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Smaller cabs struggle with those low frequencies. When using compression, it's often the higher harmonics that are heard. Record a few measures and analyse the waveform with Audacity (or similar). You might be surprised.

Mate, that's fantastic! Really good news to hear of a dedicated live music venue getting going.

I found her impressive. She wrote the chart out on the first listen and played her version of a bass line on the next listen. Ive seen a few of these on SBL and she did it the quickest. The other girl (for Linus27) is Sharon Reynolds who is a very competent bass player herself.

If you're banned from even painting indoors I don't think anodising is going to be on the cards!

I can't remember the exact story but I'm pretty sure Mohini Dey's dad was a pro musician and she started learning music and theory very young. There's no doubt she's a top tier player, one of those you could drop in any situation from a pub level covers band to an all star jazz ensemble and she'd be completely comfortable. She does have a tendency to post short clips of very fast highly technical solos up on her social media which can sound pretty unmusical to the casual listener (and I count myself in that group) especially out of context of the rest of the song, which I guess makes her an easy target for 'She's talented but would you want to listen to it' type criticism.

At 51, I'm stuck right in the middle of wanting to join a band and wanting the time to myself. Have been in several bands in the past, and absolutely miss the buzz of being on stage. What I don't miss is getting home at 3am on a Sunday morning in the winter, and subsequently being tired for the rest of the day. I'm at the stage in life where one child has left home, and the other will soon enough. He's such a good kid (17) to hang around with, and he wants to spend time with his dad. That to me is more important than finding folk to jam with at the moment. I still play often in my wee music room, and that keeps my playing at a questionably reasonable level of competence. I dunno. Maybe I'll get back to it in a few years. There aren't much options where I live for new projects anyway 😞

If your bass system is able to go down to 60 - 80 Hz area, why should you try to go lower? As the amp (cab) can push out only the first harmonic, why bother going any lower? If you try a fretless, and can play in tune a 5 string down to B, fine. If the focus and the factual notes start to disappear, I think you should consider slightly higher notes. There are systems that can produce sound power that is under 50 Hz, but my question remains: Why? Bass drum is there already.

Yep. That's the norm. I'm impressed that you can do it with just one listen through though, without ever hearing the song before. Generally I give the song several listens and then pick out the chords while playing along with my bass as reference. Not do it all by ear.

For my taste, this music is very hard to listen to. It's all too much to take in. There's too much going on. It's relentlessly dynamic, and has no dynamics as a result of that. I'm not averse to complex instrumental music by any means, and the virtuosity of the playing is there to behold, but all I can say is I'm surprised Simon Phillips hasn't got anything better to do.

No Tim, I always unplug (and rarely forget) when I stop playing. I do play every day. What I meant by that, is even short terms breaks in playing (going to the loo, making a cuppa, answering my wife when she interrupts me 😉) I take the cable out.

Hi, about a year and a half ago I bought and installed a new (version: Volume/Blend/Tone) J-TONE into my Lakland JO5. Although it's been stable and I can mostly get the sounds I want, I'm pretty certain I'm not getting the best out of it yet, nor is the battery life great. If you have or have had one, what are your impressions? How much tweaking did you do? Do you use Passive often and when do you? Are there some pedals or other things in your chain that doesn't like Active being on? Things I'm considering getting into rechargeable batteries and installing a permanent charger extension cable neatly into the bottom of the bass through to the cavity fully trying out the various adjustments that can be set, interoperating my amps and IEMs frequency wheels plug-in tone cap bass control (boost/cut or boost only)

Battery drain in passive mode: Some East UK preamps draw power from the battery even in passive mode. This is a design feature to avoid loud thumps when switching between modes, but it means the battery will drain regardless of the selected mode. Make sure the black battery lead terminal has only one wire connected. Always remove the jack plug from the instrument when not in use, as inserting the jack activates the battery connection. Use a new, high-quality battery for best performance. Check that the jack socket is not touching any wiring outside of the preamp circuit, as this can cause unnecessary power drain.

You sir, are amazing, thank you so much

I don't understand why the other girl was so impressed with Mohini writing charts when working out a song. This is literally exactly what I do first time listening to a song. I have books and books of charts from bands I've played for, mostly original music where I've charted out the chords. I then work out the bass line based on the groove or what I'm hearing melodically. I thought this was the norm and everyone does it this way but there was nothing impressive or amazing to me what Mohini did in this video.

We played a club near Bolton for the fourth time. The Concert Sec there lives in the 1960's and puts some real clunge on. He's been ignoring my whatsapp messages about next year. He came up to me before went on and tauntingly reminded me that I had gone up to him and shown him a fake Rickenbacker the last time we played. I had two with me that night, plus a P Bass. He wouldn't have it that the Ric I brought last time was real. It was a 2002 4003FG and it was on my stand. He very grudgingly admitted it was real. We always get told what a breath of fresh air we are when we play there. We went on played our two spots, went down like heroes with a 1.05 second spot with dancers throughout. When he came to pay us at the end, I reminded him that he hadn't responded to my Whatsapp messages and laughingly said that I thought he'd died. He told us that though he really likes us we aren't right for the club. Some people left. Like they do when it's cold and dark out and not far off Christmas, etc.. I remined polite and cheerful, as we aren't short of work. Instead of losing my sheet, I just said, we will go down far better than some of the acts you've booked up to June next year. You should've seen his face. Permanent worry-lines forming. He was beyond horrified and demanded to know which ones would frighten their punters and clear the place. I was too much of a gentleman to tell him.

That's confusing. Do you sometimes leave the bass plugged in for days? Unplug whenever you have finished playing. Other than that, check your jack plug isn't shorting and if it's not factory fitted, that it's wired correctly in the first place.