SteveO

Ok, I'll admit i'm wrong. It appears that they use 2 ohm drivers when building 8x10's as most punters want 4 ohm loads. however there are 8 ohm 8x10's out there... [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/gallien_krueger_810glx.htm"]Gallien krueger 810[/url] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_810pro.htm"]Fender 810[/url] The 2 x 410's with a patchbox would be easier to lug around. (plus you can use just one cab when your back starts complaining )

the slightly longer answer is yes. two 4ohm cabs in series will give you an 8 ohm load. if you're handy with a soldering iron and have a small box, 3 mono jack plugs and about 10 inches of appropriate wire then you'll be able to knock up a small patch box in 10 mins that'll save messing with the insides of the cabs. can't see why an 8x10 would be anything other than 8 ohms. assuming using 4ohm drivers... (this may be a BIG assumption, it appears to me that most cabs use 4 ohm drivers, but I may be totally mistaken about this)... then how would you wire it to be a 4 ohm cab?

hei henning, where abouts are you? I'm in Hønefoss (65km north of Oslo) but don't be fooled though, I'm English. Jei snakke Norsk, bortsett ikke fint, and I hope that means what I think it means We also have annother Norwegian hereabouts somewhere, but I'll let him introduce himself. Oh and Welcome to the forum. [edited to say that I don't speak norwegian very well instead of the original which said I talk too fast (at least I think it did ) ]

[quote name='eastwind' post='224641' date='Jun 23 2008, 01:11 AM']...When I play with a pick I never feel really connected with my bass, but a pick has its uses and I like a lot of pick wielding bassists but I would advise you learn to use your right fingers as it will open up so many new ways of approaching your music.[/quote] +1. I never feel comfortable playing pick, although it makes it a hell of a lot easier playing 4 mins of straight semiquavers punk style (yawn) I much prefer to feel the strings under my right fingers. and a big +1 to... [quote name='jakesbass' post='224765' date='Jun 23 2008, 10:53 AM']...Definitely don't do any one thing because you think others will think badly of you if you don't. f*** 'em.[/quote] Give it a try. It'll give you annother sound to play with, and throwing in a song with fingers will stop your set sounding too "samey" even if all your songs are the same style. [Edit] I read that last sentence twice and it still sounds vague. What I was trying to say was that when you're playing a set of songs in the same style then throwing one in played with the pick (in my case) can break up the set and stop it getting too monotonous to the ears of your audience. [End Edit].

sounds a bit gimicky. The blurb talks of not being distracted by the sound of a metronome, but isn't the point of having a metronome running so that you can keep the tempo accurate? and if you're being distracted by the click then you're obviously not concentrating on it, so why have it switched on in the first place? Actually It doesn't seem such a silly idea. if you're really unsure about your timing then you could wear one of these at a gig , although as bassists we usually have our own metronomes aka drummers. Maybe more useful to drummers for this use. I wouldn't buy one tho, whenever I'm practicing my timing and rythm I use Guitar pro to play the drums. firstly it's more interesting than cick, click, click and secondly I think it helps to feel the rythm, and get used to playing with a drummer (strange that ). When you get on stage you don't wanna be thrown by syncopated patterns n suchlike.

[quote name='Buzz' post='222292' date='Jun 19 2008, 05:35 PM']Return to trumpet (or it's slightly smaller brethren, the cornet). It's doable one handed if you've got a strong arm and fingers, and you could jury rig up something to attach it to your forearm most likely.[/quote] That'd be my choice, Well, that and the bone. I don't think i'd stoop to singing though... Believe it or not I do have some principals.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='222176' date='Jun 19 2008, 03:25 PM']Why have a cheapie unit when I have an Alesis 2 channel fully adjustable jobbie for sale for less than you'd pay for a stompbox [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=21785"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=21785[/url][/quote] pm on it's way

[quote name='AREA' post='222165' date='Jun 19 2008, 03:15 PM']I use the t.c.electronic Vintage Compressor and I like it very much... [/quote] At £150 I wouldn't say it was particularly cheap No worries, I got the Behringer one today anyway, the local guitar emporium were flogging them for 120kr (about a tenner) so I though to try and see. As expected it's cheap and nasty, I don't think it'll last more than a month (even though it's not gonna be stomped on in anger), but on the plus side it does a good job of supressing the noisy peaks when I descend into slappy-happy-ness, and isn't noisy (no hiss when not playing) I'll see if the electronics last, if they do then I might be tempted to chuck it into a half-rack with a couple of decent pots when the plastic breaks.

