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    What is it about Rickenbackers?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The take of _this_ noob:

    More than 40 years ago, the Rick was the first bass I could recognize with some confidence. Chris Squire's sound, as well as his playing, made it very, very clear that later, when I grew up, I would not be willing to die before I had owned a Rick like that, and sounded like that.

    That illness has lasted, and probably will last on some more. My fantastic Bongo doesn't change that, nor do the other basses I own or will buy.
    I'm SO going to own and play a Rick, even if it means I must buy a highly specialized, expensive rig. I lurv it, and lurv it to death.

    BTW, and noobly so, the Rick is still the only bass I can recognize with some confidence.


    best,
    bert

    hello from birmigham uk

    in Introductions

    Posted

    [quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1333459131' post='1601974']
    now lives up the "posh end" in solihull ;))
    [/quote]

    Solihull? That's all you can offer? I lived in Royal Leamington Spa for a few weeks. ROYAL!


    Oh, and welcome to BC, N#!



    bert

    Hello everyone!

    in Introductions

    Posted

    [quote name='neil_d' timestamp='1333973382' post='1608899']
    Any tips on gear and playing much appreciated,
    [/quote]

    Ask and thou shalt be answered. Not by me though (noob, see?)
    Welcome to BC!


    bert

    hello all

    in Introductions

    Posted

    Hello back to you, and welcome! Hope you enjoy.
    Yes, it's a nice place. A very nice place. Lots of English humour. At least that's what I think when they call me an idiot.

    bert

    Hello from wales

    in Introductions

    Posted

    Hello from not-Wales :-)

    Welcome to BC. Please tell us a little about your noise and about the physical objects you produce it with.

    best,
    bert

    PS
    Wales = good. I've been there a lot, and love it. You're from Pontypandy, yes? ;^)

    Impedance etc

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    Knowing full well that YMMV + +, but just to be sure:

    Having given this some more thought, I think maybe you've run into a _function_ of the GB, that allows you to set the gain so that the first stage gets slightly overdriven. In case, this is a good thing, and a light is then not a warning sign but an advertisement.


    best,
    bert

    Impedance etc

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted · Edited by BassTractor

    Sorry, haven't read all eight pages, but from what I've seen, and trying to answer your last posting:

    Indeed, the amp is not "overdriven" by the Overwater. It's overdriven by that guy from South Wales.

    Without going into details:
    You are asking one or more of the amp's stages to deliver amplitudes (say volume) that it can't. Having done its very best, it clips (cuts) off the part of the amplitude it can't deliver. This clipping results in both a lower volume than wished for AND the production of a massively awful lot of new higher frequencies. Depending on construction and possible presence of protection circuitry, this might blow up the tweeter(s) in the cab.

    If the tweeter indeed is blown up, this will normally not be harmful to the amp, but in some (rare, as far as I'm aware) instances may reduce the impedance of the cab to far below what the amp's power stage can tolerate (typically removing the impedance altogether), and _that_ would possibly ruin the output transistors (or equivalent) of the amp. This too depends on construction and possible presence of protection circuitry.


    Without knowing the specifics of your gear or the specifics of that guy from South Wales: you could maybe experiment a little with the gain and master volume settings. Something as simple as that can help a lot.

    YMMV, and all that.


    best,
    bert

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