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[quote name='Baldwin' post='156550' date='Mar 13 2008, 10:24 AM']Thanks for all the replies so far! Yeah, according to [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/product/Fender/TBX+Tone+Control/10/1"]this TBX review[/url] it sounds like arse with the default wiring. Apparently the thing to do is use the same cap value with either a 120k or 220k resistor in parallel instead. This [url="http://blueguitar.org/tbx_doc.gif"]diagram[/url] suggests 220k, but most of the reviews I've found mention a 120k. I know very little about electronics, so I'm not sure which will give you the "better" sound. Why would the 0.022uF cap kill the signal? I thought the lower the value a cap, the less highs it would cut.[/quote] you're right, but I read the schematic as 22.5uF. 0.022 would make much more sense. [quote]It would be great if you could, as I have no idea how this would work! Does the value of the inductor control the mid rolloff frequency, or would that be determined by the cap value?[/quote] A combination of the two. I'll get round to it, nudge me if you don't hear from me!

[quote name='tauzero' post='110600' date='Dec 29 2007, 05:40 PM']Absolutely vital for the song - "Fever" by Peggy Lee[/quote] Ab-so-lu-te-ly. And: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OU7Nezg7Ls"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OU7Nezg7Ls[/url]

[quote name='Bass Culture' post='156073' date='Mar 12 2008, 03:27 PM']Has the carrier hit you with this 'custom clearance fee' though?[/quote] That's what they charge for collecting the cash and handing it over to Customs - so if the package sneaks under Customs' radar they won't charge.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='155968' date='Mar 12 2008, 01:52 PM']Au contraire. The best results below 40Hz are indoors, in rooms where the longest dimension is less than 14 feet, as that's where cabin gain at a rate of 12dB/octave will result in high enough SPL to hear it. To understand why google 'Equal Loudness curves'. To hear a 25Hz tone at the same level as a 100 Hz tone at 100dB the 25hz tone would have to be 120dB, and getting 120dB at 25 Hz outdoors even with a very large horn-loaded sub woofer would require about 1,000 watts. I've tested many subs outdoors, and at 25Hz and 100dB if not for the reading of the meter one would not even know there was any sound present. To the OP, faggedaboutit, you don't need response to 28 Hz and couldn't use it even if you had it. Not a bad choice, but does not perform as advertised. [url="http://billfitzmaurice.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2362"]http://billfitzmaurice.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2362[/url][/quote] What I mean is that you're not going to be able to put a lot of subs into a room without making everything sound muddy, and it is going to sound hugely different depending on which part of the room you stand due to reflections. While bass might not sound so chest-pushingly loud outdoors at least it'll be 'clean'.

[quote name='Bass Culture' post='156044' date='Mar 12 2008, 03:06 PM']Okay, folks, thanks for all this. So, I think what I understand is that, if the items I'm after come to about £66.00 (they do - including delivery), they should then attract a 3.9% import duty and 17.5% VAT. But, so I understand from the thread that Hamster posted the link to, I might also be hit with a charge of between £13.00 - £20.00 (depending upon carrier) 'custom clearance fee'. It's this last fee that would mean the items are no cheaper to import than buy here but, if I understand correctly, your experiences are that any or all of these fees may not be charged? But that it's completely arbitrary whether they are or not? Is that about right? Cheers, Mark[/quote] That's my experience exactly.

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='155991' date='Mar 12 2008, 02:17 PM']FACT - that bass is awesome.[/quote] End of!

[quote name='Moo' post='155896' date='Mar 12 2008, 12:06 PM']Most PA systems will have high pass filters set to 40hz in order to prevent cone damage and save amp power for the frequencies you can hear instead. I saw an article for a 4x24" infrabass PA cab that went down to 16hz. The sound engineers who used it were confused because they could see the cones moving, but could not hear anything. As Stated above, It is pointless trying to produce frequencies that low, because no one except mating crocodiles can hear them. Frequencies between 20-40Hz will add lots of mud and mush to your tone, but wont make the low notes sound any clearer. Most of the sound that you actually hear in a note with a fundamental below 50hz will be the second harmonic at the octave above. The bass cabs I built with PD drivers, which also double as subs for my PA system, are capable of 20Hz which I tested with tone when I tuned them. I cut anything below 50Hz when I use them in my (6 string tuned to low bass stack, because It cleans up the tone with very little noticeable loss in low end.[/quote] indeed - at frequencies that low the room is as important as the box, so it's only outdoors that it's going to be practical to hear 32Hz.

