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itu

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  1. Well, if I may not have the funds to either of these guys, but how about their hands that would certainly be an upgrade here? OK, some finger, maybe?
  2. @Jabba_the_gut: which alloy are you using? My all time favourite is Alumec-89.
  3. That was the second most important. I would love to see a book written by @Bassassin about basses.
  4. Who knows the bassist behind this song: I found his name, Tony Campo, but is not the metal player you find from the net.
  5. Dear @Bilbo, I am more than confident, that your work is better than good.
  6. You can buy magnets in many shapes. I mentioned this in my comment, maybe I was just unclear: "The choice has to be made from material, size, shape, field intensity..." These are not automatically excluding each other out. Bars, rods and plates are very common. If you need a bigger amount, custom shapes are an option.
  7. Guess where my two songs came from... That book is practically a must buy for every bassist.
  8. Martin Gaye - What's going on Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye - Ain't no mountain high enough Johnny Pate - Brother on the run I have played these quite a lot, but making them fluent and stylish require even more playing. @ChrisDev gave us an A. Holdsworth (Jimmy Johnson) score, that I want to learn. Can be found from the section Theory and Technique.
  9. I have done hundreds of gigs with a Glockenklang Soul combo (2x10") without any issues. I also use the head with an alusonic 2x12" cab. If you have a right tool, I don't see a reason why you couldn't use it. Last time I had an issue with this combo was when I stuck a hole to a speaker by accident. I contacted G and I bought a new set of speakers from them. Problem solved. Yes, a Mesa 400+ would be a nice amp, but it weighs a metric ton, and is valve/tube = delicate. Why bother?
  10. There's one more, but it is sold in the US only... oh dear, it is Audere. bartolini has functional preamps, but not all have mixers.
  11. Noll Mixpot works very well. I have had it in my previous Modulus 5 SPi custom with bartolinis, and a current Status copy. You can buy a preamp from him as well. There's some US preamp with a mixer, but the name is somewhere here in the threads which I have forgotten. EMG is also one.
  12. Oh dear, that IS on the complicated side. Thank you again for your impeccable work!
  13. Truss rod, this is a newer bass. Two first numbers of the serial tell the production year.
  14. As I wrote earlier, if the size of the magnets, and magnetic field intensities are similar, it does not matter, which material you use. Are you actually referring to the field intensity when you talk about tonal quantities? Different field intensity sure affects tone. I have not found information that supports the latter, but I would love to hear more about that.
  15. Sorry to be a killjoy. Often these company ready options are tried and true. Of course you can do modifications. Ser/Par/Single is a very common trial with J basses and humbucker pickups. After trying this several times with several basses and pickups, I dare to say that this modification gives you another option which is audible to you, only.
  16. Magnetic material is a slightly meaningless thing. People talk about them a lot, but the material is probably used as an euphemism to magnetic field intensity. Field intensity (older: 10 000 Gauss = modern: 1 Tesla) of the Earth is around half Gauss = 50 micro T. Pickups are far more powerful. Magnet types, and their theoretical max fields: - ceramic, base is iron (Fe), strontium (Sr) is the additive, 0.2 - 0.4 T - samarium-cobalt, Sm-Co, 0.8 - 1.1 T - AlNiCo, aluminium-nickel-cobalt, 0.8 - 1.2 T - neodymium, Nd-Fe-B, 1.1 - 1.5 T Now each material can be, and usually is, weaker than its theoretical maximum. 1 T is awfully lot, and you may find such field in an MRI system, when your body is examined. When a magnetic component is manufactured, the result can be whatever. This should tell you all, that a neodymium can be weaker than a ceramic material. For example the manufacturing process, the material mixture, the size of the particles... everything affects the end result. When a pickup maker buys a set of magnets, the catalogue is big. The choice has to be made from material, size, shape, field intensity... 1) AlNiCo is not a single component or material with fixed properties. 2) The coil has also its properties, which depend on wire length, wire diameter, conductivity, physical coil size etc. 3) Combine these, and the result is a pickup of some kind. 4) Strings and instrument adjustments are the next step to the final sound.
  17. I'd add a HPF (high pass filter) to reduce handling noise. That saves some energy.
  18. USB-A pushes out low power starting from 5 VDC/100 mA = 500 mW only. USB-C is for bigger power levels. The charger output describes the speed of the charge. 22.5 W is quite a lot. I might consider it as a relatively fast unit, although I've seen 80 W phone chargers.
  19. These schuldn't be turned on with boots, eh? Are these good for schugazing?
  20. You are just modest, my dear bass playing fellow.
  21. *Shivers* A good looking and single cut are contradictory terms. And this blond looks puffy.
  22. One more thing to remember while you massage your body: Always towards your heart! This means that when you hammer your muscles, the hammer needs to move from toes to hip, or from fingers to shoulder. This way you do not ruin your veins' valves! Arteries are hidden, they do not care. Veins have valves (in your legs) that you must not destroy. ...and GLWTS.
  23. A bandmate wrote a minute ago that we have played 78 songs during autumn.
  24. Rugby and many dislocations sound like some problems. Anything like this Amazon thing could be fine for a start. The prices (and quality) vary a lot, but I would start with anything under £100. Maybe your local shop has something to try to? Remember: heavy use may break something. Lighter and longer is better here. https://www.amazon.com/Massage-Percussion-Handheld-Massager-Athletes/dp/B08QJNVP6F
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