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Hey guys and gals. 66 year old wanna be here. So I am back in the game recently and have a rig I want to set up. In the past it was just an amp into cabinets. I never used effects or a separate preamp. I have a GK MB fusion 800 and GK NEOs 2x12 and 4x10. That was my rig I used to use and am using now. I recently acquired a rackmount Sans Amp RBI and a GK RB 800 amp. I also have a DBX 160x compressor from my "studio". My idea is to use one amp into each cab, one for a "clean" tone cab [the 4x10?] and the other into a "dirty tone cab" [the 2x12?]. How do I use the Sans Amp? Just into the "clean" cab? I also am in the process of building my first effects pedalboard that I wish to incorporate into this rig. [I have a Source Audio SA-143 filter, Digitech Whammy, the Chancellor Dunlop foot pedal, OC-5 octave, Kasleder Albatross, Darkglass B3K, tcElectronics Sentry, MXR Bass Chorus, Screen Violence and the Keeley Caverns.] I had this idea and now I am unsure of how to safely hook all of it up. I know I need a splitter. I am sure all of this can be done. But I need my hand held to guide me into the specifics. Simple things like do I use instrument cables to connect everything except the speakers? All these years and I never gave a thought about how to hook up anything other just a simple amp/cab rig. Then I got this crazy idea and started to buy shit. I guess finally having time / money / motivation caused all of this. And now i feel I am in over my head. Anyways I would appreciate the assist on how to hook all of this up the way I want it. Thanks in advance.

Thanks, sound advice (excuse the pun) and its good to know I'm not alone. No more peeking at other basses for me for a while, well maybe a quick peek before I sleep!😂 Note: I'll know how the Spectorcore works by next weekend, maybe I try try a comparison

Maybe if the guitarist knew its wrong he might have enough self respect to want to play it correctly?

In a Melatonin ~ Duke Ellington

But for me to play it the right way, I'd also have to train the guitarist to play it the right way. And I think it sounds fine as it is.

A semitone won't alter the moon's orbit but I thought it was an interesting observation nonetheless 🤭 I definitely prefer the A over the G#.

Not sure I've ever seen such abysmal repair work. Having recently had far less serious renovation done on an old cello and a new neck on my bass ..you're probably talking £5000 or more to bring it up to scratch, more still to fix the cosmetics. Taking the front off is major and expensive work..... and is that a crack in the heel of the neck? Might be possible to pin it, might need a new neck.. and that's £4k or so straight away. But, nice wood and a pretty shape. I'm guessing German factory bass late 1800s, fully done up it "could" be worth £10k in a sales room ( IE you won't sell it for that, but a dealer might), but maybe only half that.

Not to them, but some of us might take a bit of pride in playing something the correct way, especially if the idea is to cover a certain version. Otherwise it’s becomes ‘our version’, which as we all know is musician speak for ‘couldn’t be bothered to learn it properly’ 😂

I'm considering one of these - what's the neck profile like? I like a slim shallow neck, would I be disappointed?

As long as the crowd are dancing/cheering/singing along/not killing each other does it matter ?

Think of the amount of punters that have gone home totally unimpressed 😂

Finally got to my bass tonight to have a crack at this. I can see how someone might assume it's an A, but G# is clearly right and sounds better to me. The verse is in a major key, and the turnaround bits use a minor third, but you can play a minor third over certain major chords, and vice versa. Otis Redding version is essentially the same.

Major 3rd up.minor 3rd down.

I feel remarkably relaxed about that.

That’s wrong.

I've always played the intro along with the guitarist (multiple bands), same notes going up as going down.

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A really pointless one but I have 2 settings I like on the Deco. I’m not a huge fan of the saturation, it’s nice but everything on my board is Saturation so it’s just redundant but the modulation is a really nice subtle doubler that gives a nice space to things, or this really musical pitchy warble. Anyway, I tried to recreate it in something cheaper. I’m very concerned that I’ll be able to recreate my whole board in a pedal I bought for £65 😅

Yes, they are made of unicorn intestines, hand wound by Bavarian nuns, high in the alps. I think they were originally aimed at pro level classical soloists playing basses that cost £50k+ . A louder and more projecting sound than eudoxas. Not sure about pro double bass players these days, but cellists seem to have given up on them and switched to steel and tungsten ( Larsen and thomastik) which are cheaper, stay in tune and last forever... and sound very good. Even pirastro recommend using Eva Ps for the A and E rather than olives across the board.

If the turning the volume knob makes a difference (albeit temporarily) then some contact cleaner in that potentiometer would be my first port of call.

I won't be gigging for a while. Turns out I broke my ankle. I'm scheduled for surgery Friday morning. Not fun. Daryl