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MartinB

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  1. These look great! IMO all guitars with dark fretboards should have painted headstocks.
  2. If I had to tune that low, I'd be looking at 35" scale basses
  3. That thick, punchy bass tone just sounds great and works really well for some genres and songs. It's all over 60's and early 70's soul and funk; it's not just a Jamerson thing. I wasn't even born when this was this sound was in fashion, so it's definitely not about age, nostalgia, or analogue vs digital.
  4. That there is a Vintage Modified Precision Bass V. Mine's 4.1 kg (9 lb). That style of tortoiseshell is not my favourite, so I swapped for mint green:
  5. Since I got my Keeley Bassist, I haven't been tempted by any other compressor. It just works, with the absolute minimum of fiddling about.
  6. Ampeg's IR loader software also lets you set a "lo cut" (HPF) and "hi cut" (LPF) for each of the cabs - though the manual doesn't indicate the slope of these filters
  7. Yeah - looks really cool, but at that price it's up against some real big hitters. Still - nice to see new stuff from Ampeg!
  8. The slope (3 dB/oct) is a fair bit shallower than the common ones for bass, so depending on what you want it for, it may be too subtle. Micro Thumpinator 2: 36 dB/oct VONG-Filterung: 12 dB/oct variable and 24 dB/oct below 30 Hz Fdeck HPF-Pre: 12 dB/oct, or 12 dB/oct variable and 24 dB/oct below 35 Hz on the series 3 models Broughton HPF: 12 dB/oct Mini-HP-VONG: 12 dB/oct I'm guessing there's a limit to what can be achieved without a powered circuit
  9. That's the tube channel with: Drive 7 Bass 7 Lo-mid 7 (switch in "up" position) Everything else flat
  10. I've gotta say the tube channel does a pretty solid impression of the splatty sound that I associate with 60s soul. I'm not even using flatwounds here: digbeth tube splat.mp3
  11. Update: 9 months later, I'm still using the DB-PRE. I'm mostly using a core tone that's slightly dirty, with loads of low-mid punch: Digbeth bass.mp3 Tube channel Bass 7 Lo-mid 7 (switch in "up" position) Hi-mid 6 Treble 5 Drive 7 A great piece of kit for the money!
  12. That's a really smart design, and it's great that they did it properly with an IEC cable instead of having a separate power brick
  13. Yeah this is a great trick - especially where something's been down-tuned or played on a 5-string. Adjusting the left-right balance or setting the channels out-of-phase can sometimes yield useful results as well, depending on how a track has been mixed.
  14. It's always a good idea to grab* a local copy of anything that you might want to listen to again in the future anyway. Things vanish from Youtube all the time due to copyright claims, accounts being closed, etc. And they also disappear from Spotify et al, due to (I assume) record label dickheadery. * Assuming, of course, there's no legit way to obtain a copy in your territory in a way that supports the artist 😇
  15. So let's assume you've accepted that Spotify are never going to restore support for ASD, and you're going to have to start using local copies of the songs you want to work on instead of trying to stream them. I really like Transcribe - it's got everything I need (looping, speed change, EQ, transposition, section marking, spectrum analyser). It's absolutely possible to do all of this in any DAW (e.g. Reaper, £0), but I find that a dedicated app makes for a simpler/faster workflow. For me, the price was affordable, and it's a one-time payment rather than an exploitative monthly subscription.
  16. MartinB

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    I'm using GHS Pressurewound M7200 (44-106) for D standard. They're both stiffer and higher-tension than your average roundwounds, so they don't get too floppy - and you're unlikely to have to file your nut slots to fit them.
  17. Double-walled corrugated cardboard + duct tape = new cover for my Barefaced One10! 😁 Pros: - Cheap (£0, since I already had the bits) - Looks crap, to discourage theft 😆 - Rigid enough to work as a stand too: I I haven't tested whether there's any resonance or similar sonic weirdness from the enclosed empty space, but if so, I'm guessing that stuffing a coat inside might help. Cons: - Splash-proof, but probably wouldn't survive having a pint spilled on it, or sitting on a wet/muddy stage. I couldn't be bothered to fully tape the inside walls. - Gives as much bump protection as a cloth+foam cover, but the cardboard will crush rather than springing back into shape - it'll gradually give less protection the more abuse it takes. I may yet slap a load of stickers on it 🎨
  18. Love a 303! Good Times sounds really cool 😀 I Wish - Stevie Wonder Lovely Day - Bill Withers Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
  19. Ah right. For those three pedals, it's still two cables vs. three cables though - plus if you leave a spare plug on a daisy chain, it: (a) Needs to be covered or secured, as it can cause issues if it's flapping around (b) Tempts you to buy another pedal 😅
  20. Yes. But... if you're using a daisy chain pedal with three male plugs, why not just have one plug into each of your three pedals, and not use the "output" on the Polytune at all? I don't know that there's any advantage to passing power through the Polytune unless you've only got one other pedal, which would allow you to use a single male-to-male cable.
  21. I've now switched to Max Grip 0.88s, as I'm tuning down to D standard and the strings are a lot floppier. Still sharpening the ends though! To me, a nylon 0.88 feels about as flexible as a tortex 0.73 (yellow)
  22. Bass Direct have it listed as a special offer at £249 (regular price £299)
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