[quote name='umph' post='155883' date='Mar 12 2008, 11:46 AM'][url="http://www.precision-devices.com/showdetails.asp?id=17"]http://www.precision-devices.com/showdetails.asp?id=17[/url] you could always put one of those in a cab would be a little bowel destroying though and it'd just be low end[/quote] [loudspeaker geek] that data sheet doesn't even specify its Xmax [/loudspeaker geek]

[quote name='Baldwin' post='155474' date='Mar 11 2008, 06:43 PM']Hi guys, Whilst scouring the internet for control cavity mods I recently came across a really novel idea: the [url="http://alexplorer.net/guitar/mods/tbx.html"]TBX tone control[/url].[/quote] odd - calls for a 82.5K resistor and a 22.5uF capacitor, neither of which are standard values. A 22uF cap would completely kill the signal from a pickup anyway (0.047uF is the usual high-cut). [quote]In most instances, this wouldn't be particularly useful on a bass, but it got me thinking - seeing as one can cut treble or bass, wouldn't it be possible to create a passive mid cut control, either by modifying the cap / resistor values on the TBX or by using a Push / Pull tone pot (with various gubbins attached to it) to switch between standard treble cut and mid cut? There's [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168064"]a similar topic on Talkbass[/url] which mentions the BluEQube used by Dingwall, but I'd really like to have a go at doing this myself. Any ideas?[/quote] If you put an inductor in series with a capacitor in series with the 'tone' pot that'll cut mids. The frequency at which this happens depends on the values of the inductor and the cap. If you're interested I can do some calculations. It will also depend very much on the inductance and DC resistance of the pickup(s). Not sure how to calculate that. Yes, it would be a simple matter to use a switch to select topcut/midcut.

[quote name='eude' post='155397' date='Mar 11 2008, 04:33 PM']Well I've just done gone and put down the deposit on my next Shuker Bass. ... Very very excited about this! It's fairly simple so hopefully I'll have it for some of our summer gigs! Any thoughts, comments, questions? Cheers, Eude[/quote] Yes, tell me about 33" scale and how it affects the sound and string tension? Do they move around more? I thought I was satisfied with the guitars I have but this guy's reputation has got me curious.

[quote name='Danbass7' post='154503' date='Mar 10 2008, 01:22 PM']Just after we booked the dates for recording, we parted ways with our guitarist who was impossible to work with. Our reviews at the time were pretty much stating that we sounded like killswitch engage / machine head . ... Cheers to everyone who has given their advice, im looking forward to putting it into practice. Dan[/quote] Yay, sounds like losing that guitarist was the best thing that could have happened. Hope the session goes well!

[quote name='Danbass7' post='154475' date='Mar 10 2008, 12:52 PM']A realllllllyy late reply, so much so that i have a new band ! The rig is awesome, sounded better than a 2 grand Trace Elliot rig And much MUCH louder The weight is fine , its perfect in every way, except from a knackered switch here n there Bargain for £300 ill do a review thing soon i guess[/quote] What is it?

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='152400' date='Mar 6 2008, 02:37 PM']If I get forwarded to me one of the malicious "cancelling" emails I suspect the Railway Inn may have been resposible for sending, has anyone any idea how I can reveal the IP address of the PC from which the email was sent? I havve some software avaiable to me which will enable me to trace the IP address to a Posal Code, which will suffice for our purposes, but I still need some advice on how to get the actual IP info. Any and all help gratefully received as always.[/quote] I don't think it would be an over-reaction to go to the police.

[quote name='Perry' post='152413' date='Mar 6 2008, 02:56 PM']I was given this Westfield Bass broken. I've fixed and it works fine. I love the true P bass sound or a similar Thick chunky thud of a bass. What would you change? The bass doesn't stand me in for a penny and at the end of the days it's a cheap bass so it aint gonna sound great. l[/quote] Nice work! That must be really satisfying. It might sound great, you never know. Try a new pickup, they're easy to fit and if it doesn't turn it into a great bass you can always take it out and put it in the next one. I like Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders. Others hate them.

