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1 hour ago, tony_m said:

I'm liking the NUX Flow I picked up on the BC Marketplace a while back. Has three different tuning modes (Chromatic, Guitar, Bass), three different display modes (Strobo, Arrow 1 and Arrow 2), and three different bypass modes (True Bypass, Buffered Bypass, Buffered Bypass Monitor), a large bright display which is great for my ageing eyesight, and is pink. Can't vouch as for its accuracy or whether it's the "best", but it works for me - I've had a Boss TU-2 and Ashdown Bassometer previously, and the NUX is definitely my favourite to use.

 

https://www.nuxaudio.com/flowtune.html

 

 

Another vote for the Nux from me! (I went for the blue option)

Any idea if this would fit a G&L Tribute l2000?

3 hours ago, Lord Sausage said:

Hi everyone.

 

 

Just tried it out. I'm really happy with it. Paul, who made it is a legend!

 

I didn't really notice much difference when switching the Ac/passive switch. I'm not sure if it's just because I didn't have the amp on loud.

 

Does this switch just knock a couple of dB of the input or does ot effect the gain knob? I'm not too up on all that stuff.

 

 

Cheers

Looking at the schematic it adds an extra resistor in the input path so it looks like it knocks DB's off rather than effect the gain knob behaviour but in practice it seems pretty subtle

3 hours ago, 0175westwood29 said:

Show your settings and also is the comp first in line? 

Attack - 9'oclock  Release - 3 o'clock Squeeze - 3 o'clock volume - midday

Yes first in line!

2 hours ago, 2elliot said:

That's what happens with the compressor in my Orange 4Stroke amps. It's supposed to do that on the amp head. It could be just the way Orange build their compressors.

 

Email Orange and ask them, they have alway been very helpful.

Good to know that's a normal function! And thanks for the tip on emailing Orange, I'd read on another forum their customer service was iffy but maybe they were just unlucky!

7 minutes ago, Lord Sausage said:

Is that Fuzzdog too?

It is yes.  Sorry I got the name slightly wrong, it's BAD Mofo (and it is). It comes in mini or large variations, there's no difference in functions except the mini fits nicely in a 1590B enclosure (a bit tight but not nothing too much to worry about).

https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/product/badmofomini

https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/product/badmofo

It's a really useful pedal, you can dial in a really wide range of sounds, I'd also recommend the little Mofo preamp - 4 different amp modes with some really nice overdrive/fuzz if you push it

I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to compressors but I'm a bit puzzled with the behaviour of my Kongpressor.  When I increase the squash (turning it clockwise) it also increases the volume. Is this normal behaviour for the Kongpressor as you'd think more compression would lower the volume?  Also on many youtube videos you see the orange light triggering while they play but on mine it takes a crazy amount of boost - I have to put my passive bass through a pre-amp ramped up to get it to light up, is that normal behaviour for the Kongpressor or should I return it?

Many thanks if anyone can help!

Pm'd

Yes please! PM'd

4 hours ago, neepheid said:

Hey, you do you. Me, I only change hardware if there's something operationally wrong with it, or as part of a colour change.  Been through the modding for modding's sake phase of my passing life and found it to be little more than a money suck.

Yeah, I think it probably is a modding for modding's sake if I'm being completely honest.  Having set it up I've not had any problems with intonation or sustain.  You can fall into a trap of thinking more expensive will mean better rather than if it's not broke....

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

What are you hoping to gain from changing the bridge?

You know I never thought about it much, I kinda assumed it would improve the instrument and maybe I was just getting carried away after changing the tuning heads (which have definitely made a difference).  Having looked into more maybe it's not such a great idea after all!

Hello my bass playing friends,

Just wondering if anyone can suggest a bridge such as Gotoh to upgrade my Sire U5?  Possibly with little or no modification (i.e extra drilling) would be really nice!

Many thanks!

PM'd

Hello fellow Basschatters,

I love my short scale U5 but it is a bit top heavy.  I was wondering if anybody out there in Basschat land would happen to know of a suitable lightweight replacement for it? And if possible is there a drop tuner that would fit too?

Thanks and appreciation in advance.

Paul

Message incoming!

Oooo I like it! Sticking with this from now on!

PM'd!

PM incoming your way!

PM'ed Re Comfort Strapp

36 minutes ago, BassBunny said:

 

BTW it's a 1Meg reverse audio taper npt 10M 

 

Durrr *facepalm*

3 hours ago, BassBunny said:

CTS Pots will be way less than £10 a pop.

Do CTS do a 10M reverse audio taper do you know?

Found it! These guys sell pots for Tribute, it was a couple of years ago when I contacted and they were selling them for £10.20 a go - https://www.togs.eu/

2 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

All the info you could need is here

https://www.bassesbyleo.com/gl_bbe_wiring_diagrams.html

Great! The simplified wiring is especially tempting, I've never seen such a bird's nest as in the L2000

2 hours ago, jrixn1 said:

Perhaps you already tried, but would switch cleaner help with the scratchy pot?  The one I have is Servisol Super 10.

Here is the L2000 wiring:
https://www.bassesbyleo.com/images/g&l_tech/l-2000/l2k_wiring_diagram.pdf

The pots are these ones:
https://g-l-online-store.myshopify.com/products/split-shaft-potentiometer-tribute-series-bass

i.e. two 250k audio taper and one 1M reverse audio taper.  But I found the 1M reverse impossible to source in Europe!  I looked everywhere...

I'd found a place a while back that sold G&L spares in the UK but I've lost the email and contact details. I found them originally through this http://www.dist-x.com/

They weren't cheap and each pot was over a tenner, I'll try find their contact info.