Recent content by Jazzdogg

Whose basses have you admired aside from Fender?

I built a few; it's not difficult to make a cab that is satisfactory, but it was never my goal to merely satisfy. Before I built anything, the client had to provide detailed plans, including hardware, speaker specs, and crossover. Most of the prospects who approached me had no clue. Those...

I've seen students ruin their Fingerboard, very slowly over a period of months, by slopping alcohol all over their fingerboard while attempting to clean their strings. I'm sure experienced bassists, like you, already understand the risks. I am hoping a beginning bassist may see this post and...

They're trained to follow a specific sequence of events and they no longer know how to listen out of sequence. If you want to freak them out, put them in a position where the amount of change they should give you differs from what appears on their screen; deer in the headlights; time to call a...

Their premise, alone, is insufficient for me to buy their product.

Does the manufacturer make any claims about the performance or advantage of this design in comparison to other designs, i.e., why buy this one?

Perhaps this thread can be re-titled

We ought to be entitled to at least a partial refund when FOH sounds bad. I'm not interested in feeling the subs slam into my chest. I want to hear every note, from every instrument, as clearly as possible. If the sound isn't good enough for an album, it's not good enough...

Cognitive dissonance. They already made up their minds about what sounds "right," and they aren't exactly open-minded when it comes to "their territory."

When I started playing I started to learn how to really listen to music. As a kid, everything sounded difficult and I was easily impressed with flash. Now that I'm an old man with grandchildren, it's the nuance and heart that grabs my attention. I am genuinely impressed by musicians who...

A lot has changed since I started in the sixties. Back then, gear was heavier, sound was poopier. These days, I'm lucky to have so much great sounding, small, lightweight, gear available. For a cocktail gig, load-in is easy; a gig bag containing my instrument, and a Cajon bag carrying a small...

Conflating one with the other seems... ...disingenuous

Over-using subs has become so bad overbthe last few decades that I literally do not remember the last concert I attended with great sound; so I have largely stopped attending. Why waste my money and time for a sub-standard experience?

A soldering iron with Speakons??!!!

With the AI Focus, I love the built-in variable high-pass filter, and I've used the second channel for vocals with, and without, reverb, delay, etc. I've even played with the built-in chorus with fretless. I love the power, 2-Ohm capability, light weight, and compact size. I hope someone else...