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  1. Any luck sending people a public message, Dood?  ☺️

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      Dood

      Ahh! I see! I'm in Apple world! Maybe there's something in that then! I can see my achievements - I wonder if I have a setting buried away somewhere!

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  2. Any luck sending people a public message, Dood?  ☺️

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      Dood

      I haven't seen any reference to 'public message' yet though! My goldfish brain cell is wandering around aimlessly!! 

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  3. Any luck sending people a public message, Dood?  ☺️

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      Dood

      I have to admit, I had to dash off to teach the shredders of the future, so I haven't tried to find said function yet! - I'll give it a look when I've finished the evening session! 

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  4. I've programmed some patches that sound great through headphones on my multi FX. I just hope they won't take too much tweaking at band practice tomorrow when going through an amp .

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      Dood

      There are various reasons why it might not sound as expected. Earphones will have a very different frequency response to that of the speakers / system you are plugging in to - even if the brand say thay are flat response, most are definitely not. Then you have the acoustic effect that the room space has on the sound versus the enclosed sound of headphones. (If you've had a chance to play with ARC or Sound ID or REWS, they can help us understand exactly how much the room space plays in our bass sound (and why IEM mixed can sound wildly different too). Oh and finally, those pesky Fletcher and Munson types with the loudness curves and how we perceive frequencies at volume (versus next to our ears inside headphones). Take those in to consideration and it will get a lot easier, but nothing beats getting in the space with the gear you're going to use and craft the patches on those. I suspect you know this anyway and, having a rough patch to bring to rehearsal and then tweak at the time isnt a bad thing at all! Good luck!

       

       

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  5. If im looking at an old 70's valve amp and it doesnt have a DI Out im sure ive read somewhere you can get a stand alone DI that goes in between the speaker out lead and the cab or am i completely making that up?

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      Dood

      Yup, not in series with the cabinet, but can be connected in parallel or daisy chained with the cabinet. There's several on the market and, even Darkglass' Element pedal can be used as one (up to 100W) - meaning that you can even install a cabinet emulation (along with EQ and a whole host of other parameters) post amp to then feed off to your recording device or PA system. It's not a dummy load though, so this one will still need a cabinet attached. Dummy loads do exist too, I reviewed the Sequis Element: https://www.bassgearmag.com/bassic-review-sequis-motherload-elemental/   and Darkglass Element a while back: 

       

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  6. Can you spare just ONE minute of your time to watch my video, like, share, SUBSCRIBE and follow, even leave me a positive comment? 


    It would really mean a great deal - and to prove you prefer watching actual bass content over the fakers of the world taking over our feeeeeeeds!!!!

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      Dood

      I'd really appreciate a positive comment and likes on the video itself too, thank you! 

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  7. Tiny request: When reporting content to moderators, please SAY why you are reporting it and what you want us to look into.  Much as we enjoy figuring out blank reports, it'd make life much easier. Ta!

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      Dood

      Do you get a link to the post that has been reported? For example, I reported a spammer post the other day, I couldn't send a report for the spammer account specifically, only the status post they'd made. 

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  8. The early Italian Markbass R500s - are they class D or class A/B?  Mixed messages online from they ARE class D, they ARENT class D to early ones weren't but later ones are!?!?!

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      Dood

      Oh and, if it's an early R500, then yes it will have been A/B. - The manual describes the power section as 'analog' which is typical of describing A/B class and for a 500W amp, it's heavier than it's D Class variants, so, all in all, I think it's probably safe to assume an early model is A/B. Lifting the lid on it will also prove it. 

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  9. The early Italian Markbass R500s - are they class D or class A/B?  Mixed messages online from they ARE class D, they ARENT class D to early ones weren't but later ones are!?!?!

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      Dood

      I can think of a couple of Markbass models that transitioned from A/B to D Class and the interwebz suggests that happened around 2012, so I wouldn't rule out that if the R500 was in production then it *could* have been included. Again the internet suggests that R500 production ended by 2012, I'd wonder if it remained A/B until being phased out. 

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  10. EMG Pickups in a Bartolini shell! Finally! Wow those Tobias Basses are gonna get a nice upgrade :)

     

    “EMG suggests the E4W pickups are a wide aperture big fat single coil type pickup..”

  11. I’ve just disabled my social media and I’m looking forward to having a break from the constant doom & gloom, thirst traps and selling flesh for validation posts. 
    (Make sure you follow Bass Gear Magazine on YouTube, Facebook and Insta though as all the good stuff from me will go there still )

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      Dood

      I miss the interactions with my friends, family and the amazing people I get to work with, but it’s the 95% spam, clickbait, fake stuff, biased politics and pick-me posts that makes me 🤢. Life is pretty overwhelming already right now, so I’m tapping out. I agree with you, social

      media is designed to make someone else money and it’s not good for mental health for both the viewer and the creator. 
       

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  12. Is it just me or do strings feel a little bit rougher when they are new? Always find new strings feel a bit rough until they break in

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      Dood

      I suspect there’s little “polishing” smooth caused by finger friction and rather wonder that finger gunk and grease embedded in the material acts as a lubricant.

  13. Just won a Shergold Telstar bass via an Instagram competition. Lovely! 🤩

  14. I haven’t worn these myself, but our drummer swears by the plugs he has, made by Elacin - https://www.elacin.com - he had his moulded to his ears like a hearing aid with -9 db filters. He got them through Hidden Hearing - he has had them for ten years, but reckons there are probably cheaper options out there these days

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      Dood

      Elacin are made by Etymotic Research, probably one of the first companies to make "filtered" ear plugs that were actually any good as well as near-flat response in-ear earphones. 

