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Ive been trying to resist. Failed. im in.

Well, better than Born Again anyway!

I think most do, and most have full time traditional jobs and families as well. I'm the odd ball. Blue

I'm not a fan of mismatching woods on the fretboard and headstock, unless the headstock matches the body. Give me a maple/maple neck or a painted headstock any day.

Looks like I've joined this party too late! Who are the band, I might have seen you? Hold the Line and Jump, I was worried it was my band but then I remembered I'm the bass player

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We don't need a Wurzels tribute down here, we have the real thing. My dad knew them very well 😂 I pulled the trigger and quit last night. The more sensible guitarist took it quite badly, but I expected that anyway. Got a singer, guitarist and drums lined up for the new project, which is basically 80s pop/rock for pub gigs. Bands down here seem to spread right across the decades, with the 80s being largely missed out other than a few def leppard or bon jovi numbers in each set, and I'm thinking something more focussed might have a good chance at getting going.

This thread is the sole reason for me withdrawing my Micro Thumpinator from sale...

Your research has missed some very important points. 1. No HPF will "cut off everything" below a certain frequency. What they do is progressively attenuate frequencies from the cut off point downwards according to the filter slope. Those frequencies will still be present but they are reduced in level more as you go further down from the cut off frequency. SFX have a frequency plot which shows the effect of the Thumpinator on their web site. 2. You have ignored everything else in the signal path including the human ear. While normal human hearing goes down to 20Hz, if you look at any frequency plots you will see that sensitivity drops off significantly from 160Hz downwards, so most of what you are hearing with your octaver on the open E string are the harmonics rather than the 20Hz fundamental - the brain is very good at filling in this missing frequency information for you. Also unless your rig includes PA style cabs specifically designed to reproduce signifiant levels of sub bass ( which case you should be using an active crossover and you won't need a HPF) your cabs will struggling to project these low frequencies at the same level as the higher ones. 3. Finally the design of the HPF itself is very important. IME a higher cut off frequency with a steeper slope (24dB/oct rather than 12dB/oct) is going to be far more effective at removing the potentially speaker damaging frequencies. Go too low with too gentle a slope and it won't be removing enough to be doing a worthwhile job of protecting your speakers. Also as has already been said many filter designs will as a by-product of the way they work add a slight peak to the signal at the cut off point - which is something you really want to avoid on one aimed at removing sub-audible frequencies. AFAIK only the Thumpinator is designed specifically to minimise this peak.

We have conquered NAMM! It's good to be back.

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The rest of the black hardware finally turned up I’ve just swapped over the tuners, strap buttons and string tree So now the bass is finished apart from a setup Sorry for some reason the picture has gone a bit grainy I’m happy with the finished look it’s no frills and simple!! (Bit like me!!) 1 down only 3 to go!!.........

The Headhunters, sans Herbie Hancock.

@D’AddarioUK D’Addario offer a string tension guide that allows you to select the correct gauge of string when tuning down to maintain the tension you enjoy. Check it out here: http://stringtensionpro.com/

Anything with a ridiculously oversized headstock with canoe accessories as tuners and totally clashes with the rest of the bass.

As Lee Pomeroy said somewhere, if you're a good bloke, play ok and get on with everyone, you get the call.

I dont question it. I'm stunning, and that's the end of it. Move along please

Maybe you should withdraw 'privileges' until she changes her mind. Oh wait, it doesn't seem to work that way round!

You’ll struggle to find any definitive temperatures/ humidity measurements for safe storage; but the general consensus for instruments and audio gear is... Cold: no problem Hot: not ideal Humid: very bad!

For the DIYers among us, Julian Pohler (Mr. Shalltechnik04 - the guy behind the Guma Drive, Guma Antique and Growling Krizzly kits) is bringing out a combined HPF/LPF + DI kit soon called "Vong" (no idea what Vong means). I've asked him to keep me posted on when it's to be released.

Eventually every design in existence will have been slagged off in this thread...

Loving it!

Playing The Rebellion Festival in The Winter Gardens in Blackpool for the first time in August 2015. When we started out our aim was to try and get on that festival, being the biggest punk festival in the world. Our set was at something like 1:15pm on the first day for 25mins in The Arena, and the room whilst not completely full must have had about 800 in there (capacity is 1000). The set flew by, was well received, and we were all on a high for the rest of the festival, we`d achieved one of of our aims and unlike many things in life, it was actually better than we had thought it would be. We`ve now played there 3 years in a row, and are booked for this year as well but I look back fondly to my first Rebellion.

