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[quote name='alexclaber' post='475034' date='Apr 29 2009, 01:17 PM']There was a time when one could enjoy driving on the road without being told that the only place for such driving in on a race track. And on an empty road with good visibility the risk is only one's own, not anyone else's. I'd agree that driving anywhere near the limits on an unfamiliar road is very risky, where there may be hidden entrances, strange camber changes etc. But on a road you know intimately it's a different matter altogether. And the patch of oil argument is very weak when you're in a vehicle with four contact patches many feet apart. The styling driven penchant for ultra-low profile tyres on extra large wheels may be what's leading you to think any degree of sliding is dangerous and out of control - the wider and lower profile the tyre the less progressively the tyre lets go, and the faster the car will be going when it does. On a car with more sensibly sized tyres you have a much more progressive and controllable transition from grip to slip - I don't think I'd ever dare trying to slide a monster tyred X5 or suchlike, one moment you're going quickly round a bend, the next moment you're going quickly through a hedge. Very different on 195/65s. I'd be far happier if the world was full of drivers that actively enjoyed driving and thus gave it their full attention - better car control in the event of an accident but more importantly a much reduced risk of accident due to better observation, forward planning and driving correctly for the conditions. I'm sure RoSPA would agree. An engaged driver is a safer driver. Alex[/quote] i've always been of the opinion that driving this way in a cheap (and by that i mean non-performance-oriented) car on roads you know is not only fun but: 1) lets you really learn the limits of your every-day car, enabling you better car control 2) teaches you to read the road better and what to pay attention to 3) prevents you from driving this way when the roads ARE busy

[quote name='urb' post='476433' date='Apr 30 2009, 10:12 PM']One tip I'll add is... TURN DOWN... it's amazing how music loses so much of its dynamic range when you are play at high volume, obviously if you are into extreme volume levels then fine, but lots of other musical styles will benefit from stripping things down and leaving lots of space, it'll just make those BIG choruses sounds even bigger when everyone joins in.... just a thought.[/quote] i've been saying this for ages but my band doesn't seem to get it at least the guitarist has turned his gain/volume down far enough now so the "boost" f/sw button actually has an effect -- previously it would do nothing except make it sound a bit brighter

the wiring diagram looks ok, are you sure there aren't any loose ground connections anywhere?

i like it more for the interval options it presents that you can't really do when strung in fourths

[quote name='Musky' post='474669' date='Apr 28 2009, 11:09 PM']I really rate those HH amps as well - fantastic sound. I fact I've had generally good experiences with HH all round. I bought a little Studio 60 combo after using one in a studio, and still have a Bass Machine. Despite not having used it for years I'm never going to get rid of it because it sounds so nice.[/quote] another HH lover here...bass machine and 2 15's -- never played an amp i've liked the sound of better!

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='475474' date='Apr 29 2009, 09:02 PM'][/quote] the filter caps seem massively underwhelming compared to the rest of the amp... still, that looks like the sort of amp that runs on diesel and can be used to pull stumps. *approves* to add something on topic, i liked a lot of the ISP stuff when i first saw it a few years back -- sadly i think they just don't have the marketing and distribution power, or something.

gig at the Corner House in Cambridge last wednesday -- sound guy was a useless t*t, and just about everything went wrong including the guitard being out of tune still had a really good time though, and managed to pull in quite a few people all by ourselves.

[quote name='hookys6stringbass' post='468731' date='Apr 21 2009, 04:31 PM'] Anyone heard about these beautys??? I really like the look of it ..... better start saving![/quote] i like how the 'gain' is on 11... ^_^

i feel like i've missed the party i played through a little ampeg once, it was ok -- it sounded pretty much how i expected it to sound, but then again my bass and sansamp tend to give a kind of distinctive tone anyways. in my experience the classic ampeg sound is very recognizable, and they're not known for being especially flexible -- but it's not to say they can only produce one tone. i did like it a lot though, partly because it was cute and little and sounded good at reasonable volumes -- i may have overcooked it slightly though..and..umm...am now waiting to find out from the studio owner how much the repair bill is going to be. whoops. ultimately, you have to not care about what other people think, because most people are idiots. if you like/love/hate the way your amp sounds when you play it, then why should it matter what anyone else thinks? I play through an HH and can't see myself ever changing, i love it so much -- but most people seem to dismiss them. which i'm not really complaining about, actually, because it means they go cheap as anything!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='467685' date='Apr 20 2009, 05:55 PM']And what about underhung or split gap topologies?[/quote] i was about to ask the same, you beat me to it ^_^

my amp and both cabs were bought off of here for only 80 quid total...granted, it needed a little work, but it was still bloody cheap for what it is. and i honestly can't see myself parting with it. i think sometimes, for [i]some[/i] people, it is too easy to simply blame the equipment.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='467227' date='Apr 20 2009, 09:44 AM']I will have only spent about £210 (including shipping) on it when it arrives at my front door…[/quote] but....but.....that's not fair! i'll give you 300 for it!

