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  1. 7 hours ago, rwillett said:

    230c is very hot for PLA. I printed all my PLA at around 205C. What filament is it? If it's too hot you'll probably get elephants feet in your models. 

     

    Other things to check is the extruder and is it accurate. Google for ender 3 extrusion calibration. You basically measure how much filament goes through on demand. Easy check to make. 

     

    I've loads of Ender 0.4 nozzles I can post you down for nothing. I'll be honest and say I rarely changed brass nozzles on my ender 3 and I printed a lot of PLA.  Low hundreds of rolls for certain. 

     

    If things are blocked in your nozzle then check the white PTFE tube and that it sits flush against the hot end. Use a proper right angled cutter on the PTFE on Capricorn tube if need be. If you haven't got a right angled cutter, I probably have one I don't need (no idea where it is and I'm on holiday for two weeks) or I'll print you a little mitre block that let's you use a small x-acto blade knife to get it at. Need to know the size of the PTFE tube. This issue manifests itself as filament comes out of PTFE against the hot end due the heat BUT oozes out around the PTFE tube and restricts filament flow. The extrusion test will demonstrate it but the causes are different. 

     

    Also what speed are you printing at? Perhaps your profile in your slicer is wrong. 

     

    Also let's get some pictures of Benchy and the temp tower. Let's see exactly what it Looks like?

     

    Other things that can be wrong on the ender 3 is that each axis is not at 90 degrees. Printing small towers, say 30mm by 10mm can show that. Print the tower twice pointing in each dimension. Then check each pair of towers by placing them back to back and rotate one tower by 90 degrees.  The Ender 3 easily gets out of alignment. A calibration cube 10mmx10mmx10mm won't show this as the cube could be a rhombus. Most Ender are out by 0.5 degree in one of the axis. 

     

    The last common issue is the brass wheel, spring and red arm on the back of the extruder might need replacing. The extrusion test might show this but the spring goes weak. It's a poor design to be honest and replacing it with direct drive makes a big difference. 

     

    Are you printing inside or in a shed or garage.  That might account for the temperature you need to print at. 

     

    The best thing about the Ender 3 is that just about every problem can be solved relatively easily and cheaply though it takes time. The tolerances on 3d printing are very low. A very small change of 0.5mm can make the difference between a print working or not. 

     

    Pictures are a massive help here. Show us the issue and it might jump out. 

     

    Hope this helps

     

    Rob

    Thankyou Rob that's very decent of you mate. I checked the stuff I had done but as soon as I get nozzles on Wednesday I will soldier on. I have checked youtube tutorials aswell so will let you know as soon as I am sorted the PLA is 1.75mm jayo in black. I have the printer on kitchen bench. The guy I bought it off upgraded to all metal extruder. I suppose it will be just a learning curve so if I can message you would be great. Again thanks for your help mate. Mark.

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  2. 9 hours ago, rwillett said:

    On the ender 3 you need to get the bed really level.  If you have the magnetic mat, each time you take it off to have to level again. 

     

    I would level using an ordinary sheet of normal 80g printer paper. You want the nozzle just touching and grabbing the paper over the printer bed. 

     

    My Ender 3 had four screws under the bed and it drove me mad at times as I'd have it set for one area and it would be out elsewhere. That's jusy the way it is. 

     

    You don't say which filament you are using. 230C is,hot for PLA. The magnetic mat is not that good for PETG as the filament sticks too much and can rip the mat 

     

    Show pics of the temp tower and which filament you are using. 

    I have done all this mate. I'm using PLA. Ordered new nozzles. Thanks though.

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  3. I bought an Ender 3 v2 second hand last week I have a feeling I need new nozzle as I tried a benchy with a couple of tweaks and it was really bad. I did a temp tower which was fine at 230 temp but rubbish at lower temps. Any advice would be most welcome. Main problem seemed to be delamination and rough layers also splattering of filament. Think I levelled the bed fine though.

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  4. Genius bass player. I love TV themes and incedental music so he's up there with Ron hazlehurst. The theme to Bergerac is outstanding tasteful playing. Just got into fretless and he's probably one of the reasons.

  5. Was having my usual male grooming routine and usually mix an oil and mosurizer then apply liberally after bath. Recently started using Palmers cocoa oil just as general moisturiser on my hands. Tried to play after fingers hadn't dried out yet and I have to admit it did help me move around on the fretboard alot and slides were effortless. Anybody tried it? 

