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    Profanity filter gone wrong?

    in Site News

    Posted

    Thats interesting, it hadn't occurred to me that if we have a site full of foul language it can be picked up by 'parental control' type software and web surfing URL blacklisters.

    More than a good reason to **** your language. The last thing I think the Basschat forum wants is for people to not be able to get to it for one reason or another, I think anyway.

    Remarkably pointless question

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='ste_m3' post='17145' date='Jun 13 2007, 07:40 PM']Aha, ive always had a few issues with how to say some manufactures names! like...

    Pedulla... Pedyula or pedyoola
    Behringer... Bay-Ring-er or Ber-inj-er
    Epifani... Epi-Fanny or Epi-farn-ee

    Maybe i should start an off topic thread... hmm!

    anyway, to the question in hand, its always twoten to bassists. And two ten inchers two anyone else![/quote]

    beh-rin-jer
    pedyoola
    epifannee (where the accent is on the P, as in Epiphany) the guy in the gallery says epi-farnee.. Can't see that being right. But eppy-fanny makes me chortle in a playground smut sort of way.
    ageelah
    shooka! not shucka as I thought it was until I met the man.

    playsummitweknooo - is apparently a song or something round these here parts. the ole boys are always asking for it!

    Ampeg SVP-BSP Preamp

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='andy67' post='17236' date='Jun 13 2007, 10:07 PM']hi folks...

    all I see with the svp is a svt 3pro without the power section! maybe thats an amp you need to demo, I am very pleased with mine!

    oh well cant get everything right! need to do a little more research on the svp-bsp! <[oil tanker]smiley>[/quote]


    oh yeh.. and one more thing! putting line driver valves into the SVT 3's poweramp section was just ace! Makes the poweramp act a little more like a valve amp than a usual SS poweramp. Kinda compresses when you push them really hard. Just this side of distortion. (except when the amp runs out of steam)

    Ampeg SVP-BSP Preamp

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    yup, you're spot on, the all valve SVP preamp is more or less exactly the same in the SVT3 and similar in the SVT4.. and the same as the SVT 2 pro.

    The BSP has a similar EQ section, but the valve triodes are hooked up together with nothing in between, right at the start of the signal chain, before the gain control. In much the same way as the config of the Trace Elliot SMX preamps. The rest of the BSP is op-amped.

    Interestingly, I found the very best clean tone with the least noise picked off from the clean channel send. However the rendered the rest of the preamp (dirty channel etc) useless.

    I'd almost go as far as building that section of the pre as a standalone preamp.. and it would definitely sound great. Hmmm.. mebbe I just will! ;o)

    [/ geek mode]

    Monitors

    in Recording

    Posted

    Get some NS-10's!! (there's a myth attached to that, that circles the engineer fraternity.. right up there with beyer' DT100's)

    Actually, yes the obvious would be Hifi speakers! I have been monitoring on Mission floor standers for years and never realised! I'm just so used to the sound of them and compare recordings with CDs using them. a sort of psuedo mastering, if you will.

    Monitors

    in Recording

    Posted

    My guitarist recorded his whole album using the big Behringer active monitors. The record label left it as it was, save for a small amount of finalisation as far as I can tell.

    Ampeg SVP-BSP Preamp

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    One thing I can add is that the Pad button feeds straight into the valve. The gain control is actually situated after that valve. therefore, you can actually overdrive it with a hot bass with the gain control on zero! ;o) (I used to have one too you see)

    The problem you are having is the preamp's ability to drive with enough gain up to line level. FWIW, my V Type has a massive signal output in comparison to any Ampeg pre I have owned, so it's not just you.

    Frankly, its not really a problem of the power amp.. if anything, you don't need a more powerful amp.. but one whose sensitivity (the input level on which the poweramp will produce it's full output) is lower, so the preamp needn't have such a high output, to match up with.

    The odd thing is that you are driving an ampeg into an ampeg.. surely they should have matched the 2?? lol .. If you can get some sort of line driver pedal/box and plonk it in between pre and poweramp you should notice a good difference.. at the expense of some additional noise.

    Alex is also correct, I have heard of pre's being modded (and poweramps for that matter) to match kit together.

    six string bassists

    in Theory and Technique

    Posted

    awwww *embarassed* fangkoo..... ;o)

    Feel free to drop me a line cai, I can run on about ERB all night! - infact you're likely to end up telling me to shut up!

    I haven't got round to doing any new noodlings of my own (for ages infact) .. mebbe I should pull my finger out!!!

    six string bassists

    in Theory and Technique

    Posted

    Good to hear you are enjoying the sixer. I do love the ERB range.

    For specific ERB stuff, I lurk here.. [url="http://forum.extendedrangebassist.com/index.php"]http://forum.extendedrangebassist.com/index.php[/url]

    (sorry.. being lazy and haven't trimmed the link)

    For 6er players, John Patitucci and Nathan East, Steve Lawson spring to mind as does Steve Bailey and even Mr Sheehan picked up one for a song.. You have mentioned John already. There are also those who have gone beyond 6.. but essentially, it's the same instrument.. Yves Carbonne, Bill 'The Buddha' Dickens are just 2. I have picked up loadsa 6er players on myspace.. so feel free to hunt through my friends list and see what you can find. I met quite a lot of ERBers over on TalkBass and they added me... especially a 1 John "I own nearly every Conklin made" Turner. Really nice bloke who helped me buy my own Conklin a while back.

    Show Us Your Rig

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted

    I was playing with it again last night Ped. I wish I could figure out what has made it sound so much better than before? The only thing I can think of, is a change in signal path and the new cab.. mebbe it's just the cab!

    Status Kingbass on Evil Bay!!!!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    oh, no.. the more places the merrier I guess! He'll get more exposure if he is kosha.. and..well.. more if he's not! Seems ok so far though.. not that I have looked too closely at it.

    I actually wouldn't mind a 16.5mm spacing kingbass. G77 (from BassTalk has a gorgeous kingbass.

    Status Kingbass on Evil Bay!!!!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Infact I have just posted a shout on the site!

    Does seem odd that a bass that is of such a high value has such a low reserve. I would however expect the auction to rocket in the last few days.


    [edit] Dan.. silly boy.. it hasnt reached reserve yet! must read carefully!

    Profanity filter gone wrong?

    in Site News

    Posted

    My opinion: If all users refrained from using 'colourful' language in the first place, then we wouldn't even be *trying* to test these forum tools. A little restraint never hurt anyone. If you really must swear, use a little self moderation yourselves and use *** - at least then you wont have to worry about having your words replaced with the rhyming slang. Personally, I thought it'd be more fun to replace the words with meaningless jibberish, thus rendering the posts of those who swear on the forum meaningless. I would hope that would be a deterent and those who feel they really must make profanities would at least indeed use *** instead. (The filter wouldn't pick up what you were actually saying.)

    The fact that the 'tool' requires a little fettling to work properly appears to have been missed, since it was brought up earlier in the thread. I am sure that if it really doesnt work, it wont be persued. But please at least give the admins a chance to try these tools out. Such tools can only be tested online I believe, so if you guys can be a wee bit patient, then that'd be cool.

    Where are the lightweight power amps?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    Interestingly, if you get a BK catalogue, they sell the Soundtech stuff as well. Infact, looking at most of BK's kit, I actually wouldn't be surprised if they have a hand in the design anyway! - I'd have to find out, so don't take my word for it.
    Having owned BK kit, I would say to go for the BK D class rack. Also, get in touch with BK directly. They can do a lower price than that on the website. They did for me when I bought a single D-Class module. (grab a catalogue at the same time.. they do loadsa stuff for us musicians!!

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