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Count Bassy

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    Jazz bridge pickup noise

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Hellzero said:

    As @tauzero added, put all the chances on your side. 😉

     

    That said, only a full shielding with cavities star grounded really resolves these issues...

     In industrial installations the star grounding idea has largely been replaced by "grid" style grounding, where you essentially ground every thing you can, everywhere you can.

    It is far more effective for high frequency noise, such as that from PCs, dimmer switches, inverters, motor drives etc. Certainly any screened cables should have the screen earthed at both ends! Screening still needs to be close to 100% though.

     

    If your problem is only mains hum then conventional "Earth the Screen at one end only" screening can work. Actually at low frequencies you may get away with a single screened plate, such as the aluminium foil sometimes found on the back of the scratch plate. If it is earthed then an electromagnetic wave is reflected with a phase change, so, at low frequncies, the incoming wave and the reflected wave pretty well cancel out.  Full screening is still better though.

     

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    Frontmen - who’d have em?

    in General Discussion

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    2 minutes ago, gjones said:

    Successful bands are never democracies. If a charismatic and talented singer/front person is good at what they do, then the band revolves around them. All the successful bands I've ever been in have revolved around the singer/frontperson. Play what they want you to play and things will go smoothly, think you or any other band member has a say in the set and suddenly you no longer have a singer/front person. 

     

     

    Been there and done that with a singing drummer. As soon as other members (all three of us) started suggesting songs he threw his toys out of the pram and walked. Yet another band that went nowhere.

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    Bass for thousands or bass for hundreds

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Count Bassy

    On 15/12/2024 at 13:58, meterman said:

    Certainly not unusual for a drummer to have £5000 worth of gear onstage with him. But they could easily get away with a £500-all-in kit, and many do.

     I'd agree on the shells, but the difference between cheap symbols and slightly more expensive ones can be like chalk & cheese.

     

    Not saying that the really top end cymbals should cost what they do. I suspect they're taking the piss a bit, or is it the normal diminishing returns thing.

     

    EDIT: Having said that I have an (1890s) anglo concertina that would be considered top the range, or near. The sound, feel, action and response are tremendous, and I wouldn't sell it. One that cost half as much wouldn't be the same, but would (should) be a perfectly playable instrument.

     

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    Burgers Veyron M or T?

    in Amps and Cabs

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    On 12/12/2024 at 17:36, Dan Dare said:

    I had the mosfet one. When I bought it, I could hear negligible difference between it and the valve one, so I thought I might as well save 50 quid. The M may have been a touch brighter, but that was it. Many of these class D amps that boast valve drive just use a single ECC83 in the input stage. I have a Carvin that does just that. It doesn't add much in my experience. Rounds off the sound a little when you push the gain, but that's about it. You aren't going to get a full-on valve overdrive out of them.

    I have a Carvin BX700 and have the same opinion, but more so. I can't detect any difference between the Valve and solid state settings. Perhaps my ears are shot.

    once you've played a 5 string what's the point of 4?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Count Bassy

    I am not a particulary good player but still find the B string very useful.

     

    Obviously it gives you the extra range, but also also allows you to play (say in E) higher up the neck (useful with my small hands),

    The extra range gives you the low minor 7th in E, and obviously the low D and C giving for those keys.

     

    As for why not a 6 string. Well, it's a bass isn't it? Extra range at the low end  is far more useful than extra notes at the high end, and 6 starts to make the fretboard too wide.

     

    I still have some 4s, but they rarely get played.

     

     

    PS: I am not the sort to get worried abot using notes that were not in the original!

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    Feedback for dmccombe7

    in Feedback

    Posted

    Bought some model railway trackwork from Dave. Price agreed and everything and then he adds in a "Few bits & bobs" to the box. A few bits and bobs that almosted doubled the value of the contents! Would he take any extra money? No he would not!

     

    He's a very naughty boy, but a real gent and decent bloke.

     

    Thank you very much Dave.

     

    Top Bloke.

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    NAD: Harley Benton Block-800B MKII

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    On 17/11/2024 at 00:21, CharlieSBrown said:

    Hi,

     

    I bought this amplifier second hand. The ground had a hissing noise, taking a look when I opened the lid I saw that it had paint on the inside sheet and it didn't completely close the ground. I removed the paint that was inside, now it has continuity with the ground with the covers and the ground noise dissapears.

    Excellent result.

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