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Hey Folks, After a bit of direction here. I use two identical amps (Solid State pre amps / Tube Outputs) Running either one at 8ohms produces identical results. Running them at 4ohms, one is clear and as expected, the other distorts; even at low volume. The one that distorts has had the most use but at 8ohms, still runs happily for several hours at a time at a volume loud enough to knock down houses! Before I start throwing money at valves or transformers, can anyone suggest what might be the issue? Many thanks

Not Yet. Its a new year project

Hi all. Hope you are very well indeed. I have an Aria gt series 5 string. I put labella ltf's on when i got it. Very happy with the strings but i don't really use the low B. I'm looking to move each string over, get hold of a .030 or .035 rotosound and use that as a high C or B. For reference, i tune all my bass's and guitars to D standard, hence looking at the .035 gague for the higher string. If i do the swap will i need to replace the nut with narrower slots to accomodate the strings as the current nut fits the strings as they are? Thanks for stopping by and any guidance you are able to give.

You make it sound easy? Have you tried wandering clockwise in A minor? It's like left foot braking in the car, feels wrong, unnatural, and has no finesse. You raise some good points tho, so I will keep practicing.

A lot of multifx I’ve tried support some form of parameter assignment to midi and physical switches/expression pedals however I’ve not seen any others (or at least worked out how to do it) that allowed parameters to be assigned to input/output levels or oscillators etc.

Agreed. For some reason, velcro cable ties seem to be looked down on and don't get used much, by people who wrap in insulation tape. Stupid insulation tape. Sticky, sore fingers, bits of tape sticking to your shoes and stage, drummers opening them up with the knife they keep in their snare box. Oh my days.

There Are More Questions Than Answers - Johnny Nash

The full "Super Fly" album by Curtis Mayfield is now available as PDF download on the main transcription page. Happy new year! https://basslessons.be/transcriptions-list.php

If mine is as heavy as a Boat Anchor, I'll be sure to send it to you, but with a special note to the courier saying to put it down carefully - may create Sink Holes!

damn, out of stock Still I can wait 10 days I hope it's not too heavy

Get in touch with Newtone strings, they'll advise you would would be best for you. For that 'sound' you want stainless steel wire wound strings.

Built it yet? That looks amazing. The best, most memorable Xmas present I ever got was a technics control centre in my youth. Was the one I’d asked for and totally didn’t expect to receive.

I own a Jolana S bass (made in Czechoslovakia,it's a copy of Rickenbacker 4001). In early 90' I modified the shape (butchered it,wish I had kept the original shape). The neck is still original. I'd like to get som bright strings, but because the neck is reasonably thin like Rickenbacker 4001, what are my options. It will be used for playing metal. Thank you

I played at our local jam on Boxing Night. As the 'only bass player in the village' I get the dubious honor of playing for 4 hours without a 'break'. Anyway - the pub now has a DJ with a 16 Track PA, subs and tops. So I left my amp and cab at home and dug out my StudioSpares DI (last used before Y2K). 5 minutes fiddling with the PA (bass, parametric mid, and treble) and bingo. I sounded just like me. I still don't know how to describe what that sound is though.

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I agree with both of you (albeit mostly from the perspective of studio work and just playing with my A&H CQ at home, yet to gig it and previously been all-analogue live apart from reverbs). Presets can be pretty useful as an over-the-top caricature of a sound to, especially where you're struggling to know where to start in a complete mix. But they generally need taming a fair bit. What would be cool is if the presets had an extra 'intensity' control where you could dial them progressively back towards flat. Multibands comps also, especially combined with presets, can be quite good to quickly brute-force a mix towards an impression of what it should be. But generally then best turn it off and go back in to make changes at channel level based on what you've heard. Finessing at the end a la mastering sounds nice in theory, but in all honesty I can't remember the last time I heard a live band where the mix was at the level where that was all that needed sorting!

okn thanks. What internal amp among the 3 amps and what internal IR cab do you use ?