  6. I do think the simple set up helps as well I can go through everything I have including filters on hardware synths which is interesting but limit myself to 1 pedal normally chorus or octave even just going through an uncoloured studio monitor sounds so much better. On the subject of preamp why are not more people selling filter based preamp they are so much better.

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  7. 2 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

     

    ...and that is the route to your fretless place. Forget Mick Karn, forget Jaco, forget busy playing, follow the last seven words of your sentence.

    Thanks Frank legendary comment. Are you a Buddhist mate.If not that was very sage like.haha.

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  8. 16 minutes ago, nilorius said:

    I see 3 options for You, man:

    1.play only fretted

    2.play fretted and fretless(if You feel that fretless is a different instrument)

    3.play only fretless(if you REALLY feel that fretless is a different instrument and is the only one for You.

    I preffer the 3.rd, but i keep in mind that i have that fretted Fender jazz in my room and situations in life can change everytime. So i play it sometimes, have fun and never forget about it. Nothing more to add.

    Thanks mate It's amazing how everyone who has commented so far is exactly in line with how I feel. It's just taught me how to listen again. I don't think I have properly listened for years. The guy who mentioned the lined thing was right aswell as you have to nip it a few mil left or right of the marker and I always though I was tone deaf! It's like the instrument is teaching me to pay again.

  9. 1 hour ago, Frank Blank said:

     

    ...and that is the route to your fretless place. Forget Mick Karn, forget Jaco, forget busy playing, follow the last seven words of your sentence.

    I hear you man. Fretless is an incredibly meditative experience. Its like hardly any drums just a big airy pad behind it and I leave open strings or a harmonic while Trying to play something sparse and meaningful over the top. It's a bit like singing I suppose.

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  10. 5 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

    You shouldn't really have too much difficulty transitioning to a fretless from a fretted as long as your technique and ear are good. I'm not saying you have bad technique but a player who has weak or lazy technique will struggle moving to a fretless and a fretless will really highlight this as theres no hiding. You should approach playing a fretless no different to a fretted bass, you play them the same despite having a different voice, personality and expression but bad technique will show, be it a fretted bass or fretless bass. The other thing is it's really really important to get very familiar with a fretless fretboard. They do differ and just because you have lines, doesn't mean it's the correct spot to fret. So learn your fretboard and make sure your fretted technique is strong and the transition to fretless should be painless. Start slow and stick at it.

    Thus is so true it immediately made me listen more than just playing my usual "patterns" Sounds airy fairy but I felt much more of a connection with it. I'm so used to 16th note type 70s obscure funk at like 104 bpm it's very difficult to just slow down. People have problems playing faster I have the opposite. Sometimes it just sounds amazing when I do though.

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  11. I have recently tried to make an impact on myself with fretless, it's lined. I have a massive love hate relationship with this thing. My normal lying around for noodling fretted bass has gone back in his case for the last 2 months and just now feels bizarre and club like when I pick it up. Whenever I play the fretless it either sounds like tuneless mud or sometimes I get flashes of brilliance and go to bed buzzing. One thing I have noticed is I am a very busy player on my fretted bass but the fretless has really slowed me down. I try to play like karn rather than Jaco. Did anybody else find this? Also any tips on making the transition? I did not realise what a totally different instrument it is. Sometimes I turn the drum machine off and just listen to the beauty of the wood against the strings. I have no problem getting the Mwah though as I use a lot of vibrato on guitar anyway.

  12. Couple of mates who were better when I was playing guitar. Then just listening a lot to Simon Gallup and Bernard Edwards and also hip hop when I started. Once Ii was shown how improvisation works I was away.

  13. On 17/11/2016 at 16:38, Twincam said:

    [quote name='mikel' timestamp='1479400210' post='3176276']


    They are from Co Durham, hence the "Langley Park to Memphis" Album title.
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    Way off topic but I used to date a lass from Langley park. So the title sometimes makes me think off her.

    Best Kebab really do the best kebabs there. Wendy lives in the street down from my parents in their village in northumberland in fact she told me my exhaust was falling off last month. She came to my mates 21st in the 90s wearing an amazing jacket with the crucifixion scene on the back. 

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