Look, I know, I'm sorry, this has probably been asked a million times etc... My old zoom 506 stopped working a while back (well, to be technical it got a bit squashed by a 1x15 being dropped on it) I was thinking of getting the B2.1u (nearly bought Kennyrodg's, but was foiled by the Norwegian banking system and Paypal not liking each other very much) I've been thinking. The only things I used on the old Zoom were the tuner and compressor. My plan is to get a cheap compressor. I don't care if it's stompbox or rackmount, it's not gonna get turned off, just gonna plug in and leave it sat on the amp to do it's thing. So... here's the question... Has anyone actually got / tried one of the cheapies.. Behringer, Harley Benton etc... I'm just looking for something to last for a month (until payday, when I'll look for something more permanent, and obviously less money spent on this = more beer money, and over here you don't get much beer for your money ). I know there's the build quality/ wouldn't buy that cheap crap issue, but I don't care. I just wanna know if they do what they're supposed to do or not. thank'ee kindly very much SteveO

Me You thought it was hard teaching a guitarist how to play a riff propperly? try getting 25 different people to play what [i]you [/i]want instead of what they [i]think [/i]you want (or what [i]they [/i]want) Although you do get to put on a sarcastic voice and ask them to play what's on the page, if it's not too much trouble [edit] I write orchestral music if it isn't obvious [end edit]

Pop out's always seemed to pop out at the most awkward moments. I pulled all mine out and got a sackbarrow (advice from BW a long time back) which was great - could move the 1x15, 4x10 and head all at once (with a strap around them all ) Now, my cabs have all got permanent castors, but I still use the sackbarrow, it's a hell of a lot easier to move around (i'm using Behringer cabs with wheels at one side only which means having to lift the other end to move about

You all sit and polish your basses??? You need to get out more.

I've had my RBX 375 for 3 years now, I can honestly say that there is no way that I'd get rid of it. The fretboard feels fluid, the range of sounds from the twin pups is enourmous, even before you start messin with fx, it isn't a backbreaker and it has to be the best value for money bass that I've ever played. There are nicer 5 strings out there, but you're looking at much more money. After trying one out in Uncle Tony's in Middlesbrough I knew I had to have one, and if I'd had £400 I'd have bought it there and then (I thought £400 for it was a bargain, based purely on what I thought it was worth). After looking on Thomann, I got one for £200 inc delivery and I still grin like an idiot whenever I pick it up .

[quote name='uptonmark' post='214381' date='Jun 7 2008, 03:27 PM']...another thing is that the pup originally supplied had one [b]RED[/b] wire running from pup to pots yet the wizard has two wires running from pup to pots, one [b]BLACK[/b] and one [b]WHITE.[/b] using a diagram from the internet i wired the black to the centre of the pot and the white to the middle of the three little bits that protrude from the pot. any help much appreciated[/quote] [quote name='warwickhunt' post='214381' date='Jun 7 2008, 01:22 PM']I'm fairly certain that the Wizard pup won't be a HB and only has 2 wires not 3. Have you tried to speak to Andy yet?[/quote] OK, I have actually bothered to look at the wizard 84's this time before posting. Yup, the're not humbuckers, forget everything I've said above, there's only 2 wires. I find it hard to believe that the original had only 1 wire, there must have been 2 for the electrons to go round and do their thing... so that means that there was annother wire going somewhere... the 2 wires from your wizard's need to go where the 2 wires from the original was. it's that simple. ... oh and swap them if you get phasing problems. Oh, bugger, that's all been said before by other peeps now hasn't it. you'd better ignore this post aswell then. ... looking for coat...

