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1 hour ago, ARGH said:

 

double post sry

1 hour ago, ARGH said:

I don't think anyone in Death, Grind or Black metal, regardless of where it came from sold a million on one release, the big 4 did.

Pantera sold 3m copies of Vulgar Display of Power, you could say they were nr4 for a while.

50 minutes ago, Vin Venal said:

Jason was goosestepping about giving the nazi salute

That's obviously just the metal 'horns up' 🤘 but think what you want of it.

I'm not getting paid to defend some millionaires I've never met. 

14 minutes ago, TimR said:

someone who just plays what the guitarist tells them to? 😉

*Drummer

5 hours ago, Wolverinebass said:

not acceptable

Agreed 

7 hours ago, Wolverinebass said:

The bridge isn't just off centre, it's squint as well. Look at the top of the bridge next to the scratchplate. It's not straight.

 

Now, I'm sorry, but that bass would cost more than a grand new. 

This is a €500 bass though. The Sterling By Musicman 4hh

Still too much for this kind of work but as said above, someone likely messed with it. No others left the shop like this that we know of, and plenty have been sold.

Honestly it looks like someone tried a little 'home luthiering' and put stuff back together poorly. I've not found pictures of this misalignment, even if these are the cheapest import models.

Or it could be a Chinese fake?

Hmm not enough neckdive, how can I...

We used this a few times. 

We're four big longhaired Dutchmen playing thrash metal ofcourse.

On 18/01/2024 at 18:50, warwickhunt said:

I lowered the input gain on the amp

That is an odd choice as that's where a lot of sound signature of the amp is made. You'd want to adjust the output volume to keep the tone or timbre alike as much as possible.

That said, the bottom three all have a humm or crackle and certainly the last two are quite a bit louder that the first two.

I wouldn't dar venture a guess as I'm not familiar with any of the cabs.

I only know these brands from the 90s. Back then they were considered functional. Not particularly easy to play, nothing interesting tone-wise. Dependable starter kit that could last you a while. 

It's a surprise to me that they are still in production!

Thomann do a wide range of cases.

A year or so ago I got one for a bc rich beast bass I had to ship and found it there.

It was adequate.

I've recently bought a set of Verum 1 headphones and they sound .. well I was perplexed at how you can move your attention from instrument to instrument and examine it, walk around it as it were. I've never experienced so much space in a recording! 

Overall still very very clear sounding, a bit too clear even.

Using various sources I listened through phone jack, Audioquest dragonfly Cobalt DAC, a simple headphone splitter from the Tele.. it's all a bit too much, causing some listening fatigue.

Then it dawned on me: the cans offer only 8Ohm resistance. Also they haven't been playing for even 10 hours so a little breaking in may still happen. However I was thinking of getting a tube headphone amp to warm up the sound a bit but most I've found start at 32Ohm with only a few at 16 and none at 8Ohm!

I know for many hifi and bass/guitar amps that you shouldn't run them at less resistance than indicated or they can burn up. How do I proceed from here? Are there 8Ohm, warm sounding headphone amps? Can I just run a higher specced amp on this low a load?

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

what could I say

"Thanks." 

Perhaps with a nod or a smile. 

I change my strings annually, wether they need it or not.

But then I don't gig every weekend. If I did I'd change them every six months. Dr Strings DDT because I like a higher tension, playing thrash metal.

Moving back to amps, Frank Bello always used a Hartke rig, famous for a clear and well defined sound. 

Most metal so far has been played before the advent of Darkglass so I don't see why one would go there for a great 80s/90s heavy metal tone. Modern styles sure!

Any dirt pedal will work for a bit of crunch or fuzz or hair on the teeth if blended with the clean signal that retains the bottom end. Just a matter of taste beyond that point.

56 minutes ago, MikeTheMisfit said:

 

I get what you mean by keeping it clean so not to interfere with the guitars, but there's clean and then there's ridiculously clean like my amp.

 

I'm sure even the cleanest of metal bassists have at least a tiny bit of drive or gain.

What is the amp? 

Ellefson had a pretty clean sound while Cliff used cranked tube amps, so Jason did likewise.

Jo Bench of Bolt thrower used a clean peavey head with a tube screamer pedal in the effects loop I think.  It's what I do too. One line into the amp, valve pedal in the effects return, my amp let's me mix them as I please.

9 hours ago, GrimUpNorth said:

want to get him some strap locks.   Should I just get him something like these - https://ernieball.co.uk/guitar-accessories/strap-blocks#P04603 ?

Those are fine, although they come free with each bottle of Grolsch beer :

Slightly fancier are metal ones from Schaller, Dunlop, loxx etc. Always nice to have the colour match the tuners on the bass.

.73mm on the main bass, but I seem to prefer the .88mm on the Spector.

Was it much different in the late 70s-early 80s? 

21 hours ago, lidl e said:

This fella

 

https://www.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_spaceship_power_50m.htm

 

 

Thomann will make a Thon case for it, just mail them.

Many changes over the years, now in a 19inch sized Thon case.

Bass > Gate (decimator) > Compressor > Tuner splits bypass into the amp (Aguilar db750) and output channel to the Verellen preamp that runs to the effect return of the amp.

I was convinced this was going to be spam, based on the title.

I have a Death Metal project where we play Tori Amos songs!

We're called Torn Anus.

I'm sorry for your loss. Whoever left you these must've been a person of great passion and dealt with his interests with intelligence.

Regarding the Arnold Hoyer: apparently a German company that produced around the early 80s. There's a bit more info on them on German sites, like this ad: https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/arnold-hoyer-sg-bass-shortscale/2629935523-74-7700

And a search on the German version of Bass Chat: https://www.bassic.de/search/1556726/?q=Hoyer&o=relevance