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I have no need for one of these, nor the space nor the money but damn I remember seeing them in the 90s when they came out and wanting one sooooo badly. Still do. GLWTS

9 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

Played barefoot for around four years back in the 70s. Stopped after some kind soul in the audience decided to lob a pint tumbler at my feet one night. Damn thing actually got stuck in my foot - not pleasant at all. So now, tootsies are well covered.

Oh god.

15 minutes ago, Paul S said:

 

Not to mention bio-hazards - I don't suppose rehearsal space carpets get cleaned that often outside of a desultory vacuum once a week - could end up with Lord Knows What attached to your socks.  

Yep. I know. I do have some shoes with very thin tread though, they feel very connected.

20 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Too many underfoot hazards in most rehearsal spaces and venues for me to do that 

Yep. I agree - when I was in The Music Complex I kept my shoes on but I really wanted to take them off. If it wasn't for the state of the carpet...

The last couple of rehearsals I've been to I've felt compelled to take my shoes off. I have no idea why. I've started to notice a lot of performers don't wear shoes. Anyone else getting this?

4 hours ago, SumOne said:

 

I had a Combustion and I'm with you on your wish list: Passive tone control, and I always prefer a front facing jack. Also, I would have liked to be able to blend between the pickups. Great basses though (the main reason for selling mine was it was quite a heavyweight at about 4.5kg but I know they aren't all as heavy). 

Yep. Mine's quite heavy but with a nice padded Mono strap I've gotten used to it. I'm happier just having 4 positions though, no blend - I'd just end up dicking about with settings all the time otherwise. I'm very, very taken with the bass though and part of me would fancy getting a Canadian one, but the other part of me (the one that knows how much is in the bank) is just laughing at the idea.

I'll just keep an eye out for a cheap eq pedal I recon.

Cheers for all your input though. Much appreciated.

3 hours ago, MichaelDean said:

Could also just take out the preamp, wire in a tone control and put in two "producer knobs" that aren't connected to anything?

You know, I have thought about this. I've also thought about widening one of the holes to put an output jack there as I HATE the positioning as standard, but we're getting into seriously messing about with an expensive bass. I think the reason I've not used the eq is down to not playing live much. I think it may be a bit more useful in a gigging context, but from what I hear the Glockenglang is a better preamp anyway.

6 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

I bought a kit from FretNation in the USA to change my volume to a stacked Volume/Tone control. Works in active or passive mode. It was just a couple of wires to solder and I had to enlarge the hole a bit to get the stacked pot in, but I'm really happy with the result.

 

In hindsight, I could have just bought a stacked pot, but I knew that it would come with the matching knobs, so went this route. 

I mean, that looks fantastic, but I've upgraded the pots on mine to the Dingwall ones and I really like them so stacked pots would be a major annoyance. I know. I'm being picky here...

13 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

You're complicating the idea.

 

Simply use your active/passive switch to have two different tones: a passive tone with all the balls, and a darker tone in the active mode.

 

Then just flip the switch for these two different tones that you can still adjust in the active mode.

 

A passive tone in a separate box will be a real pain in the āss, as the tone will vary with the cable length due the passive path being high impedance (loss of highs linked to the length) and very sensitive to the capacitance of the cable used too, so the tone itself can change very quickly depending on the length and type of cable used, and I don't even mention the buzzing and earthing issues you'll get: forget it.

So, take down the treble on the amp to get the passive-type tone I want and then use the active to whack them up? Maybe it'd work but I find the idea of cutting frequencies then having to use an active circuit to add them back goes against my approach. Question though, if I added a tone control in the guitar body how would that be any different to having it a pedal? Would the problem be the addition of an extra length of instrument cable creating the problem?

Perhaps the easiest thing would be to keep an eye out for a graphic eq pedal? 

Hi basschat folks. I've got a question about adding a passive tone control to my setup. I've got a Dingwall Combustion and, honestly, I never use the active circuit - I just leave the batteries out and use the switch as a handy mute control. I do really miss a passive tone though for songs where I want a darker tone, but it's important I can turn it off/on easily rather than fiddle with the treble on an amp. I'm toying with the idea of changing the circuit to a Glockenklang one on the bass as the treble on that acts as a passive tone when the preamp's off, but that'd be a faff and expense especially as I'd not trust my own ham-fisted soldering so it'd be off to a tech to sort.

Would I be bonkers to buy a few components and make my own passive tone pedal? I could even have a selector for different caps. 

Has anyone done this?

