Recent content by frustum

I don't think technical knowledge is required at all. The product advertises a "studio mode" which silences the fan. Whatever is going on inside the box doesn't really matter -- this feature is poorly executed if you have to turn the amp off frequently. Here is an analogy I made to someone...

I contacted GR Bass about this issue and described my use case: turn it on, leave it on all day, play five or ten minutes at a time here and there during the day. They said, in part: I guess I don't understand the idea of "studio mode" then. Do people in the studio turn off their amp between...

This doesn't make sense to me. PWM means "pulse WIDTH modulation". The switching circuit runs at a fixed frequency and the percent of the time the output is high vs low is what is being modulated. The output of the switch goes through a passive analog filter to produce the audio frequency that...

Gilsonite and db59 -- thanks for your input. But you can see in my initial comment that I know about the LED button. It does often turn off the fan, and I wouldn't complain if that was the end of it. But after 20 minutes or so after doing that, apparently the amp gets warm enough that the fan...

If you hold down the LED light for 5 seconds or so, it should turn off the fan unless the amp judges it is too warm. It will remain off until it gets too warm again. Have you tried that? In my case it works, but comes back on after 20 minutes or so even though I'm barely pushing the amp. I have...

If Oteil was 19 then this is 1983, as he was born in 1964 (like me). Even before checking how old we was, this didn't sound like mid 70s music to me.

Guilty as charged, officer. I was in a cover band for three years that didn't play out all that much due to a few personnel changes, a band leader who abruptly took 5 months off to work on his house, etc. Anyway, every time we played, even at rehearsal, there were PAs so I never needed to have...

Who is he? First, I assume these questions were sincere and weren't snarky, so I'll answer earnestly. He is a professional bassist with a youtube channel. He wasn't the most prolific poster, but what he posted was thoughtful and low hype. He took down a lot of material so it might not be...

Well, that would be disappointing -- the studio mode works only if the amp is not being used at all it seems. :-(

This weekend I found that a local music dealer (Austin Guitar House, in Austin, TX) had a GR Bass AT Cube 112 combo amp in stock. I've heard talkbass people rave about the punch/pound these have, and indeed it is impressive -- 19 pounds and 450W capable cab, with 800 with an extension cab. It...

I bought the Flamma a couple months ago with the hope that it would get me to be more creative (mostly I've simply been learning transcriptions verbatim for a cover band I was in). I've never used a looper pedal before, but after a couple hours of getting frustrated I put it to the side and...

nonpraxis -- I'm already a subscriber to your youtube channel and have watched these transcriptions as they appear, but I didn't realize you were here on talkbass. great work!

When I was 14 or so and really started listening to albums, I found myself focusing on the bass part (probably because I played cello in grade school). At the time I was into Yes and Elvis Costello, so I'd say Chris Squire and Bruce Thomas. I don't play anything like Squire but he was...

According to the song credits: Anna Butterss — Upright Bass, Vocals

It won't address the issues with your plucking hand, but if you don't have one, get a short scale bass and see if that helps your left hand. It helped me, for sure. I quit playing for nearly a year and started selling off some of my basses (I regret selling my Spector Bantam) and physical...