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Who played on Can't Explain? Him.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1354028950' post='1881074'] <Oar-In> Now this whole using EQ to fix the room thing.... Its a bit of a myth actually You cant fix issues with room nodes with an eq, since regardless of the settings on the eq the issues prevail. The issues are more often time and frequency decay issue, whereby certain frequencies (due to ringing) may be louder for longer in one place and quieter in another than other frequencies. If you turn the eq down for one frequency you can fix the issue for one, tiny place, but will change the problem elsewhere (thats the nodes) but you wont fix the ringing (as seen on a waterfall plot), and you cant fix every multiple of the frequency (which you need to) without ruining the sound everywhere. And hi-fi has never, ever come with tone controls close to complex and comprehensive enough to even make a stab at fixing an acoustic. </Oar-in> [/quote] <Applause>

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1354031898' post='1881138'] When everything on the site works again, then please show us a picture of your bass, yes? [/quote] It's only fair - he's shown a picture of his tractor :-)

Why fit Wilkinson tuning heads?

Mrs Google suggests that it might have been made by Bernie Goodfellow, well respected by many on this forum.

Love it (though they've rebranded their cheaper 'n' chips range). What's the text, 'contains...'? Might have to make an Aldi branded bass.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1354011079' post='1880672'] as Miles Davis put it, "If you don't make mistakes you're not trying hard enough" [/quote]

should be a great match, the Pod and a neutral cabinet. try hiwatt 200 into ampeg 8 x 10 sim, that'll get noticed!

Which is your favourite Iain Banks? Mine's Espedair Street :-)

[quote name='untune' timestamp='1353419866' post='1874756'] Hope it's ok to post this in this section as it's not strictly bass related, but I need a 16 way balanced loom and thought I might be better off making my own as opposed to paying roughly the same for a lower quality one. I've no problem soldering cables and connectors but I'm wondering if anyone has cable recommendations - I know to get cable with the foil shield ie something akin to this stuff [url="http://www.studiospares.com/cable-miniature-/sommer-isopod-so-f22-instkabel-33mm-dia/invt/546700/"]http://www.studiospa...ia/invt/546700/[/url] The thing is they also offer multicore cables with 8/16/24/32 pairs and the sheer amount is bloody confusing! I can't tell if each individual pair is shielded or what and my eyes hurt from looking through them all! What's the best option - a multicore cable from the get go or lots of individual ones then just whack some heat shrink round them all? [/quote] Definitely multicore (I tried individual and really, really shouldn't have). I used this, individually shielded and easy to work with: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/cordial_cms_16_studiocore.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._studiocore.htm[/url] edit: the Studiospares stuff you linked to is what I initially tried. It's great for smaller bundles, looms and individual connections within a rack, but extremely bulky and clumsy if you try and bundle 16 together for any length.

If it's strictly for when the guitarist isn't playing, maybe route your effect (whatever it turns out to be) through his amp, as he's not using it?

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1353346530' post='1874033'] Nothing worse than a mic that stinks like an old ashtray is there ? [/quote] Buster Bloodvessel's happy valley?

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1353344836' post='1873987'] Massive humps and bumps have no place in any speaker system. They are usually caused by bad design or skimping on cost. The 100Hz bump that is common in bass guitar cabs is usually caused by using an undersized magnet to save money. [/quote] My preference is also flat, but humps and bumps in the right places can add to the character of a sound in a positive way, wouldn't you agree? Like your sig btw.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1353344036' post='1873966'] Everyone who sings should own their own Mic. If only for health/cleanliness reasons. [/quote] There's a glorious anecdote involving Sade, Buster Bloodvessel and a shared SM58... ah, here we go http://basschat.co.uk/topic/176732-funny-things-youve-heard-at-a-gigsoundcheck/ post #14

If switch part A is the wiper for pins 7, 8, 9 and B is 1, 2 and 3, yes that's fine. Regarding earthing: you should be able to common the grounds as shown. Star grounding is only important if there are large currents flowing, as in a power amp, or high frequencies. If you do get hum, find where it's coming from by a process of elimination and lift the ground from the mains plug (this is safe so long as the units remain bolted into a rack, thus grounding all the panels) or do the RC thing.

If it's just a vocal PA I'd say the singer - the rest of us own our own instruments. If he/she has any cash

It's 1uF caps you need - 0.1uF will probably lose some low end if the input impedanceof the power amp isn't high. PM me for some free samples.

SM57 = SM58 without the 'ball' pop filter.

Trim those strings, makes my eyes water just looking at them

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1353331017' post='1873667'] That porting would tune a typical 1x15 sized cab to 70-80Hz, making it a one-note boom machine. [/quote] So there IS method in their madness. A one-note boom machine with loads of output at 70Hz sounds great in a music shop when you try it out 'loads of bass! what's not to like!' Of course, it sounds sh*t on stage, but that's probably the fault of the acoustics of the venue, or the sound guy, or the guitarists...can't be the cab, it sounded great in the shop.

Doesn't have to have tubes to be tuned to a particular frequency; the thickness of the baffle is part of the resonant system. Agreed that many cabs are better off with the ports blocked though.

pair of active Tannoy Reveals or similar studio monitor.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1352845091' post='1868440'] Geddy Lee has the most shockingly inefficiently plucking hand technique on the planet, he defies the very laws of physics to play so many notes so quickly with it. [/quote] Just watched a few Rush clips and yes, it does look like hard work. Sounds f***ing awesome though, so can't be that bad.