SpondonBassed

Thank you. For posting a useable link.

Ugly? Air guitarists might disagree... As with ukuleles a decade or so ago, short scale instruments are enjoying more popularity than I've ever seen before. Innovation like this relieves the boredom if nothing else. I mean how many Fenderish designs do we actually need?

Coincidently, one of the Freesat channels had a restoration at the hands of one of the less whacky US workshops a couple of weeks ago. Motorcycles were more my thing but it is a nice car to look at, even in your handlebar mirrors.

Glad I didn't follow the link for two reasons then.

Mine's the Toneman 300. If there are valves in it I wasn't aware of them. As far as I know it's solid state throughout but with tube emulation.

Well if you're talking body parts... I freely admit that yours was far more tasteful.

I've never run my Ashdown at full volume. It's never done a gig. I might have a play with the full volume low gain approach next practice... just for a laugh.

You might not hear the beginnings of distortion from overload then. Some trials with a trusted friend observing during sound check might help. Compare notes after to see if you're letting excess top end through. I can't see it being a problem unless you inhabit the guitar zone. Just make sure you aren't adding top to compensate.

Try it and see. You will not damage your amp with a passive bass plugged into either of the inputs. Exercise caution if you want to plug an active bass into a passive input. If you start from zero output set on your bass you will spot any overload well in advance. If you're not sure, press gang some volunteers into a listening session to establish your benchmarks. My active basses are both 9V. The max output is not a great deal more than my passive basses at max. I can plug into either input (Passive or Active) with only a slight difference showing on the VU meter. I'd expect there to be more output from an 18V active output but I can't say from personal experience. May I ask what frequencies you hear best?

I think this is a cracking topic. It shows how even musos take for granted the value of the ornamental and punctual effects that can be achieved by less commonly known percussive devices. Like the tambourine, when used correctly these instruments can put a shine on a track that may not be crucial to the song but is the finishing polish never the less. Paul Simon seems to use them all.

Unless your hearing is damaged, listening is the best way. Bear in mind that eq affects output level as well as gain. I'm not sure that clipping indicators operate right across the frequency range of the instrument but my Ashdown combo's old school VU (Volume Unit) gain metering seems to detect cuts and boosts across all three eq bands on my bass.

I'm betting you've just come out from the Bad Jokes thread.

Unable to find a link to a clip in your post without going on Facebook. Sorry.

Bearing in mind that I've not got much gig mileage as a player compared to a lot of folk on here; I have never broken a string playing a guitar or bass. It is only when restringing with used strings that I have had it happen. Guitars are the worst for it. Metal fatigue is the culprit in these instances. If a string has a kink or a notch, usually at the headstock end, its life expectancy is shortened significantly. In some cases the string will not quite get to pitch as the damaged part of the string stretches to breaking point. That's when plucking the string produces a horrible sound much like a distressed cat. Eeow.

Twelve* members have checked in on the events page to say they are going, Five maybes Two have declined. *Although I'd love to go, I'm not sure yet.

Excellent! I watched the recording this morning. I was amazed by the background story to Superstition. Like the OP I wanted to find out more about the artist. Anyone who swaps between spanners and instruments so readily is cool in my book.

Bump diddy bump diddy Paradiddle paradiddle

I love a story with a good twist in it.

Perhaps. A trick that may work with this sort of fabric is to dampen it before applying it to the frame. Tension the fabric as before and staple it securely. The hair-drier should then have the desired effect. If you want to geek yourself out - this is how aircraft fabric is tensioned; Fabric Doping @Sharkfinger, the latter method might not work on your cloth. Then again it might. I've included it out of general interest because your tensioning issue reminded me that we helped restore a Gypsy Moth bi-plane many years ago as apprentices. The wood working techniques and the use of textiles were already outdated from my point of view as a commercial aircraft mechanic so it was a privilege to be involved in it at all. I'd say it looks good as it is. You'd have to be on stage with it to notice any wrinkles.

Good man! If we had a Recycler of the Week Award you would get my nomination.

To be fair, most of the seventies US detective dramas made good use of the triangle. Maybe Mrs Kaye dabbled between her bass stings...?

There is little chance of that. With my reserves there is sufficient head of pressure. It'd take Red Adair to put one of mine out.

Not bad then if you are getting a full on tone from medium/lightweights.

I must get a pair of those RFB pickups and permanently wire them in series. Currently, the only means I have of scorching a bran muffin is by bending over in front of one and lighting a match near my anus. Just for clarity: "AC RFB Humbucker: This wide aperture humbucking pickup provides a more aggressive, darker tone, with a lot punch and a smoother high end when compared to the more modern hifi tone of our FB pickup. A great choice for a powerful rock or extremely punchy funk tone, anything where you really want to be noticed. The pickup can be wound in series mode for a serious amount of low mid punch or parallel for pronounced mid range clarity. It can also be combined with a 3 way switch to allow access to series, parallel and single coil mode making for an incredibly versatile setup, a great choice for a single pickup bass, or in combination with any other pickup for a veritable Swiss Army knife of an instrument. RFB Pickups are available in 40mm or 50mm casings, however we recommend 50mm casings to get the best from the design."

...has been promoted to sixth wheel in almost every band before...