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[quote name='simonc61' timestamp='1355692393' post='1901497'] I've seen the light - they're emailing me a set list, audition early in the new year. We're getting the band back together! [/quote] Lucky bastard. (what everyone else said!)

Extremely unlikely that the master volume will affect the DI, whether it's set to pre or post. 'Post' almost certainly just refers to whether 'gain' and EQ have an effect.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1355743860' post='1901983'] In the end my wife just about knocked him out and then flung him out of the door of a pub we were playing in. [/quote] Go wife!

[quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1355693949' post='1901525'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH2umxtA_sc[/media] Brilliant. [/quote] Thanks for reminding me of this! Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_1nJPEs5SU

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1355317604' post='1896799'] I still like vinyl, CDs AND mp3s - they all have their place [/quote] The Voice Of Sanity

[quote name='tonybassplayer' timestamp='1355233626' post='1895684'] Yes me too. Rehearsal room now provides back line etc so just taking bass and a clip on tuner makes life easy On another note ( pun very definitely intended ) if the low E struggles can't I just check that it is accurate at the fifth fret as an A or third as a G etc ?? [/quote] Harmonic at the 12th fret.

The title track has a great bassline, not demanding or anything, but just works. Like a lot of Saint John's bass lines weren't anything for a bassist to get excited about but did what was required (eg Substitute...?). (runs for cover)

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1355142474' post='1894493'] Brilliant Can we borrow Marc Dave [/quote] Never mind borrowing Marc, we need to borrow Dave

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1354741314' post='1889969'] I wonder if Bob Marley would have been the same without Familyman. [/quote] I always thought not, but I just learned that Robbie Shakespeare played on some of Catch a Fire. [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1354737221' post='1889894'] If The Who got away with it, I think the sobering truth is... none of us are irreplaceable. [/quote] I don't think they did get away with it though. They stopped being The Who (for me anyway) when K. Moon died.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1354654703' post='1888870'] . But I believe USA mains is 220V, but put simply, its split in the middle, ie 110. 0. 110. Sockets and portable appliances work as 110v, but larger fixed, high current things, like cookers and water heaters are connected across the two and are 220V. Otherwise you'd need cables an inch thick to feed the average house. [/quote] I'd always wondered how they got 3kW out of 110V, cheers for that!

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1354725913' post='1889647'] There's nothing to lose by trying the practice amp with the bass turned down with your regular cab. It's not how it will sound in the cab though. The practice amp may be lending it's own tone and you will be using the volume control to balance the speakers. The next stage will be to try the speaker only connected in parallel to your 15. If you get a reversible electrolytic of about 10-20 microfarads and connect it in series this will filter out most of the bass and act as a simple crossover (actually a high pass filter). if you are still encouraged then you could go on to look at a better small speaker to partner your 15 and a proper crossover. The small 'tweeter' will need to be in its own sealed box built as small as practicable inside your main cab. If you like fiddling this will give you no end of fun, it might even improve your sound and you'll learn loads. If you just want a good sound and don't have this sort of curiosity then there's better ways. Me, I'd fiddle. Have fun. [/quote] ^All this ^. I have one of these http://www.thomann.de/gb/eminence_alpha_8mr.htm in a cab with a 15. It's got a closed back so you don't need to partition it off. I'm driving it with its own amp, but it'd work well enough with a series cap as Phil describes.10uF will cross over around 200Hz and protect the speaker from the excesses of the bass.

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1354701571' post='1889219'] Morning all, Need some help, I'm currently using my DIY 1x15. It's great and all, but lacks that little bit of high end clarity. So this got me thinking. At home I have a spare Ibanez practice amp. Just a little "10w" model. If I had a crossover made up, could I fit this little driver in with the 1x15, and use it like a tweeter just to help the highs come through. Would this work? [/quote] How about using the practice amp alongside the 1*15 to add the top? Cut all the bass out so it doesn't fart out...

I'd be very interested in hearing what folk think, as personally I don't mind being offered a low price; I can just say 'you're having a laugh!' and politely decline. On the other hand I'm quite shy of offering a low price as some do seem to take it personally. Also. When you make an offer on a house, right, is an opening offer of 10% below asking about right? Terrified of causing offense, me

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1354660771' post='1888952'] Audacity's what I use. [/quote] yeah that works nice, you can save the transposed version.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1354639466' post='1888551'] Oh yes, I have a bad habit of string 'knocking' ! It's not good in the studio at all and I have to discipline myself not to, but live it really helps get my mojo on. [/quote] First time I recorded and heard myself solo'ed I was horrified! I'd been playing for years and seriously never knew I did this. I quit pretty quickly....

Kiogon is your man for solderless kits. I may have spelled his name wrong. Anyway, he's the guy looks uncannily like Duck Dunn.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1354628075' post='1888317'] Brighter than what, pine? Rosewood is brighter than maple, and ebony brighter than rosewood. [/quote] But...but...ebony is black! How can it be bright? Got it! It's UV.

Mr Guitars is correct. Running the pickups through an unpowered pre will add bad, bad distortion. If you want to do it passive properly you'll need to bypass the pre completely and replace the pots as they'll be too low impedance and will suck tone.

Start with it at zero, turn it up til it sounds horrible then turn it down some. Compression is always going to make feedback more likely in a live situation, and in my experience acoustic guitars (do you mean miked up or with a pickup?) trying to get heard over loud electric instruments or drums are never far away from feedback anyway, so good luck with that!

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1354571377' post='1887651'] I'm pretty sure that The Beatles didn't know any of this though and just played what they liked the sound of. [/quote] Mostly written on a left-handed piano, I'm told.

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1354557338' post='1887342'] To demonstrate why what you expect to hear can override what you actually hear, check out this YouTube clip on the McGurk Effect. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0[/media]. Definitely worth a minute of your time. [/quote] This explains the story I heard about a panel of experts consistently judging one pair of speakers to be 'brighter' than another. In fact the speakers were identical; only the colour of the grille cloth was different.

mdphillips1956.

[quote name='TomRichards' timestamp='1354551011' post='1887242'] And for those who I offended with my X-Factor and Idol quote. Sorry. Wasn't my intention. Bothers me that people here ate it up too. [/quote] Not offended at all, neighbour. Is your version as much of a bag of shyte as ours is?

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1354356541' post='1885071'] We all know this one; http://youtu.be/SVoEb5Rm5eo [/quote] bring back the 'like' button!

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1354106875' post='1882091'] Totally got the Job dude [/quote] Sombreros aloft!