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    Wizzard/Richard Price's modded Jazz Bass

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    2 hours ago, NikNik said:

    There was a lot of whacky stuff going on in the '70s with regard to bass experimentation. There was an Edinburgh band back the called Ignatz, and I remember International Musician published an article on a modd that was done to the bassist's Jazz Bass. Four Jazz pickup were installed parallel to the strings and fed into some electronic hardware that provided a true pan of the strings across a stereo field. Sadly, back then, there were no audio samples

     

    In the seventies I had the idea of a pickup split into six single coils to allow each string to generate a separate signal for extreme distortion without intermodulation.

    Zoom B3 / B1on Question

    in Effects

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

    To be fair either looking at what you need and don’t need when looking at an HPF. 

    You need to consider how low your cabinet can go safely. Anything below that will affect your sound adversely. I use the BC112 that Stevie designed and there is nothing useable  at 27Hz. 30-35Hz would be my preferred cut off. 
    Even low B on a fiver has little useable output with the open B at 31Hz and most rooms don’t  like really low frequencies. 

    If you use a four string 35Hz will not adversely affect your sound. Of course these are my own views but they are the result of some years of research. 

    🙂

    I've got a 5-string and a 15" cab the size of a washing machine... 🤣

    Random Guitar Builds

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, Jimothey said:

    Thanks for your concern but when it comes to brick cleaner the percentage of Hydrochloric acid is very low and I’m in the building trade and been using it for years to be honest nitromors hurts more when you get it on your hands than brick cleaner does but I probably really should wear gloves when I’m using it!! 

    OK, but it comes in different strengths. The 10% should be OK but if someone reads this and buys high strength brick acid because they think it will work better, it is very nasty.

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    Random Guitar Builds

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Jimothey said:

    I’m not using anything that strong it’s just brick cleaner (muriatic acid) with some wire wool in it to help with the oxidation process 

    Google 'muriatic acid'... it's another name for hydrochloric acid. Plus if it's taking off chrome, the solution will then contain dissolved chrome and that's nasty too.

    Seriously, don't make the mistake of thinking brick cleaner isn't 'anything that strong' - with battery acid (sulphuric acid) and caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) its one of the three most nasty readily available chemicals on the shelves.

    Please be careful, it really is nasty.

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    Finding bands to join?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    12 hours ago, PJ-Bassist said:

    That's a shame, I've been wondering whether to post something on JMB as I'm looking to move to a new area on the near future.  might be a nice way to meet some new crazies when I get there.

    The problem with bands is they usually only have one bass player...

    Hmm, should we have impromptu mass-bass jams at Bass Bashes?

    Ivor the Engine

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Stub Mandrel

    23 hours ago, Richard R said:

    ..

     

    By 'eck, I enjoyed that

    I'm sure Idris the Dragon pre-conditioned me to drink too much Felinfoel Dau Ddraig.

    Now that's a beer I would like to find again...

    What E-drum kit for 12 year old?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, caitlin said:

    As skidder652003 says, resale value is something to consider because nicer instruments are nicer and you can't have as many drum kits as you can guitars. I've topped out at one electric and one accoustic drum kit, but i've got 3 guitars and I can't play any of *them* 😛

    I think this is a real shame. Our drummer only has three kits and refuses to buy  my daughter's Hohner kit 😞

    My brother's drummer has something like six in storage, I think one of them is ex Cozy Powell or someone of that kind of status that so there are collectors of these things...

    Zoom B3 / B1on Question

    in Effects

    Posted

    1 hour ago, stewblack said:

    While we're expanding the intitial conversation from Zoom/Thumpinator to a general HPF chat I was toying with a graphic I found gathering cobwebs in my shed. This from the manual:

    image.png.f5dddaeb48a31c4bab3d667000d8f6aa.png

    Would this provide anything useful? Can't find any other info neither do i know how to test it. Not much use am I really.

    Yes.

    To be honest the frequencies that cause problems are things like palm muting and handling noise, which are mostly well below 25Hz.

    Perhaps we should be thinking 'what's the highest frequency we need to cut?' rather than 'what's the lowest frequency we need to pass?'

    Zoom B3 / B1on Question

    in Effects

    Posted

    On 18/11/2019 at 14:36, Chienmortbb said:

    44Hz (low E)

    <Pedantry mode> Low F (44.6Hz)</pedantry mode>

    🙂

    On 19/11/2019 at 08:25, Al Krow said:

    Re. the Thumpinator I'm pretty sure Max confirmed to me it was set at 28 Hz initial cut off, which is very much in line with the 27 Hz that folk were mentioning above. Not sure 28 Hz is too low, though, particularly if it has closer to a 24/dB cut, obviously depending on what you want to use it for. If the aim is purely to eliminate the sub sonic crud but leave your bass frequencies intact, starting with the 31 Hz B fundamental

    If 27Hz is the -3dB point it's probably a good choice if your rig can reproduce a low B.,

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