Stub Mandrel

I bought some cheap powered speakers from Thomann. To their credit they give RMS power as well as the manufacturers claimed power. "Power: 600 W Peak / 140 W (RMS)"

Man hugs.

Always more productive with the rest of the band present 😁

And they had to stop after Trading Standards reminded them it was illegal.

Only stiff compared to rounds.

3 hours is the point where creativity and concentration die...

I'm not convinced the old gear is better, but it can be very good.

I think mine is about 96lbs.

Lee recently gave me a stupidly good deal on a bass. I'll chip in.

Hang on... those dots mean Höfner shpuld be pronounced Hefner. Mind blown.

The Kay Gremlin I bought on Basschat. Google suggests that only a handful have ever been sold on the Internet.

I always liked PMT. Changing the name fo Professional Music Technology to Play Music Today smacked of desperation and the stores I saw in the last year felt like they were being run down. So that's Gamlins and PMT gone from Cardiff It was Cardiff PMT where I finally felt like a half decent bass player... I was noodling trying out a TE Elf and they turned the background music off 🤣

Used a P tonight at rehearsal. Like my Flea jazz it has early sixties spec fender vintage pups and the same strings also in similar 'used but too bright to change condition, so fair comparison. 100% honestly, I felt it wasn't as 'present' as the jazz had been on Saturday.

I have labella tapewounds on an acoustic. Still stiff but much nicer feel thsn fender flats.

I've got a GP11 1110 (red stripe 4x12 combo). Sounds great. If only it was easier to move around, I've only gigged it twice 😞

Good rehearsal with the originals band tonight. Got my basslines finalised for 7 songs. We jammed a song that was acoustic guitar only on the bands first album. I came up with a bassline that had a 'Cirrus Minor' feel - very pleased with it.

"Less than 0.02% THD at full power" It may not be acceptable for hifi, but even 10% THD is not unpleasant for a solid state instrument amplifier. 0.02% gives a conservative power rating for a stage amp.

Well it was pretty good. Refreshed a few toons for Saturday.

Rehearsal this evening. Bass Terror, mid and bass 12 o'clock, treble about 12:30. Gain about 2 o'clock. Great sound despite strings nearing end of life (Fender nickel plated). All songs but one tones full up, neck full volume, about 30% on bridge. One song went neck only. A bit of slap, lots of fingerstyle, a bit of pick. All sounded good, no trouble cutting through.

Off to one now.

I put the bass with flats on thecdtand by my desk (where I keep my current 'practice' bass). I find I'm hardly picking it up, almost dreading it. That says it all to me.

Last Wednesday . I've been documentaryfied.

God that's scary. Searched it out on YouTube. Nit only did the chorus immediately come to mind, but I recognised Charlie Harper's furry red jumper. I must find my old UK Subs tapes...

Well that's nice and simple to understand...

Amps vary, many have scoop built in, but on Saturday I dialed in about 1 o'clock of bass and treble for my Flea jazz... partly intuitive as we were in an outdoor marquee so I felt the bottom end would need a bit of help, and the treble would add clank when I needed it. Lots of slamming the strings agsindt the frets later I don't think I suffered any lack of presence or cut through. One of my brothers was in the audience and made an interestng observation... my sound had a good full bottom end, unless he stood close to the pub wall that was opposite us.