Stub Mandrel

It fits what I want to sound like, but definitely won't suit those wanting a bright cutting sound.

All the bands I've been in since resuming playing plan rehearsals ahead, so we meet with an objective - to try new material, address specific song issues, work on our sound. Back in early 90s it was more chaotic.

Shame. After the initial shock the weird body has grown on me, but I don't like those feet!

Played with the covers band yesterday, an after dinner gig for Marie Curie fundraisers. We set up in the morning and the BL of a very successful local band popped inn recognised the guys and lent us a small lighting rig. After pa sound issues at last gig, we just used it for vox (four of us have mikes) and bass drum (tiny gretch kick) I just set all the eq flat for a morning soundcheck, all we did was tweak up one guitar and the keyboard and sound was ace. Knew my sound would be ace with squier anniversary p into bass terror ans gr bass cab 😎 just had a tiny bit of treble boost. What on earth are all those tone knobs for 🤣 Unshamed dancy crowd pleasing setlist. One guitarist plagued by tuning issues and other things went off piste but no total disasters and the audience were dancing from our first song and had a riot of a time. Venue want us to do gigs, one audience member said she wants us to do her wedding.

I saw him on my 19th birthday. Seeing Band of Friends in a few weeks.

Is it possible to remove the feet and fit a normal strap button without damage?

It amazes me how long US gigs are. A standard UK pub/club gig is generally expected to be 2 x 45 minutes plus encores, although many bands usually end up doing 45 mins then an hour as standard.

I like videos that teach me a tricky line I struggle to suss myself, ideally with a bit of the musical theory behind it. The best bit of learning loads of different stuff in different styles is how it expands your musical armoury

I got the Bass Terror about a year ago. Coupled with a GR BASS AT212 slim (4 ohm version so I get the full 500W on tap), it's been my main rig for rehearsing and gigging with the busier of the two bands I'm in. The combo has an excellent sound for the sort of blues-rock I'm playing in the 'power trio' so just one (normally overdriven) guitar to compete with. We have a quite sensible stage volume and even for small gigs I go through the PA so the ample power on tap has never really been explored, master volume never gets past 9 o'clock. I did turn up past halfway at rehearsal once, but it was scary and I was audible outside the village hall and 100 yards down the hill... So... raw power isn't an issue. The sounds is great, rumour has it that there's a fair 'scoop' built in. I usually run the tone controls close to flat with a touch of treble and bass boost and rely on playing with pickup selection and tone on the bass I'm playing. Sometimes the PA is too bass heavy and I boost the treble. I always DI out of the amp, with ground lift on, although any hum issues we've had have always come from something else in the end. I wind the gain up to anywhere between 2 and 4 o'clock depending on how hot the bass is (Jazz with 62 PUPs needs more gain than Epiphone with humbuckers or P-bass). This gives me a very controllable sound, from clean to a nice growl or even a clank if I dig in without a huge leap in volume. It's very easy to find the sweet spot for different basses. Sound is good - so good, everyone hearing it for the first time seems to compliment it. At a beer festival gig, the sound man said I sounded like Jack Bruce (which may not be a good thing...) I've stopped using effects for several months, but may start reintroducing some, but the setup works brilliantly with or without. The weight of the amp is not great, with the AT212 I can carry a cased bass in one hand, speaker in the other and amp over my shoulder in its bag and have enough power to play any stage IMHO. Own downside, when using an octaver one night, the amp nearly vibrated off the cab. Since then, I keep it in place with an (orange) ratchet strap over the top and through the cab handles. The bag is nice, but three of its four feet fell off quite quickly. The fourth stubbornly refuses to come off, despite me trying to persuade it. The front pocket just holds a speakon lead, a kettle lead and its europlug extension. I keep meaning to swap over with an extra long kettle lead. Zips are heavy duty. The handle warmer velcros in place, and is sort of worth using but looks silly so I take it off during gigs. One gig the amp started buzzing, realised it was mechanical so did a few gigs with it on the floor. Turned out that the internal shield had started to touch the valve covers causing a loud rattle. Was easy to gently bend the cover, so this doesn't happen, but required 14 screws to be undone and replaced! This was a bit disappointing, I noticed that the other side of this cover has a sponge strip so it doesn't rattle against the outer cover. Ideally, the valves should be fitted 1/8" or 3mm further forwards. Other than these minor issues, the amp is perfect for what I want. Note that it has a clean setting and a pad switch for active basses, but I definitely wanted the Orange sound - a good rich overdrive but not an insane one. I'm also a total convert to the idea of a real valve preamp with a class D power stage.

So we can't tell he's miming >ducks<

I'd expect a partial short to cause a significant impedance difference, leading to a noticeable difference in volume. I doubt any normal QC check would pick that up. Thomann are poor at understanding technical faults. My brother had a HB with mis-wired controls and they asked for videos. Although the strange control behaviour was obvious in his video(s!) they just saw both PUPs worked and wouldn't accept there was an issue. So... he just said "I've decided I don't like it", returned it and then ordered another one. No questions asked. 🤷‍♂️ (Same thing works at Ikea apparently "this mattressdoesn't fit teh bed you said it would!" - "nothing wrong with it, we can't change it!" -"I've decided I don't like this mattress" - "OK, I'll process a refund." In contrast, I got a Joyo amp with a euro plug and no adaptor, emailed them, and they sent one out next day.

Possible theres a short in the neck pup?

Why was Chris Glenn wearing his y-fronts outside his trousers? John Major fetish?

ironically, there's a band I would go and see if they reformed (properly!)

Egad is your guitarist Dave Myers?

It's the Open University philosophy - good is good enough.

"Stewblack the Steeplejack" Got a good ring to it!

The Joyo bantamp has 'one knob' compression. This sort often seems to work well, presumably as all the clever parameters are preset to sensible values.

Some say the same about carbon fibre... Which is just another composite. 😁

I'm convinced we can over-exaggerate the significance of some of these curves. 3dB of extra or less bass or treble will be very subtle, 6dB isn't huge. Whrn my live sound isn't right I seem to make adjustments in the "two hours per tweak" sort of range, and that seems to work. My frustration is usually that the pa has too much bottom end, or rather they cut my middle and top too much (then say my amp is booming 🙄 ). I do find myself dialing in a smile for home practice - and why not! Live or rehearsal with the Orange Terror everything starts near 12 o'clock andvgets tweaked. Bass and treble often get a slight boost, mid can go either way. Sometimes treble needs a big boost to balance the pa... I'd be interested to know the actual response of the Terror, as the rumoured profile would be almost unusable! My venerable 80s Trace with GP11, I have the graphic set to lift the mid and treble about 3dB. Whether it sounnds better with pre-shape in or out seems to depend on: The song The bass I'm using Which way the wind is blowing and the ohase of the moon.

Interesting, thanks!

I've got a GRbass at212, but akll I would say is appreciate the power handling and efficiency of modern cabs. This means I would always go for a 2x12 or 2x10 4 ohm cab not an 8 ohm one, as you really won't need to double up.

My stack of choice, also man with two Fenders caught gigging an Epiphone and a Squier... again!

Mine came today. Euro plug only, swapped in the one from my hotone psu. Don't like separate psu, but can see it makes getting CE approval massively cheaper. Sounds good through PJB C2, but obviously not a good test of volume. Will try with my 4R gr bass 2x12 soon. Bit noisy with compressor on.

Try using the effects send instead.