Stub Mandrel

I use Eagle and they know how to put the rout into autorouter.

And don't get him a Line 6 Spider...

I have a Vox Valvestate modelling amp*. You can lose yourself for hours playing with the different tones, the exact model is no longer available but it impressed my brother (who is rabidly anti-modelling amp) perhaps because the real valve stage gives it a more 'authentic' sound? He has a 'proper' Vox valve combo which obviously doesn't do as many sounds but has a great blues-rock sound. *The Vox sounds are obviously spot on (don't forget Tony Iommi used an AC15 / AC30 to start with! I think the Marshall and Fender models are pretty good too, does a great Neil Young fender twin sound. I haven't got the experience to judge the 'boutique sounds'.

Not sure the exact tone you are after but the Joyo Voodoo Octaver might do what you want, mine is pretty doom-laden. The octave is fairly subtle but doesn't weaken the tone IMHO.

That was pretty much the conclusion my thought experiment was heading for...

I've done some long, boring maths and fair bit of thinking. I am struggling to understand how 'mismatched speakers' in a bass stack can make a significant impact on live sound unless one of them is wired out of phase. Two reasons: 1 - using two identical speakers could actually be more likely to cause worse dead spots as you need two identical signals to completely cancel each other out. 2 - at the frequencies of significance to most bass the path differences between the elements of a stack is too small to cause destructive interference even at fairly close audience distances, especially if they are mounted one above the other. The only mechanisms I can see affecting sound out in the audience are: 1 - Beaming. 2 - refections around the venue 3 - interference with the PA sound if the backline is of comparable volume. But I can't think of any of these that would be made significantly worse by using 'mismatched' speakers any more than using matched ones, other than the extremes of beaming an extreme such as Trace Elliot 'bright box' sending high frequencies over the top of the front of the audience. I'm happy to admit I'm flailing around in the dark with these ideas so if anyone can explain how mismatched speakers cause problems, please do!

Space Truckin' is an epic recording. I just kept getting out of synch with the bass or drums and wanted to find out why, and it seems the reason is they drift apart on the record. I'd be interested if someone can independently confirm it as I'm no expert...

Brother Marc - chef who runs/used to run an upscale pizzeria in Cardiff

Barry's most famous son 🙂 I got asked to played this for a guitar vocal duo. I learnt it... and they said they were planning the Marvin Gaye version. I brought them round 🙂

The one I posted has the Mike Dirnt on page 6, not 4 so may have more variations... 🙂

Again this may be the same file... It worked for me. bass heads-1.pdf

Sounds like you are odds on for a personal best... Well nothing happening for me until the house is sold, and I see where I am after the divorce fallout.

Very pretty! The quality is no surprise, my Squier Jag SS is made by Cort as are both my Hohner headless basses which I would describe as being outstanding.

I've been convinced that the tempo of Space Truckin' wanders around. I've just tried using a tempo app on it, counting 60-100 beats for each 'reading'. The first verse is at about 128bpm, it speeds up to about 130 or a bit more. The drum solo comes in at about 128 but fairly soon slows down to 120. At the end of the drum solo it quite quickly speeds up to around 130 again. During the drum sol I'm sure Roger Glover wanders off the drum beat, which explains why this section is hard to play along to despite being very simple (two notes per bar...)

That scuppers the vast majority of pub/small club bands then... All most bands need is a critical and well-informed friend to help them soundcheck.

I'm a firm believer in not sacrificing the barely competent on the altar of the good...

My best GG deal was a s/h Hohner Jack Professional 5-string, virtually immaculate for £130(!) Then they went and fetched the hard case for it which contained a strap, straplocks and even a lead... The irony is I'd just been paid for a contract and had £££ burning holes in my pocket and would have paid more than twice as much for it! LOL! One on Reverb in the USA for £650 Holy cow: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174558874468?mkevt=1&mkcid=28&chn=ps 🙂

Much less 🙂 It all depends on the settings, but I find that if I'm quietly noodling it might increase sustain but doesn't level the sound as noticeably

I don't think I could feel happy with something I had recorded as a series of short sections strung together. I've done my fair share of drop ins and repeats, but I think mcro-twiddling to give the impression I'm much better than i really am is cheating - like pitch correction 🙂

Do you maintain a database., or is that just what you can remember? 🤣

I regularly play £1K bass through a £140 practice amp. Mid-price practice amps are very good these days and I don't expect perfection from an 8" speaker.

Spoke to a mate who imports from the far East earlier. He had a container loaded in October which got offloaded in Malaysia and eventually turned up last month. Currently the expected time is about 2 months, but the international container shortage has put teh cost of a container from China up by several thousand pounds. Not good news for Pound shops!

Sic Codes aren't too bad, the list is not ridiculously long, although my main activity (by turnover) flips between two headings year on year according to the work I get. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-industrial-classification-of-economic-activities-sic But don't stress too much - it's only used for data analysis (e.g. to analyse contributions of different areas to the economy) not to set your VAT rate etc. so it's not critical to be spot on, they just suggest you go with your main business activity.

I doubt my broadband is up to it. For when I have access to decent connection, what's the best setup? I was thinking a vocal mike straight into the PC for talking and my bass through a Scarlett for minimum latency at my end?