Dad3353

11 minutes ago, Bigbri5050 said:

I have a great Fender Rumble 100 amp.  However, the d.i. signal vanishes when you turn down the amplifier volume.  I need the signal to remain for the mixing desk even when I turn my amp down.  In this case the p.a. monitors and IEM's give me the sound I need.  Do you know of any amps that will do this?  I've tried asking the manufacturers but not sure the front-line staff will understand the issue.

Technical information from the Fender site for the Rumble 100 states (my bold...) ...

ADDENDUM / TECHNICAL NOTE
Due to ongoing supply issues, some units may be built with an
alternate power supply and amplifier module. This will not change
the audio performance of the product; however, these units
require a 4-ohm speaker rather than the original 8-ohm specification. Should replacement of a speaker ever be required, qualified
service personnel should note the impedance rating (8 ohms or 4
ohms) indicated on the speaker itself and use a replacement with
the same impedance rating.
Additionally, units built with the alternate power module include
the added pre/post switch that lets the user set the XLR output to
provide pre- (direct) or post-preamp/EQ signal.

It would depend, then, on the exact model of your amp whether it has this feature or not.

1 hour ago, diskwave said:

Because shockingly it seems no-one on this partiucular site could care less. Brian Wilson along with Elvis, The Beatles, Motown etc and a few others from the dim and distant literally shaped the musical world we inhabit today. And whether you beleive it or not he's that important.

You really know how to make friends here, don't you..!

Just now, Bluewine said:

Good idea. I'm sure there are other members that have had an experience with an invisible bear...

Certainly; shades of 'What goes on in Fight Club stays in Fight Club'. 

28 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

I should probably share the invisible bear story for new members that haven't heard it...

You might prefer to keep a little mystique, no..? 

55 minutes ago, neepheid said:

76 cents for 1.5 litres of Coke Zero?  How old is this picture?

S'been a long time since I last saw printed price tags. 

4 minutes ago, Machines said:

I am unsure of the costs of such a system, especially integrating with a guitar hangar ?

Probably less expensive than printing labels, over time. The smart-phone labels need printing, too. If small superettes use LCD, I presume it's not too onerous (I could be wrong...). There are dozens of formats, for the display of most item prices, whatever the commerce.  

38 minutes ago, Machines said:

The logic behind this was to avoid printing off new label cards every few days, as prices are subject to regular change when price matching with online stores.

This is done using LCD labels, updated from a hand-held controller. No need for printing, these days. 

14 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

... Sadly my watch said Wednesday, which is unfortunate as we practice on thursdays. So I drove home!

Welcome to my World. 

33 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Getting ready for a run of two gigs in Wales this weekend (The Pit at McCann's in Newport on Friday, Fuel in Cardiff on Saturday). Got a few issues with a new song ironed out, so it should be all good. 

 

I do find I struggle with the timings for weeknight practices though. We do 6-10 at a local place, but finishing work at 4:30 so I can do the nursery run, where my daughter has decided that she wants to walk to/from nursery (and I don't want the fight of trying to get her in the pram!) means I get home at 5:20, quickly try and make something for dinner and get my stuff ready and wait for my wife to get back, try not to burn my mouth as I inhale dinner and then get out of the door... It's a challenge that seems to put me on the backfoot for practice.

Can you not start rehearsals at 7 instead..? Or have the others rehearse without you for the first hour (BV, for instance, or segue ideas..?). Just a thought. 

The drummer's no slouch, either. 

1 hour ago, WHUFC BASS said:

Still going strong mate. No noise issues whatsoever. Still trying to get a drum kit in there but have resigned myself to the fact an electronic drum kit is the only viable option. 

I'm a drummer; my move to an e-kit was a really smart choice, a couple of years ago now. The Thomann 'MPS Millennium 850' is a ridiculous bargain, and plays very much like an acoustic kit (unless you want brushes...). Mine is coupled to a laptop, running Superior Drummer 3, but even the built-in kits sound great. To be able to play almost any style, change drums and cymbals easily, mix any elements into a manageable sound, and record it all with virtual mics, is a game-changer. I've no regrets (although I still have the acoustic option if I so desire...). Just sayin'. 

The (in...)visible bear says...

... D'uh...

1 minute ago, Jack said:

No no no, we're not taking that and we're especially not taking that from a Frenchman. (Or are you just resident in France? Sorry for assuming your nationality) Anyway you guys invented the metric system, that's why it's si and not is! 

Tsk, tsk. Such racist undertones. Tsk, tsk. 

