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[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1316978171' post='1385142'] No worries, it made me go and do a quick test of mine. If I turn the amp up stupidly loud there's no hiss unless I roll the treble pot 3/4 to full (i.e. in between the centre notch and the top end). I never put this much treble on anyway hence why I never heard it before. [b]The mini pots boost the level of the pickups according to Chris May (at 7.45 in this video: [media]youtube[/media]). I was having a play with them (hence the quick cavity photo earlier) and the difference is quite subtle.[/b] [/quote] They appear to be more of a balance trim... so you have equalised sweep characteristics over your balance pot.

[quote name='Darkstrike' timestamp='1316970427' post='1385008'] What do the mini pots on the board do? [/quote] Ask John East

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1316969588' post='1384996'] My noob mistake! But it's still noiseless so I'm happy [/quote] That's probably because they are PJ pups. How about if you pan it to the bridge pup (which presumably is the single coil)?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1316967305' post='1384952'] Here's one on ebay: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sunn-Mustang-Bass-Guitar-/260858235006?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cbc5cc87e"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3cbc5cc87e[/url] - £40 with 21 hours to go. [/quote] Got to love that bit of made up sales BS.... [quote] ....but any knowleageble bass player will know they are fenders from INDIA .... [/quote] Haha

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1316968817' post='1384980'] That's a shame Moos3h. I've found mine to be 100% noise free so far (and that's having sat in front of my PC with it plugged into Guitar Rig and with the light on - both of which usually produce some noise on all my other basses). Here's a shot of the inside of my control cavity. This looks well shielded to me, is yours the same as this? [attachment=90181:controlcav.jpg] Can't fault that thinking [/quote] That's not sheilding...... at best you could call it earthing.

It could be that the final part of the pots track is messy. Give it a blast with some switch cleaner (NOT WD40) and a good twiddle.

Good call.

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1316947840' post='1384592'] What disturbs you?. the fact i didnt know it or the fact that miming was how it was always done. If they played live it was a rareity you could see the bands always mimed. In fact it was famous for it. Many bands took the piss by taking the strings off the guitars etc. I remember Captain sensible of The Damned doing this and a few weeks later in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME"]NME[/url] or [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_(magazine)"]Sounds[/url] he told how the producers assistant was noit at all happy and tried to get them to put them back on. [/quote] Calm down dear. It disturbs me that I remember when Totp performances or elements thereof were live. I hated when it went to all miming - due to the lack of of time* and money iirc. *edit : I think the live stuff took 2 days to film rather than a few hours to get all the acts to mine.

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1316837921' post='1383554'] I didnt realise that TOTP had live bands on in those days..... [/quote] This disturbs me.

That bird has flown. Shame really.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1316876570' post='1383974'] Afraid I've never been stoned. Maybe i had a naturally vivid imagination to enjoy it stone cold sober - Dave [/quote] Hey good for you mate.... .... although you'll never know will you. Here's a thought, some people enjoy JLS completely sober. They obviously have better imaginations than me as well eh.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1316868231' post='1383839'] I never got Dark Side of the Moon. I own it, how could I NOT own it??? But I very rarely listen to it. And only just a few tracks. For me it's Wish You Were Here and Animals, especially, and cannot stand the Syd barret period. This was source of many discussions (near arguments! ) with a friend of mine as a teenager, who loved all the Syd stuff. [/quote] I find DSOTM works best when you are stoned. Not having been under the influence for nearly 15 years now has resulted in it being relegated on my list... it's still up there though.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1316865345' post='1383798'] My picture is squashed! Ive tried putting a smaller one up, but it didnt help. What size do they need to be? [/quote] I had to resize my gif to 100x100 pixels to get it to fit. It's a shame it has to be square like.

Sweet. The second set is a belter.

I wish I was more local. What's on your set list?

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1316787047' post='1382924'] No problem. Could you possible use a different browser to see if its your PC or IE8? [/quote] Yep it's definitely a browser issue. I have Firefox and it works ok but I still need to keep reporting the issues until they are resolved ... for the greater good.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1316785788' post='1382890'] Its Search this topic. [/quote] Ah ok thanks Dave.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1316781900' post='1382794'] Thanks - the new server gives us plenty of room to stretch our legs! [/quote] Good stuf. I'm still having problems accessing all the features and still have no idea what the 1st option in the search drop-down is - see pic below....

I once tried Sunbeams on my 'ray. It was horrid and they were back in pack within minutes. I've never hated a set of strings so much in my life. Never gone near them since.

Something must be happening with the server. This is the slowest I've seen it so far.

[quote name='BottomEndian' timestamp='1316687744' post='1381370'] Slippery slope, mate. [/quote] I hear ya.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' timestamp='1316686686' post='1381335'] I don't think you can really substitue a proper low note with an octaver or playing up an octave. I say go with 2 basses. [/quote] Yeah it is a thought. And I suppose the benefit would be that I could have the whole bass tuned down to drop A# rather than just half of it. But it's a big old hassle as I usually have a beer after gigs so any gear I take with me I either carry home or leave in the venue to be picked up the next day. Take 2 basses into the pub? Not me.

[quote name='BottomEndian' timestamp='1316683531' post='1381265'] In 7 years (on and off) of playing chunky, down-tuned stoner riffage, I've never found anything that comes close to actually physically tuning down to match the guitar. It just has that heft, that weight, that hmmphhgghhpppphhhhhh... (Just be careful not to get into the mad war of attrition where your guitarist just keeps tuning down and down to get heavier and heavier, only to find that you might as well just be farting into mics through tissue paper and Big Muffs for all the clarity you're getting. We've been down to drop-G before seeing the light and coming back up again.) Octave pedals never really have that aggression (they can "growl", but they don't clank), and playing up the octave (doubling the guitar) leaves a hollow bottom end. Great for an effect in an intro or mid-song breakdown, but not for when you want to really blast it. Looks like you're going to need two basses (I've had three per gig in the past: standard/drop-D, drop-C and drop-Bb), or see if you can just drop the bottom C-string (Hipshot, maybe?) and still play the riff with the G tuned to G, rather than F. [/quote] Cheers for that. That's exactly what I was thinking. I do have a bass extender on that bass but I'd need one on the "A" (second) string too if it were a perfect world and there ain't no room. I can't see me taking multiple basses to gigs so I guess I'm just going to have to tune down for that song.... and any other that start creeping into the set list.