Stub Mandrel

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? 😁

@Dad3353 UR The Duracell Bunny AICM5UKP

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.

I've had my Bass Terror for two years and done plenty of gigs with it. I wrote a summary for someone who asked what makes it special, and I thought it might be useful here. I've been gigging one for two years. One line summary: It's a hybrid amp, so you need to use gain to drive the valve input for the tone you want, and the master volume sends this to the clean class D output stage. The main benefits are: Valve tone - if it's the 'classic' Orange overdriven without ridiculous distortion tone that's important to you, then this amp has it. Great basic tone - the amp sounds good with bass, middle and treble at 12 o'clock, and the controls give good shaping without being too severe. Controllability - it's easy to find a place on the gain control (usually between 1 o'clock and 3 o'clock for passive basses) where you get a signature, only slightly raw, tone that can easily be overdriven by digging in - but the point does change between basses. A switchable clean tone - if you want it. Power - loud enough for anywhere, I saw Diamond Head use one as backline at Manchester O2, which is huge. Plenty of headroom, helped by natural compression of the valve input stage - no compressor required to access that power. Light - easy to carry. Pad for active basses. Very reliable DI with ground lift, I use this at 90% of gigs as I can shape the tone I send to the PA, including that control of the overdriven sound. Speakon connectors. Downsides: Light, I have to strap mine down so it doesn't vibrate off the cab. You can't use a jack speaker lead so you need a spare speakon (but I think jack speaker leads are poor IMHO). Very powerful, so hard to adjust for low volumes - not suitable as a practice at home amp unless you use the pad with a passive bass (which means you lose the overdriven sound). Three feet fell off the carry bag in the first couple of months. The fourth foot lasted over a year. The internal shield started rattling at volume, so I had to open it up and bend the shield away from a nearby valve cover. TIPS: Run the gain high enough to get the tone you want, and use the master volume to set the output. Using gain to control volume defeats the point of a class D with valve preamp. Always start with tone controls at 12 o'clock and work from there. Use the ground lift on the DI as a precaution, UNLESS that stops you getting any sound. Remember to set the switch at the back to match your speaker impedance for maximum protection. Keep it strapped down!

I've never, ever, been bothered by neck dive. I suppose it's either something that bugs you or something you compensate for and don't notice.

I have one of these (slightly different branding but same foot logo, lots of variations out there), it's surprisingly effective for pedal tech nearly 50 years old...

Went to Denmark Street yesterday and my brother was going to buy something! He has my ancient Laney ProBass 150W head, and it's starting to show its age (about 40 years) and an Ampeg Portaflex 1x15. He's unlikely to play with anything louder than a cajon but wanted to be future proofed. He only tried out one amp (through a very nice Aquilar 1x10) and walked out with an Elf, which I reckon sets him up nicely as he can always add another cab to have a rig that would play virtually any venue.