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Yes, on my Jazz in those gauges. (Tension feels the same as 45-105 roundwounds)

I really like them for the mellower stuff I mostly play nowadays.

On 06/01/2023 at 09:44, Huge Hands said:

I really wanted to get involved in this conversation as I was born and raised just 5 miles south of Newcastle and spent most of my weekends wandering the town but have just realised I haven't lived there permanently for around 28 years!

 

I have plenty of nostalgia for the area and images of the Tyne bridge still stir huge patriotic and homesick vibes in me, but have no recent knowledge other than what my family briefly tell me.

 

I used to go up there regularly but poor health has kept me away - I am hoping to take a trip up there around Easter as my parents are getting much more frail.

 

Of course I would recommend it.  I would just say to Blue that the Geordie accent can be very strong and sometimes sound like a completely foreign language if you're not used to it!     

 

If you get the chance, try Greggs' stottie cake (bread) while you are there.  It is a revelation and not sure why Greggs never took it across the UK when they expanded.

I grew up in South Durham and went to uni in Newcastle. I remember being on the bus once in town and I heard some old people speaking what I thought was German. It turned out to be English, but the thickest Geordie accent imaginable.

I had a great time there. A lovely city.

I can’t remember what the actual settings were, but I checked my MB500 with REW and it could definitely be set flat with the 4 band eq and the contour control all the way off. 
 

Setting all the eq pots to noon does give a pre-shape as that isn’t the 0- point, but there isn’t any other “hidden” shaping in the system.

Good cable lasts effectively forever. I have a Klotz cable with Neutrik jacks that is over 30 years old. My other Van Damme + Neutrik cables are over 20 years old. If they don’t get mechanically damaged I expect them to see me out.

Awesome set list, looks like a complete hoot.

On 18/08/2022 at 08:33, miles'tone said:

As a Welsh person I find watching Welsh interviews with the English auto generated captions on utterly hilarious. I've often thought that if I ever need a new band name then that's where I'll find one. Try it! 😄

 

For example...

 

 

 

That is hilarious. I got “Ammonia Welder Boys” within seconds which is a name that just has to have a band attached.

Nice tone and playing. Very good!

Dunlops. I used to use Schaller, but the fixed screw in the new design makes them useless.

I tried the rubber washer idea briefly, but they would split.

The Crimson Guitars fret erasers are really good. I have the set of 4, but I have only really needed the fine and super-fine.

I’d steer clear of steel wool, the tiny metal particles go everywhere and can embed themselves in an open-pored fingerboard. 

That is fab. I love the fact that she plays the flute parts too, super talented.

I had one bass for many years. Then I joined some bass forums and now I have 3 (very moderate for Basschat I know).

The reality is I play my USA Fender Jazz almost exclusively and the other 2 sit in cases and only come out occasionally. 

When I was working in production I hired lots of freelance sound engineers to do corporate gigs. The best came from musical theatre and church backgrounds, the worst came from band backgrounds. We never hired ones that came from dance music backgrounds.

The very worst thing was when we had installed a killer system that one of our system engineers had tweaked to perfection, then a band engineer came in and made it sound like an over-loud muddy mess. We just had to grin and bear it, the (name) bands contracts always gave them full control so we couldn’t intervene.

I have always used the mini wire cutters that are part of my electronics kit. I always found nail clippers to be too flexible and blunt to really do a clean job. The wire cutters leave a clean edge so I never need to file.

Oddly enough, I had my first ever podiatrist visit a couple of weeks back to look at a corn problem I am having and he used what looked exactly like a stainless-steel version of my mini wire cutters.

To revive an old thread, I’m surprised no-one mentioned the Specials:

I’ve been messing about with this and it’s a great exercise in stamina at the original 161bpm.

Watching with interest, I’ve got a too-big router too.

There are a whole lot of circuit boards and loads of interconnect in there, that’s never going to be cheap to build outside the Far East.

15 minutes ago, Owen said:

Yay for cafe church

Outstanding cakeage!

10 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

That shows the internal balanced input circuit but the output from that is single ended feeding the power amp. It could be that there is bridging going on inside the 700AS1 but as you say, the ASX range have two separate amplifiers that have to be fed antiphase signals.

In the output description it says “The output stage is a full bridge topology with a 2nd order filter.”.   That says it all, neither side of the speaker connection is a ground, both are signal (in antiphase).

The 700AS1 is internally bridged according to the data sheet. It just isn’t explicitly split into stereo channels like the 125asx etc. (see https://doc.soundimports.nl/pdf/brands/ICEpower/700AS1/ICEpower700AS1_Datasheet_1_8.pdf page 22)

The info I could find for those Connex modules was sketchy in the extreme, so no idea on the topology. Are they not already bridged internally like the Icepower 200/500/800w modules that almost everyone uses?

27 minutes ago, woodyratm said:

Honestly, you and me both. He claimed it would sound crap FOH without the cab mic’d and then started talking about how it would blow his super expensive PA using two DIs. I’ve never been more confused before a gig to be honest. 

It’s just clueless nonsense. Any tech worth their salt would have a high-pass filter and a compressor/limiter on those channels to protect the system if they were concerned about what might be sent.

Absolutely not, no chance of my good basses being lent to anyone.

I’d lend a beater/cheapy to a friend though, no problem. 

I went from a MIM Standard Jazz to a MIA Professional Jazz (v1) and I don’t reckon there is much of a difference in sound. The MIA jazz does feel much nicer to play and of generally higher quality.

I couldn’t have justified it buying new, but s/h wasn’t so bad and it was worth it to me. I will probably keep the MIA instrument for the rest of my playing life and never feel tempted to upgrade.

45 minutes ago, Maude said:

I don't really like any of of the 'big bass names' that get rolled out on BC. 

Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pasty-Riots, Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, you know the ones. All very talented but tedious to listen to. 

 

I do love a good pop tune though. 

Maybe I shouldn't be here? 😁

This exactly. I can’t stand either solo bass or bass solos.

I am also a sucker for a catchy pop tune. Bonus if it has a good grooving bass part.

2 hours ago, itu said:

SM58 no switch

SM58S with switch

This.

In pro PA world switched mics are tucked away in techs toolboxes. If it goes up on a stand you can guarantee that the "talent" will switch the mic off before attempting to sing or speak into it...