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I made a thread a while ago for discussing alternate up-tunings of bass guitars, including piccolo and tenor bass tuning that didn't went that far and kind of died out early, but I am hoping being a bit more specific and having this thread being specifically of the two most common up-tunings might fare a little better. Just to be sure people know what I am talking about: Piccolo bass tuning, is a bass that is tuned an octave higher than a normal bass, that is as the four lower strings of a guitar tuned in regular E standard tuning. And tenor bass tuning, which among others Victor Wooten, but especially Stanley Clarke is making wide use of, is a bass tuned like the 4 upper string of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, that is A standard tuning. And of course strung accordingly. Personally I have grown really fond of tenor bass tuning, and currently my just 28.6" scale Ibanez Mikro Bass, which is my main bass, is strung up with Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings of the gauges .068 - .052 - .038 - .028, and tuned this way, in A standard tuning. Here it is, "Dud Bottomfeeder" : And for those who think piccolo and tenor bass are oxymorons, well, technically they are of course, but non the less first of all these are actually well established terms, and also rather than being named after their tonal frequency range, think of it as named after the respective instruments instead, that is a bass guitar tuned to piccolo tuning, and as a bass guitar tuned as a bass tenor guitar, or as a combination of a tenor guitar (that is the 4 string guitars, usually tuned in 5th, and higher than a regular guitar) and a bass guitar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar_tuning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor_guitar A bass in these tunings works best approached like a hybrid of a bass and a guitar, opening up for new perspectives of thinking and playing bass guitar, and obviously a whole new tonal range. A piccolo bass doesn't sound like a 4 string guitar, and a tenor bass doesn't sound like a 4 string baritone guitar, they got their own flavor, and works best played as their respectively entirely own individual instruments. In many ways though a piccolo bass and a tenor bass have more in common with a tenor guitar than a regular guitar or a regular baritone guitar.

I have started working on incorporating proper 3 finger plucking technique into my finger play, but as it is now I exclusively use it for galloping. Other than traditional 2 finger plucking technique, though I more so stroke the strings, in a slightly inwards slapping motion, with the outmost tip of my finger/nails, rather than really striking or plucking them, I also frequently incorporate double thumbing, classical acoustic guitar finger picking technique (again currently I only use thumb+index+middle finger, but am also currently started working on making including the ring finger feel natural), as well as flamenco guitar style index and/or middle finger flicking technique, depending. Sometimes though I will just use 1 finger plucking technique, more akin to James Jamerson, either index or middle finger, depending. Beside that I also sometimes utilize a pick, my preferred ones being either a Dunlop Tortex .60mm, or a Wedgie Soft 3.1mm rubber pick, depending. Really it's a matter of what feels and sounds best depending on the musical context. And regarding on whether using 3 fingers is faster than 2, I don't find this to be true, but it is definitely less straining to play fast using 3 fingers compared to just 2, I found though that fastest of all, at least when we are talking about single string picking, actually even faster than using a pick, is the flamenco guitar style index and/or middle finger flicking technique.

As far as the BAM200, unlike the ELF and Gnome, not before on the lower side of 30Hz, at very least: And everything bellow that (30Hz) is pretty much irrelevant in terms of reproducing the notes of a bass guitar. The graph for the BAM200 is in a reply further down that thread I linked to, all the graphs in the first couple of replies are for the ELF and Gnome (as it actually does say). This reply:

No, bass is cut, otherwise you are right. And of course it is subjective, but those graphs, if you know how to read them, can tell you something about which will suit your subjective taste/setup best.

Thanks for the replies, regarding build in compressor. But I did some research, and someone did a spectrum analysis of the ELF, GNOME and BAM200, turns out bot the ELF and Gnome got some rather serious HPF'ering going on, whereas the BAM200 got flat bass response. And as I already utilizes a HPF I personally would prefer that the amp processed my low end unchanged. So think I got my answer there, as to which of those 3 micro amps I should get. On the other hand the BAM200 seems to have some subtle LPF'ering going on, whereas the other two got a rising high frequency response. They all got a slight mid scoop around 400Hz, but as they all have their Mid control centered there that can pretty much be countered by turning the Mid control up a bit.

Please have another look at my reply and what it was a reply to again. What I basically was saying was just that if the pickup ground wire is swapped and used as the hot wire instead, but elsewhere is grounded, there will either be a somewhat reduced output or no output at all. And what I was talking about more specifically was if it was fused already where the wire is attached to the pickup. In that case you should also hear a really loud hum if touching the pickup poles with your fingers. If not the pickup will work just as well.

