JapanAxe

14/15 I got no.11 wrong - schoolboy error!

My Compact is just an ornery one. Great, now I have Compact envy...

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1433186555' post='2788735'] You did say 'school me', so: it's not 'ohmage', it's 'impedance'. [/quote] [quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1433189709' post='2788793'] I thought the terminology was one and the same? So I could use both depending on context. [/quote] 'Ohmage' isn't really a word, but musicians have invented it because it seems to make sense next to 'voltage' and 'wattage' (which should strictly be 'potential difference' and 'power' respectively). Also there is no 'amperage', that should be 'current'. Impedance is measured in ohms (symbol Ω, but often replaced by the letter R in circuit diagrams), as is resistance.

Here are some things to think about: Transposing up: - fretted notes are not a problem unless you run out of fretboard at the dusty end, but open strings will need a fretted alternative. - some things just sound wrong played too high, so you may want to think about taking sections down an octave. Transposing down - eventually you will come to the nut, and have to play the note on the next lowest string. - if the new lowest notes are lower than the pitch of your lowest string, you may have to take sections up an octave. The results of transposing may leave you with a piece that's easier to play, or much harder. Personally I rarely think in terms of just moving the position, but then I tend to work from my own transcriptions in music notation, and address a transposed piece with fresh eyes and ears,

You did say 'school me', so: it's not 'ohmage', it's 'impedance'.

[OT] Hey Blue, loving that blue G&L ASAT bass! [/OT]

I have had the same experience with a rope light and single-coil guitars and just switched the thing off myself.

[quote name='4-string-thing' timestamp='1433071901' post='2787479'] I haven't spent years learning to play and thousands of pounds on quality gear to play for a laugh.... [/quote] There's the rub!

I have an E-Bow - works great on guitar, pants on bass!

Seems like a refinement of the E-Bow.

The top-hat mountings suggest they are indeed PA speakers.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1432931863' post='2786437'] Shocking! I thought everyone who picked up a bass as a kid would have played just a bit of it (even just the once). [/quote] I never really played it until a recent dep job!

All my basses have Schaller strap-locks, except for the Sandberg, which has clever strap buttons that work with or without a strap-lock. Single Comfort Strapp for them all, spare wide leather strap just in case.

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'Rodent free'? Hmmm... I've known mice to make nests inside speaker cabs, and guess where they get the paper from!

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - title track of the first album I actually loved as an album, not just a bunch of songs. The Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen - heard in a record shop listening-booth - hairs stood up on the back of my neck, the purchase was made. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - made me realise there was a whole world of beautiful music that wasn't just 'rock'. Bob Dylan - House of the Rising Sun - first song I ever learned on the guitar, from the version on his debut album. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - in a small way, helped me realise I had to part company with Christianity

[b] [size=5]You know a new bass is good when. . . you look up and realise you've been playing for an hour and a half.[/size][/b]