Downunderwonder

Same drummer used to have a bad habit of getting the count off way wrong. Sometimes I had to wave it all off with a HELL NO!! One time he slipped it in at DOUBLE time and the fricken showoff trumpet players played on so the poor singer had to improvise the Chipmunks version. That was the last straw and next rehearsal he showed up with a tablet metronome doofer with the set all programmed in.

As frequency approaches 0, so you approach Direct Current.

Rules is rules. Get over it, ship the stuff and pay the tax. No need to bring the politics into any of it.

Bet your bottom dollar they do.

Sure it's separable, by simply not stirring it up! The discussion is onne of many about making ones way in the new world of a customs border between the UK and the non UK. It's totally not difficult to avoid bringing in the political history that lead to the new situation.

Well said.

Drummer recently complained of the ''dirty looks'' I give him when he messes up. I explained I am only looking for visual cues ( for me to determine the path of least resistance to reestablishing time with the band ) I can't help it if my panicking bass face looks a bit dirty and it's probably best the audience don't see it!

It's ALL about the mix. Awhile back there was a collection of isolated Macca Beatles bass tracks floating around the 'net. Holy cow what a terrible collection of bass tones! Quite an education.

Yes. ( We could get into a big discussion about 200w being 200w but most of it would go over your head. )

Series 6 is late 80's / early 90's. It's very good for surprising kids that 200w can rattle their fillings.

A few years ago I got fed up with a particular 1 bar drum fill always being rushed and causing a giant hiccup. I decided to play only 1 and 3 over the fill and resume the walk on tempo. I only had to do that a couple or three times before the showoff fill got simplified to something he could keep his own time on.

Tie it to your ankle with a bungy and scone the guitarist's shins with it when he turns up.

True. It's also the first skill you want your drummer to have mastered! The adage goes ''It takes a very good drummer to be better than no drummer''. I play with a Russian Dragon. He is completely reliant on me to keep things steady.

Everyone needs to stop conflating Rumble Filter with HPF. Same same DIFFERENT.

The problem with capable adjustable HPF onboard amps is in the selling. The average bassist isn't well informed so when asking what the HPF knob does the sales guy says 'it cuts off low end' and the next words out of the shopper are 'show me something else'. Iirc the Thumpinator is -3dB at 30hz and a 12dB / octave slope, higher than fixed filters on amps but too low for what most HPF users are after. Ymmv.

Afaik only a fraction of vintage stuff is without a rumble filter. Iow, all modern offerings have them. A highpass filer with a control knob is a whole different thing.

Best invest in some good earplugs while you still have your hearing. I recommend Flare Audio, metal core / replaceable foam tip system. They come with a selection of tip sizes then you order packs of your size. If you go that way get the keychain carry case and never be without.

Ordinarily Shape Button IN = Smiley EQ ENGAGED. Bedroom likes an extra dose of scoop the bejesus out of it?

I find the mashup genre twee when it's a case of finding any two or three or four songs with same chords and ramming them together. The only purpose appears to be to show off how clever the decomposers are. The Just a Gigolo / Sad and Lonely segue makes a point.

The equation is: (Cost of bass + cost of shipping)× ( 1 plus local sales tax) + customs clearance fee. The variables are shipping fee and clearance fee.

Capo's sometimes throw me because my ear is attuned to the shape of open chords played on the nut almost as much as the actual root.

When I flew to Japan with my bass they put a sticker on it ''Examined by Customs''. It was a cheap P impression. On return I went to peel off the sticker and it was utterly unpeelable despite appearing to be the cheap temporary kind. Careful as ye go.

A Prunes & Custard [Harmonic Generator-Intermodular ] or Discombobulator for short, might spin your wheels with the chorus on top.