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Yep, that's pretty much it. The playback in is meant to be for listening back to what you've recorded (as opposed to monitoring what's coming through the preamps directly), although I plug a CD player into one of the channels on the mixer which works too. The only way I know of to check the quality of the output would be to A/B it against another source- do you have a hi-fi you could connect it to along with a CD player, to compare? Glad to be of service!

It is possible that the headphone out on your laptop isn't up to scratch, so YMMV. What I use is a Soundcraft compact 4 mixer, with all analogue connections- the record and playback ins/outs go to my laptop, the monitor output goes to my hi-fi/speakers. I can plug instruments into the mixer and monitor them from its headphone outputs or through the main speakers, regardless of whether the computer is on or off. I can also record or monitor through software while the computer is on (running through the separate 'playback in' section of the mixer). It seems to me that if you went for something more like what I'm describing, as opposed to the 8 in/1 out approach of the Phonic, you could use the TonePort as your I/O from the computer (bypassing the headphone output issue) and any routing to speakers/headphones/recording could be done at the mixer. Or, if you got a USB/FireWire mixer you could do away with the TonePort. Does that make sense? All this routing makes my head hurt! Hope that helps.

FWIW I run the headphone out from my laptop into a mixer and out to speakers without any problems. In my audio driver panel it allows you to set up the sockets for different speaker configurations (for 5.1 etc.) if you want to- I don't bother and it sounds as good as the crappy a/d converters allow it to.

Just to expand on my somewhat terse reply, syncopation is to my mind a pretty empirical thing- you're either on the beat or off it. It's not something mystical and hard to define (and therefore teach) like 'groove' or 'funk' or 'locking in'. Obviously using it well and tastefully may be more difficult to master but the basics are relatively straight forward.

Yes. It's not magic.

On DB, I think it would have been a piece for kids orchestra. Can't remember exactly what. Aged 12 or 13. On BG, it was an original from my first band- aged 18. Possibly 'Crown Of War'.

Which hand? Regardless, I wouldn't try and play through it- take a break and stretch it out.

I think it was Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid'.

A MIM Fender Jazz 5 string I bought from a friend. The action was always unplayably high as the truss rod was unadjustable. Also, all the pickguard and one (!) of the pickup covers had been painted a kind of metallic purple- kind of matched the finish but looked a bit sh*t. In retrospect, it could probably have been saved but IIRC I donated the bits to charity.

Speaker cabs...?

I thought about the DIY route, but I don't think it's one I want to pursue at this point. I have enough other stuff going on right now (trying to make progress on ongoing house repairs, mainly) that I would rather just pay the price and get it done. If I did it myself it would most likely end up bodged together somewhere along the line, like the bicycle I tried to repair that has sat half repaired for about two years

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Hi folks, The bridge on my 5 string upright is warping somewhat (and I also cut one of the slots a bit too low) so I'm looking to get a new bridge fitted. Just been in touch with my local shop (The Violin Shop in Glasgow) who quoted me £135 for a 'self fitting' bridge, £195 for a standard carved bridge and about £250 for a bridge with height adjusters. I've always been a mainly classical player but have started to do folky type gigs and would like to get more into jazz playing too. Also, I spent so long playing on borrowed instruments I've never really had a chance to decide how I like my action (or string height, if you're one the mad TB string height Nazis ), so I'm leaning towards spending the extra cash on the height adjusters. Are these prices reasonable, in your experience? And do you think the extra cash for the height adjusters is justified? Any advice appreciated Cheers Kyle

Is it Facebook only or will there be other means of accessing it for those of us yet to be assimilated by the collective?

You would have to ask one of the admins; I have no idea.

That's because the forum isn't there anymore.

Curious. The WT-300 manual doesn't mention them, but the WT-400 lists them as being a 12db pad with the gain knob pulled out and the compressor bypassed when the enhance knob is pulled out. I would guess it's the same on yours, but couldn't say for sure. Hope that helps. gah!- beaten to it!

I expect to have fun. Anything else is a bonus.

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How easy is it to switch, once you understand the basic arco mechanics? I've always played with a French bow (since that's what my teacher used) but sometimes wonder if a German bow would be useful.

Lovely! Definitely the right choice IMHO!

I'd love a 5 string Beast bass. Why yes, I am in a metal band, how did you guess?