Downunderwonder

1 hour ago, Jo.gwillim said:

I'm rusty but will cope!!

As a PS if shim is placed immediately not at the end of the pocket but instead placed so that the bridge neck screws go right through it there wouldn't be any bending moment on the neck. Is that a good "covers all bases" strategy?

Less bending but still the other end bears all the load at the very end beyond the screws and nothing in between is supported.

Someone posted a photo of an end shimmed Wal neck pocket the last time ski jumping came up. It was very clear that most of the pocket never made contact with the neck.

18 hours ago, BigRedX said:

can't see how the neck is going to warp because of the presence of something less than a 1mm in thickness occupying about a quarter of the length of the neck pocket, unless there was a problem with the neck already

That's because you don't do physics.

Turn it all on its head.

How does a neck get skijumped?

Answer. Because force is applied over small distances over a long time, and timber warps under constant bending input.

Byline.  The 80's never die.

Die Hard

If end shims didn't cause ski jumps there would be no ski jumps. It's basic physics and materials science.

Wood creeps under constant load.

An end shim puts a constant bending force into the pocket length of the neck. Both sets of screws are yanking down and the support is the very end of the neck where it leaves the body, and the shim.

You can see the wear at the leaving end contacting the pocket on removed vintage necks.

Whether the neck ski jumps is down to the particular quality of the neck timber. That is why it happens to some and not all.

Full length shim = no problem. No escape from that maths.

Players often complain the raising guts the lows. That is not what is happening. They are getting a way bigger earful of tone and the same amount of lows.

Guitar players are the worst for that.

Way back when... two JBL 15 based PA cabs had 50w a side up them. Vocals and a little bit of doof from the kick plus one guitar mic'd while the other ran an overkill stage rig. Bass was the trusty Trace 250 and 1518. BL had to lean on Mr Overkill to play ball and let the vocals be the loudest thing as they both sang. 

That way he didn't drown me out, which was the actual problem as the PA kept up with me and drummer just fine. BL was a crafty old dude. He mic'sd his weenie combo into a monster out front.

On 18/03/2024 at 00:06, mountainsnow said:

Well thx for all the Answears so far!

 

Would the hartke tx300 amp 4 ohm do well with two eden ex 210 8ohm? that would be like 150 watts from the amp into each cab as far i know. the edens are capabale of 300 watts rms handling.

i would like to try that setup but its just no available in my region. its also 900 euros in total (each product 300 euro new). havent found anything on the used market.

the aim is a 410 configuration through 2 210s.

 

I wouldn't trust a 500w RMS rating on a 210 unless it was a very expensive one.

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Is how to arrange two 210 cabs. You hear it far better and so does the audience when it's playing to the room.

200w through those Eden cabs should make plenty of noise.

Good luck with your search for some well priced used stuff.

9 hours ago, markbunney said:

the thought of jamming on stuff I have never heard, or following charts etc fills me with dred!

Once you get over that it's all fun.

Play along with the TV adverts at home. Most have a readily catchonable bass riff. If you don't get it first time you get another crack in 12 minutes.

The USD is high at the moment. Not sure how that translates in the used US market.

Used gear is traditionally super cheap there.

How much would break the bank?

What you need is something that can keep up with well hit drums. Then you are covered for any gig that comes along.

A couple of old 210 cabs and 250w amp is plenty for that.

Tight basterd that I am I couldn't bear the thought of the hasty but stellar recomposition going unrewarded if I was the original writer. Maybe it's his only significant income but I'd like to think I'd still send a bit to the TG guy.

4 hours ago, tauzero said:

prevent the caribou

From the little I know about caribou I'd say they find croquet hoops entirely disintesting fodder and / or your fence scary. Otherwise it would have to be some seriously serious fence to stop one from venturing to the manicured side if he had a mind to.

As for the cat manicuring itself on a bass pickup, that's one messed up cat not content to make war on bass via the cabinet.

That efen cat!

I'd be pretty chuffed too, to be picked up from my house and taken to gigs where I got paid. I'd probably even load my own 210 into the van, while bandmates half my age watched, and leave the bookings to them, happy as Larry!!

40 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Good comms there. Given there are 3 extended breaks 4 - 8 would be doable if my back were ok but at present that would be way beyond me, a 40min set makes me hurt for a good few days.

U bass for the win. About the same stress level as playing air bass to a sequencer.

6 hours ago, nekomatic said:

smaller rack standard

Exists already, half rack! Nobody much uses it these days though. My parametric EQ is a half rack unit. It's almost as old as me.

9 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Late to this, but electronic components are almost univerally waterproof if they are not powered up. Dry it out and it should recover.

They are waterproof on circuit boards much as pure H²O is an insulator.

If there's a bass amp it's running on mains power. You can always unplug it and pop your double plug in its place.

21 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Home 'Malarkey' only, occasional Open Mic or School Concert type Outing by my Son.

I am not seeing anywhere it isn't a stone's throw from mains power. Learn how to wrap a cable so it comes out straight instead of a birds nest.

2 hours ago, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

There's your price for fuel too. When it spiked here coincident with our recession in 2008 large SUVs were selling at 30% and better discounts, and small cars became popular. As soon as the fuel prices went down vehicle sizes went up. The rage among idiots now is pickup trucks that are sprung so high it requires a ladder to get into them. Why I don't know, ground clearance is still dictated by how far the differential sits off the ground, but I suspect it's compensation for a certain physical...shortcoming. 😲

If you have a jacked up body you can fit bigger wheels and tires, and brakes and a new differential, and a ladder. Then you are ready to exit the supermarket carpark in any direction you please.

Nothing. It's mono all the way.

3 hours ago, BigRedX said:

This means reducing the design to a single solid colour - generally white to be printed onto a black T-shirt. Depending on how the original design has been produced it may be possible to go back to the original artist and get them to do a new version that meets the requirements for single-colour screen printing. They will also need to simplify some of the fine line detail as that won't reproduce well.

I am glad someone with the proper background piped up. I was just shaking my head at the image going "steady on tiger, what's with the fine art on a shirt going to cost".

2 hours ago, markbunney said:

Lol I sent him the same picture and it wasnt very well received!

Tell him he needs to channel his inner rockstar. Good enough for DG, good enough for him.

Not sure what the question is.

A DI takes the raw bass signal and converts it to match the impedance of the mixing console.

For recording it is handy to record that if you have preamp and fx plugins. You can mess with the clean raw track all day. You always have the original to go back and have another go.

Recording a preamped signal means you are stuck with that version as your basis.