Bald Eagle

I just bought an AER combo from Bass Wielder and it went very smoothly, with all my questions answered and a quick dispatch. It arrived very well packed, nice and clean and so far all working fine. Many thanks, definitely recommended.

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This looks interesting, what's the weight please?  Have you used it with an electric bass, is the socket on the bottom intended for stand mounting? Thanks for any info.

On 25/07/2024 at 23:48, Downunderwonder said:

I never heard of any combo amp that couldn't get max volume just by turning the knobs.

 

I suppose there could be a HPF ( high pass filter ) in the jam gizmo that is more effective than than the amp's own one. Is it letting you twist the knobs more?

Thanks D..wonder. The amp only goes up to 10 (!) but I realise I'm really asking whether the maximum noise available from the amp will be the same, whichever bass/input signal is used. It won't cost me much to find out.

On 26/07/2024 at 08:28, Ed_S said:

I used to do this with my very first amp - a Park B25 mkII - so I could jam with a couple of guitarists after school in the music rooms. I used a Boss GEB-7 with the EQ left flat and the Level control pushed up, but it sounds like near enough the same idea. From memory I'd say my first bass was set up pretty well (late 90s Yamaha, straight out of the box and un-messed-with) and the pickups didn't need to be any higher; it was just on the polite end of passive and there was only so much output level available, so pushing the preamp with a pedal was a reasonable fix and never hurt anything as far as I'm aware.

Thanks Ed. My bass is a passive Mustang and I expect some basses have a higher output so it's a similar situation, and it'll be reight because I'm in Sheffield!

PS My very first amp was a little Park, till someone jemmied our back window.

cheers both, Mark

Thanks BC'ers for considering it and of course a bigger amp is the obvious answer. I do have a bigger amp, but the Eden is small and light and copes surprisingly well at our practice volume - the others say they can hear it! Being secondhand of course it was cheap as well so perhaps it's a clear example of the "any 2 from 3" rule, even with boosted input. I'm looking forward to trying it though. Thanks to everyone.

I've got an Eden EC 8 20 watt combo which is very portable but barely loud enough for our quiet band practice. I tried a Yamaha Sessioncake to boost the signal from my bass and it works well, making the combo much louder at low volumes. Am I likely to damage the combo by overloading around max volume, or is it more likely the amp will distort or the speaker "fart out" before I ruin it? Thanks all BCers for any opinions or experience.

I'm interested so I'll pm you now.

I've had mine for years and it seems OK, better against a wall, although I've little to compare it with. Where does the wadding go and what does it achieve?

Happy New Year all and thanks BCers for any responses.

Thanks, I'd like to buy the flatwounds and you'll have a pm.

Is either of the Thomastik sets cut suitably for a standard Fender Jazz bass?

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What's the weight please?

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I've just got this mini amp from Thomann but it's nearly unusable because of a loud to very loud hum/buzz at around full volume and gain. Perhaps my basses need screening because the same effect, although so quiet as to not notice before, is there with my other amps. The noise gets much quieter (but still intrusive with the Joyo) when I touch the strings/bridge/pegs. It's loud with the CIJ Mustang and less loud with the MIJ Jazz. The Jazz has no screening but I haven't looked inside the Mustang yet.

Any help/comments gratefully received, thanks BCers.

I'm interested with a couple of questions and Halesowen is good, so you have pm.

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Is the Simandl book this one, or v similar?  New Method for the Double Bass/Book 1 Paperback – 1 Jun. 1984  Japanese edition by FRANZ SIMANDL

Dunlops! PM sent

Approx 30ft 1/4" jack-to-jack cable, good condition, bought as instrument cable from fellow Basschatter BUT I think this is unshielded, for speakers.

It does work as an instrument cable but there's too much hum.

Price includes 2nd class post.

I'll buy this if you've still got it.

Have you found the Hotwires yet?

Have you still got any Hotwires? My Mustang through-the-body is 33" (84 cm) ball end to nut, so if they are at least that long to the silk, I'll have a set. Thanks.