Mr. Foxen

Roasted necks.

Its probably a generic cheapy, internet has nothing on them. If it is no money, and makes sound, be fine, but unlikely to be inspiring. Put a wanted ad with your budget in the wanted section and someone will sort you with best value for money.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1340575308' post='1706582'] Question needs more info. I understood it wasn't just the diameter of the speaker but how far they can move in and out. Double the couple of mill they move by a couple more mill and you have the equivalent of two speakers. [/quote] That's a degrees of equivalence thing, if you are talking linear measurements, its all about area, once you get into volume displacement, new game, area still tends toward sensitivity to voltage, but more excursion means more power handling, which can make up your max SPL.

The blue Ashdown drivers don't have very high excursion, so the 4x10 is very unlikely to handle 600w alone, 300w it might just about be able to do, so best off with 8 ohm one.

What sort of tidy up? General quality of neck to start with?

More thinking about where the roll off is. some fanes are very bright, others aren't, as a point of comparison to the VT.

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1340493160' post='1705359'] There is an awful lot of talk and very little action on this thread, [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/171416-adding-dampening-to-a-cab/"]http://basschat.co.u...ening-to-a-cab/[/url] about what you've just done. I'm glad that you tried it and didn't just talk about it. I'm pleased that it's worked out and that you're happier with you're sound. I dampened my cab as well and also think it sounds a lot better, a tighter more solid sound. [/quote] The two main contributors in that thread are a speaker maker and a former speaker maker. Pretty sure they've racked up a fair bit of doing in their time.

[quote name='Tech21NYC' timestamp='1340117689' post='1699363'] The Leeds is designed to sound like a Hiwatt vs the Ampeg sounds of the VT Bass. I like the Leeds for bass. YMMV. I usually set it for a very mild overdrive. It can be a very clean pedal if you want and has a nice high end sparkle. It's always best to try for yourself. [/quote] Does it have the speaker emulating roll off like the VT?

You have to square it because it works on area not length. The Pi part cancels out.

Note first one linked is made in Korea, and the later one is made in England. Not that it makes any actual odds, compared loads and there is as much variation in ones made in the same place as between the different places.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1340475659' post='1705087'] Is that an Ebow he's using? [/quote] Says two ebows. Not actually paid much attention to watching the vid because I use totally different technique to do sustained notes, plus he tends to pull the sort of faces I try and avoid seeing in other sorts of movie.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1340449148' post='1704552'] I was interested mainly re a post about Tim Commerford's bass sound... hardly likely to nail [i]that [/i]with one pedal though imho, given the complexity of the rig he was using with Audioslave... any comments about this? [/quote] Only one amp is the problem, multiple very coloured amps, wonder if you cna get it with multiple VT pedals though. Should gather some and try it into one of my PA heads.

Valves are plug and play, so borrow a known good one and try it. Wiggle the one in there might also help, it is a dodge connection somewhere, might also be cracked solder joint, but not heard of that on a Hartke LH.

[quote name='heminder' timestamp='1340468070' post='1704909'] last i checked mechanical switches (especially heavy duty stomp switches) were a lot more expensive than jellybean electronics components. that's a reason we don't see mechanical switches on everyday consumer electronics. [/quote] Still need a heavy duty stomp switch for buffered bypass, since it still needs a switch that is stomped. Plenty of mechanical switches in my household electronics, like all the power on and light switches.

[quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1340466409' post='1704862'] OK, got it! You put a big switch versus a buffer. It's cheaper. So, you tell everybody it sounds better. How did I fall for that??? [/quote] That is basically it, although the buffer needs to be done well to work properly. The thing that got people into the habit of believing it was explained in the link, the early wah pedals caused a lot of tone problems due to simple switching, switching them to true bypass did improve matters, the assumption that the same would be applicable to other things was the mistake.

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1340465571' post='1704843'] Link above is from a company which makes pedals. Not really unbiased stuff. Whether true bypass is something you want is another discussion; it is a real thing and not simply a large switch or marketing bollocks. Yes, it changes your pickups' impedance which, in turn, changes the sound coming from them. That is also why people buy pedals! [/quote] It all checks out, the only thing it justifies is an engineering decision that produces a cost to the company. Its the best explanation I have found to link to on the subject. The idea that true bypass preserves tone is the bollocks bit, because it doesn't.

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1340461775' post='1704779'] True bypass is removing as much stuff out of the signal path when the effect is off as possible. I wouldn't call it marketing bollocks and it is way more than a big switch. Perhaps some reading up about what it is would be a good idea. [/quote] In practice they mean a constantly changing impedance load on your pickups, which changes the sound coming from them. Buffered bypass is superior for consistent sound and to avoid the switching noise: http://www.tech21nyc.com/technotes/index.html

[quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1340454642' post='1704632'] - High excursion speakers = isn't it the speaker job to excursiate big time? [/quote] The sound of them failing to excurt is important to some tones. And plenty of stuff doesn't have high excursion speakers, so it tells you they might actually handle some power. Much more useful thing than watt ratings. 'Handwired' is one, things can still be wired craply by hand. Also 'point to point' and 'true point to point', firstly, no it isn't, and secondly, actually being point to point is a terrible way to make something. It has got so silly that someone will point to a massive green pcb in the middle of an amp and declare it to still be 'true point to point'.

How do you go about logging them then? Paper or electronic?

[quote name='OliverBlackman' timestamp='1339676038' post='1692456'] PRS send scouts out to find out what songs are being performed most and how many covers are played in bars, pubs, venues ect. and then charge a fee based on averages. It's a big operation. [/quote] [quote name='dood' timestamp='1339667895' post='1692186'] I once played a covers gig and two retired ladies came in with PRS cards asking for a list of the covers that we play, as the venue was getting a 'spot check' from PRS. I assume these surveys are to get an idea what material is being performed in venues, but I can certainly see that this isn't an exhaustive survey! [/quote] So should we sort a co-operative thing so if any of use are asked what songs we cover, we tell the PRS we cover each other's songs, keep the money in the community.

Oh yeah, adding sustain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx1RccwlF5g Kinda more polite volumes than I sue to do stuff like this.

The decay envelop is part of the tone of a bass so how you manipulat eit is important, and its much easier to cut with muting than to improve by technique. I sustain notes for ages, minutes, because that is the sort of music I play. A lot of that comes down to acoustic feedback though, but the natural sustain is important to the colour.

The Ashdown was a Peacemaker 100w Custom, designed by Dave Green of Matamp (at the time). I've had two, one had gold plated turrets. This is the slightly less nice one: [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Incarante/Ashdown%20Peacemaker/P1010206.jpg[/IMG] Fairly equivalent to a Green era Matamp, but less tidy wiring, I'd guess assembly went to bit more production line bods than it would have at Matamp. Think the Promethean clones are half rack, and someone could knock you up a half rack valve pre I should think.