Mottlefeeder

I'm just south of Altrincham, and I have a twin 5 inch home brew cab, and a single 10 inch home brew cab. 

The smaller speaker cab take 4 times the power to reach the same volume, so a low-powered combo with a smaller speaker may struggle to provide rhe volume you need.

Happy to meet up if you would like to hear my small vs large boxes.

David

Your cheapest 'suck it and see' option is to put about 100 ohms in series with each earpiece  (or an in-line volume control) and turn up the source volume to compensate for the losses. You may find that you can hear the effects of less damping, but you may not.

David

21 minutes ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

26 feet for the really low notes...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbass_flute

I think I'd stop at 13 feet using an HPF (Half Pipe filter)

1 hour ago, slapathy said:

...'Bet you wish you played the Flute' ....

'No, it would have to be 16 feet long to make the low notes.'

I enjoyed BEAD on a kit-build headless bass until the band decided to add 'Crazy little thing called love' to the set list.

I tried and failed to find a fretboard position that worked for me, and eventually retired the 4-string and returned to the versatility of 5 strings.

David

2 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

Might be worth contacting Mipro, as the T.bone seems to be based on their product. 

OK, thanks.

6 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

No idea, sorry. This is a page from the Mipro D2.4 manual, im hoping the T.bone version will be the same. As ive said earlier, ill probably use the EQ on my Aux send anyway, this has a graphic EQ, but i like that there are other options.

 

OK, thanks for posting. I may contact Thomann directly and ask if they have any more detail.

David

I'd be interested to hear more about the receiver EQ. Does it provide any boost around 3k-4k, which would counteract my hearing loss?

Thanks

David

Medium pair still available.

David

18 minutes ago, Tjhooker said:

Oh .. I'm after some smalls 🙂

Yours. PM me your address and I'll post them next week.

David

Hi folks,

I've recently bought an 'assorted' pack of Comply tips, and now I know my size, the other two pairs are spare. If anyone wants them to try, or a particular pair to add to their stock, I'm happy to post them on.

They are Comply 100 "Fits; Klipsch, Shure, Etymotic research, Westone, and more", and the small and medium pairs are available.

David   

If you've played there before, then you know what the PA can do.

If not, do you know for sure that it copes with bass, that the monitors can cope with bass, and/or that there is a monitor feed that is suitable for you, and not already assigned to another function/band member.

David

Hi folks,

I've recently bought an 'assorted' pack of Comply tips, and now I know my size, the other two pairs are spare. If anyone wants them to try, or a particular pair to add to their stock, I'm happy to post them on.

They are Comply 100 "Fits; Klipsch, Shure, Etymotic research, Westone, and more", and the small and medium pairs are available..

I'll leave this here for a day, then repost it in Freecycle.

David   

6 hours ago, Paul S said:

 

I don't know what you mean by 'noise isolating' - they have silicon cups at the ends of the tubes that fit themselves to the inside of my ear.  If I take out my hearing aids I can't hear very much at all.  If I put my hearing aids in, and have them set at their usual level, the band is loud.  If I turn the level down via the app I can hear but it isn't loud.  Works for me, anyway.

I'm not a hearing expert, and I have only discussed two types of aids with my audiologist.

The first was hearing aids that could be fitted to moulded inserts, which give good isolation - not necessary for day to day use in my case.

The second was the "bean behind the ear" where the in-ear tube or transducer was fitted to a perforated flange, which centres it in the ear canal, but does nothing to keep noise out. 

If the latter, your phone app controls will not take the volume below ambient.

David

(Posted before I realised @DocTrucker had covered the same ground)

3 hours ago, Paul S said:

What sort of hearing aids do you have?  Mine are NHS digital Oticon of some sort.  They pair with an app on my phone which does various things, including turn the volume down.  This, in effect, gives me ambient sound piped directly into my ears at a comfortable volume.  This might be something to explore?

 

Unless your hearing aid transducers are noise isolating, using them instead of earplugs will expose you to full on band volume. Turning them down will not help.

David

One point that might be worth considering. 

How do things sound without your hearing aids?

I'm using "ambient mic > mixer > earphones" but I went for a mixer with 3-band EQ in order to boost the mids to give me back the clarity I lost when I took the hearing aids out.

David

12 hours ago, DocTrucker said:

...

As folk have already said not many subs are rated down to the ~30Hz needed for  low B on a 5 or 6 string.

You may need 30Hz for the kick drum, or a synth bass, but for normal low B 5-string work you will sound better if you filter out the bottom octave and just amplify 60Hz and upwards. The bottom octave just makes your sound muddy.

David

Interesting - thanks for sharing

David

I'd be up for a NW bass bash in May.

Also happy to help with any bits of organising that can be delegated.

David

1 hour ago, Acebassmusic said:

You'd also need a transformer to power it at 32v.

In the packing list at the bottom of the linked page, it says that the 32v psu is included.

It looks better made than some evilbay alternatives, and there are amplifier chips that will deliver ~100-200W bridged with a supply voltage of that order, but I'd take the quoted power with a pinch of salt, and I'd be wary of running it at max power 'just to see what it is capable of'.

I realise this is inconsistent - I don't believe it and I don't advise checking it out - but one of the limiting factors with single chip amplifiers is getting rid of the waste heat, and this one has a small heatsink and no fan.

David

I've been using a Draper 30w variable temperature station, and it worked well. However both the initial purchase and its warranty replacement lasted less than 12 months each.

I'm going back to Antex.

David

I think the basic Behringer models will do that. About £22.

David

My benchmark is -

'Will the bass be undamaged if the gigbag slides out of the car boot and hits the ground?'

Beginner/student bags fail, so I'm looking at 20mm firm foam as a minimum.

My drive is on a slope...

David

I can't quite make out how the mode switch works - is it a broken slide switch?

David

7 hours ago, tauzero said:

I've got a TGI Extreme gigbag https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/210422368434025--tgi-extreme-electric-guitar-gigbag which fits it nicely. Also worth looking at is the Thomann guitar premium gigbag https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_premium_gigbag_eguitar_br.htm - especially if you've done the strap button mod placing the strap button further round the body.

I'll check those out - thanks

David