LukeFRC

im glad you got your bass sorted for you

Corrected it for you

I think there have been some issues with HX stomp getting fed Phantom - I make sure I ask for it to be off on my channel before turning on. JDi probably a nicer bit of kit whatever!

in fact - if you go onto Phil Jones website and look at the Pictures they say Edifier on the arm too....

The Phil Jones H850's they sell in EUK.... or the Edifier "tuned by Phil Jones pure sound" H850's they sell in the rest of the world?

updated! If that's the only major error I did well! I get a bit out of my depth when it comes to input/output impedance's and the different levels...

there are two types of signal we are talking about: balanced and unbalanced. Balanced is good because it generally is not effected by noise as much. To be balanced it need three connectors in the wire positive, negative and ground. Unbalanced has two conectors, positive and ground. Signal degrades over long cables. Typically unbalanced things like a bass use quarter inch jack sockets. Balanced things use XLR .... but the important thing is what the signal is - not what the plugs are... So in typical use a DI box converts a unbalanced signal to a balanced signal. It might also change the level and impedance but that's not relevant at the moment. So you plug a bass (that gives an unbalanced signal) into a JDi - and it converts it to a lovely balanced signal - which you need a wire with three connectors for... so you use the industry standard XLR and take lots of lovely bass signal to the desk.... sorted. If you look here at the back of the helix you can see two XLR out in the middle - sending balanced signal to the desk. Where it gets confusing with the HX Stomp and HX effects is we don't have any XLR - for the same reason that my iPhone doesn't have a headphone socket - there's not enough space. Instead we've got a 1/4 inch jack. ... which is what we typically use for unbalanced signals. BUT they have designed it so a 1/4 inch jack with three contacts (TRS) will get a balanced signal. So a TRS - XLR cable will do the same job as a XLR-XLR out of the back of your JDI A TS - XLR will give an unbalanced signal (and need a DI box to make it balanced) So in your case if you are replacing the JDI with the Stomp you will need one (or two for stereo) TRS-XLR cables to send to the desk (or converters) The downside is - that it's not a standard cable so you will need to buy them (and a spare) as you can't expect a venue to have them. (In worst case senario though you can use a ts-ts and a DI box!)

I would bet you a pint it’s the same guy

That’s not a difficult thing to work out! the name is a registered trademark... https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00002427731 the owner of that trade Mark is easily searched and pops up with a fella who builds basses still under a different marque https://www.anacondabasses.co.uk/about-anaconda-basses

I have no idea what a Ostinato is!

Free Spotify have started Christmas adverts already

Exactly- if one person can do it it must be possible. I don’t think he’s cornered the market, in so much be the only person doing it

You know how people have their idea that they could make a mini business if they had the time - working out how to make really good cellulose tort would be mine.

I’m pretty sure most of us on here arent at that kinda level where we could demand the mix be based around a specific sound...

Depends what you want... if you want it to sound like a Precision or Jazz bass or Stingray where the pickup has an inbuilt sound to it - and 60 years of recorded music has taught us that's what a bass sounds like. Accruate and uncoloured piezo bassed system or something ... might sound wonderful and really flat clean sound... but fitting it into a mix where we would expect it to go?

You are buying the bass- what are you after? Then tell overwater and see what they recommend. If you’ve sat and played half a dozen overwater with different pups then ignore this... the problem with research about gear via the Internet is it’s basically a set of contextless opinions where everyone has a different idea in their heads- and also usually don’t talk about the strengths in what they don’t like. there’s also a massive difference between say what you would want if you were in a metal band compared to doing jazz sessions. Overwater to me go into a sub set of makers who are renowned by pro bass players for years - and to my ears make fantastically consistent even sounding instruments that dont have any crazy eq baked in, and because of that will fit in most any mix for whatever is needed. I see the flat sounding uncoloured nature of the overwater I’ve heard as a massive plus point. Sure it might sound boring at first - but the ability to fit in a mix in an unpretentious solid way? Priceless. go to a DIY store and the drills are all fighting with each other with all the colourful features they have - go to a trade store and they seem almost simple, uncolourful pro tools to consistently deliver day after day.... what would I do? Ild ask what I wanted. And unless I had a positive “I want this sound” i would go with the Overwater.

That does look nice

Looks fun- are there two people in biohazards suits in the front row?

I guess it's generally a quieter bass then?

I don’t want to buy your Yamaha Andy

I have no problem with negotiating- I think it’s to be expected and even encouraged. But I’ve already stuck a price on it - come at me with your thoughts in response to that then! “best price mate” isn’t even normally an offer to buy, it’s the ‘I’m ignoring your price and want a cheaper one’ before I’ll even offer you anything. If I’ve got a bass advertised for £1000 - ild rather be low balled - at least if someone comes and offers me £500 it’s either “that’s all they have” - which is fair, or they disagree with my valuation - also fair. In my experience “What’s your lowest price mate” is often followed by a offer lower than that anyway

that looks very good