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My youngest has a Blackstar Combo (one of the emulating ones). Sounds absolutely brilliant, but the speaker blew. Fixed under warrantee, but it does make you wonder what they are playing at? Surely in a well designed combo the amp should not be capable of blowing the speaker (could have been a speaker manufacturing fault I guess).

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1433239230' post='2789149'] Well since all the effects and the amp sims are probably handled by a single dsp I doubt there much of a saving to be made from omitting the amp sim. There might be mileage in producing a preamp only variant though. [/quote] But if you look at the number of knobs on the compressore and distotore, they are too complicated for the vast majority of players, and there is simply not enough panel space for it on an LM3 (or LMT). (Personally I'd be happy with a good single knob compressor built in to an LM3. I actually very rarely use a compressor, but it must be one of the more popular effects).

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1434007805' post='2795787'] XLR outputs generally provide a balanced line level signal that can be plugged directly into a mixing desk. The EMG preamp only delivers a standard unbalanced instrument level output. For the XLR to work properly the onboard preamp would need to have the necessary DI circuitry to provide a balanced line level output. [/quote] Or a transformer, which you might be able to drive off the normal output.

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1433768375' post='2793746'] I did not even give him 3 minutes - he was driving me nuts. However I've just been given a link to the conclusions. From this, it looks like it is to be avoided... [url="http://hackaday.com/2015/06/06/crowdfunding-follies-debunking-the-batteriser/"]http://hackaday.com/...the-batteriser/[/url] [/quote] I gave up as well, but saw that the complete video was 31 minutes.

Is it just me who read the title as "Cozy Powell Plague"?

Am I missing something here? I can see no mention of this having been deliberately reliced. It could just be a bass that's had 50 years of use and wear. Remember that when bought is '65 it was just a standard new Fender P bass, nothing special about it, and definitely not vintage.

It's a shame that it's so unique. I'm looking for a matched pair really.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1433676840' post='2792979'] By the way, check the QR10PA in amazon, it's cheaper there, I think around £140-150 [/quote] Remembering of course that Amazon pay FA tax in the UK.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1433618251' post='2792597'] I DON'T WANT TO SPELL 'STANDARDISED' WITH A 'Z', FFS!! [/quote] + 100s!

And he takes half an hour to say what he could have said in 3 minutes. I think he must like the sound of his own voice.

[quote name='hairychris' timestamp='1433506080' post='2791660'] Claims like this always smell a bit funny. Quite a good breakdown here: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iEshd6izgk"]https://www.youtube....h?v=4iEshd6izgk[/url] tl;dw - May work in some applications, may wear batteries faster in others, potential for short-circuit, and claims made by maker very oversold (as many products can already use batteries with significant voltage drop). [/quote] The bloke in the video might be right, but his voice and manner really does my head in.

Use a five string and avoid the use of open strings and, within a few semitones, you can often just slide the whole left hand back and forwards to shift the key(especially shifting up), . If you want to go further than this then you might want to consider going up or down a string , where a five string again gives you more flexibility than a four, but often the whole finger pattern can stay the same. Or, of course you can change the whole finger pattern, which also has its place.

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1433264892' post='2789573'] My last band (a covers band) ended a couple of months ago. It was a long drawn out process to be honest. It was the best band I'd been in, very driven, professional attitude, good musicianship, all despite relatively little gigging experience from 2 or 3 of us. We put masses of time into the band in just 4 months, did one gig had several lined up, then the singer announces she was moving away. Finding a replacement for her was impossible, she was one of the best singers in the area. [/quote] Yep. This was a similar situation. We'd been working hard for about a year, had a good set list, and done four gigs as test outs. We were on the verge of properly launching ourselves to get more regular gigs, and it all collapsed. To be honest, had we launched sooner, by a few months, then there might have still been a band despite the tensions. So the lesson is: don't wait too long before going for gigs.

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1433159620' post='2788337'] I'm REALLY curious to know how it would work out strung conventionally B-G. Would make a super comfy, easy to play 5er I think...... [/quote] Me too.

Put your wife in the shed, speakers in the bedroom?

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1432478941' post='2781830'] Guitar pots are nothing special, just standard electronic components made by dozens of manufacturers. [/quote] +1 on this. There seems to be an obsession with CTS pots, and I'm that they're fine, but then so are many others (Bourne, Vishay etc)

Has he changed the battery? I had a problem with my GWB35 and tried everything, including the battery connector, but it turned out that there was an internal fault in the (Duracell) battery. It was really really sensitive and unplugging and re plugging the jack socket was often enough to make it go again - for 10 minutes or so. However when that went on and off it did so with a big pop, but I guess that that will depend on the pre-amp design.

And, WTF is a craft beer?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1433138251' post='2788086'] Define what you want out of a band experience at this point in your life and then decide if what you want is realistic. I have a buddy that will only play music he personally likes which is obscure by most standards. He doesn't understand that because of his requirement he will never find himself in any kind of gigging band. Blue [/quote] Thanks for the thoughts Blue (And everybody). What I want from a band at my time of life (58) is to be out gigging in pubs 2 or 3 times a month, and having fun. I am not a great or flashy bass player, but think I am solid enough for that to be realistic. However I have no illusions that it will ever be more than that. On your second point: This was the original problem, the singer wanted to do stuff that he liked (fair enough), but it was mostly pretty obscure. The rest of us also wanted to do stuff we we liked, but that your average pub audience would know and enjoy (mostly classic rock and bluesey stuff). (And before anyone asks that did include a few cheesy ones). Also, to make it clear, the guitarist and drummer both had very valid reasons for not wanting to carry on, e.g. pressure of work. Also they both work for the county music service and felt they needed to concentrate on that. Can't help but think that if it weren't for the singer creating tension it would still be going though.

Depends what the tweeter is. Piezo tweeters, because of the incredibly high impedance, are easy to control with a pot and a limiting resistor. If its a coil driven tweeter at 8 Ohms or so then yes, you need an I-pad.

Income tax is only applicable to profits, so unless you really are a regular trader, as in you buy things to sell on at a profit, you should be OK.

Be very careful with nail polish remove - it can damage/dissolve many plastics. Try some of the orange smelling label remover - it'll have those bits off in no time.

The Band has had bit of niggling discontent for a while, mainly to do with choice of material, and mainly in the sense of guitar, bass drums & sax versus the singer. Anyway we arranged a meeting so that we could discuss this and agree on songs we we all happy with, or at least could play without moaning about it every time. [size=4]Then about 4 hours before the meeting the guitarist and the drummer sent us all a text saying that they did not want to carry on with the band at all. [/size] So, from expecting an awkward meeting with the worse scenario being having to look for a new singer, it went to a relatively relaxed social meeting (because there was very little left to discuss), but with no band at the end of it. The plus side is that we didn't fall out over it, the downside is that there is no longer a band, and it's left me with a real hole in my life, and I'm feeling it quite badly as the band was my only real musical outlet. Apart from having no practices or gigs to look forward to it just seems such a shame that all that work has gone into the band was for nothing. Just needed to share.

You do know that some amps go to 11?

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1432718809' post='2784158'] Had to work for the money, or had to work because he was addicted to it? [url="http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-b-b-king-20150515-story.html#page=1"]This obituary[/url] seems to indicate the latter. [/quote] The same thought went through my mind.