Waddycall

What surprised you?

None of these sound loud enough to me and they’re all way over 30W- https://youtu.be/8elFSMDEy80

I have an older one I’ve tweaked a lot with different pickups and pre-amps. Got it how I want it now with the Delano hybrid MM/J set up and 2 band eq. Does active MM, passive J or active J. It’s a bit on the heavy side but I love the neck on this. Can’t get on with p bass necks but this one is ace.v

Interesting trip to the physio. She reckons there’s nothing wrong with my hand, wrist, or arm and it’s all down to neck and shoulder issues. I need to lay off the bass playing for a bit until it’s improved but main thing seems to be desk set up at work. Hopefully she’s right and I’ve been putting 2 and 2 together and making 5 with my theories.

It depends if you enjoy the thrill of the tone chase - justify accordingly

If I want to thicken up my pick sound without tweaking anything I do some light palm muting as I play.

I’m no expert but I think I’d tackle it on this order- set relief according to fender specs set Bridge saddles to a nominal setting with some adjustment both ways check action shim pocket accordingly makes sense in my head to think of the end of the neck at the pocket as being a fixed point and then adjusting the relative positions of the nut and bridge accordingly.

Looking for a balanced XLR for my rack set up. These any good? 😂 https://www.mcru.co.uk/product/the-ultimate-balalnced-xlr-cables/

A couple of years ago I slipped on some rocks at the beach and fractured the middle knuckle of my right middle finger - my number one string plucker. Since then I’ve had a bit of arm/wrist pain and off after playing for any longer than 20 mins or so and developed a ganglion on my right wrist. In autumn last year I learnt Rio by Duran Duran and repetitive practice of this seemed to make things worse and ever since it’s been a bit more painful. It’s not helped by the CAD drawing I’m doing at work which means frequent mouse clicking (I’m getting a different mouse to help). short of going to see doctor/physio has anyone else experienced this and are there any exercises you can recommend to ease it?

We’ll if the timing was better it would certainly be a possibility. The bands just disintegrated so no gigs or rehearsals on the horizon so better not spend on gear at the minute.

What a shame. Curiosity led me to the manual on their website. Have you tried adjusting the trim pots?

Cornwall!🙄😂

Another vote for the peavey

It’s a piece of “outboard” studio gear that takes a low level signal and amplifies it to line level and incorporates some e.q. and maybe some dynamics controls. Its similar to the strip of controls for each channel of a recording console. Some only have a pre amp and e.q. and some include a compressor. The eq can be a bit odd too as they’re generally intended more for microphone use although that could be mic’ing a bass or guitar cab/amp. They’re normally used to amplify and add some light adjustment to a signal that’s being recorded. They’re generally less tonally coloured than a bespoke bass amp or preamp so allow the voicing to come from the instrument if that makes sense. The amplified signal is more faithful to the sound coming from the bass (both good and bad). i was using a focusrite channel strip until my TL Audio unit came along. I found the e.q. on that a bit challenging for on the fly adjustment. It was very versatile but took some thinking about to get the best out of it. The TL Audio unit is more intuitive with a four band e.q. with selectable frequencies for each band. not all studio/mic preamps are channel strips as many don’t include e.q. or compressor. I wanted to try a channel strip as I like to have some compression but don’t really like pedals or want to have a bigger rack set up than necessary. It’s all just for fun though and it’s an enjoyable learning curve.

Awesome - I have the 210 LNT and love it. If a 212 comes up for sale locally I’ll be grabbing it!

Actually also bear in mind that getting a power amp is a top of a slippery slope into building a rack set up. I first bought a power amp quite recently to use with my line 6 bass pod and have since ended up buying a 4u rack case and two different preamps ! No regrets though🙂

iWell it looks a bit OTT 🤣but its so easy to dial in a nice bedroom tone. Not sure when I’ll get to try this out with the/a band which is a shame. I think it’s going to be ace. v

Bear in mind the input sensitivity as well as not all preamp pedals put out a high enough voltage to get the most out of a power amp. They’ll still amplify it but won’t get full output