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    Hard Case For A Sandberg TT4

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

    I have just purchased a Sandberg TT4 and have another awaiting pickup once the restrictions are lifted. I have been in touch directly with Sandberg and they don't do a hard case. Does anyone have a TT4 and can recommend a good hard case?

    Hiscox. 

    String Tension

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, hooky_lowdown said:

    I've never heard of a slack truss rod causing backbow. However, hex core are higher tension, some high tension roundwound brands include Fender, D'Addario and Rotosound.

    Avoid brands like Ernie Ball, Warwick, DR, Elities, Dunlop, GHS, Picato and LaBella - all medium tension.

    GHS Booomers are definitely higher tension than 7250s, XLs. Probably equal to Rotos.

    Lo Riders are medium-low tension for a hexcore round... not sure why people think they're high tension. 

    The highest tension roundwounds I've had experience of are the OLD Fender 7250s in the sky blue packaging. 

    Honestly if I were you, I would just try a higher gauge string, think 50-110. 

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    Sandberg appreciation society

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    On 19/03/2021 at 17:31, petebassist said:

    These look ace - d'ya switch between the bridge and the neck pick-ups much? Does it sound good either in P or J mode?, and have you tried it in a gig at volume?  

    I like Gregor's review here (I know he's affiliated), but he's always entertaining. 

     

    I normally keep the balance knob in the middle or roll it toward the neck pup. It's a J and MM pup configuration so can't comment on what the P pup sounds like... bedroom volume sounds ace, gig volume sounds ace. I normally run it through a TC Spark Booster for a little extra grunt but am starting to find I like it just as much with no effects. Running it through my MXR M80 clean channel sounds awesome. 

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    Leaving Strings Off

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    On 17/03/2021 at 18:55, adamg67 said:

    I went to swap pickups on a bass today and as expected I need to just make a little bit more space in the bottom of the pickup cavity, which shouldn't be a problem but I'm a bit stuck for time, want to do it carefully, need to sharpen chisels... all of which is fine, but now I'm wondering if the bass will be okay with the strings off for a few days? Or should I loosen the truss (which means setting it up again afterwards)?

    Whenever I start jobs like this I always get reminded how little I really know.

    The bass neck will be fine... this is another one of those myths that does the rounds from time to time. 

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    Hermes....don’t go near em

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    36 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

    Well add DHL to the list of couriers that can't be bothered to deliver to the right address.

    Earlier today I had an email from a supplier saying that my order had been completed. When I emailed them back asking what that meant, because I hadn't received my items from them yet, I got a message saying that they had checked the tracking and apparently the "delivery was refused" yesterday. That's weird because I work from home and I am in all day. From where I work I can see pretty much every vehicle that comes down the street - it's a cul-de-sac - and there was no DHL van/lorry that I noticed yesterday, and no attempted delivery that I have "refused". I did have a parcel delivered by my trusty postman with no problem. What this means is that they have tried the wrong address - but which wrong address I don't know because all my neighbours know me and they know that I work from home and if I really hadn't been i would have taken the parcel for me. The tracking number that my supplier has given me doesn't work, and having phoned them up for more information they now can't get the tracking number to work for them so that delivery can be re-arranged for Monday. Oh joy!

    DHL - Delivering Horribly Late

    Are YOU a Boring Bass Player?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, supertzar said:

    I'm not a native english speaker so forgive me if I have misunderstood something. I thought there is a definitive difference in "are you" and "you are", so the amount of backside damage in this thread is confusing to me.

    The video raises a valid point for discussion. It presents a problem and offers a solution. If you feel somehow attacked by this, then you probably have a not so active stage presence. And that is completely fine as long as you yourself have made peace with it.

    I like active shows.

    Or... it's a YouTuber who wants a few more hits on his video so signed up to Basschat just to plug it. 

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    Overdrive For Active Bass

    in Effects

    Posted

    On 05/03/2021 at 17:03, dannybuoy said:

    I thought the Ultimate Drive dropped the lows quite a bit unless you set the tone control really low to the point of it being too muffled. The American Sound has more low end for sure.

    It's the low end hitting the circuit that tends to 'bottom out' overdrives, I find the Tech21 VTDI and YYZ have good features to counter this. The VTDI character control is a high mid boost before the clipping stage; so crank that up and compensate by backing off the blend and adjusting the EQ. The YYZ has a button to lop off the deep lows going into the drive section, which you compensate for by blending in clean low end (the clean channel is EQ'd to boost the lows and roll off the mids/highs). The Amptweaker Tight Drive does something similar too.

    How does the VTDI and YYZ differ? Are they similar circuits? 

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