Recent content by ThumpBump

I accidentally bought an Epiphone Woody Allen. It's very nasal sounding.

I love the Sex Drive as a tone enhancer/mild comp. Some people say there's low-end loss, but I feel like it's the opposite, it puts this extra thump in my sound but it's ultra tight and not muddy, and at the same time it enhances high frequencies without getting all ice-picky. It's hard to...

Sansamp VT Bass Turns out I just don't like the SVT sound that much

Interesting. Intuitively it seems like unless the stand is made of something with vibration-dampening qualities it's going to vibrate a lot against the floor anyway, but that's not based on any experience. Supposedly Neil Young insists on putting his Twin Reverb on a stand that goes through a...

Favorite basic bassline/riff is probably The Cure - Lovesong. Favorite all time solo has to be this (2 minutes in):

Not exactly what you're talking about, but I've been having a heck of a time getting the sound I want out of a VT bass DI. I prefer a brighter, more metallic bass tone in general with plenty of rattle and grind (low, low action). Based on everyone raving online, I thought maybe the VT bass would...

That is in fact my primary goal at this time. Or at least being able to hit the bejesus out of the strings at a high rate of speed for extended periods of time is one of the essential things required of me in my current role. I would agree that this is not the technique to use when that's not a...

I got this for a while and what finally helped me was actually slinging the bass real low so that I can generate all the up-down movement with my arm and shoulder, not with my wrist. That means you want the strings sitting about where your hand is when your arm is fully extended, or darn close...

My band is going into the studio for the first time this weekend to record a little EP/demo, and I'm trying to figure out what to expect/how to be prepared when it comes to getting "my sound" down on a recording. My normal signal chain when playing with the band is passive pbass-->compressor...

Also remember that most iconic musicians got successful using relatively affordable mass-produced instruments. People love to fetishize the gear and miss the point. Eddie Van Halen bolted a $40 neck onto a factory reject body and wired up one pickup pulled from another random guitar with just...

I think there's infinitely more shame in a subpar player using totally unnecessary top-of-the-line gear

Suspend the amp from the ceiling

Get it off the floor, hit the "bright" switch, fiddle with the EQ. If none of that works it may not be the amp for you.

It's the 100, hence the need to crank it to be heard when a drummer and guitarist are playing loud. It sounds great to my ears, which is why I'd rather hang on to it. But if it's gonna blow up under the strain I guess I'll have to sell it and buy an old 300W Peavey combo or something else real...

So, this is probably a more general amp question, but it's about my Rumble combo (v3), so I'm putting it here. Am I going to harm my amp if I play it with the gain and master volume way up toward the max? Say around 3-4 o'clock? I'm not talking about tone concerns, just if I'm at risk of blowing...