HowieBass

So he needs something like these? http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/IsoTabs/

What are the distances between the pickups and strings like? Some of the volume difference may be due to pickups being at different heights (maybe lower the P bass pickup?).

I wonder how a square of thick ply, with 4 screws driven through it to act as spikes, would work as a way to decouple a bass cab from the floor?

This is the best [s]excuse[/s] reason to have another bass in your collection, so yes go out and get another Jazz!

If it's a metal cased unit in a rack with other metal cased units (which are earthed) and there are metal to metal connections where bolts secure the units to the frame then surely the Sony casing will already be earthed? Be interesting to see what happens when you do isolate it though.

Secondhand Cort B4 maybe? Like this one demoed here http://youtu.be/AB0GM_mNKPY

I think at times the contestants have shown up the judges for singing ability...

Might be worth taking a photo of the cover as fitted to the cab to highlight the problem areas and send it to them so they'll know how far out their pattern is (hopefully so that they won't make the same mistake twice).

Yeah I wanted Christina Marie too... ... I mean to win, obviously!

I'd want to check what the top C sounds like with the bridge pickup, the string isn't too well placed over the poles.

Yeah I've been spotting plenty of love for the P bass on there

Have you checked if the cover matches the measurements you provided? (Unless this is one of the regular covers they offer). If it doesn't match what you ordered then you're quite right to complain and in any case if there's a tear in the fabric that needs addressing - I'm quite surprised hearing about this and there's another BC member having similar issues - the custom cover I ordered a few months ago is pretty much perfect.

NICE bass!

I could be wrong but I think most people go looking for Mr Palladino rather than the other way round and knowing what Trent Reznor is like I think he's pretty keen on getting things done how he likes rather than letting others steer his ship. Of course, as with many bands, he's decided to move NIN on rather than stagnate which is probably why the band has come back from what most people imagined was its demise a few years ago (at which point HTDA and soundtrack music became Reznor's creative outlet). At least you can go back and listen to Pretty Hate Machine whenever you like but I doubt that NIN will ever play the material live exactly the way it was first recorded. I'm in a slightly similar position with Radiohead and the albums following on from OK Computer, but then when In Rainbows appeared I fell in love with the band again.

Nice Wal bass there... new music for me also Now, you might already know of Shpongle, but if not check this out... http://youtu.be/jWyye9OneUM

That still sounds to me that there's a little too much relief in the neck (and that maybe an 1/8 to a 1/4 turn tighter would get the action where you want it without lowering the saddles or shimming the neck). Anyway, did you try the shim and has it worked?

More NIN with Pino from the ACL gig; industrial gospel? http://vimeo.com/90368294

Trent does tour NIN without PP http://youtu.be/sRrQrow-PK0

Bit of info here about how to set up the controls on the amp which you might find useful [url="http://www.britishaudioservice.com/inst/MK%20V%20GP11.pdf"]http://www.britishau...%20V%20GP11.pdf[/url]

By the way, there's a post here which shows the front and back of what looks to be the same pre-amp as yours but this other unit is teamed with a Trace Elliot (badged on the rear panel) power amp - notice the additional switches for the fan speed and UV light [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/180062-trace-elliot-ah250-gp11-mk-2/"]http://basschat.co.u...h250-gp11-mk-2/[/url]

I sometimes think that Pino has one of the best jobs on the planet

I think we're generally a bit lazy here in our use of the term 'tension'; I know what somebody means when they talk about it; it's how the string responds when struck but yes in actual fact we're talking about compliance which as mentioned depends on numerous factors. Broadly though, we expect higher tension strings to be less compliant.

Not sure what you're saying regarding 'Horne', it's not a term I recognise but the combination of input gain and output volume determine how loud the output signal is, as you're aware turning the input gain up too high pushes the pre-amp into distortion (with a valve pre-amp that's 'grit' which is the desirable overdriven sound many desire) and yeah the output volume control determines the amount of amplified signal you send to the speaker - I too wouldn't expect to hear anything if the output volume is set to zero. Might be a simple loose connection somewhere so don't assume all is lost until you get the amp back to the technician.

You've paid for an experienced tech to service the amp and it doesn't deliver what you expect based on his appraisal of the power handling capability. Take it back with the cab and demonstrate the problems you're having.

I'd take it back with your cab and just see what he suggests when you plug in. Has he identified what's actually in the head itself (pre-amp and power amp?). BTW where do you get your figure of 200 watts from?