[quote name='uptonmark' post='214381' date='Jun 7 2008, 03:27 PM']another thing is that the pup originally supplied had one [b]RED[/b] wire running from pup to pots yet the wizard has two wires running from pup to pots, one [b]BLACK[/b] and one [b]WHITE.[/b] using a diagram from the internet i wired the black to the centre of the pot and the white to the middle of the three little bits that protrude from the pot.[/quote] Some humbuckers have a centre tap on the coil, which basically means they have an extra 3rd wire joining the coil at the halfway point. with a bit of creative wiring you can choose between using the pickup as a humbucker or as a single coil pickup, or a blend of the two. In your case it sounds like the original didn't have this centre tap and the new one does. You have a choice, you can ignore the third wire and use it as a direct replacement for your original or (and this is the option I would choose) you can rewire to give yourself the extra range of tones of having an additional single coil for free. If you just wanna replace then I would guess that the centre tap is the white one, but you can test by measuring the resistance between any two wires. the resistance between the centre tap and either of the other two will be lowest of all other combinations. I suppose the easiest way would be to find a specsheet on the web. Disconnect this (don't cut it off at the pickup end, just use a bit of insulation tape on the free end to leave it there in case of mistakes or if you wanna use it later) wire the remaining two wires as your original and bob's your mothers brother. (now, you may get the phasing problems. If so, reverse wires and job done) OK then, lets look at option 2 The original pickup had one wire to the pot, where did the other go, is it running to ground on the jack or do you have a preamp. I take it you've put the 3rd wire of the new pickup to the same point... I suspect that you're getting the phasing problems described in the above posts, but because of the way you have it wired you're only getting partial cancellation from one half of the humbucker, and swapping the wires has just given you partial cancellation from the other half of the humbucker instead. Tell you what, if you can draw a diagram of the current wiring I should be able to see where the problem is and make recommendations. (a photo would be useful as well)

Ahhh feck it. only one way to see and that's to try it, so this here Squire is gonna have it's nuts cut and get restrung tomorrow. Cheers for that WH, it does make sense, coz tension, mass and length dictate the vibration frequency (I knew that physics GCSE come in useful oneday ) To get a lower frequency, you can decrease the tension or increase the string mass (or do both). Anyway. seing as It's a disposable bass the worst that can happen is it ends up in the fire. If it works out then I'll look to spending some cash on a nicer Bass eventually.

Was just thinking.... I use my yam 375 when playing metal (to get down to a B ) and the squire P when playing everything else. I recon that I´ve not played a note on the G-string on the 5-er for about 3 years. I much prefer playing 4 strings so I´m thinking... how´s about getting rid of the 375, picking up another bass with the usual number of strings and tuning it to BEAD? Has anyone tried this? is there anything to look out for regarding string tension / neck warpage. Would probably look at threading with BEAD strings - I hate the flappyness associated with detuning - which would mean re-cutting or replacing the nut... I admit that i´ve not thought this through yet - just in idle curiosity stage at the mo.

Ha Ha. I´ve just gone and ordered a white pbass scratchplate. Sod´s law innit.

Wouldn't say its the best bass by a long way, but I think I know what you mean. You know exactly what you're gonna get when you pick up a P. (Unless it's a really bad copy - £50 with practice amp and strap thrown in... I don't think so). Have tried quite a few basses over the years and still prefer to use the Squire as the main plank. Admitedly I've not played anything worth more than £600, so It's not an informed opinion. In all genres there seems to be bassists using P's so I guess it's versatile, but i'd think of it more as the Mondeo of the world of basses. Does what it says on the tin, but i'd rather have a Ferrari.

[quote name='chris_b' post='205483' date='May 24 2008, 01:06 PM']Since the advent of electric tuners tuning should have become a non event for everyone... [snip][/quote] Yup, it should, but it aint, but I've never been one to have blind faith in electronics. As you say though, it'll be obvious that you're out of tune so there's no point in insisting that you've just tuned up to your tuner so everyone else must be wrong. Interestingly when I played with the 12 piece soul band on trombone tuning wasn't an issue. I wonder if bad tuning is not as noticable as the numbers of instruments increase. We all tuned by ear to the main Gitarist and never had a problem.