Hiya. Lovely bass. Don’t worry about the marks on the frets, it’s not that they’re worn down it’s just the way they look when you play them (mine has loads). It’ll take years if hard use before they need attention. Good deal there especially with that case. GLWTS. 

Well, this is embarrassing. Just heard back from Chris at Darkglass and he asked me to check a couple of things, like the PSU, and if I'd accidentally pressed the A&B buttons at the same time and accidentally put it into bypass mode.

What? 

*goes and plugs ADAM in and presses A&B at the same time to deactivate bypass mode*

FIXED!

So. We've learned a couple of things:

1. I don't read manuals.

2. The Darkglass ADAM has a bypass mode and when activated it looks like there's no power to the unit

3. Darkglass customer service come back quite quickly (and they replied on a Saturday which is above and beyond)

4. I'm a dufus.

5. I've got a spare DI/preamp/distortion pedal now!

Have a great weekend!

Just bought an Ultraharmonix Bass Metaphore pedal to tide me over the next couple of rehearsals… £68 posted not bad. 

I've got a Darkglass Aggressively Distorting Advanced Machine (ADAM) and it just died in a rehearsal. One moment fine, the next totally dead - no lights, no live, nada. I checked the PSU, it works fine with another pedal. I called Anderton's and they said that it's out of warranty - bought 12 Jan 2022 - so they'll reach out to the distributors to see if they'll repair it. I just wondered if anyone knows what Darkglass are like, generally? I'm hoping they'll accept that it's a high-end product and fix it without my making a fuss (it's an expensive piece of kit and the consumer goods act would apply to something only 15 months old and very well taken care of, I've used the small claims court a couple of times before but I'd really rather not).

Anyone got any experience? I'll keep you posted on how this turns out too...

OHMYGODWANTWANT!!! I have no use for this and no space for it but I've always wanted one... GLWTS

I’ve been at a pub gig where one of these filled the room. Quality piece of kit GLWTS

Okay. Cheers. Let me check if it’ll work. 

Hi. I’m interested, just wondering if you know what the impedance is? Cheers. 

Damn that’s a clean example. I had the HA550. Awesome piece of kit. GLWTS

4 hours ago, mowf said:

Thanks! As I said, happy to take offers over the asking if anyone's uncomfortable about getting too good a bargain.

If I could have I’d have kept the old one, but I can’t imagine you’ll have it in your hands for long… I’ll certainly be bumping this thread!

Blimey! I had a HA550 which looked like it had been used for mine clearance, but sounded fantastic. This looks pristine! A very, VERY good buy at the price. GLWTS!

I just looked up the Bravo 112 and it's actually quite a desirable little amp. If you want a better practise amp for bass use I'd suggest selling it and buying a proper little bass amp - I used a Hartke 75w recently and it was brilliant, a Fender Rumble 40 would also be great. 

If you want one amp to do bass AND guitar just for practise then what I would do is get a small full frequency range speaker, or monitor, and then use the modelling on my laptop - I use a Mac so for me it'd be Garage Band. It's free and it has AMAZING modelling. You can experience an AC30, Marshall Stack, Fender Twin on guitar, and try an Ampeg 8x10 or whatnot on bass. Anyway. That's my suggestion.

This isn't an in-depth review at all but I just wanted to say how impressed I was with the amp that was in the rehearsal space I used on Saturday. We were just having a fun jam, a few rock covers (Floyd, Police, Blockheads, Weezer, that kind of stuff) and I was a bit put out when I got in and saw I would be using the 75w Hartke combo that was provided by Pirate Studios, I didn't think it'd keep up with a drummer, but I was wrong! I was running a Dingwall Combustion via a Darkglass Adam (I know, I know, it's a metal rig and I'm mad for using it for rock/pop/funk but it's sooooo versatile!) and with everything set flat on the combo it coped very well with the rest of the band - the two guitarists were using 4x12x as well!

I can't comment about any of the tone shaping on the combo as I just left it flat, and there was only a single volume/gain but I had that at about half way and it was deep, clean and great to play through. The drummer wasn't really going for it though so this was definitely at rehearsal levels but still, when we played Another Brick In The Wall the bass comes in with a thunderous low D and that had real impact and drama - no farting or compression. 

I'm very much someone who likes to have a lot of power in reserve (carry a big stick, speak quietly etc.) but I'll hold my hands up and say that in this case I was wrong to turn my nose up at the Hartke and I'd happily use one again.

Great to see, but Dave - you may want to delete your phone number once you've both made contact.

1 hour ago, yorks5stringer said:

Unless you are playing with an insanely loud band it will be more than enough in almost any situation with the right speaker/s.

Can confirm.