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ghostwheel

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  1. I've always been happy with this: https://www.tubetown.net/ttstore/en/solder-1-0-mm-250-g.html
  2. up to three bevor one or the other animal protection agency gets involved
  3. They have no choice. GLS are very good usually, but they don’t ship outside the EU nor have a service point in every village. All the others are a way worse, FedEx/TNT/whatever they call themselves nowadays being the worst.
  4. Think, it’s a bit strange to use locking bolts with strings through body, isn’t.
  5. Here a quote from an review of this bass: The locking screws on the bridge pieces hold them in place, just don't forget to loosen them first before making any adjustments.
  6. I bought myself a fretless Fender Std Jazz bass (an older one with a rosewood fingerboard). Even being quite a hater of JB in general and of lined fingerboards in particular, I must admit this one isn't bad. It takes some time to get used to dots on wrong places, but I enjoy playing her nevertheless.
  7. Bass: Guy Pratt (back in 1995 I was given a double vinyl „Delicate Sound of Thunder“ made in USSR. Of course, I was blown away by the whole, but the bass was particularly great. On a day in 2022, I watched DSoD once again and wondered why don’t I just google this guy. That’s how I found Lockdown Licks. He made me buy a bass and learn English as I wanted to understand what he is speaking in those videos). That fabulous book of his brought some new names as Bernard Edwards and T.M. Stevens. Pino Palladino John Giblin Of course, there are much more bassists who inspire me to play. It'd be unfair not to mention Roger Waters. Perhaps, not as much as a bass player, but as a musician, who participated in creating of music I like so much. Guitar: David Gilmour (obviously) Jimi Hendrix There are much more decent guitarists whose playing I like, but these two would be my inspiration if I gave the guitar a try one more time.
  8. FWIW, I wired that second output jack direct to the PU. Love it, so have barely been playing active since.
  9. Is he better than Bernard Edwards then?
  10. A wrong valve shouldn't have had such an effect. As far as I understand the schematic, this valve doesn't amplify the signal being a White cathode follower. You'd probably be better off letting check the amp by a specialist. Here some stuff might be helpful: https://groupdiy.com/threads/ampeg-svt3-pro-bass-amp.58157/post-740378
  11. This cab is a nice one, indeed. That said, I have problems playing it in my relatively empty sitting room. I suppose it’s because of the cab not being voiced but rather having a sort of flat response, so frequencies about C# (on the A string) make it sound boomy. An old Ashdown ABM 200 made it easier though.
  12. Well, a test I've been asked to make recently said that I am a people pleaser, so I have to comply. But I'm genuinely embarrassed by showing those. There is no build quality at all. As I mentioned before, this kit has been used for a couple of builds, so every three of the knobs are Gain, Treble and Bass accordingly. I couldn't've been bothered to make lettering complaint. This one won't last any long too, as I've got a genuine midrange control toroidal inductor and will make use of it someday.
  13. Thank you. I'm actually not proud of what it looks like. There's no head shell and it isn't built well (being a DIY kit for JTM45 which had been used for various builds before). Perhaps, I'll build a new one with 6SL7s someday and get a nice head shell for it.
  14. Sounds like that letter from Ms Stapleton to Sir Henry I'm afraid I lost my sanity in my teens, so there's nothing to be concerned about And, at last: - How to make a Russian do something? - Forbid it.
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