Bass instrument cable straight into amp

[Stub Mandrel]

10 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

...it needs to be a coily cable...

 

Clockwise or anti-clockwise?

[PaulThePlug]

All knotted and wonky so half goes one way and bits go the other like on the telephone...

[JapanAxe]

Tuner pedal for silent tuning (and changing over basses if necessary).

 

Put a fork in me, I’m done.

[RhysP]

1 minute ago, JapanAxe said:

Tuner pedal for silent tuning (and changing over basses if necessary).

 

Put a fork in me, I’m done.

A tuning fork?

[JapanAxe]

6 minutes ago, RhysP said:

A tuning fork?

Very sharp!

[RhysP]

3 minutes ago, JapanAxe said:

Very sharp!

Naturally. It could quite easily have fallen flat though...

[MacDaddy]

I plug directly into my Peavey Vypyr VIP 3, but then again it is a modelling amp with onboard FX.

[Downunderwonder]

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Not quite following what you mean. Any chance you could elaborate. I am curious to find out more.

Dave

Play up the neck to get an accompaniment an octave below. Don't expect any clarity below an open D.

[stingrayPete1977]

I don't even use an amp these days, bass >DI box>PA.

[bassbiscuits]

The only thing between my bass and my amp is a tuner. I’ve picked up various Boss pedals to experiment with but none of them come to gigs with me. 

[Reggaebass]

After a few comments here , out of interest I tried seeing if there’s any difference in the sound using a tuner between my bass and amp, and there’s none 🙂 

[neepheid]

20 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

After a few comments here , out of interest I tried seeing if there’s any difference in the sound using a tuner between my bass and amp, and there’s none 🙂 

 

I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell you that you're wrong. 

Edited November 20, 2021 by neepheid
Got my threads mixed up. Sentiment stands though

[Reggaebass]

Just now, neepheid said:

 

I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell you that you're wrong. It's been that kind of thread

No doubt 😁, but I couldn’t hear any difference 

[RhysP]

44 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

No doubt 😁, but I couldn’t hear any difference 

You must have been able to hear that you were more in tune, surely..?  🙂

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, RhysP said:

You must have been able to hear that you were more in tune, surely..?  🙂

Well yes, but no difference to the sound, if you know what I mean 🙂

[RhysP]

Just now, Reggaebass said:

Well yes, but no difference to the sound, if you know what I mean 🙂

I wasn't being entirely serious... 

[Reggaebass]

2 minutes ago, RhysP said:

I wasn't being entirely serious... 

I didn’t think so 😁

[Woodinblack]

When I am doing a practice I often dont' bother to take the pedalboard, because the sound isn't so important. Plus the ABM600 has EQ / overdrive / octave / Compressor, not that I use the last two in any meaningful way.

Live I am in a cover band so yes, pedalboard, overdrive, chorus, octave (up), echo, sample playback and synth. Though not at the same time!

[ezbass]

What’s going on @neepheid @Reggaebass @RhysP? Proper measured, tongue in cheek, friendly interaction? Where are the bared teeth, shouting and machetes at dawn? Shame on you    

[RhysP]

3 minutes ago, ezbass said:

What’s going on @neepheid @Reggaebass @RhysP? Proper measured, tongue in cheek, friendly interaction? Where are the bared teeth, shouting and machetes at dawn? Shame on you    

Sorry, I'll try harder next time. 😂

[dmccombe7]

My tuner has a definite sound change when i put it in line to the amp. It mutes the sound when tuning 

Sorry just couldn't resist the obvious plus its almost  time so i'm happy.

Dave

[RhysP]

5 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

My tuner has a definite sound change when i put it in line to the amp. It mutes the sound when tuning 

Sorry just couldn't resist the obvious plus its almost  time so i'm happy.

Dave

But does it mute the sound differently to, say, turning the volume off on your amp or bass?

I find the point in the signal chain at which the sound is muted has a massive effect on the type of silence produced.

[dmccombe7]

3 minutes ago, RhysP said:

But does it mute the sound differently to, say, turning the volume off on your amp or bass?

I find the point in the signal chain at which the sound is muted has a massive effect on the type of silence produced.

I hadn't thought about it until now. I need to experiment at tonights gig. I want absolute silence when i tune so if there is a better way to get the perfect silence when tuning i'm all in for trying. 😂

Dave 

[dmccombe7]

I took the battery out the pedal. That helped create more ambience around the silence. The playing kinda suffered tho. 

Dave

[RhysP]

1 minute ago, dmccombe7 said:

I took the battery out the pedal. That helped create more ambience around the silence. The playing kinda suffered tho. 

Dave

Did your playing suffer because you had to use both hands to take the battery out of the pedal?