Stub Mandrel

Not Olives?

Thanks Phil, that was what my back of the envelope suggested. I did wonder if there were some 'kludges' applied to approximate a non-linear effect.

My brother has a synth app on his iphone which he uses as part of his work with people with autism. He does a lot of music-related activities. It sounds quite impressive. I will ask what it is called.

Worth watching to find out what Danny Sapko is like without all the corny exaggerated accent and other nonsense. Hope he doesn't get sued.

I've used my elf with a pjb C2 and it's fine for that sort of situation. I even used it at a blues gig, on a tall stool, because of a ¼ mile walk to the venue... it is judt loud enough for that. I imagine the Double 4 is directly comparable. (It’s a C2 not a C4)

Paranoid has sme nice subtleties if you listen carefully.

Thing is, the songs I would choose aren't very pub friendly. Sonic Attack

I always fancied being in a Hawkwind tribute.

This paid vs. free venue vs. bands stuff misses the point. It's AUDIENCES wanting to experience live music in good numbers and willing to PAY through either tickets, a tip bucket, club memberships or over the bar in return. If more people went to see grassroots music and were willing to accept the cost, then there wouldn't be an issue. The venues that succeed are those that are customer focused and have good promotions.

No, I knew I wanted one 2x12 cab and since getting it have passed on one of my old 8R 2x12s and taken the other apart. I have no desire to go back to using two of them, the only motivation would be to have something more 'stack like' for certain genres, in which case a dummy cab would work just as well. The only benefit of an 8R cab would be making it slightly easier for me to control stage volume. Now I am considering a 1x10, in which case I probably will go 8R as I could see potential to double it up for a small but portable setup.

I dont know if he could sustain that speed now but he's still a fast and articulate player when he unwinds.

When you are certain you don't want to run two cabs... so when it's a big(ger) cab.

Posh!

Just went to see the Little Giants, a sort of 'juke box band'. Lots of guests in the second half and I did a stint on bass, from memory Dakota, Superstition, Gene Genie and Mess of Blues plus one or two others? Shirani guested on sax and asks me "what suits sax?" Optimistically I say 21st Century Schizoid Man and they launch into 20th Century Boy... 🤣

A 15" Ampeg Portaflex pulls a lot more bass out of an Elf than the 2x8. I know because I tried both in PMT before I bought the Elf, and found it weak sounding through the 2x8. Oddly, a year later my brother picked up Portaflex 15 for £50(!) and ended up getting an Elf to go with it. (Yes I know all the arguments against 15s but this particular combination sounds great for the sort of music I play).

On the vast majority of solid state amps the headphone disconnects the speaker output and powers the 'phones via a series resistor. This means your fault is probably, as you seem to realise, a break somewhere in the output wiring, not in the electronics. You have a suitable instrument to trace the fault. Put the meter on an a/c range, perhaps 20vac or more. With one probe at a good ground point, carefully probe from the headphone socket to the speaker leads.

I know I wish I did...

I can see for an 8R system the series rheostat should be 0-8R, presumably linear. The parallel rheostat would, ideally be 0-infinity and 8R at the point where the series one is at its mid-point. That would give three 8R points at max and min. But most rheostats are wirewound and linear, so I wonder what compromise is used.

Papa Was A Rolling Stone. I hate counting but trying to do it by feel is soooo hard.

This seems to be an issue with the more 'professional' tributes - they are straightjacketed by not being able to improvise audience interaction without 'breaking character'.

There are still a good few stores in and around Cardiff, but gradually fading away 😞 A-strings in Treforest is excellent. Big selection, great service. How many shops will take a bass you are trying out and do a setup on it while you wait with a cup of tea? (Yes, I did buy it!)

PMT has a definite feel of a place that's just being wound down over the last twelve months.

Our soundcheck song.

Gibson massively hurt their sales with their minimum stock requirements and not allowing people to sell epiphone without minimum Gibson stockn while Fender/Squier made hay.

Many people assume that flat sounds best, but it rarely does. 😁