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[quote name='CoolWire' timestamp='1380015433' post='2219419'] a small fragment of beer can is acting as a shim for the time being [/quote] That [b]is[/b] the way to do it. At least if you're one of those classic, autarkic types. (read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig for the ref.) Then: what Leen says. Not everyone reads here, but in the Amps & Cabs forum your readers will be interested in amps. Here, Leen and I are just interested in saying "hi". We're simple people: basses and amps go above our heads. Welcome to BC! Enjoy the banter. best, bert

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1380025914' post='2219672'] routinely pay £thousands for instruments and wouldn't dream of performing in public with some few-hundred-quid-piece-of-junk that people who play "pop" instruments think is the norm. [/quote] That is such a good way of looking at it! So reasonable and realistic! Keep them basses coming! Seriously though, it [b]is[/b] a good way of looking at it. Basses are soooo cheap. In fact their pricing is one of the reasons I finally gave up on keyboards, and started with the bass instead. Bliss!

Hey Paul, Welcome! Yup. You came to the right place alright. Now head over to the spiritism thread where you'll learn that rainbows are not real. It's all superstition! Enjoy the forum! best, bert

You're all just weak persons with no traces of character strength whatsoever. Me OTOH, before, I wanted a Precision, Jazz, Streamer, Thumb, Dano, Alembic, Wal, Steinberger, Status, StingRay, Bongo and Rick.* Since, however, I just want a Precision, Jazz, Streamer, Thumb, Dano, Alembic, Wal, Steinberger, Status, StingRay, Bongo and Daisy Rock.* So it's just reasonable to say I went the opposite way. Now, amps on the other hand ... I'd just envisaged I'd own a practice combo and eventually just maybe a gig combo. Cue two years, and I'm listening to and comparing 6 heads, 5 different cabs and three combos. And it's all your fault! *) Lot longer list of basses held back from view for reasons of webforumpostcompactness. [size=3]... and prying eyes...[/size]

Did I already tell about the bloke who'd hid roughly 6,000 quid in the basement, and when his wife found out, she immediately ordered a kitchen? Seems to follow a pattern indeed.

Missing bar? Missing bar? What you on about, girl? I'm just great at the 1 bar blues, the 2 bar blues, the 3 bar blues. etc. .... upto and including the 11 bar blues, but have yet to nail this elusive 12 bar one. Maybe a bit above my head and slightly beyond the quantity of my fingers... Sax: nope. I just borrowed one for a few months, as I played the flute back then. But I'm really a keyboardist. My personal take on cool: Really cool instruments: bass, drums, sax. Slightly less so: guitar, pipe organ and modular synths with loads of knobs and jacks Nothing for a while . . . . . Piano.

Cool stuff! Thanks! Oh and congrats on an easy repair. So, preventing it from wandering, eh? Hm. I think I'll write a note.

Just a noob idea, but: headstock angle and how the string rests in the nut? Not meaning any disrespect, but have you looked at the nut from the side? With a low compliance string like this one, I imagine there may be something wrong that I've seen a few times: the string making an ugly bend over the nut - seriously hindering free vibration. Some changes there, and it worked again.

Hey SB, Welcome! Yup, you're not alone. I tried the saxophone once, and could improvise a sax solo well enough, but only in 1 to 11 bar blues. Never ever reached your 12 bar level. So relax and rejoice! You're OK. That and you chose some cool instruments. Enjoy the site! best, bert

When such happens, I just stick on extra wide self-stick rubber feet, after having equipped the surface of the cab with neoprene glue and having let that glue dry. It reduces the height/width ratio drastically, which is good, and also removes the need to penetrate the case material.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1379846312' post='2217281'] Ordered it from Amazon. [/quote] ...where it's only £4.49!!! Ordered it immediately. Thanks for the heads up, guys!

Shuttles have switched-mode power supplies. Just a few days ago, another thread on here indicated that these are dependent on the correct voltage. Maybe your answer lies there, Idunno.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1379759925' post='2216475'] Can you explain how a resistor could vary with frequency, unless it was also behaving as an inductor? [/quote] Not me personally, no. I just got convinced by an article I read about it. YMMV.

