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    I could not have put it better myself.
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    Hoping not to get too teknikal, but it's hard not too. In this case, the Class D amp was current limited. It simply could not supply the extra current required. The Class A/B amp had a more powerful power supply. It had nothing to do with amplifier class. If you put a 16 ohm speaker on both amps, both would probably not get loud enough for you as they would be voltage limited,
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    I loved my Thunder 1A but that is Devine.
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    Crimson Guitars in Dorset are superb but they may be busy building the new Chowny basses.
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    I agree about the gain knob. Mine once got turned up almost full and it made horrible noises. I also got a hum from my second one on the first gig for it on NYE. Turned out I had left a lead in the Aux In, and it was hanging down at the back. Also, the compressor does drop the volume a lot.
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    I had to severely cut the bass at our NYE gig, as there is a boomy stage there, but usually just back off the bass a tad. I tend to boost at 450Hz, but leave the top end alone. Using an Aerodyne P/J with the J or bridge pickup on zero. The P pickup full up and occasionally take a bit of treble off with the bass's tone control. Volume I adjust using the amp and rarely after sound check. The tweeter in those Rumbles is not the best, any tweeter is only as good as the crossover. If you look at @steviedesigned cabs, for exsmple the Basschat BC112 MK3, the horn.compressiion driver would set you back close to £100. I doubt Fender pay that for both drivers and the excuse for a crossover. Markbass get a bad rap for their tweeters, but others are just as guilty.
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    If it’s a passive bass he will be changing the tone too.
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    On that point, where does everyone buy their solder from? My last lot came from Maplin RIP
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    Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo….
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    The boiling point/Vaporisation temperature of Lead is 1750 Celsius or over 4 times the temperature of a soldering iron. That suggests the fumes are purely from the flux. I remember when lead free soldering came in a Panasonic and the fault rate from dry joints shot up. However I have used both types and personally never has a problem. The iron does need to be hotter though for lead free.
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    I understand that, and I can remember when I used to get bored with people going on about their MACs. Then I was given one at work, as some of our products needed software not available on Windows. After using it for about 4 weeks, I got it. I got an iPhone three with some of my redundancy money and have been an Apple fanboy ever since. I am writing this on my Windows PC as when that 2007 MacBook finally gave up late 2020, I could not afford a MAC. I am saving my pennies for my next MacBook, though.😊
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    No, it is not that important. Just trying to make our sound a tad more authentic. Thanks for the advice, by the way.
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    So in a live situation a delay would help but never quite recreate the effect on the record? My mixer allows me to add delay but how much would help and would some form of echo/reverb be better?
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    I play in a 60s/70s covers band and on some songs I feel like they are double tracking by adding a copy of the lead vocal delayed. The Searchers seem to have this on Needles and Pins and When You Walk in the Room. Or is it two similar voices at slightly different times.
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    Agreed but it’s only worth using 24 Ct gold. Anything lower has two many impurities. 🤣
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    Yes my fault for using the wrong title. I will look at OnSong and ForScore when my new tablet arrives on Wednesday.
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    I agree although it will be the lows that “burn in” if at all.
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    Always pack two amps, usually only one bass but I had a problem with the Jack on one of my basses three weeks ago so now take two of those too. Incidentally, the problem occurred while I was using a wireless system. Initially I blamed that but it worked perfectly with my other bass.
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    I have to say that the Sontronics Solo is hard to beat. Of course, it is made just up the hill from me. You also have to go a long way to beat ..... the Behringer X8500.
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    I should have said that GuitarTapp has many features including Tab import, transpose, scroll and set lists as well as set list sharing. So to describe it as Set List Software was not good.
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    That is the tablet holder I use anyway. I will check it out.
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    Like Phil, I have seen and heard various iterations of these cabs and have been astonished how much difference the properly designed crossover, horn and compression driver make. The cost of these components alone is probably higher than the drivers in many other cabinets. As @stevieknows, despite having a Silverstone, I am wrestling with the thought of a Monaco after gigging one a few weeks ago. If someone had said to me when I joined Basschat, that I would think of buying an £800 cabinet, I would have booked them an extended holiday in Broadmoor.
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    Yes, as a battery depletes, its internal resistance rises. Correct, I used to align CRT TV monitors, the kind used in TV studios. We would often get a 1.5Kv (1500 volt) shock from part of the line output circuit. I hurt, drilled a small hole in your finger and gave your nervous system a kick up the ..... (insert slang or expletive to your taste). Although it was 1500V, it was a very short duration pulse and there waa very little curret, around 1mA or 1/1000th of an amp. Funnily enough, the jolt to the nervous system meant you felt more alive for the rest of the day. However one word of caution. If you put your hand into a valve amp, put the other hand in your pocket. Do not make a circuit with your heart in the middle. Oh, yes. Bleeder resistors are useful and will discharge the cap after switch off, but they are a compromise.
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    It is the current. Current is measured in amperes.
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    Veyron, the amp Genz Benz should have made?
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