Any other bedroom musicians here?

[Audio Quack]

I found this site while going down the bass amp rabbit hole when I decided to start playing my active 3EQ Music Man Ernie Ball Stingray again after a very long break. I bought the Music Man in the late 1980s because of the funk. But this meant having to sell my immaculate Japanese Tokai Jazz Bass that I bought because of Mick Karn/Japan and Percy Jones (on Brian Eno's Before and After Science), and that I have regretted since. I managed to avoid lugging around bass and amp by getting an acoustic bass in the noughties for my then country-folk band in London.

 

After a lot of reading and listening online, I finally ordered a Warwick Gnome bass head and 10in cab last week. I wanted something compact and portable, with the option of being able to play live, just in case, and these were ideal. But as I am primarily a bedroom musician, content with noodling and recording for my own amusement, the Gnome's fan noise is a non-starter. As much as I like the sound and small form factor, I will unfortunately be returning both amp and cab and resuming the great bass amp search.

 

Looking forward to sharing, learning and meeting like-minded folk, it seems like a lovely lot here!

[SpondonBassed]

Welcome AQ.

[Jolltax]

Hi AQ

 

I have had a Gnome for ages, never even knew it had a fan, not sure I have ever heard it anyway.   To be fair there is some very minor background noise in my room as I run a PC, but I have honestly never heard the fan on mine.  I don't work it hard at all mind you, even at low output its very loud.

 

As far as amp/cabs go, I don't really move my Gnome around anymore since I bought my Fender Rumble 100 - has been fantastic, use with band as well - enough power with the bonus of being nice and light

 

EDIT : I am mostly a junk room musician (rather than bedroom)

 

J

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Jolltax

[rwillett]

9 hours ago, Audio Quack said:

the Gnome's fan noise is a non-starter

My Gnome has a fan? I didn’t know that. It's never been an issue and I have wound it up to quite loud sessions and also quite quiet sessions. I leave it on for long times (days) as well in my small office. 

 

It's a complete non-issue for me, as I had no idea it even had a fan. 

[SpondonBassed]

I am a hobby bassist.  Although I often produce LF sounds in the bedroom, I do so unaided by an instrument.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Audio Quack]

Thanks guys. This only adds to the intrigue... I understand we all hear differently and have different thresholds for noise, etc. I was aware that some users had noted fan noise but it wasn't clear if this was sample variation, how quiet the listening environment was, or how bothered they were. Here is a clip I emailed to the store to ask if this was normal or if I had a faulty unit. The fan comes on straight away and is quiet but is intrusive after 15min or so, and is certainly audible even 7m away. If you listen on headphones, you'll hear two different types of noise - the loud whooshing of air flow through the vents and a softer whirl/whine of the actual fan. Does this sound normal? Maybe those who have no fan noise are referring to the actual whirling of the fan, which is fine here, and not the sound of air being sucked through the vents? I wonder if the type of vents is a design flaw.