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Yes, I usually do some scores with a Stanley like a # or rub it with a little sandpaper.

Ahhh, I never thought about that! My soldering iron is a Blue Point gas iron that I got back at the turn of the century when I was installing car security & multimedia. It’s a decent iron for a gas iron, but it did take a bit of time to heat the pots enough to put the earths on. I’ll try a new iron & get 2 new pots (I can pop em out to see the values). It’ll probably be next month, but I’ll report back once done. Thanks all. Really appreciated.

If you don’t have any issues, could you take a pic of your pots?

The pots came with it as a bundle.

Would someone be able to help me see where I’ve gone wrong with my wiring. the pickups are Aguilar AG4 P & J HC & the preamp is an OBP-2. I installed them a few months back & it sounds great. However, I’ve just discovered that the volumes are doing funny things. You can roll either pick-up on or off, but if you roll one right back, then the other, it doesn’t fade down like expected & the sound cuts off a good bit before it’s turned fully down. I’m stumped as to where I’ve went wrong. I’ve tried to follow this diagram, but I’m at a loss. Here’s some pics of my mess in the cavity. I can get more pics if needed. Any help would be massively appreciated.

I was there too! Still got some pics from it too.

A couple of nights ago, I just sat & messed around with creating the biggest bass sound I could. Started with a Jupiter 8 & created a good synth bass, then I opened anuther Jupiter 8 for another bass sound, then added a JX8P for a more bell like overtone & then an SH-101 for pure sub below it all. Did it all with no menu diving at all & was a great way to spend 2 hours (that includes playing about with said patch after creation). 😎

It might be portamento time? That’s not on the front panel of the Jupiter X. You have to go into a menu to set the speed, but there’s a big portamento button on the panel.

I was going to get the Juno X, but the Jupiter X comes with a Juno 106 as well as a Jupiter 8, a JX8P, an SH-101, an XV5080, the RD piano, a vocoder, zencore & the Jupiter X synth engine, so to me was a better deal even at £2300 new. I’ve had mine for 3 months & hardly touched the surface of what it can do. last night I spent a few hours just creating a synth bass sound that used 2 Jupiter 8s, a JX8P & an SH-101 all layered to make one big killer bass sound. £1450 is a bit of a bargain!

That’s sad to hear. I know that in 2021 they filed for bankruptcy, but I thought they’d gotten sorted out as they then released Lumi & more recently the Rise2.

For musical instruments, Roli gave me outstanding customer service. About 5 years ago, my Rise, which was out of warranty, developed a fault. I contacted Roli to ask if I was able to fix the issue, they sent me a returns label which covered postage & 3 days after sending it, I had it back fully working & not costing me a penny. Cambridge Audio have also been superb with a similar sort of response to an issue.

. Phone did that double post thing. 😂

Do churches still play hillsong? Isn’t that a bit like going to see a Gary Glitter tribute act?

Ooooh! That’s full of inspiration pushing creativeness.

I agree that it’s better to have a more powerful rig. Though if you’re struggling for volume with the 100w amp, you can add another cab of the same & that’ll most likely be plenty of dB. Most valve amps are 200w at most (there are some exceptions). Valve watts are not any different from SS ones.

Just heard the start of Mariah Carey “Without You”. #”No I can’t forget the semen on your face as you were leaving”.

Yes, that’s how it’s measured, but often just written as dB/m.

See if you can find the SPL data for it. It’ll show as dB per Metre.

If you’re going FRFR, then the Bassics BPA-1 was designed for what you have in mind, as it has 2 channels with independent levels & switchable impedance. I just got mine from another chap on here recently.

Cmon guys. Everybody knows he’s gonna need a 2000w valve head into an 8x10 fridge. 😹

I heard they often cockerel up.

Sadly, it’s been a busy month for me (knocking down old garage, getting foundations clear for new one & just general house renovating), so might not have anything for this month. Certainly won’t get any vocals from the Mrs in time. ☹️ Hopefully next month.

I remember seeing a Billy Sheehan interview & the interviewer asked why he doesn’t play a 5 string. His answer was along the lines of “I’m still learning how to play 4 strings”.

Did Leo Fender did what most great Americans do…. Take someone else’s idea & capitalise? It was about 15 after the Audiovox that Fender made the P bass & maybe Tutmarc’s invention would have disappeared into obscurity.

I’ve been a 4 string player for about 40 years. Played a few 5s & liked them, but I’ve only played 1 song where I thought “if only I had a 5” & that’s Superfresh by Jamiroquai. None of the bands I’ve been in play it though.