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Your current B is too short. Try GHS long scale plus, or D'Addario (super) long scale. Should fit at least to 36" scale.
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David Inxs...
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Have you tried adjusting the pickups higher? Have you adjusted the bridge and raised strings? If the system is working well, there shouldn't be anything wrong with it. If you have hit or demagnetized pickup magnets, the level may have changed. Otherwise some height adjustment is in need.
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Once we had a gig in the big corridor just beside the lifts, and one of the singers suggested we should be The Great Elevator Band. We played there some elevator muzak.
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From the video I'd say Blue Windows.
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In practise all frequecies between DC and 30 Hz are just power eaters. Considering that most of the cabinets start producing something feasible from 60 - 80 Hz area, means that up to DC - 80 Hz could be cut away. @Downunderwonder 's method of setting the f is simply brilliant: use your ears. I expand his idea to other spaces, too. When you go to a new place, the space (room, pub, venue...) is also a new resonator. If it is different in any dimension than the previous one, it has different standing waves. I have a faint vision that the 100 Hz that was mentioned earlier may have had something to do with the room and its dimensions or construction. I love multi band parametric eqs just because any boomy noise can be tamed with one. I am pretty amazed that their use is so limited. It's a HPF + eq in one single package.
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By the way, is that 16-35 still necessary, @dave_bass5? No, I can't see it with my phone, but my comp tells me it's **SOLD**.
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...and who cares about the resale value when you love it, and fits you like a glove? Very nice project, super execution.
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If you know the freq centres and widths of the eq, you can use a full parametric Ibanez PTEQ to do the same. As an extra, the lowest band can be used as a HPF.
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...and I answer to myself with the words of our own @TKenrick: B equals blend knob. Thank you Tom. https://freebasstranscriptions.com/dod-fx25-envelope-filter/
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If you lose that zing easily, wash your hands thoroughly before playing. Sweat, skin, dirt, tension... these all make the zing die. Life of a string is anything from 3 hours (M. Miller, M. King) to months (myself, 4-6) to years (J. Jamerson). (And if you want to keep the neck in shape, do not loosen strings in between playing sessions. That's not a solution.)
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What I remember from some age old papers, and collegial comments (when I was working in a broadcasting company), fuses had these abbreviations from German. I think there were some old norms/standards (DIN = Deutsche Institut für Normung) that were originally DIN and have been later updated to Europäische Norm (EN). That time lag sounds good, and easier to remember than Träge. My colleagues used the term slow blow, although that is probably not a standardized term.
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By the way, before I start an active search, is there a big difference between DOD's FX25 and FX25B? Few component level changes or something crucial between those two?
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The answer is too short, yes. But to be honest, if there are no trials of different gauges (and materials, and string height, and...), how can the op be sure of what is really functional? I have put quite a lot of money to different string sets just to find optimal sets for my basses: flats, 30-90, BEAD, CFBbEbAb, halfrounds and so on. At the moment I love SS 40-95 (-120) sets on most of my basses, but it does not work everywhere. I like PSD (piano string design), but they are not as common as basic RWs. If I need to change between PSD and ordinary strings, the bridge has to be adjusted for obvious reasons. My strings have a lifetime of around 4-6 months in a bass (exception: DB). Your preferences surely vary from mine. Every suggestion here is subjective. Therefore it is very feasible to suggest trials, too, and find and make personal choices. I wish there was just "one and only" solution for everybody. 45-105 is a good start, but just a start.
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This weekend: £3495 1958 Gibson EB2 (first year of production) - *SOLD*
itu replied to pluckedout's topic in Basses For Sale
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T = Träge = slow blow F = Flink = fast These are originally German terms. About the diameter of a cable: Usually it is safer to use slightly larger diameteter than that specified, if the cable is in active use. Here active means gigging round the country (and for some of you: the world). As cables will be bent a lot, at some time the copper will be chipped to smaller pieces and the ability to carry the specified current will be less. I have been amazed pretty often that so many bands have invested to equipment, but not to functional cables. When I joined one band long ago, their cables were just a mess in two or three plastic bags. Some cable was always missing, and the usage was harsh. I asked for a permission to buy new cables and some usable bag for them. The price tag made them thinking that these are serious stuff, and should be treated equally. I also love Velcros, as cables are much easier to handle individually than as a tangled mess.
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The neck needs very little bending to make it sharp or flat. If the bass is played in another way than it is stored, the difference may be seen this way. An example: Put the bass to a table and tune it. Take it to your lap and check the tuning again.
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I think @GisserD still offers them.
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Don't continue. The only option. Find someone with proper tools. Friend, neighbour, relative...
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My six string - but it still would be bass - could be a Linc Luthier. I do like the looks of some older semi acoustic jazzes, like L-5, Byrdland, D'Angelicos and similar.
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Acupuncture while playing, it seems to be possible.
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I love the small body Bean, but that Artist is a real gem! Lovely!
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Do you have a colour picture of your set, please? Coat...