It's strange to think that such a small problem can cause so much greif (that's small as in easily fixed, not small as in of little worth). I always tune the E with the zoom pedal when practicing (I wish I could remember the model ) then tune by ear for the rest. I agree with [b]foal30[/b], you gotta be able to tune up by ear, or at least be able to tell when you're out of tune. Batteries can die, strings stretch, machine heads slip... whatever, if you cant tell when you're going out of tune then you should really include it in your practice routines. It's the one thing that everyone recognises. it doesn't matter how good your band is, if you're not in tune then it sounds sh*te and everyone at the gig will think you're sh*te (with the possible exception of musicians who'll think you're just sh*te for not tuning up properly) When it comes to rehersals and gigs, I always insist on everyone tuning to one tuner (or to the keyboards if present), then I'll do a quick check against my pedal. As mentioned above there are two standards for A (see FJ1200's post, [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=17656&view=findpost&p=181541"]#45[/url]) plus the tollerances in the electronics, plus accidently recallibrating the unit ([b]jono b[/b], post [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=17656&view=findpost&p=184884"]#65[/url]). If my pedal concurs then I know i can use that for emergency tuning between songs if necessary. If not then i'll recallibrate my pedal It might sound a bit excessive, but in practice it's dead simple (9 times out of 10 all the tuners agree anyway, and it's worth it to catch that 1 gig in 10) Anyway, back to my point... We're musicians. we know that being out of tune or refusing to tune to each other is a crime of the highest order. What's the problem? we're either all in tune or it's going to sound sh*te. Tell your git-artist put their ego aside, or you'll all sound terrible, them included. If they really refuse to tune up properly then tune to them, then sack them after the gig / refuse to dep with them again etc. Gonna stop now before this turns into a rant aginst playing with amateurs

[quote name='Oxblood' post='39703' date='Jul 31 2007, 09:26 PM']...It seems to be a commonly held view among certain companies that in selling to musicians, they are ipso facto selling to idiots who are easily impressed by shiny objects and flashing lights...[/quote] Mmmmmmm flashing lights and shiny knobs. Yup, that's pretty much all I look for when buying gear

WOW! that is an excellent program. I've been using the granulizer in Fruity loops to slow down music enough to practice along to. TBH fruity loops is much better quality but a) it's not free, and b ) it's not as easy to use. This is the link to [url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=180308&package_id=208475&release_id=564506"]Best Practice[/url] if anyone wants it. (it's only 634k, click the "bpsetup_1_03.exe" to start the download, the big orange "Download" button is just advertising sh*te)

[quote name='elros' post='203890' date='May 21 2008, 09:38 PM']I'm quite Norwegian by heritage. Lived here pretty much all my life. I've never really been to Hønefoss though. I'm studying for a BA in music here in Kristiansand. And there's no snow here, that's long gone. [url="http://hallgeir.no/bass/ansgar/snow1/"]It was like this for a while though[/url].[/quote] Cool. One of my biggest regrets was not studying music (I decided to be a Chemist instead, then I ended up working for 10 years as an accountant! ) I wish you all the best. The snow's gone over here as well, it's only on the tops of the mountains now, but it's only a 6k walk from here to the snowline It was great to be able to ski to work for the first 5 weeks that I was here. I've totally fallen in love with Norway, I just need to find a pretty tall blond viking and learn Norsk to make my life complete

[quote name='elros' post='203631' date='May 21 2008, 01:04 PM']Hello from Norway back. Where are you in this beautiful country? Anywhere near Kristiansand in the very south? Or Stavanger in the south-west?[/quote] You're absolutely right, it [i]is [/i] beautiful. Snow, mountains, scorching sun, great fishing, long walks in the forests, crazy vikings on the piss (I haven't seen people drinking as seriously as this since I was in Glasgow)... I think I'm in heaven. I do miss the smell and smoke from ICI in Teesside though, but I just spent the weekend near Drammen and felt right at home I'm up near Hønefoss, about 65 km north of Oslo. Do you live over here or are you out here working?