Bolo

Repetition of "Click bait", suggestion of "dropped on his head as a child" went too far IMO. Anyway, I hope I have contributed to some clarification on the subject of hearing protection.

They way OP is attacked in this discussion is shameful. Even when what he was told was incomplete or incorrect, there is no reason to mock someone so harshly for sharing what they consider New Information. I work as an audiology assistant at a major university hospital in the Netherlands, where I spend my days measuring patients hearing loss, indexing their tinnitus levels, establishing speech recognition scores after cochlear implantation etc. etc. A Google search will tell you that ear defenders struggle to attenuate more than 30dB SPL on average reliably. They encompass the ears but rest on the os petrosum, the bone behind the ears in which the cochlea is molded. Ear plugs, of any make, wil attenuate SPLs up to 25-30ish dB, with a bonus for blocking the auditory canal (the shape of the auditory canal boosts volume around 2k Hz -3k Hz). Together, at most 50-60 dB of attenuation is achieved. This could be comparable to hushed or polite conversation levels. Sound louder than that will make your head function as transducer and when the skull vibrates, so does the cochlea, making it send that information to your brain and you hear sound. When this attenuated sound level reaches intensities that causes fatigue, it can damage the cochlea just like pressure through the auditory canal would. Now infection. Ears require sufficient clean air to stay healthy. Closed off for too long, temperature and moisture may rise just enough for fungi or bacteria to flourish in spite of you earwax trying to hold them at bay. Keeping your ears and sinuses airated helps against festering and inflammation (hence the eardrum tubes for chronic sufferers). I hope you all read this in sir David Attenborough's voice.

Super glue though!

Every guitar manufacturer that does mass production has quality control at their regional distribution centres to double-check the factory's work. All instruments that fail QC are utterly destroyed to prevent possibly faulty parts reaching the market, even eBay or gumtree, because that would be a marketing nightmare.

I shall have to suggest this as our next album title. We play soft-rock ballad covers.

Try a different 2x12. The orange sounds great but is really a 1x12 in disguise and is not the loudest out there. You may find that a single good 2x12 is all you need.

I have about a buck fifty, still more money than sense

What do you want powdercoated?

The boss hm-2 comes to mind as it got credit for the Goteborg Sound in the 90s

I agree, though the Czech I recently traded my SR5 for is the only reference I have. It is truly outstanding!

700 seems a bit steep for a Korean, although the sound and playability will probably be just fine.

A Musicman bass VI, perhaps even in the St.Vincent body style.

Subs generally filter off anything above 110-130Hz. It wil sound like hotsnakes.

This! Very good frontman though. Can you imagine being charismatic enough to overcome those shaky vocals?

The singer sounds like an enthusiastic kareoke attempt though. Musically very good band and bringing the party, but I can't get past those vocals.

Prog rock and math metal, post core and what have you are all very popular at the minute. Some of those particular basses have been for sale for months and get bumped up regularly.

Don't need to read stuff if you already have an opinion

I dislike 19mm! 17-18 are fine but 19mm feel disconnected from eachother.

Zandvoort Company Cafeteria here to steal your mothers and annoy your girlfriends! 🤘

I'll keep saying Moog like moo g. I don't understand their products so I fear and hate them.

My Name is Mud

If you're going straight to desk odds are they will have compression running on your signal already. If you want more texture or whatever your first chat should be with the sound guy/gal I think. I use a Cali76 compact. Used a MXR basscomp for years but decided it was too clean.

13 -I think- runs at Dynamo Open Air starting when I was 14. The bands, the fans, rain & shine, sex drugs and rock ' roll, the comradery, pranks and shenanigans with complete strangers, leaky tent and a foot deep stinky mud to sweltering heat and everyone with their top off. If you don't like a party, stay at home.

We can't abide bass players going popular, 's not right!

Fresh battery and strings, all eq centered, adjust to taste. Have fun picking one 👍