TomRandles97

So I’ve been to my GP and since seen a physio after I’ve been told I have tendonitis. The physio has since said that he believes it to be Carpal tunnel. Whether tendonitis inflicted carpal tunnel or I was simply misdiagnosed, I’m not sure. However, I’ve been recommended to do exercises to strengthen the muscles in my hands but I’m unsure of where to start. Anyone able to recommend anything in particular? As with so many things on the internet a lot of information available seems misinformed and not helpful, so I thought it’d be best to ask people who may already have been through what I have. It’s been about 6 weeks since I started having pain and the idea of having a break from playing seems pretty impossible at the moment seeing as I’m currently studying music performance at degree level and I have gigs/recording sessions coming up. If anyone can give me any advice on how to reduce strain and how I can recover quicker that’d be great. I’m aware the best thing I can do is to simply not play but putting the breaks on everything right now isn’t really possible

I’m actually doing an essay on this at the moment. You could consider it theft but the record labels normally keep about 80% of the revenue received from Spotify before the musicians get a whiff of it. Also, spotify was launched in 2008, the same year that the ‘vinyl resurgence’ is considered to have began. In the following 7 years, global profit made from vinyl alone has quadrupled. While there are many factors that contribute towards this, it’s worth considering that while streaming services have monopolised music consumption, there seems to be a demand for something tangible for the consumers money. And of course, this means more money for artists. I think that Spotify should pay artists more, though if you try and see Spotify as not being a direct income source, it has some real benefits for artists, though not intentionally. I’m sure I read somewhere that the guys behind daft punk would only have earned $13000 each from ‘get lucky’ from streams alone, despite being one of the most listened to tracks of that year. This doesn’t seem so bad but consider the amount of money that would have gone into producing that record. The fact is that most mass media is now consumed through subscription based platforms, Netflix and Spotify being the first to come to mind. It’s certainly a trend that works great for consumers and the platforms themselves, but it’s the artists that seem to suffer.

Does anyone have any experience of running a bass into the main input of an amp and a synth into the FX return (so that the signal isn't coloured by the preamp) allowing you to have them both come out of your amp? The amp is an orange bass terror and the synth is a novation bass station 2. Or any other suggestions of using the two in conjunction? Or is it just easier to use the PA for the synth? Thanks in advance.

Sold an amp to Greg, prompt payment and had no issues with the transaction. Buy/sell with confidence!

[quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1509477809' post='3399314'] If it was 4-pole and wired to +2, -2 it probably wouldn't work. Most Speakon's are wired +1, -1. Is the Speakon on your amp a combined Speakon/Jack? If so you can use a Jack to Jack speaker lead to test it. [/quote] I’ve tried using the jack end in the Speakon and it fits, so I’m guessing it is a hybrid. However I’m planning on getting a bass terror soon and I’m pretty sure that they aren’t hybrid. I also don’t have a jack to jack speaker lead so I can’t test it unfortunately. Just bought a Neutrik Speakon to jack so hopefully that’s going to work. Thanks😎

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1509475499' post='3399294'] 1. How old is the amp? i.e what is the year of manufacture? 2. Is the Speakon on your new cable a genuine Neutrik? 3. Does waggling the Speakon and cable up and down make any difference? [/quote] It's about 9 Years old. It isn't Neutrik, it's gear4music which is giving me some cause for concern. And no, it doesn't. I have a feeling that they sent me the wrong cable as the pole piece in the centre of the input (I'm sure that's probably not the correct terminology lol) is round, whereas I have another 2 pole neutrik brand speakon that has more of a semicircular pole piece. The one I just bought does fit the connection though so I'm unsure of how to differentiate between them. If it was a 4 pole, would this be the reason it's not working?

Bought a cab over the weekend and I was looking forward to trying out today as the cable I bought to connect it to the amp arrived but no dice. Not getting any output and I'm unsure as to why. The cab has jack inputs but the head I have now (which is for sale) and the amp I plan on buying both have speakon outs. I bought a two pole last time for my old cab (which required speakon to speakon) not really knowing what the difference was, but it worked. I bought a two pole speakon-jack cable for this because I thought it'd work with the head I'm using but not getting any sound out. The cab worked when I tried it out on the weekend and the head worked last time I used it. The Amp seems to be working now because when I plug in, the peak indication light flashes when it's meant to. Sorry this is all very long winded and may not make much sense