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28 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

...Changing to the SI system and decimal currency was easy we all know how to count in tens, and I do wonder about the sense in teaching children in the third decade of the 21st-century there 12 times table... 

We all know how to count in many other 'bases' than ten, but most folk don't know that they know it. How many weeks is 32 days..? Easy, you say, whilst working it out in base 7 in your head. How many years have passed in 27 months..? No problem, just work with base 12. There's not much 'magic' to base 10, we had no problem counting out pennies and shillings. It did make things easier for those inventing the pocket calculator, once they'd made the internal shift from the internal base 2, binary, forcing the poor thing to use a bastard figure (10...) when 8 or 16 would have been far easier for the machine. Still, anything for an easy life, eh..? Those unused brain cells will rot away if they're not exercised.

Maybe some grammar lessons have been skipped, too, eh..? Whose 12 times table..? 

25 minutes ago, tauzero said:

Temperature always in celsius for me. I can't grasp fahrenheit at all plus it has no logic to it.

19 minutes ago, peteb said:

I completely agree (or at least to the extent that the logic for fahrenheit is somewhat convoluted). Celsius is a far superiour system. But I still think of weather in fahrenheit and all other measurements of temperature in centigrade! 

There is, or rather 'was', 'logic' to it at its conception, given the means available at the time. The scale is based on an upper and lower reference temperature, divided up into one hundred degrees. The lower temperature was an easy-to-establish 'zero', the freezing point of water. The upper reference was just as easy, being the temperature of a normal, healthy human, taken at the time to be one hundred. The scale is therefore from 0 to 100, freezing water to body temperature. Not too shabby for the early 1700's, no..? OK, they got it a little wrong with the 100, but with what they had to work with back then, it wasn't bad at all. There was, indeed, a lot of 'logic' to it. 

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

... A drummer I haven't met before who put a towel over the snare. ...

This won't surprise some of us. It's a pretty well-known thing, for rehearsals, small venues, and recording. 

1 minute ago, chris_b said:

 

You forget to include the internet...

Quite deliberately; they're watching. 

Farm mechanisation made agricultural labourers redundant. IT did the same for the thousands employed in typing pools. Factory robots are rapidly replacing manual manufacturing jobs. Supermarkets and self-service took away most commercial staff needs. Driverless cars will soon make taxi and bus operations automatic. This 'ere A.I. is set to push intellectual and management out of work. It seems that the future is bright for everyone, with all of their time free to enjoy all the leisure time they'll have, from the cradle to the grave. We'll all be sharing the immense wealth this 'progress' is generating, won't we..! Won't we..? No, seriously; we will, won't we..? Please..? 

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

I always find it funny that drummers almost always like to use their own snare drum.

Dave

The snare and hi-hat are the fundamental sounds of most drummers, but can be delicate to get, then keep, that sound. Not just the snare itself, of coure; the choice of batter and resonant heads are important, and, naturally, their tuning. We (The Daub'z...) had a support slot at our local pub, and had to share drums (lack of time and space...); it was an awful job. Luckily for me, the other drummer also played 'lefty', but his kit (a respectable Gretsch...) was not at all set up to suit either our repertoire, nor my way of playing. I used a jumper to muffle the snare's ring; it ended the gig with curved cuts where the sticks met the rim. Not an enjoyable evening. 

14 minutes ago, bass_dinger said:

... Can anyone advise?...

The internal dimensions are : width : 19", height : 2 units, so 3.5", depth : a bit deeper than the depth of the deepest unit you want to fit in there. Having the back open would probably be enough ventilation, and allow for cables to be plugged in. Maybe leave a little extra headroom, so as to more easily fit the units, and allow air through..? Hope this helps.

14 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

I take a fence to that. 😂

Dave

Sue me, then, Peggy; sue. 

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1 hour ago, mikebass456 said:

Bought this a while ago with no thought as to what to use it for, other than it was a massive peg (😲🤭).

However, if your need is greater than mine.........

Have you named it 'Dave'..? 

3 hours ago, Terry M. said:

I think Ginger was under-rated. He had incredible (to me) jazz chops.

Indeed, but poor taste (in my view...).

(To be fair, I doubt that he'd appreciate my style much either. ...)

1 minute ago, snorkie635 said:

I reckon @Dad3353 should be in the list of unrecognised drumming genius. So there.

Yup, right up there at the top. 

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(I would pronounce myself as 'Perfect', were it not for this terrible curse of modesty with which I am plagued. ...)