Stylon Pilson

[quote name='GremlinAndy' timestamp='1458579459' post='3008787'] Any suggestions? [/quote] You could compose your posts using notepad, and then copy-paste into the text entry field. S.P.

[quote name='modelreject' timestamp='1458578791' post='3008778'] Going to have to sacrifice the headphone out. Hopefully I can tone it down low enough for practicing in the house [/quote] Fair enough. My advice for you here would be that it's the low frequencies that really carry, so if you want to avoid disturbing your neighbours etc, then just whack the "low" knob down as far as you dare. It'll sound really thin, but you'll still be able to practice. S.P.

[quote name='modelreject' timestamp='1458576348' post='3008745'] Assume that the Big Bang would automatically know what type of cab is plugged in and output the according wattage? [/quote] Yes, in effect. The amp provides a voltage, and Ohm's Law then means that you end up with a current that is inversely proportional to the impedance. The most important thing to remember is that if your amp has a minimum rated load of 4Ω then you can run with a single 4Ω cab or a pair of 8Ω cabs, but NEVER a pair of 4Ω cabs. This kills the amp. S.P.

You can break this down into two steps. 1. What is the combined load on the amp? If it's 4Ω (ie a single 4Ω cab or a pair of 8Ω cabs) then the amp will output up to 500W. If it's 8Ω (ie a single 8Ω cab or a pair of 16Ω cabs) then the amp will output up to 350W. If you want to really get stuck into this stuff, read about [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm"]Ohm's Law[/url]. 2. This power will then be split amongst the various cabinets that are connected up. The sums get complicated if the cabinets have different impedances, but all you need to know is that if the impedances are the same, then the power will be split evenly. So, some scenarios: 1. You have a single 8Ω cab. The head delivers 300W @ 8Ω, and all this 300W goes into your single cab. 2. You have a pair of 8Ω cabs. The head delivers 500W @ 4Ω, so each cab gets 250W apiece. Also, don't get too hung up on the power handling of the cabs. This will be a thermal rating, and the excursion-limited power handling may be different. In a nutshell, it's not a very useful figure in the real world. S.P.

£600 isn't really enough budget for a brand new dream rig, depending upon what your dreams are. If you'd said that you had £1200 then I'd be full of ideas. That said, if you're willing to go second hand, you might stand more luck. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/280890-tc-electronic-rig-bh500-bc410-l35000/"]This[/url] is probably quite a capable rig that's gig-ready. I generally endorse separate amp+cab rather than a combo, because then you can replace each component individually if your needs change. S.P.

That said, make sure you get the lead yourself. While rehearsal rooms often provide XLR-XLR leads, I doubt you'll find a TRS-XLR lead as part of the standard provided kit. S.P.

I lost a strap last year. It was my Comfort Strapp - really nice, thick, padded thing. Left it at a gig, which is very unlike me. Never got it back, not for want of trying. Edit: Also, I have a way of customising my leads too - I wrap a length of yellow electrical tape around it near the end, and then cut some blue electrical tape down to a thin strip and wrap that around as well, so I end up with a sort of yellow-blue-yellow stripe. S.P

I was in the same boat. Been playing bass for nearly 20 years now, and never really gave much thought to what strings I was putting on - just went with whatever was to hand. I felt like it was about time that I started giving it some serious thought, so I went to Bass Gear (in Twyford) and talked to Victor there for a while. He explained to me the available options in terms of hex vs round core, material, construction, gauge, and the effects of all these factors. It's complicated stuff, but he was very patient, and I feel like I learned a lot. S.P.

I was on usenet a lot, back around the turn of the millenium. Can't specifically recall whether I posted to alt.guitar.bass, but I'm sure I did. Edit: yep, found some old posts, and my youth and naivety is making me cringe. S.P.

I think it's all about the heft really... S.P.

Mark, Really enjoying reading these diaries. I just thought I should let you know that a couple of the articles have been placed out of sequence and need to be swapped over - London Day 18 and Day 22. S.P.