[quote name='clauster' post='152214' date='Mar 6 2008, 10:08 AM']The desk is a Behringer (yes, I know!!!!). We,ve tried using the inserts before to patch to an RME Fireface 800 for recording and it plays havoc with the levels. Could be worth trying again tho. Don't really want to spend the cash on a "proper" splitter box, as for the same money we could be a used analogue desk with plenty of sends.[/quote] £32.78?

[quote name='clauster' post='151969' date='Mar 5 2008, 07:32 PM']Really hope someone has got the technical savvy to help me out with this one - Our band has grown and our mixer gets more and more cranky, to the point where we no don't have enough aux sends to supply monitor mixes for all. Question is can we just use splitter cables from the desk end of the snake to drive our FOH mixer AND a second monitor mixer? What would happen when phantom power is sent from the FOH mixer? Would it fry inputs on the second mixer? Are there other issues? Please help because we don't want to spend £200 on splitters only to find it doesn't work.[/quote] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/millenium_sp3_splitter.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/millenium_sp3_splitter.htm[/url] If the phantom power is sent from the FOH mixer, connect the FOH mixer to the 'link out' and the mic to the 'link in'. Connect the monitor mix to the 'isolated balanced output'. The phantom power won't appear on this output, it being transformer isolated.

[quote name='Tee' post='151649' date='Mar 5 2008, 12:45 PM']I was just wondering, specifically on more expensive basses, say £500 upwards, if you're willing to spend more to be able to test out a bass in a shop (and walk away with it), or save, by purchasing blind (a possible gamble) over the internet. Personally i don't mind spending a little more, to be able to test it etc. What are your preferences/thoughts? And how much more would you be prepared to pay over net prices. Edit: hmm, i thought i was in the General Bass discussion. Perhaps it's more suited there mods. Sorry. :blush:[/quote] Maybe slightly OT, but I like to buy from Thomann not because they're cheaper but because of their 3 year guarantee. If my local shop offered that I'd be prepared to pay at least another 10%. As far as basses goes, I wouldn't buy one without trying it unless it was very cheap.

[quote name='johnnylager' post='151576' date='Mar 5 2008, 10:39 AM']Absolutely. Use yer [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwang"]noggins[/url] or studs. And glare at your work colleague from time to time to keep him on his toes.[/quote] I'd milk it a bit if I were you. Clutch a tearstained photograph of the damage to your heart and sob silently from time to time. When other colleagues look concerned, bravely brush aside a tear and mumble. "it's ok. Really."

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='151346' date='Mar 4 2008, 09:16 PM']"Words are the language of lies and evasion. Music cannot lie. Music speaks to the heart."[/quote] Who said that? I Googled it but it only came back to your sig. "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best." -FVZ, RIP

[quote name='bigjohn' post='151209' date='Mar 4 2008, 06:13 PM']My girlfriend was funny last night when I was testing her patience by watching the Stephen Hawking programme. "so if the nucleus of an atom is the width of a human hair, the electron is 2 miles away? how can an atom be the width of a human hair? How can it be 2 miles when they're so small?" [/quote] Your girlfriend is Father Dougal!

[quote name='Beedster' post='150646' date='Mar 3 2008, 08:45 PM']Thanks all, good to be back. I've moved to Milton Keynes[/quote] Why do I suddenly have the bassline for 'Roundabout' in my head? Welcome back, we should meet halfway (Sandy, Beds according to viamichelin.co.uk) for a bike ride sometime.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='151006' date='Mar 4 2008, 12:36 PM']But you are using a crossover - not putting the same signal through different cabs.[/quote] ah, OK, I see. Yes, putting the same signal through different drivers could sound bad. Not necessarily though, you might get lucky if one has a weak mid and the other a peak just where the one is missing. Active crossover is nice.

[quote name='acidbass' post='150485' date='Mar 3 2008, 05:04 PM']I used to stand stage right for purposes of keeping time with hi hats, but recently I've been standing stage left for the same reasons as Phaedrus above - it's easier to check your playing as well and make eye contact with the rest of the band.[/quote] I used to do the hi-hat thing but for some reason I've swapped for the band I'm in now. Thinking of swapping back this Saturday so I can put my rig in the corner (that's just the way the stage is). The Ox used to stand stage left. I wonder if that's significant?