      If you buy ear plugs by companies such as 'Hearos' - they are also Etymotic Research products - indeed, the give away is that the product name usually starts ER. i.e. ER25 would be a 25dB attenuation plug. I used the moulded models for years until I lost one!

      Your alternatives include ACS who also make filtered moulded ear plugs and they are available in the UK for a good price. Even better if you buy them through Musician's Union https://musiciansunion.org.uk/membership-benefits/musicians-hearing-health-scheme under their Musicians' Hearing Health Scheme.

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  15. Over the next few weeks in my podcast: Robin Mullarkey and Dave Swift. Both great guys and great players. Can't wait to publish those episodes.

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      Dood

      Following! Looking forward to listening when I get a mo'!

       

       If you fancy giving my YT channel / Instagram / FB a follow i'm @DanVeallBassist

       

      https://www.youtube.com/@DanVeallBassist

      https://www.instagram.com/danveallbassist/

      https://www.facebook.com/DanVeallBassist 

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  16. Over the next few weeks in my podcast: Robin Mullarkey and Dave Swift. Both great guys and great players. Can't wait to publish those episodes.

    1. Dood

      Dood

      Where can we access your PodCast BassAgent?

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  17. Every now and then I get an incredible pang to return to my amplifier roots and get a Marshall. I’d love to own a 7400, at least try one out. (Although in  reality, the Marshalls were my first amps, the Ampeg SVT 2 Pro stayed the longest)

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      Dood

      @WalMan! Same here! Mine’s a 68/69! I think that’s a job for this week! Love ‘em! It’s making the noises in this review I did

       

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  18. Every now and then I get an incredible pang to return to my amplifier roots and get a Marshall. I’d love to own a 7400, at least try one out. (Although in  reality, the Marshalls were my first amps, the Ampeg SVT 2 Pro stayed the longest)

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      Dood

      @walshy I’m gonna look in to that. I’d love to buy it back should I be able to. 

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  19. Every now and then I get an incredible pang to return to my amplifier roots and get a Marshall. I’d love to own a 7400, at least try one out. (Although in  reality, the Marshalls were my first amps, the Ampeg SVT 2 Pro stayed the longest)

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      Dood

      I think it would be one of those amplifers that I'd want to get and keep, it'd be amazing for gear reviews too. I only wish that I hadn't sold my SVT 2 Pro to @walshy when I needed to, as I'd love to have my video set include a shelf of my all-time-favourites on show! Oh, it'd be rude not to take it out for gigs though, obviously! @Lozz196, I was a lucky youngster, I'd demo'd the IBS, IBS Anniversary and DBS ranges all when they first came out. the 7400 leaving such an indellible mark in my memory that stretching my budget as far as I could as a kiddo, led me to gigging the IBS to within an inch of it's life. Yup, I'd love to get my hands on one again to see if the magic is still there! Thank you :) 

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  20. Only realised after ordering from them that DV247 in Romford is no more... Now it seems to be just the German team, who don't respond to emails and also use UPS, which requires a US address to give delivery instructions... Shame, they were really good when they had a UK store.

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      Dood

      Its a shame, it was a good store and whilst the actual shop front is now closed, I wondered that as they were advertising a UK call centre (the number above) that they'd at least have a few people left in the offices upstairs! 

      I've not tried the number, might be worth it to see where it goes! 

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  21. Only realised after ordering from them that DV247 in Romford is no more... Now it seems to be just the German team, who don't respond to emails and also use UPS, which requires a US address to give delivery instructions... Shame, they were really good when they had a UK store.

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      Dood

      Shame! - Is this still a thing?
       

      Our Callcenter in Romford UK

      +44 17 0877 1900
      Monday–Friday: 8:30am - 5pm  |  Saturday: 9:30am - 5pm  (GMT)

       

      - I used to work opposite the shop for many years and often popped in. 
       

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  22. Ladies and gents, my beautiful granddaughter Ellie. Born at 03:15 yesterday. 

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      Dood

      Awwwwww Ellie! I’m made up for you mate 😊☺️

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  23. Just been looking through the "Basses for sale" thread. 

    For the first time in ages there are some amazing, not often seen, basses for sale.

    Choice of 2 Pedullas, headless ACG, to name just a few .

    I'm glad that I'm skint, otherwise I would be buying more basses that I don't "need".

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      Dood

      Shame secondhand prices are bonkers though...

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  24. Just been looking through the "Basses for sale" thread. 

    For the first time in ages there are some amazing, not often seen, basses for sale.

    Choice of 2 Pedullas, headless ACG, to name just a few .

    I'm glad that I'm skint, otherwise I would be buying more basses that I don't "need".

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      Dood

      Dear lordy there are some stunning basses for sale! I'd love a little windfall so I can buy back/replace some of the kit I had to lose when my 'world' turned to sh*t. 

       

      Oh, I might buy a bass or two that I don;t need as well.. I mean... I deserve that!! ha ha ha!!!

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  25. Inside the Burns factory 1965 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuuIF6mmRLA

     

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      Dood

      The clip was also in the absolutely brilliant guitar documentary from 1987 - I must have watched in back then hundreds of times!

       

       

       

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