[quote name='silddx' post='467016' date='Apr 19 2009, 09:14 PM']I've added an option for those who think it's pointless. But[b] I think if someone smashes an instrument on a stage, there is always a point,[/b] however poignant, profane or pragmatic [/quote] perhaps you should add an option that isn't for what [i]you[/i] think, yes? unless there is some sort of poetic tragedy in the death of the instrument, then it is without point. and there never is. some of my favorite musicians have done it, and i still think they were being t**ts.

i can help you out but i'll be busy until friday with my dissertation, if you've not got it sorted by then let me know

[quote name='stevie' post='466655' date='Apr 19 2009, 12:08 PM']Their xmax measurements are based on how far the coil can travel before the speaker reaches 10 percent distortion. It’s a perfectly valid method, but it will always give a higher result than the voice coil overhang, which is why it is favoured by marketing departments. You calculate the voice overhang by taking the voice coil length, subtracting the height of the gap and then dividing the result by 2. Eminence provide an explanation here: [url="http://www.eminence.com/resources/data.asp"]http://www.eminence.com/resources/data.asp[/url] B&C has a good explanation of the different methods of quoting xmax. Go to their website at: [url="http://www.bcspeakers.com"]http://www.bcspeakers.com[/url]. Click on Products at the top and look under Excursion Limits.[/quote] see, to me, that Klippel method makes a lot more sense, as does BC's method of obtaining their parameter Xvar. Both of these analyses take into account the actual performance of the speaker. on it's own, voice coil overhang is meaningless, other than to tell you what i would assume is roughly how far the driver can move within a the fairly stable area of the magnetic field. it doesn't take anything else into account though in the actual performance of the speaker itself. unless i've missed something?

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='467025' date='Apr 19 2009, 09:36 PM']Also needed to be said: Mmmm, Grog from Die so Fluid.[/quote] :wub: i need to go lie down now... also, really interested to know what you think of the amp Ben, the more i look at it the more i want one.

i voted "crass" because there was no option for "pointless" and any bass that was cheap and crappy enough for me to smash at the end of a gig, i wouldn't be playing in the first place.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='466510' date='Apr 19 2009, 02:40 AM']I intend no personal disrespect or offence when I say I find certain propositions as I've read here to be unsubstantiated, anecdotal and unhelpful in that they rarely propose a solution. Beyond that, I see no benefit to our community in marginalising the players who will be making music while oldies like me are being helped off the bed-pan.[/quote] +1000 looking at it from a completely non-nostalgic point of view, it would seem to be that far from being worse than the previous generation, this generation today is likely to be just as good if not better, given the number of advancements in their favor. there will always be bands who are terrible but there will always be very many who are very very good too.

[quote name='AM1' post='466540' date='Apr 19 2009, 08:29 AM']Hiya That's just the thing though, sometimes bending the wrist (fretting hand) is promoted as the best technique, sometimes not. If I play with my wrist straight, my hand goes into that classic guitarist shape, thumb hanging over the fretboard etc and I struggle to fret notes that are far apart on the fretboard. I think with the wrist bent, it is easier to open out your hand and actually have the range to fret intervals bigger than say 2 frets apart properly.[/quote] What i do is keep my wrist straight, or mostly straight, but make sure that your thumb is roughly parallel to the neck instead of hooked over the side of it. When your thumb is like that, what i'm able to do (and i'm guessing you would be able to as well) is pivot my wrist on that thumb, so i can bend it around to stretch to those farther intervals -- without having to reposition my entire hand. In this way, i'm able to keep my wrist straight probably about 80% of the time, but still fret larger intervals or chords when i need to. of course, if i'm spouting complete rubbish, just tell me >.< it really does work though when you get it right!

Amanda Palmer, by far my favorite. no bass player though.

unless you really want to be super super anal about it, there's not really a need to shield the pickups themselves. IME shielding the cavities will do a very good job of cutting down the noise, shielding both will do the best job. however, if i was to only do one, it would be the cavities, not the pups themselves.

don't know, never seen one before, but they look f**king nice! Grog from Die So Fluid plays though a H&K, and her bass tone is one of the best i've ever heard -- so they can't be that bad ^_^ always good to be a bit different

[quote name='stevie' post='466378' date='Apr 18 2009, 09:11 PM']When comparing specs for drivers from different manufacturers you really should make sure they are measured in the same way. The Celestion xmax is the voice coil overhang, a figure that is quoted by every other speaker maker except Eminence. Eminence uses a method that can give a figure up to twice this.[/quote] how do eminence measure then?

i followed alex's advice doing this, took a couple hours to do a nice job on both of my cabs but the results were very much worth it! i used the recycled plastic insulation you can get at BQ for about 15 pounds or so -- it was way more than i needed but one roll should do an 8x10 just fine. Also, because it's so thick, you can slice it thinner so really it covers about 3 or 4 times more than you'd think. also good for putting the extra leftover in the bass drum ^_^

[quote name='51m0n' post='465542' date='Apr 17 2009, 09:17 PM']Hey I never said I agreed with him - personally I think the idea sounds like rot, and another thing to go wrong, and extra weight to carry; but if you dig it, can afford it and lift it, and it sounds like your dream rig, then good luck to you, and I'm really pleased for the OP that he got his dream rig, I know what that feels like![/quote] haha yea, don't get me wrong i'm really happy for him too! and it sounds like a brilliant amp too, in every other respect. would love to be so lucky as to have a go on one! especially if it was paired with that dual 15 cab with the concentric 15...