blisters on my fingers

We should all thank Mr TimR for once again succesfully ruining what was a fun thread.

Is this thread about the mildly amusing subject of the evils of bass guitar collection?

No it isn't.....Not any more .... and who changed that....

It has now become an argument about cars?

But that is what our friend does.... spoils stuff...because he can....because we let him...

On 14/12/2022 at 15:59, TimR said:

 

I seemed to have a collection of spades in my shed. Having several spades is always a good idea. In the summer I had a good clear out and decided to get rid of the excess spades. It snowed on Monday. Mrs R took the remaining spade with her in her car. I couldn't get my car out of the drive...

At least one of those spades would have come in handy. Had to borrow one from the neighbour. Wonder how many spades there are in our street. Not many judging by I seemed to be the only one clearing any snow.

 

The problem is, it's a delicate balance, many is the time I've regretted throwing something away (I can always buy another one if I really need one) only to spend hours scouring the Internet or local shops for it's replacement.

 

Then there's the 3 rubber mallets I have in the garage, because of the times I've not been able to find the other one. 

Thanks for sharing TimR  ..........  most enlightening

Whoooooosh !!!

Somebody had to spoil a fun thread..... 

Disconnect the tuner and its cables and do as @Downunderwonder and @agedhorseare suggesting.

Suspect that once you've done that all will be good.

It is difficult to tell from your photos but it looks like the return or output from your tuner is plugged into one half of a stereo return, this is not good, it is tragic!!

It also looks like the input to the tuner is connected via the send on the parallel stereo loop, this loop is not designed for this purpose.

If that all works......  you can connect the tuner to the tuner output jack with a short jack lead ....this is what the tuner output is designed for.

Good luck      and let us know how you get on

2 hours ago, paul_5 said:

Alas, not so in my case.

You poor thing........Bereft of cleft

Maybe you could have proposed your "battery test" on the dud/blown speaker in the first place, rather than make some dubious claims that an out of phase speaker makes a buzz, produces zero sound, and/or "mathematically" drops out the lows.

That might have been helpful....

"A blown speaker has a similar effect to one that is miswired, moving opposite to the working one in the lows, and good potential for buzzing too."

Interesting that a blown speaker is so similar to a miswired speaker, of course it would move in the opposite direction............it's just physics isn't it?

The buzz was described as occuring on the lower notes and not on the higher notes.

There is nothing at all mentioned about "trying to get some lows" or anything about turning up.

Are you seriously suggesting that one of a pair of speakers wired out of phase produces zero sound ? Really ?

11 hours ago, Phil Starr said:

It won't but to be fair it's almost impossible to describe a sound exactly in words.

 

A buzz could be something loose in the cab, check the speaker wires aren't rattling against anything. next thing to check are the speakers themselves: if they have been stored for a long time they may have deteriorated or may be damaged. Isolate them and try pushing them carefully back and forth, use a pint glass or similar to do this with even pressure and be gentle. Listen for any scratching sound when you do this. Examine the speakers carefully for anything that is torn or has become loose.

 

 The above is the type of response that could well help somebody track down a buzz coming from a speaker cab.

I once bought a second hand cab online from a well known bass specialist shop. It buzzed like crazy on the lower notes, turned out their appalling packaging skills were to blame for this. A small piece of expanded foam had got wedged in between the cone and the basket.

That was the problem.

Cab still going strong no more problems.

6 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

Stop you from cranking it up endlessly to no good effect.

 

+1 -1 +1 -1 +1 -1 +1 -1 +1 -1 +1 -1 = zero but also +6 -6

 

JB kept going to 11.

What is the point in talking in riddles?

So I'll ask again...

How does swapping polarity stop a speaker cab buzzing?

1 hour ago, Downunderwonder said:

It sounds like you haven't caught the gist of the suck and blow warning. Swapping the leads on the one speaker will very likely it will cure it.

 

Having one speaker pushing lows while the other is pulling lows kills the low end dead. The effect is much less noticeable on the highs.

How would swapping the polarity cure a buzz?

Belated thanks to Paul for the Nux pedal.

All good...... pleasure to deal with you.

Thanks again

Bought a book from Mick, he's a credit to Basschat and great fun to deal with.

Thanks again Mick

PM'd

2 hours ago, TimR said:

When the drummer left, I took the opportunity to give them the chance to find a new bass player. 

No doubt they were devastated.

Is it still St Crispin's day? 

St Crispin - the patron saint of cobblers 🙂             

3 hours ago, Geek99 said:

He has, to be fair, already corrected himself and conceded the point.

To be fair, he actually didn't.

You did read both his posts?

I imagine that the kindness shown by Fluid Druid will remembered by Chris' widow.

Such a sad story.

Humble, Dumble and Bumble

Pm'd 

I don't know either 

But they do help unsigned bands etc. etc. etc.etc.

Me, I'd trust them. 😀

1 hour ago, Doctor J said:

They're not supposed to lean either way.

No they are not.

So Supernaut share your wisdom with us.

Never seen pickups tilted towards the neck or the bridge, so what was your point again?

So basically   they make it up?

Think this has already been posted on here somewhere, but thanks for giving us another chance to giggle at these chancers 😀

On 25/09/2022 at 21:00, Downunderwonder said:

Where's Mort?

WHERE'S MORT?

With a bit of luck dear Mort has solved the problem 

However loud we shout he'll never hear us now 😀