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[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1344719448' post='1768467'] No idea mate. Changing the single capacitor is about the limit of my wiring capabilities! Hahaha [/quote] Relatively easy - DPDT switch (6 poles underneath). Hold the switch so that it has 3 poles horizontally and 2 vertical, then solder wires from the two points that the cap is attached to now whilst removing the cap (one wire will be a terminal on the tone pot, the other will be to ground) to the two middle lugs of the switch (one wire per lug). Then solder the stock cap across the two left hand lugs of the switch, again, one leg per lug and solder the other cap across the right hand lugs of the switch. A bit like this: [attachment=115396:DPDT.jpg] The middle lugs of the switch are effectively the 'in and out' of the switch, and the two sets of outside lugs are the components that you'll switch between. You can use the same idea for changing resistors when circuit-bending pedals etc...

"Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em, that I got no cerebellum" - Teenage Lobotomy by The Ramones.

Avid only recommend using firewire drives for external audio recording. Not much else to say about this, that's all Avid will tell us about it. I don't think RAID is recommended either.

I really hope their next output is significantly better than anything they've done of late. I love Metallica, and grew up listening to (and transcribing) Cliff's lines. I learned loads from sitting in my bedroom with a cassette walkman and my bass (ah, nostalgia), sadly though, they seem to be less than choosy about the material that they release over the last ten years - compare the songwriting (and production) on anything pre 'Load' and it becomes pretty clear that they aren't the band they once were, which is a shame, as I remember them fondly from my youth, and I'd really like a GREAT album from them again.

Probably on "...And Justice for All"

I really liked it. I got into this sort of thing at Uni (first time round) and even though I'm more of a 'verse, chorus' kind of guy I still squeeze 'interludes' into tunes whenever I can.

Beautiful!

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1344110520' post='1760029'] Makes a change from 60's sci-fi & post war b/w films. [/quote] I'd stay where you are - that's quality viewing! PS Hope your other half is better soon.

Bad thing? People liked it? Good thing!

erm, I think output valves need to be biased, so if you're replacing one I'd recommend having a technician look at it - preferably someone who knows enough about valves not to kill anyone (or your amp).

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1344102472' post='1759879'] You could load a couple of carrots in it and they's sound good with a J-Retro. [/quote] This. The East stuff is just the BALLS!

Bought an MXR compressor pedal from Lozz yesterday and it arrived safe and sound this morning. Couldn't ask for anything more. Really fast service and great, clear comms throughout. Brilliant bloke, pleasure to deal with. Two thumbs good! Paul

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1344087408' post='1759601'] I seem to remember reading somewhere that EHX were pretty inconsistent when it came to component values, [/quote] Yup, tried 2 or 3 Russian muffs in the shop when I bought my first one (roughly ten years ago) and one was definitely better than the others. I've recently bought another and A/B'ed them to discover they sounded quite different. Turns out they had different clipping diodes which accounted for the tonal variation - made at the same factory, same case and should, in theory, have been identical. It's a funny old world.

Cool, glad you're happy!

[quote name='Dudgeman' timestamp='1343896611' post='1756852'] [/quote] 2 Russian Muffs and an Animato - oh my!

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1343932709' post='1757598'] I deal with mids by playing a Fender Precision. [/quote] Nice!

+1, good luck. My limited knowledge of the DB is that it's a bit of a whore for the first couple of years. Once you've wrestled it into submission it starts to get a bit easier

Not so much backwards - I'll have periods where I'm 'on it', and then periods where I just plateau - not creative or inspired to do new things. That can feel like I'm going backwards, especially when I'm used to moving forwards. Sometimes it's necessary to slow everything right down and analyze technique in the minutae, just to be 100% sure that you're doing everything correctly. That can feel like starting over again, especially when you're at a level where most things fall quite easily under your fingers. What you need to do in this situation is to keep focussed on the long term goal - journey of a 1000 miles and all that.

Looks like someone's stolen his keyboard.

[quote name='Bo0tsy' timestamp='1343919831' post='1757358'] Deee-lite - Groove Is in the Heart Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself Herbie Hancock - Chameleon James Brown - SuperBad Curtis Mayfield - Freddies Dead Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto Rick James - Superfreak Outkast - So Fresb, So Clean Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc - killer bass line and so simple. [/quote] Beat me to it.

I use an East J Retro in my fretted 5 string and a home-made 3 band EQ on my fretless. I made it to work on the 500Hz, 1.6kHz and 6kHz frequencies - very mid-orientated (apart from the 6k) and it seems to be going well so far. My amp (Hartke LH500) doesn't really offer much in the way of mids, other than cutting them, so it's nice to be able to do it from the bass.