I see what you did there... On a more serious note, as far as I gathered the Gnome does have a build in compressor that will kick in when input gain is cranked, though supposedly a lot less heavy handed than the ELF's build in compressor. I really don't like what a compressor does to my tone and especially not my dynamics, so my question is: Does the TC Electronic BAM200 also have a build in compressor that will kick in when input gain is cranked?

It's a general issue with all barrel type jack sockets, they will eventually fail, and they are as good as impossible to fix again, though it is a more prominent issue with the cheapest of them. Regular jack sockets will last much longer, and usually if they eventually do fail it is an easy fix.

That depends, if for example a pickup pole grounding wire has been fused with the pickup coil ground, then it most definitely will.

Are D'Addario XL the same also though?

I stand corrected...

Really interesting. A shame they so far only come in .105 to .045 gauge though, I would love to try a balanced .095 to .040 set of these strings. And no they are not the same as the GHS Bassics and Roto Swing strings, those are nickel thread wound around a steel core, just as any other nickel-plated roundwound strings, these got steel thread wound around a steel core, just like a regular stainless steel roundwound string, but then an additional wrap of nickel thread on top of that, which to my knowledge have not ever been done before (at least not commercially). Making them a quite unique and new fusion/crossover/combination between/of stainless steel and nickel-plated roundwound strings. Perhaps even making it possible to get the stainless steel sound, but without the excessive fret wear (though this is a guess, as I haven't actually tried these strings myself, yet).

Apples and Oranges - Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett)

Fruit Tree - Nick Drake

Cause it needed a bump to actually become a zombie thread, before that bump it was just an old inactive thread, and being a zombie is so much cooler.

But? It's more or less exactly what I said. You quote it yourself: Personally though I prefer cabinets with better low end frequency response than you mention, something closer to -3dB at 45Hz and with a HPF set at 40Hz, but you are right a lot of bass cabs have a frequency response similar to what you mention. Also try take a look at the linked video, and behold just how much the 25Hz HPF helps a regular bass cab:

Well, except for the 25Hz being the -3dB point of the slope, so there will most definite be a couple of dB reduction of 27.5Hz as well, and the low B for that matter at 30.87Hz slightly reduced too. I realize this is nit picking, and for most parts irrelevant as any real life cab actually used is unlikely to be able to reproduce 27.5Hz, or 30.87Hz for that matter, anyway (it will however, as we can see in that video, still cause the speaker cones to flap, just not producing much of an actually audible tone), and what is actually mostly heard will the the second harmonic, an octave above, and our brain filling in the blanks (as with a large part of our perception of reality in general really). Just saying for the sake of being factual correct.

Try looking closely on the expression of the smilies and what they actually do, then try to copy that expression on your own face and take a look in the mirror. I am genuinely not saying this to be a jerk, I just assume that I can't be the only one who find your use/interpretation of smilies counter intuitive to what they actually visually seem to express, and therefor potentially misunderstands your intention with what you write.

How about you take your own advice then too? And please look at the most recent edit I did to that post you quoted (And, yes, I am perfectly aware I got a bad habit with pressing the "Send" button before I have actually made perfectly sure that I also said exactly what I wanted to say and in the way I wanted to say it. Blame my ADHD. It's not an excuse, but it does explain it).

As I I later edited into the comment you quote: I do agree with it definitely also being sad and tragic, but as far as I am concerned that doesn't make it unfit to joke about, rather quite on the contrary. That's exactly one of the reasons we got humor. Also this was the emoji you used, as I interpret it that that is not sad, it's a crooked smile/smirk, in this context to me indicating that it is something said jokingly profound:

I am however not the only one appreciating dark humor on this planet, that your post was not intended as such is impossible to tell from what you posted. I do agree with it definitely also being sad and tragic, but as far as I am concerned that doesn't make it unfit to joke about, rather quite on the contrary.

Look at my post again, and see when it was edited last compared to when your post was posted and edited. Though I guess The New Yorker hardly is the language of the soul or the most advanced form of communication we humans are capable of either, or any of the other examples for the matter. I guess the former examples can be argued, but I'd still argue that of all art forms music is the one that lives up to this description the best, and neuroscience seems to support this, as it is one activity, both intensive listening and playing, together with deep meditation, that activates most of our brain simultaneously.

Take A Break is the most advanced form of communication we humans are capable of, and the language of the soul?

My mum is dead. She died of cancer a few years back. But judging from the amount of plays my music get on YouTube there's luckily a few more people who's souls resonate with mine's output.

It's not an urge, not anymore than staying alive is an urge, it's the language of the soul, the most advanced form of communication we humans are capable of, and it's tragic and sad to see it reduced to merely cheap background entertainment.