Stub Mandrel

Rude Not to for 50! But do try some well set up entry level basses at a (good) music shop near you.

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I played fingerstyle guitar (not brilliantly) before bass and as a result I have no problem using all five digits although the little finger is a weak so I tend not to go beyond my ring finger on bass.

Australian Pink Floyd Show Very professional but somehow felt a bit sterile.

Taking the title of this thread literally... I'm the one on the right.

I was at an event for four days recently. Brought av gear for a programme of talksn not knowing how bad the acoustics and background noise would be. Tried to locate a source for a clip on mike. Not many music shopsv in easy reach, rang BD first on the offchance they might have something, as I would have appreciateda chance to visit. Got a dismissive "we sell basses" and the phone virtually put down on me before I could ask if they know anywhere that might such a thing. A little courtesy would not have hurt. Ok, I'm not a big customer but I dropped well over a grand on my LAST visit.

Absolutely, and I didn't mean to suggest otherwise, but at 36dB per octave the cut at 27.5Hz will be minimal and at 30Hz, undetectable to the human ear. This graph off talkbass shows 0.5bD cut at 30Hz, which is well below what the ear can detect.

Not also that: Cut-off frequency: ~25Hz Slope: 36 dB/oct So below the 27.5Hz of a low A on a detuned 6 string.

I've realised one very useful place for an HPF ... after an octaver that's being 'fed' by a five-string tuned to low B. I really don't want 16Hz going into my amp.

My brain converted that to the Sunak Centre. 'nuff said...

Hang in there!

The obvious, if unpopular, conclusion is that you should play quieter.

I'm not entirely sure why a preamp and a powered pa speaker brings any physical benefit over a bass head and cab or a combo?

A tribute called Re Genesis at the Earl Haig. Very good, although it took a couple of songs for them to really get going but after that it was excellent. Great use of lights (they had their own light and sound engineers and used a laptop for the lights, house lighting engineer enjoyed time off and was impressed too). Only minor grump... too much bass pedal and keyboard bass and not enough real bass for me! Their bass player had a couple of double necks, Ricky 6 + bass and a 'rick alike' 12 and baritone (as far as I could judge). A couple of pics.

Batman AND the local wildlife!

Oh Daryll! If that doesn't make you smilen what does? 😁

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I was loaned a flute, but got nowhere with it.

I'm still looking for a flautist who'll duet it with me!

>sobs quietly<

I found an old bbd chip, but can't find a datasheet online(!). TCA350Y Best I can find is the pinout. pin 2 : t2 pin 3 : IN pin 4 : V(+) pin 5 : t1 pin 6 : Out pin 7 : V(-) Anyone got any ideas? I seem to recall you need opposite polarity square waves on t1 and t2... Could be the basis of a retro delay or flanger.

Alas can not attend 😞 Please have an epic bash, but not so good I weep when I see the reports...

I think you may be being misled because as a hybrid amp the overdriven sounds come from the preamp not the power amp, so the impact of the gain on tone is far greater. Rather than just going into the FX return, another option is to switch to 'clean' mode, which may give you the sound you want.