Typically my favourite gig I’ve played was last weekend. King Tuts in Glasgow. Packed house, great sound engineer, and the whole band were on it. Still buzzing!

Dehumanizer is also absolute quality, criminally overlooked

I'm no expert, but I'd say it was cold and damp in your basement.

Absolute agree. I switched to these a good year or so ago and they are perfect for my band’s tunings (drop C/drop C#). I really wish they did the same set in steels though, and I don’t really understand why they don’t!

That’s the reason why I put mine in a carriage as the vibrations from it was hurting my hands if I used it for more than 5 mins and it was a lot cheaper than buying a new bobbin sander as the motor burnt out on mine

I mean it sounds good. The only way you can have the speaker sim off going to your rig is to run dual Sansamps, or maybe go for a Two Notes Le Bass which only applies its speaker sim to the XLR only. But then that's a totally different sound. I understand not wanting to run a speaker sim into an actual cab, as I felt the same way, but in reality it just sounds good so it's no big deal!

No worries, mate, you've been a star already. I'll use my ears - they were pretty accurate in assessing the relative effectiveness of the B3n GEQ vs the PEQ earlier today

I don’t. But I am louder than them so it doesn’t matter. (also my eldest spawn is a very good clarinetist so she tells me whether I’m getting things right or not. Precocious little goit)

Cheers Bartelby - it's times like this with such quality input from you guys that I just LOVE this forum! Ok that very nicely underpins what I was hearing with the Zoom B3n i.e. the GEQ is having a significant impact in getting rid of unwanted lows whereas the PEQ was pretty much doing zip.

Simply hide some of your leads or accessories in her office - when she complains, accuse her of stealing them and reclaim the moral high ground.

Not much mention of this one, but it's the original specialist HPF for bassists: https://sites.google.com/site/hpftechllc/home/hpf-pre

I think you know what to do. Ditch the current band and follow your heart - form the wurzels tribute act.

Why not?! There are plenty of great musicians out there who also have careers / families and don’t want to play full time. These guys are obviously at a reasonably competent level and just want someone to fit in.

Wish I had kept it really as I had added a gold anodised guard and it looked fab, but sadly I needed the cash to fund another bass.

I think most of tend to play down our skills, especially to ourselves. Generally, whenever I start learning new stuff there are sections when I think to myself 'I'm not sure I can do that'. I'm always quite surprised at how quickly I actually manage to learn those bits. Of course, there's stuff I really can't do, but there's definitely less of it than there used to be, which i take as a sign of progress.

Here you go Alex!

I play in a band that this might as well be an ad for. It's a great laugh, practices (about 3 a month) are fun and are basically a get together for a jam. We do about that many gigs, we hire venue, promote etc. We generally make a little profit, which usually goes to charity. It's not a function band, and we don't play classic covers stuff, but otherwise the same applies. We've all got other commitments (other bands, families, jobs etc.) so it suits us. For me, it beats going to the pub and watching a football match. I hate footy and drinking takes second place to playing for me. It gets me out of the house and keeps me off the streets I've done my time playing functions and pubs/clubs circuits. Honestly i haven't got the energy for all that these days. I'm sure I'm not alone...

Remember, cash is tax free!

I work on the principle that I am the best at playing in the style I do. If that's what you want then no-one else will be as good. If you want something else, choose the person who does that best. There are too many variables in other ways to compare.

Ditch the wife....re-instate the cabs/amp. Simples

Thanks for the nice feedback! The monthly composition challenge typically receives a woeful number of votes in comparison to the usual threads about P-bass colours, string choices, cats and what have you... so we're grateful for every crumb of support we can muster. Cheers

I offer BC people a 10% discount on rentals. That said Ive recently withdrawn the rental website as I’m looking at a new venture to bring a wider range of units available to rent. This will likely take some time but once up and running will be a bigger better beast! In the meantime I have some sales available on my Reverb shop. I’d hope to have some dug units available there once they are available so I’ll update. Any discount will be based on the actual RRP at the time. Alternately if there are say, 10 interested parties for a bulk order we can all do better out of it.

These should ship around April. UK price set to be around £270. Anyone who’s looking for one with a little basschat discount, let me know.

I think he's suffering from GAS. After being on bass chat