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Are You Shivering? - Coil

Prince Harry?

You can't get 500W from 18V and 2 9 volt batteries. Even if that poweramp could run at 18V the batteries would be drained in a matter of minutes because of the power consumption required for it to work. You would need a special plug in the bass for plugging in a power cord to feed the poweramp. Also 200W seems more realistic as far as the size of such a thing would be.

I agree, but your tonewood choices are all WRONG!

I do realize that you're being ironic, but did you hear it to an end? Not disagreeing, just saying/pointing out...

Also I think I did quite alright just using my experience and ears composing, programming, playing/singing, recording and mixing this piece:

That doesn't however mean that you can't hear stuff in your head and play accordingly, simply based on experience. Also your ears are more than the meat pieces on the side of your head, they are connected to your brain, your ears as such doesn't hear anything, they just pick up vibrations and transform them to electrical impulses for your brain can interpret. This is however not what you usually mean when saying "using your ears", it actually means using your sense of hearing. I don't know why anyone with any degree of common sense would take this so literally, it's absurd.

I found a source online that claims that the Cool Cat Metal is based on the preamp of the Fender Champ amp (not to be confused with the current production cheap solid state Champion amp), with some modification and a clipping diode in the gain stage, and that the Cool Cat Metal II allegedly is based on a heavily modified Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, among other the whole tone stack removed, and replaced for a High/Low Mid switch toggle, that can also be switched completely off. Should prove interesting.

Absurd! Now I can't find it, but there is this YouTube clip where a highly acclaimed music professor explains and demonstrates how you need to hear in your head what you play while you play it in order to play it properly.

Isn't that exactly why you should focus on training your ears rather than theory? What is music if not sound? If you can't hear what you play, your can't play it properly. What is that joke about the blind and the deaf guy: "Can you hear what I see?"

Some inspiration:

I've just bought 2 distortion pedals, the Danelectro Cool Cat Metal, as well as the Cool Cat Metal II, super cheap. Haven't got them with me yet though. Anyone got any info on these, like what they are based on, or clones of? This is not the plastic FAB Metal, these are the Cool Cat pedals in metal eclosures. (these pictures are not the actual units, just to give you an idea of what they look like and which control parameters they feature)

Can't remember who makes them but midi sensitive/triggering frets/fretboard. Build in metronome/drum machine, and looper. A digital watch with build in alarm and stop watch functionality. A build in Nintendo Gameboy, so you can play video games on your bass when not playing bass.

It's not a fully parametric EQ unless you can also dial in frequency and Q/Bandwidth for each band, for tonal versatility you would be better off with a filter preamp, like the one I suggested.

In The Heart Of The Wood & What I Found There - Current 93

Also D Tuners for each string (which can be set to just do half steps as well). Black Ice passive overdrive/distortion module. Lusithand double filter preamp: https://lusithanddevices.com/product/double-nfp/ And having a tremolo system installed as well, Kahler does one for bass (and comes in a 5 string version as well): https://www.thomann.de/gb/kahler_2410r_w4_bass_tremolo_blk.htm

Yeah, those settings looks absolutely bonkers, The HPF and LPF too, very much doubt those are the settings he actually use.

That looks amazing, and the price looks just as amazing. 111£/129 Euro at Thomann. Also, for what it is worth, it is all analog. Might need to get one of these. Had it also had an adjustable LPF and HPF it would have been perfect.

Leenardo Czars, Pinocchio Palmino and Jammy Jamson. All they ever did was noisy farts. And they smell too!

Not my full collection, but just shot this with my mobile phone: From left to right: 4 string 34" scale Aria Pro II Laser Electric Classic (Ash body, 3 piece Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard) 5 string 28.6" scale Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass (Poplar body, Maple neck, Jatoba fretboard) 4 string 28.6" scale Ibanez GSRM20B body + GSRM20 neck Mikro Bass (Mahogany body, Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard) Aria Pro II tuned in regular 4 string bass E standard tuning 5 string Mikro Bass tuned in G standard tuning, as in 3 half steps above the upper 5 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning 4 string Mikro Bass tuned in A# standard tuning, as in 1 half steps above the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning Beside that I also own: Harley Benton GuitarBass (Bass VI) - Egmund (exeptionally crappy, basically unplayable, short scale vintage late 60's bass) - Epiphone SG Special (electric guitar) - Santana (short scale classical nylon string acoustic guitar)

Adam Clayton

Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr.

It's No Good Trying - Syd Barrett