[quote name='bayles' timestamp='1457362307' post='2997745'] You may be interested to know that the survey is actually going the way i thought it would and im very pleased with the result so far. [/quote] Without wanting to burst your bubble, you should be aware that the nature of this survey is that you're going to get a misleadingly popular response. Reasons why: 1. You've posted it in a very carefully selected environment. You've already whittled down the list of possible respondents to the kind of person who might be interested in a gadget for saving space on-stage. 2. Surveys, by their nature, are self-selecting. You've only gained market information about the kind of person who fills in online surveys. What about the kind of person who doesn't fill in online surveys? What do they want? 3. You haven't given much detail about the product, so no-one's got any reason to express disinterest. We're all naturally curious, we want to know more, and we're all projecting our own personal desires onto this nebulous item. If your product is actually only ergonomically suitable for crocodiles, and one of your survey questions was "would you be interested in a product that is only usable by crocodiles?" then you'd get a far less flattering set of results. 4. If you say to people "hypothetically, would you buy a porcelain walrus" then you'll get a smattering of "yeah why not" responses, and when you then go into business producing porcelain walruses, you might be disappointed by your sales. Turns out, people tend to be much more enthusiastic about gadgets and new ideas until the point at which you say "right, now buy one." S.P.

Done. I wish you could have been a bit less vague about what the product you're proposing is, but then I can understand why it might be necessary for you to keep the details under wraps. S.P.

I just bought a camera lens from Mike. Nice guy and a pleasure to deal with. S.P.

The issue here is that any decent e-commerce site contains powerful controls for filtering and sorting results, and so we've all come to expect that. Unfortunately basschat is run using community forum software, which isn't specialised for that task. The closest that we could get would be to agree a tagging convention that allows us to do more effective filtering - for instance, you could filter to all postings with the "under £500" and "UK" tags to see just the items that would be of interest to you. The downside here is that it only works if everyone sticks to the agreed conventions. S.P.

[quote name='synthaside' timestamp='1456489099' post='2989518'] ^ this is why I write code ^ Not marketing material , thanks guys this is a big help. [/quote] Once you've got your wording down, if you want me to proofread it I'd be more than happy to help. S.P.

I have a Planet Waves one for my acoustic guitar. Very small, tracks well, and is unobtrusive from the front. Its only flaw is that the face has 5 buttons on it and I can never remember which one is the on/off. S.P.

My notes:[list=1] [*]Things like grammar, punctuation, capitalisation etc. Every single mistake, no matter how small, seems sloppy. [*]Make it clear up front whether it's a permanent replacement or temporary. You also witter on a bit much in the opening paragraph - "and as she should with a little one on the way." is totally unnecessary. [*]"zany singing drummer" - remove "zany" [*]"very childish 40 year old" - I know that this seems endearing, but for many people a 40 year old who behaves like a kid is a huge red flag [*]Rather than say "it's not going to be a major source of income", just say how many gigs you do, and clarify that you have no plans to increase or decrease that number. They'll be able to do the sums. [*]"would not be against doing originals" - try to express this in a way that sounds a bit more self-confident. [/list] S.P.

The venue last night was a small basement venue out in the suburbs with poor public transport links, and so there's basically zero passing trade. The audience will be anyone you've brought along, the other bands, and anyone that they've brought along. Sometimes, by the end of the night, it's not even that. With that said, last night had a better turnout than the average. It was our keyboard player's last gig before he goes back to Australia, so we bid him a fond farewell. I'm slowly getting better at managing the acoustics of that stage - the low end is incredibly boomy, so the solution is to set my amp up for a ridiculously middy, barky tone, and send a pre-EQ signal to the desk. We had a couple of technical issues early on, but once that was out of the way, we settled in to an enjoyable and well-received set. S.P.

[quote name='DaveFry' timestamp='1456401093' post='2988554'] I just searched the UK site named after the river in South America for " SmartMedia " (no gaps ) and found some for £13 to £20 . [/quote] The problem is that OP needs the older 5.5V variant (he doesn't mention this in this thread, but has done on other threads) which are far harder to come by. S.P.

If you like it, then spend the money. You'll be still enjoying the sampler long after the £50 expenditure is forgotten. That said, if you're going to go for it, then you need to treat that smart media card with kid gloves. If something happens to it, then it'll get harder and harder to replace. S.P.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1456334305' post='2988014'] I feel it's a red herring. The 'phasing' sound is a result of two signals, one of which is being delayed (latency) - as the two combined will cause certain frequencies to be cancelled out and others to be summed. [/quote] I get what you're saying, but it doesn't seem right to say "hey, I've got an explanation, but one of your symptoms completely contradicts it, so how about we just pretend that symptom doesn't exist." I'm sure all will become clear in time. S.P.

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1456333143' post='2987992'] On every luthier's site I've perused, neck-thru basses are more expensive than bolt-on, so I'd say that pointed to it being more difficult. [/quote] Not necessarily. Could be just that they're more desirable, so the market will bear a higher price. S.P.

Software monitoring was my first thought, but: [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456330406' post='2987954'] [...] something to do with using both pickups, as when I fade to only using one (on either a Wal or a jazz bass) I don't seem to get the issue. [/quote] S.P.