Mr. Foxen

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1381436540' post='2239212']
how are the artists actually losing out?
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You can find out they suck without having given them money first. That's a terrifying thing for those who make commercial music that's reliant on you being distracted by the new shiny before you realise.

[quote name='umph' timestamp='1381445922' post='2239408']
had them on zee benchh, it's the same as the orange 200watter. They don't have the proper drive or OT's
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Thought the 82 or 81 could push the current to sort the power, and the Orange problem was down to using 12AX7 for everything because cheaper.

Switches and pots and joints will go first.

Can anything be added in teh impedance section about how that relates to valve amps with output transformers? There is stuff about peaky impedance loads being hard on them, but good information is not so easy to come by.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1381430892' post='2239094']
The bass is a horrible instrument for soloing unaccompanied.
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I think you can do bass solo if you play to the strengths of the instrument (which really should be a big part of the point of taking a solo): making a really big sound, rather than all the doodly doodly stuff.

also like this:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx1RccwlF5g[/media]

Like danish oil, 'lemon oil' refers to various different things, maybe some will dry your board. Probably the ones that are a detergent cleaner. Others are actually oily and make your board oily.

Need to establish what the board is made of before suggesting what to do though. I've danish oiled finished maple boards because they need a finish and it feels nice. Rosewood boards, not so much.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1381418212' post='2238831']
Victor seems like a lovely bloke, and I really admire his committment to music education and travelling the globe showing people how he does what he does, but his playing has never been to my taste. He has got some incredible skills, but he has never found a proper outlet for those talents, in my opinion , and once you strip away the flash , what is really left? His playing leaves me cold, I'm sorry to say, but the thousands of bad imitators he has inspired drive me crazy! A generation of young bass players have grown up thinking that the point of playing the bass is to try and find any excuse to try and execute a kind of palm-muted double thump classical extravaganza. Badly.
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Think a bunch is because he has never done anything but play bass/music, so his music hasn't got a life to talk about other than playing music, so it doesn't connect to people outside of that level. think in that Bass Extreme's DVD, Steve Bailey says somehting about things you did as a kid, and Vic was 'Nope, I just played bass with my brothers'.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1381416700' post='2238793']
Okay, that's absurd. You don't think James Jamerson or Chris Squire or John Entwistle or Paul McCartney or Steve Harris or Anthony Jackson or John Paul Jones play anything interesting? They play in spite of the music? Come on.
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If that is the case, are the rest of the band not relevant to the music? I'd say that the rest of the band is entirely necessary to the piece, and their bass parts are exact that, parts. No-one would have ever heard of Jamerson as a solo artist, the massive strength in his playing was from serving the song. that being his job as a paid session musician.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1381413901' post='2238726']
His tricks are terrific but his playing with a band isn't particularly interesting.
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Playing with a band isn't supposed to be interesting, its supposed to be part of the band being interesting, otherwise its playing in spite of the band.

Shouldn't need so much on a rag its wet over the whole thing. Direction doesn't matter because you are aiming to remove what's on the surface and just leave what is soaked in. Really have to question what you are hoping to achieve before doing that though.

Have, but don't really need to on a rosewood board. Also there are various things called 'danish oil', most of them form some sort of coating, and you might not want that, they also take a fair while to dry. I've done it on boards, its jsut a wipe one, leave for a couple of minutes to soak in, and wipe off whats left. Some danish oils are actually wipe on varnish and you really don't want that, stick with ones that are tung oil and dryers.

That duff valve could have been doing it, even if not microphonic.

Among your efects, have a high pass at about 80hz, and you have a chance of it not dying.

Nut is probably the most important bit.

A plug is wired right or wrong because regardless of how neat or fast it was done, its works and its safe, or it isn't, if it isn't passing as much power to the equipment as is necessary, its wrong, and probably dangerous. A bass will play with a bad setup, but it could play better, it is never going to burn your house down, and is very unlikely to electrocute you.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1381241799' post='2236269']
Isn't doing a set-up a bit like wiring a plug?

Those of us who grew up taking stuff apart, and fixing things don't have a problem with taking on a new little fixing job. Actually we enjoy it.

Those who never had such a time growing up don't have a clue where to start and daren't tackle it.

Some even say they "can't" even wire a plug.
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Not really, a plug is right or wrong. Setup has massive degrees of adjustment possible. Including adjusting things that people on the internet like to declare makes no difference.

The difference is between a setup and a good setup. A setup will be better than no setup, like from the box, but someone that is really good at it, does it and you find out what you've been missing. I've invested a fair few afternoons learning from a very good tech, and there is lots to it in the fine details, but since everyone thinks they can set guitars up, it often goes unappreciated.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1381161290' post='2235184']
Aye, crack on
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Seems that one is OK for preamp valves, but you need something more substantial for KT88. don't forget if you use 6550, American hammers work the other way up.

I've been put through to the design engineer when I called Ashdown (Dave Green), someone less used to dealing with gruff Northern amp engineers might be less than impressed with his customer handling skills. Stuff like 'Who the f*ck" gave you my number?' will do that.

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1381136105' post='2234640']
You can't expect a distributor to know such detailed parameters as these
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Distributors sometimes hand out advice as if they know and understand both the parameters, and the situation, and that's where there is a problem.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1381137600' post='2234670']
A high pass of say 30hz cant hurt though and I think most "bass" amps have something like this. You have to be a bit more careful with "pro" PA amps as many will go almost down to DC - before I configured the high pass setting on my old QSC I could push a string slowly down towards the pickup and watch the speaker cones track the movement !.
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Ideally, high pass should be configured bearing the box properties in mind, aiming to cut off about the place where the speaker is unloading, otherwise there can still be the danger gap. Stuff gets worse as you go lower, but still can not be good before its that low.

Pencils conduct a little bit, plastic chopstick is the super safe way. If you manage to go through, you can connect up to the HT on the inside of the valve.

Can I repost the hammer pic on my page?

If you like the tone of it, get another for louder, and more low from coupling. If you don't like the tone, trade it in for another cab you do like. Mixing cabs is unpredictable.

[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1381075033' post='2234037']
Which "rosewood"? "Brazilian"? "East Indian"? "Australian"?
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From the top of the tree or the bottom? Density determining factor.

More of an ale guy tbh.

Edit: bah, super 15 is at practice space now I've found a drummer so can't side my side.

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1381052610' post='2233681']
I made my mind up I wanted a lightweight cab and that after much browsing of their website a barefaced was the answer. I actually put a deposit on a S15 but after filling in the e-form and a few emails back and forth with Alex he sent me the spec for the Big Twin 2, bit the bullet and went for it. After reading people's views on it at the SE bash I'm so glad I did. Can't wait for it to arrive now. If you're ever in the Bristol area and fancy a blast let me know, I live about 2 mins from our rehearsal space which is always available and volume not an issue!! :-D
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Can you bring it round to my big pile of valve amps and see how it work out with them? Assume its easier to move than a big pile of valve amps. Got a video thing.

Lacquered maple cleans easier, clean fingerboard keeps strings clean, clean strings are brighter. Rosewood gets a nice played in look, maple gets a nasty played in look.