Stub Mandrel

How peculiar the photo is my tiny 4x4 combo!

We really felt like rehearsal was needed after our last gig. Tonight we focused on the weak points and also played Alive by Pearl Jam for the first time. Alive is a blast to play. My jazz was sounding awesome, I'd boosted the mids a tiny bit and made sure the gain was high enough for a bit of overdrive. Half way through I realised I hadn't checked the controls on the bass, but they were exactly in my favourite spot - neck full, bridge about 20%. Only point of contention... they all think the bass on Uprising sounds better clean! Have they ever heard actually listened to it?

I liked it, very different from what I play. I try to follow Jack Bruce for the main part, although I steal a ZZ Top turnaround because it fits really well 🙂 Not being him, 'improv in his style' might be a generous description of what I try to do in the solos...

Excellent and very professional presentation too.

Ohio is exactly the song for these times. Well done for playing it.

I thought there would be a clever explanation about allowing for the width of the sawcut 😁

The chance of major damage would have been mitigated as the power amp would not have been getting any input.

Feeling below par so somehow got distracted by Teen Town (again). I've learnt the first section but there are a few bars I can't get up to speed, but it gets a little better with each attempt. Edit: I managed an 'almost right' play though of the first section in 43 seconds. Jaco does it in 30!! Loads more work needed for both speed and accuracy (let alone feel)!

Alive by Pearl Jam. Not a big challenge, but one of my favourite songs so really looking forward to performing it. Rehearsal monday.

Play them on it over bluetooth from your phone. If you press the bass knob it goes into Bluetooth mode.

I have a usb powered air purifier that runs of usb and uses carbon cartridges. That could run in a car.

Nearly 25 years out getting married, having a daughter. Getting back into music helped me cope with divorce. I'm only an amateur but I identify more with being a bass player than my various work identities.

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Damn you folks, sent me onto a deep dive where I found this, which is a partial and imperfect answer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber–Fechner_law As a biologist I would say one reason why the ear can cope with both a huge range of sound levels and doesn't respond linearly to volume is that it has tiny muscles that 'tighten up' the system to mitigate damage by 'turning down the volume'. I looked into this in a bit more detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_reflex The reflex clicks in for sounds over the threshold (which can vary between 70 and 100dB). A sound 20dB above the threshold might be reduced by 15dB. A reduction of up to 20dB is possible. It takes 2-3 seconds to click in (which is why being close to drum hits is just so horrible). There are lots of subtleties. Also, it click in automatically to give ~20dB reduction just before you speak, so if you are expecting sudden bangs, try talking to yourself...

I just looked at the DFSchat forum, and they have a topic called sofas on the bass.

Probably it's urea-formaldehyde glue which can break down if kept damp and give off fumes (including ammonia) that smell like wee.

A related thing is how isolated bass with loads of distortion can sound really loud and evil on its own but disappears or at least sounds much mellower in a band context.

I know a pub with a hard stone floor, roughly 3m ceiling height and a length of wall in front of the band space also 3m from the wall behind. f=speed of sound/wavelength f=330/3 = 110. Oh yes, that room is perfectly tuned to a bass's A string's first harmonic and boy does it resonate...

That grippiness makes them an outstanding solution for neck dive. They also make the heaviest bass light on your shoulders. I have one on both my heaviest fivers.

I was about to suggest this. Bicarb is slightly alkaline and breaks down the oils and greases that make most of the smells.

I think some were jyst held on by hot melt. @Rosie C I can 3d print one for you if you dont mind painting it yourself. This is my design: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6675528

And then there was one?

It's partly curiosity but also something to possibly record my acoustic guitar.