Hahahaha! That brings it to a whole new level. I'll make a site. Send me two quid, the specifics of the bass, and your name, eg. "Steve from Exeter". Hm. Make that three quid.

"Hon! I managed to sell your mink! Fantastic, eh? No more guilt! And the new bass is [b]totally[/b] environment-friendly! British too! Warwick! Yeah, Bass Direct."

Oh yes! Miniature pipe organ made out of matches and matchboxes, with miniature notes of an existing organ piece. Me sis made it for me almost four decades ago. Twill never leave me. Best birthday present I ever got. An bottle of a French wine called "Le petit Bert". It's just gotta be lousy wine, but I ain't throwing that bottle. And this is only some of the music related stuff... Bonjour, Le grand Bert

Hey Richard, Nice intro for a bloke who's not planning on staying. I hope you live in a populated area so people can get a hands on experience with the Overwater. My guess is this is paramount for getting a reasonable price. Sadly it's buyers' market now. At any rate, good luck with the sale! best, bert

Swedish? Lefty? Two wrongs don't make one right, you know ... Välkommen, Johan! Hoppas du gillar att vära här! Vänliga hälsningar, Bert

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1379702394' post='2215999'] WOT has just been kind enough to drop off the 12/6 cabinet. [/quote] See? This is where BC is for losers while YouTube is for winners. If we had had any quality at all, WoT's trip to you would've been a vid upload by now!! Great show. Keep us updated indeed! (as if we need to).

Strap button placement was a problem before I shortened the strap. Now it sits perfectly, and I've dedicated that strap to that bass. YBMV (belly) Lack of headstock is no problem at all as long as pink flower shaped stick-on note paper exists. Very endearing with a pink flower there!

Add a Genz Benz GBE 750 to the statistics. (Excited as Hull: ordered yesterday, paid today, and should be with me within two weeks.)

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1379525272' post='2213725'] adequately explain [...] why cheaper pots would affect the sound compared to more expensive pots of the same value [/quote] Oh, but that's simple. A pot is essentially a resistor, and as any resistor will have a certain frequency response for starters. Problem with quite many pots is that that frequency response will change considerably when the knob is turned, making some hi-fi amp builders to not use pots at all, but opt for lots of expensive resistors instead, and mechanics so that one can choose between them with a volume knob. I'd guess not only frequency response are altered, but also phase linearity, but as said it's a guess. As an aside, AFAIK, knowledge about stuff like that started NAD. It's said they designed their first amps so they had predictable performance despite cheap components. This way they were able to make well sounding amps for a tenner or two.

[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1379544024' post='2214145'] The Korg MS-20 was 1970s vintage [/quote] Yup, it was, but did have its heydays in the 80s. Though it was introduced in '78, many countries had to wait until '79 before getting them in stock, and in Holland, the very first one (before main stock) didn't arrive until July or August '79. Edit: suddenly realise I may be misremembering that last bit about Holland. [quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1379544024' post='2214145'] horrible FM synthesis bass sounds were the staple of pop records [/quote] OK, but it's not so that FM [b]can't[/b] do good bass sound. It's just that FM needs a better programmer to pull this off, as "amateurs", for lack of a better word, make mistakes early in the process that they never escape from later on. Me personally, I'm supposed to know my stuff, having taught FM at music college. Still, I'd use three whole working days to program a good bass sound, and must say one doesn't do that very often as it gets very tedious. Better programmers than me did it a lot quicker though. Sh*t I'm ranting.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1379516896' post='2213588'] What a lovely word! [/quote] Innit? Should be in the dictionary, like "warmth" is. I'll come in again... [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1379517714' post='2213598'] Are they still in business? [/quote] Hehehe. Yup! Have been for 20 years.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1379508333' post='2213470'] Glad you could bring it down to 'my level', appreciated. [/quote] I hope you noticed I have you in high regard. Took it just one letter down. (BTW, I understood where the tongue was. Just couldn't resist an open goal.) As to power ratings, I guess it's like with many other things: that even when sellers don't lie, that they still can have a hard time agreeing on what constitutes a good way of relating to them.