bassmayhem

Well: delivered! Really nice amp, fat like a Streamliner and clarity like the Shuttles... [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20160205_170603%20-%20kopia_zpslysdz9b2.jpg[/IMG]

'Ts my pleasure, colgraff... Dingwalls are addictive, so now I have paid a deposit for a candy purple Leland Sklar model. Now wait, wait, wait...

Well, I ordered one and get it delivered on Friday. Seems like I get the first one out there. (At least [i]out there here in Europe[/i]...)

I have one on order; will be home in a couple of days. What about MIDI...? It looks like it has MIDI:

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1450822461' post='2936282'] 'Fender' SC [url="http://s54.photobucket.com/user/warwickhunt/media/sc%20sado_zpsoegjtdrj.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] This is a really good looking bass-to-be. Who builds it? Yourself?

The Thumpinator is a smart gadget; you get your filter ready for use, instead of a lot of talk about how simple and cheap it is to build and in the end never do a thing about it. I could build one myself, but why should I? Then there is a lot of theories about compressors and eq:s. An eq is there to sculpt your tone. A high pass filter is there to take away problems so you can have your tone. A compressor that is fed with a lot of low note rumble will squash your tone. I had a very nice power amp a while ago - I was stupid and sold it - a QSC PLX 3402 that had a built in high pass filter. You could set it flat (no filter), at 30 Hz and 50 Hz. (Many PA:s filter out under 50 Hz...) The amp could deliver 2 x 1700 W RMS in 2 ohms, a real power plant. I tried with my Lakie 55-94 into an Avalon U5 into the QSC and then to my old Eden D410XST. When I pushed the B-string towards the pickup, the cones moved to their outer limit. Just like that. When I played some slapping, the cones almost popped out. The volume was "moderate", but remember: it was a BIG amp. I set the filter at 50 Hz: that was not pleasing. You could hear the difference. I set it at 30 Hz: no audible difference from flat! Only difference was you hardly could see the cones move. Conclusion: a high pass filter saves amplifier power and the life of your woofers. The Thumpinator filters out at 28 Hz. 4 Hz under low B. That sounds like no margins, but at these frequencies 4 Hz is a lot. Since I am lazy, I'll get a Thumpinator to add on my pedalboard, before the compressor. Even if many amps have built-in filter, not all have it...

[IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20151130_173513_zpsxh38qeba.jpg[/IMG] My new NS Radius fretless...

"... These speakers sound a bit 'mid scooped' to me. ..." I have a duo of TKS 2126 cabs. The 2126 and 1226 are kind of the same animal, just different sizes. I also have a Streamliner 900 I use with one 2126. The thing is, the 2126 and 1226 have a really full and deep bottom. Another thing is the STL 900 has a very emphasized bottom end too, so the pair could easily get boomy and "lack mid". Here is the finesse with the whole tamale: if you cut the low on the amp - not a thing a bass player like to do - and maybe, just maybe, add a tad of mid, well, then you're there. A good thing with the cab is that you can save some amp headroom that way. Last week I used both my 2126 cabs stacked behind me with my trusty old WT800B on a jazz gig; not for sheer loud volume, but to have the tone behind me all the time. I played my six string Dingwall: a dream!