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    once you've played a 5 string what's the point of 4?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I'm a 3/10 player but made the 'jump' to 5 strings when I built my first bass and I love them!

    I have one 4 sting (which is sadly neglected) and three 5ers which I find more to my preference ... why?

    I do not play many really low notes, but the 5ers allows me to stay in one fretting position more then a 4 does, and for those times I need them the low B++ is really useful to me.  Bridge spacing is not all that I could wish for, but at the moment I only play a 5.

    Sam x

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    Posting Pictures limit

    in Site Issues and Questions

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    3 minutes ago, police squad said:

    cleared out a load of pictures from the archives, so I have some space back

    will look at compressing pictures going forward

    One approach that is used is to go back to your posts with larger images and edit the post.

    You can "replace" the larger image with a smaller one (produced using one of various onlines tools) by adding the new smaller image to the post and then deleting the old larger image.

     

    Sam x

    Posting Pictures limit

    in Site Issues and Questions

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

    There is a limit, but it is quite a big limit. And yes, you are at it! 485.68 MB of of 488.28 MB allowance. I am sure there is somewhere you can see it but I can't find it now.

    It seems your default photo size are quite big, which can happen if you are going straight from a phone or something without compressing them.

     

    The easiest thing you can do at the moment is tidy up old images or compress them and put them back

     

     

    https://www.basschat.co.uk/attachments/, I only know cause I have to use it quite often! lol

    Sam x

    MOD Device (Dwarf/Duo/Duo X) owners' club - Tips, Ideas & Patches

    in Effects

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

    Well, just over 33 weeks later, and bass direct have sent back my mod dwarf after replacing the jack socket.

    Hopefully I can now get going with it, even though I bought a boss ME90b in the mean time to keep going and we have changed the keyboard player in the band since, so some of what I relied on isn't needed any more

    Glad it is back but 33 weeks!!! :(

    Sam x

    Anyone made a headless bass?

    in Build Diaries

    Posted · Edited by SamIAm

    6 hours ago, Angel said:

    I quite fancy making a headless bass, just wondering if anyone else here has already done one? 

     

    Also wondering if anyone has hardware recommendations?

    I built a very very DIY one a while back.

    I've got most of the bits for a more 'proper' attempt. I really didn't want to take on the challenge of building a fretted neck so I bought one (Which was more difficult then you might imagine as I want a 5 string shortscale) which I will mod from head tuning to headless ... I bought a set of Nova Tuners for this purpose.

     

    Sam x

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    Dimmer switch buzz

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    Not sure if cavity screening will totally resolve it, do you currently have any?  Copper tape seems to work better IME then the black graphite paint.

    Another option (just for places with this problem) might be to wear an earthing strap and clip it to your bridge, they are used to ground bodies when working with electronics and should have the same effect as you touching a grounded bit of your bass.

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    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anti-Static-Wrist-Straps-Anti-Static/dp/B017164JG6/

     

    Sam x

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    DIY Pedalboard - 3d printed & Aluminium Extrustions 400mm x 300mm

    in Build Diaries

    Posted · Edited by SamIAm

    18 minutes ago, rwillett said:

    there's some eye wateringly expensive PSU's out there but they still don't do 12V 2A. I'll have to think about this a bit more :)

    I've seen folks on the MOD forum who use various multi-pedal PSUs, the general thinking is that a Dwarf does not actually pull 2A, 1A is sufficient.

    https://forum.mod.audio/t/best-power-supply-for-multiple-pedals/8938

    Sam x

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