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Sam x

14 minutes ago, itu said:

I do not have short scale basses, but what is this question of cutting strings? I cut strings every time I attach them to any of my basses (33.8" - 36"). I only use D'Addario or GHS SSRW.

I think it is a matter of how much you need to shorten the strings ... my experience has been when cutting longer stings to a (sub) short scale is that they tend to unwind/unravel ... I suspect is is if one needs to cut them shorter then the 'silk' winder portion.

Sam x

Perhaps I'm spoiled in Brighton/Hove ... 30 mins each way is my limit.

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2 minutes ago, Wookiebass said:

Cool

I use Autodesk software too. 
 

Got any images you can show? 

Nothing significant ... I lost most of them in my fire (They were local saves only)

Sam x

All the designs I've done of late (Bass/Pedal/MIDI Controller/Pedalboard/Etc) have started as a pencil sketch and then are completed in Fusion 360 using the free account.

Sam x

After a few years of multi-fx I've discovered (mostly) what f/x I like to use and decided to have a go using physical pedals.  Took it along to a jam evening on Thursday to have a play and it does produce some really nice sounds.  I'm using 9v batteries for power (button batteries for the tuner) to save the weight of a PSU.  It could do with a volume pedal and perhaps a chorus & reverb ... tho at that point it outgrows the pedalboard I've got and also starts to come in quite heavy.

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The title says it all ... I'd love to hear about the various ways you use.

Sam x

OMG ... brilliant!

I've a 3018 (tho I still need to clean it up from fire damage) this would be a great first thing to try it on post refurb!

Sam x

8 minutes ago, krispn said:

It was great to have JC and his tech talk through the rig. Those ones are the best. 

Can you share a link?

Sam x

Don't chuck them.

There are a number of tech heads here on BC to give them a try.

Sam x

Which do you have where?

I've a 5er 34 inch fretless for comparison; my Sub short scale (28.6) ibby 5er has a good sounding low B, it does require a gentle touch tho!

Sam x

Brilliant combo, my first ... and this is amazing price. GLWTS

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ESP FTW!

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A light spray does not seem to adversely affect the bottom surface (Apart from helping it stick)

And of course a carefully calibrated Z level, but I am preaching to the choir on that!

Sam x

I've found lifting on larger prints an issue, I use 3DLAC spray adhesive.

It works for 3 or 4 prints and then I need to soap wash/ alcohol spray clean the bed, but I find it is worth the effort.

Sam x

I enjoyed my  ZX81 (Damn that wobbly RAM extension!), but played with the Comodore PET and Tandy TRS-80 and Superbrain before.

I LOVED the instruction set of the Z80!

sam x

I'm toying with trying a physical pedalboard after a few years of multi-fx.  One of the things I like to do is split the paths so that low frequencies bypass octave/fuzz/chorus, the higher frequencies go through them.

How would one achieve this with a physical board?

Sam x

2 hours ago, biro said:

Graphtech, which I am sure are great, but a bit impractical in terms of accessibility

What do you mean by accessibility?

When I looked into piezo Graphtec seemed the best, sadly not the cheapest. And GraphTech do shipping to the UK.

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DHL managed not to follow my delivery instructions and the package was left outside my flat door yesterday, thankfully a kind neighbour took it in for me as I've had a couple of such deliveries go missing in the past

So ...

Lovely unit, very wee, construction seems quite solid ... it would not live on a pedalboard, but rather on an amp controlled by the wireless footswitch (Or iPhone app).  Connecting both of these was smooth. Looking good!

The idea of a p'board in an very tiny device sucked me in (Bad back and all that) and it certainly delivers in this space.

Drum generator via headphones sounded nice.

I could detect no extraneous noise.

But then reality hit

NO bass specific stuff at all ... and I can find no news when (if) any might be available.  The P1 had these capabilities, so it seems likely (Insane otherwise) Mooer will do the same for the P2. But in it's present incarnation, the tuner cannot deal with the open E let alone an open B.  The pitch tracking does not cope with bass either. The drop in battery level when I was messing, leads me to think the 5h quotes are ... optimistic! And they describe it as notabely reduced after only 300 cycles!

So .. back in the box and I'll be returning it to Thomann (Who had described it as suitable for guitar or bass).

My ultralite rig will need to be my MS-70CDR (Reconfigured with MS-60B effects) or B1Four.

Sam x

I am always the slowest in any group I play in.  Deploy amp/pedalboard from trolley. bass out of case, tune up, tweak amp; at the end having to pack it all away. Most just unpack their instrument, tune, play.

I envy those who can unpack/pack quickly, but never feel ill towards them if they do not help me.

Sam x

When everything goes perfectly ... I learn nothing.

When I goof up, I blush and just try again ... then reflect on what I need to practice to try to ensure it does not happen next time.

Playing bass ... a journey, not a destination

Sam x

Welcome to BC @Bramh14, quite possibly the best bass community around!

Sam x

On 29/01/2024 at 13:12, rwillett said:

As an aside the company I worked for as a sandwich student (do they still exist?), brought something like the 2nd Apple Lisa in the UK when it came out.  I worked doing research in formal methods and the dept next door had the Lisa.

OMG, just spotted this blast from the past.  During my first degree (Attempt, 3 years in medical school learned me that I did not want to study medicine!) in '82, I was very involved in the computer club, eventually the Head of School IT chap gave me a key to his office and I spent many enjoyable hours on the Apple Lisa in there ... dial up acoustic coupler to this and that and some dev tinkering.

Sam x