (Willis, Messina, and White) and a string section. There was a lot of instrumentation but Motown was arranged and produced really well. Isolated guitars Isolated strings