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  1. itu

    What chorus pedal

    If you want a really good one, choose the same that was mentioned in the flanger thread: tce SCF. I think that the swedish unit is a cheap copy of this original.
  2. itu

    DIY Effects

    Incredible. And I mean the speed of making another gem. Do you sleep at all, maybe?
  3. Say what!?
  4. This is a reissue of the Spector NS-1 (designer Ned Steinberger, 1 DiMarzio pickup version). http://www.spectorbass.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/spector-completehistory.pdf
  5. I think there was only one fault in your text: This is the Maybach of bass amps. If I only was closer...
  6. Graham has so many beautiful instruments... glad that this light cutie has a blond fretboard.
  7. As I have or have had basses without truss rods, I am not so afraid of the lack of one. This wire thing is of interest. To adjust it I have already two ideas. Simplest is a screw and nut, another is a modified tuner. A tuner that can handle all five strings.
  8. Local library, bass books with code to grooves, or with a CD?
  9. This fuzz/dist/OD is something I did not understand, so I started a research. Long story short I met a fuzz maker. He commented, that high impedance (hi-Z, passive) signal has different behaviour in an effect than lo Z (active). Therefore there are fx that act in a different way when driven with lo or hi Z signals. Even adjustments may have a different character. OK, so the impedance means something, even more than the signal level (remember, that hi and lo Z signals tend to be pretty similar in level). Then I lent several fx units and tried them with both active and passive basses. Yes, that's it! I need different units for different basses. Later I found the same applies to compressors, although in lesser extent. This is the reason I have fx boards for hi Z and lo Z basses. Remember: if the fuzz/OD/dist is after other fx, the driving signal is lo Z. If it is the first in line, the bass dictates the behaviour. (Some units I tried: Sparkle drive, Vemuram, Bass tight fuzz, Overlord (tube), Old growth fuzz (modded for bass), Crustacean, Møg, Oxide, Multi drive, Rat...)
  10. No, I wouldn't say exactly that, but you could try to tweak your sound with existing adjustments, before adding anything new. I think you can make it happen. That semiparametric middle is fun with treble.
  11. If you want to add a passive tone pot, the you just need a 2 x 20k or similar pot. I just don't get what extra does it provide? You setup includes practically all needed tone tweaking possibilities. Try to turn the treble down and use the mids in the high area to mimic passive tone pot.
  12. You really want vol and tone to one, stacked pot? I think BQC is concentric, and BQS is separated, describing the tone controls. Years ago EMG made a single pot that controlled both bass and treble. You can call this a tilt EQ. If you could have a pot that has three tracks, one would be the vol and two the tilt eq. Pretty custom, probably not impossible.
  13. Efektlåda! Nå just! Listen now sjukskötare, I was under impression, that the unit is Lada (Ru##ian L.A. D.A.), but it seems to be låda (a box). Well, Lada is also a box of a kind. (Nå, I am nåt Swede. Althåugh I am writing this cåmment in Ståckhålm because åf wårk trip. Weather here is cåld.)
  14. If you lean on the corner of the body of your bass, your hand may not like it. Circulation has to work well while playing. It is meaningful to play in front of a mirror and find possible issues with hands. Sometimes a little adjustment of a bass height may help.
  15. When it is fluent, you can suggest Costello's wife's version of Devil may care. This live version is fun to play along:
  16. Exactly. I think I tried to open this up by comparing the difference in sensitivity (<0.1 % vs. >2 %). It would not be feasible to use flat response in PA systems, because the system would be so ineffective. If we compare pure power, this would equal 20 kW vs. 1 kW. This is one reason I very much doubt the FRFR talk.
  17. In photography it is well known that changing ISO, aperture, or time affects other parametres, too. True, these laws are not equal, but represent pretty similar behaviour. Hofmann (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Anton_Hofmann) says, that low frequency reproduction is possible even in small volume, but the sensitivity will be ridiculously low. This can be heard in low cubic volume hifi speakers. Sensitivity may be far less than 0.1 %, while in PA systems it can be over 2 %. It is true that when we want to go really low, a bigger cubic volume (i.e. cabinet) is in order after certain frequency. Adding volume by filling the cabinet with denser material, or making it "look" bigger to the element (for example isobaric trials) have not been as succesful as using bigger cubic volume. The design and construction have to be of exceptional quality, too. By the way, my home speakers have 12" open baffle bass elements. No boxes, as the bass is a dipole. The speakers don't produce anything below 40 Hz.
  18. There are magnet inserts in the plywood.
  19. Paul Chambers. Listen to So what.
  20. I bought Vigier Passion II, and strung her with D'Addarios, because the system stays in tune for ages. Marriage made in heaven. My choice was Neutrik plugs and Gotham cables, because they do not break. Another marriage...
  21. I have met the designer, and I have tried one. I also know some acoustics, because I studied it in university. Toob is made for g-word. It works somehow, but the design is not bass specific, like @Bill Fitzmaurice said. Photography has its rule: ISO - aperture - exposure bass cab has similar: volume - sensitivity - lowest reproducible frequency If you change any of the three parametres, at least one of the two others will change, too.
  22. It is small and light in weight. The sound is fine for home and a small jazz club. Rock and a bigger venue, no way.
  23. Really? PA speakers are known for their output rather than response. Don't get me wrong, flat hifi response means drastic cutting of several frequency regions, which equals low sensitivity. It is OK, because the power (loudness) level at home is low, maybe a watt or even less. Sensitivity can be fractions of percent, like 0.1 %. PA (including instrument amps+cabs) has to be powerful. If you want flat response and you want loudness, the low sensitivity would equal enormous power levels. A PA speaker may have sensitivity in the 2 - 3 % level. This can be something like 30 times more than in a hifi system. Would you like to haul a PA system that pushes 500 watts/side or 15 kW/side to a club gig? And this was only the amp. This FRFR nonsense is a joke. It is OK to claim a system is FRFR = funny response & funny range. But before I see a measured response, I need to be alert. Learn, measure, understand. or Spread the marketing stuff, believe everything they say, get disappointed.
  24. But I use rather Neutrik than Rean, if possible. Rean still feels too Chinese after the real thing.
  25. GHS has similar set, I think it was named as contact core.
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