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Since Phil called for violence against Dime (weeks before the assassination) and turned into full blown KKK I'm absolutely done with that piece of scum.

Rule of thumb is that the wattage is calculated to the power output before distortion. Valve amps for electric instruments are designed to operate beyond the point where distortion occurs. For bass, 300 watt valve amps are not uncommon because of the vastly increased headroom (how long it sounds clean Vs power output).

Increasing the amplification beyond the maximum undistorted signal is Overdriving and will alter the nature of the signal. 

The area where this sounds pleasing in some way gives a lot of extra loudness output so the amplification and power usage if measured at the wall are actually way higher than the rated wattage.

Looks ok to me, great for learning to work the bass or heavy hitting plectrums.

The pic is of the useless end too.

You don't have this problem at metal gigs.

Err, what kind of link is that? I shouldn't have clicked on it but it's before my morning coffee. Opened some sort of faux mail programme?

The correct way is of course to fill the holes with a fitting wooden dowel and woodglue, then drill the appropriate size hole.

That's some TurboEncabulator text right there 

1 hour ago, Ed_S said:

SSL Labs usually gives you a fair idea of what's going on, and their tests won't complete for the BD site due to behaviour which "usually happens when there are multiple TLS servers behind the same IP". Before failing, the tests return the SAN certificate I'd expect, and also a seemingly unrelated wildcard for a shared SSL CA which seems to belong to a hosting provider called Heart Internet. The IP of the site sits under the ASN for Host Europe, but in a block assigned to Heart, so that ties up. I don't get alerts from either my home systems or our secure gateways at work, so I'll continue to look at the pretty pictures on the purely personal assessment that it's more likely a sub-optimal configuration than anything malicious in that one particular instance.

 

 

Yup! And and don't trust my assessment either - you've paid them to keep you safe and they seem to be doing an alright job.

Did you check the set up? Action may have changed with the fresh strings.

Otherwise try some fast-fret.

Hofner shorty violin bass would be my pick, affordable and very easy to play https://www.thomann.de/nl/hoefner_shorty_violin_bass.htm

edit: and cheap!

The markbass compressore I had for a while ticks many of your boxes.

I get my DDTs from Thomann. I can't find anyone that beats their price.

7 hours ago, TheLowDown said:

So if lower pitches are affected then our tinnitus sounds will be of a lower pitch. Same for higher pitches. 

In practice this happens often but as Beato says it's sometimes transposed to different pitches or sounds. Some people hear drilling, or think it's the neighbour's washing machine, or an airplane spooling before take-off.

Tinnitus also occurs without hearing damage, often to highly sensitive people or people who have filtering deficiency (possibly somewhere in the ADHD/ADD or autism spectrum, even if very lightly).

Good of him to give attention to his (and many of ours) affliction!

My tinnitus was the reason I retrained in to the audiology field.

He mentions how loud it sounds. The experience of sound is created in the hearing center of the brain. The last step sound travels to your consciousness. It's usually only a few dB above your hearing level but as it's added last you'll hear it over loud 'outside' sounds. The loudness required to drown out the tinnitus is not the same as the loudness òf the tinnitus.

It is a son of a beach to learn to live with.

13 minutes ago, Misdee said:

Yes!

 

I suppose it's out of necessity though. If festivals were how they used to be all these Instagram kids would be suing the organisers and seeking therapy for the trauma they had experienced. Let's just hope this country doesn't have to go to war again.

Best call nurse, you've forgotten to take your meds again.

29 minutes ago, Bunion said:

Jerry Lee Lewis - “I can assure you that my wife is all woman, even though she looks kinda young.”

 

about the wife he said was 15.

Although she was actually 13 and his cousin.

And they were married for 13 years during which the press unrelentingly flayed them, ruining his career and sending him in to deep depression.

LOXX.

Schallers wore through and dropped my bass, as did Ernie Ball.

50 freedom units for a short bit of mediocre leather isn't great either. I think that's about what my Maruszczyk padded extra wide prime leather straps cost me.

2 hours ago, Bunion said:

Maybe it was a statement rather than an entertainment choice 😂🤣

A threat, possibly.

Give guitar some space and go grab a banana.

Or lock in with rhythm guitar and hold down the basic riff.

On 08/01/2022 at 17:04, BassApprentice said:

Looking to upgrade the pickup and preamp in my MTD Kingston, but it seems to be an odd size - 50mmx105mm

 

Anyone know of any off the shelf pickups that would fit. Would like to pair it with a Spector Tonepump if that helps. 

 

Thanks! 

The Nordstrand MM 5.2 are a straight drop in I believe.

2 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

I've found quite a few and many are to suit the more discerning metal head but there's one with a wider appeal who stand our, Hey Colossus.

My favourite of their songs  is The Mirror which features vocals by Mark Lanegan on the Dances / Curses album.

As a discerning metalhead, please list some. Unbelievably Krisiun have been a recent discovery for me.

1 hour ago, Doctor J said:

If you can't hear the difference, do you really need the effect?

I'm using the booster solely for confidence 

A simple beach shelter will keep the sun off your pedals.

The lady can easily tell you whether they're on or not.

If it's stupid but it works, surely it isn't stupid?

Nothing before the show. One bottle of pilsner (33cl) during to keep the throat wet. Possibly one after all the gear is cleared away.