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  1. bremen
    Can't argue with that!
  2. bremen
    Promoter: -you only played for 28 minutes! Rat Scabies: -yeah, but you got 30 songs!
  3. bremen
    All true. My point, though, is that Bob Gallien says it was a deliberate decision to use a mere 2000uF reservoir caps in order to get a particular sound, and users of his amps enjoy their 'heft'. So maybe, counter-intuitively; a stiff, conservatively rated power supply doesn't equate to a 'beefy/hefty' sound as conventional wisdom has it, but some sag is what's called for. In which case one of the possible reasons for some class D amps not sounding so great is that the switching power supplies in them are too good, too well regulated, not saggy enough. As Deaddog remarks, valve amps sag and valve amps have heft. I wonder how much the HT rail on an SVT drops at full power. I'm going to hook an olde fashioned unregulated linear power supply up to my classD amp, bypassing the smps, and see what happens. I suspect confirmation bias might win, though, so don't believe a word I say.
  4. bremen
    What's that switch, with the diode and capacitor symbols?
  5. bremen
    More Fungus the Bogeyman
  6. bremen
    Although I enjoy playing my squier jaguar, I might have to "move it on" -now that's what I call a euphemism, it's like "putting to sleep" - as I get all the sounds I need from my big basses and I really dislike the PJ pickup arrangement. Then again, Spider makes a very good point...I get my bus pass on Sunday so maybe I should hang on to it...could always swap the P pickup for a J...decisions...decisions...
  7. bremen
    Look at the poster behind Slouching Sid!
  8. bremen
    This, x1000. The sound coming out of a tinny little badly engineered fartbox isn't going to inspire you to keep playing.
  9. bremen
    You need an inflatable washing machine, as marketed by the Geddy White Goods Corp, available at larger branches of Curry's and the middle aisle at Aldi
  10. bremen

    Incoming

    bremen replied to a topic in Bass Guitars

    You've spoilt it for everyone now, Chris. We were loving the mystery.
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    Incoming

    bremen replied to a topic in Bass Guitars

    And, more importantly, is it good for metal?
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    Incoming

    bremen replied to a topic in Bass Guitars

    Came here from the Stop Posting Without Reading thread 😝
  13. bremen
    I'd agree with that. Unfortunately some foh "engineers" flat out refuse to do anything other than say here's the house DI box, plug your bass into that. If you argue you know they have the power of God when the gig starts and will wreak vengeance upon you for your impudence. Best solution to that is to employ a very scary looking roady to stand over them.
  14. bremen
    Yes good point, he's got the Ray so why not play it!
  15. bremen
    Ive been ghosted a couple of times following conversations initiated by Joinmyband, seemed keen til i revealed my age. I have an audition next week. They've heard me but not seen me yet. I suspect I might have a few years on them...let's see how it goes!
  16. bremen
    A visit to John Shuker to talk about JJB?
  17. bremen
    Roundwounds. I'll get flamed for this but I've found the Precision to be a two trick pony; both tricks are superb and depend entirely on the strings (OK, four tricks if you include fingerstyle/pick). I've never got on with PJ as the staggered p pickup blended with the inline j means there's a significant difference in tone between EA and DG.
  18. bremen
    Oh, and that one that goes naa naa na nanana naah for about ten minutes. Wasted half my adolescence with that on Pick of the Pops waiting for the next song and hoping it wasn't going to be Someone and Theiruncle
  19. bremen
    Could have been worse. could have been O Bladdy Obea
  20. bremen
    Should we start a new thread for this sort of discussion, interesting as it is to me and my fellow geeks it's a bit off topic.
  21. bremen
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICEpower Now I know!
  22. bremen
    All very incestuous. Next thing you know, Peugeot will be putting Ford engines in their cars.
  23. bremen
    OK thanks. Having been involved in compliance and emc testing I know its a tiresome and expensive process. So Trace, GK and others basically can't afford it, deciding its less bother to buy them in pre-approved. A bit sloppy though, not protecting them from death due to fan failure or user error?
  24. bremen
    Why would gk not design their own amplifier? Why buy someone else's board and run it to the ragged edge? Bob Gallien is a real engineer, not a salesman. Genuine question.
  25. bremen
    I've been using the alpha version, beta was extremely buggy last time I tried it. Is it any better now? https://loudspeakerdatabase.com/ is, as you'd hope, a wonderful resource. It exports thiele/small parameters to win ISD (or several other apps)
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