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CuteCube² Guitar - Play-in System for String Instruments
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DiabolusInMusic
Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
It is endorsed by this guy here ...
You know Brian? This guy was in my helicopter when it got shot down over Iraq... small world.
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I met him backstage at Woodstock ... he and I were jamming with Hendrix.
I heard that Lakland is just going to have Koreans play a small portion of the Skylines for a year before shipping them out. These broke in basses will be sold at a price just right below the USA models and will be rebranded as the
Pie in the Sky line.
Pie in the Sky line.
UPDATE!
Just got back from gig and played a couple of notes on the JB, it already woke up after 3 days of treatment.
Much more balanced, stable bottom, sweet sound and way better response. I could take it to a gig now!
Here the two files for comparison.
BEFORE TREATMENT MARCH 5th 2015
AFTER 3 DAYS OF TREATMENT MARCH 8th 2015
I'll post the next recording on coming thursday
Just got back from gig and played a couple of notes on the JB, it already woke up after 3 days of treatment.
Much more balanced, stable bottom, sweet sound and way better response. I could take it to a gig now!
Here the two files for comparison.
BEFORE TREATMENT MARCH 5th 2015
AFTER 3 DAYS OF TREATMENT MARCH 8th 2015
I'll post the next recording on coming thursday
I'm a/b'ing the tracks on my KRK monitors, which are very revealing. After two go throughs, here are my thoughts:
1. I hear zero noteworthy differences in the tone or performance. Any minute differences in certain passages are easily attributable to technique.
2. Get a refund.
Hope this helps!
1. I hear zero noteworthy differences in the tone or performance. Any minute differences in certain passages are easily attributable to technique.
2. Get a refund.
Hope this helps!
Good, there is a difference...now it's up to tasteThe track A sounds best.
I recommend to run the signals of both recordings through your bass amp turned up loud...that way you can really "feel" the difference more than just hearing it.
This is classic. Although I don't enjoy the mythology of these types of threads as much as the PURELY facetious ones (like the Tortloaf and Mothman threads.) At least nobody's getting fleeced in those, just entertained.
I must have forgotten the sarcasm smiley. Here it is.
Sorry but I hear no difference, certainly nothing earth shattering and nothing that would be explained by using a vibrator to shake your bass for a while.
I must have forgotten the sarcasm smiley. Here it is.
Sorry but I hear no difference, certainly nothing earth shattering and nothing that would be explained by using a vibrator to shake your bass for a while.
I did the "you have got to be joking" head-shake when I read your post. Thanks for clarifying.
I spotted it immediately but I've had training. Although in this case it was subtle, the lack of exclamation points suggests sarcasm. Ex: 'Really. That's amazing.' In this example you can almost hear the pitch dropping as the words are spoken. Now, sometimes over - punctuating can convey the same message but with a somewhat malicious bent : 'Really?! That's amazing!!!' It's a delicate balance to get it right and one can be forgiven for missing it.
I hear a difference, or at least I think I do. And (or but) I'm half deaf, the half above the mids. But I cannot say the difference I hear is dramatic, not purely subjective, or even statistically significant (might be within the "natural variability of the workload" as we geeks might say). So at the moment, I still kind of want to believe, but still kind of can't and don't. Waiting for the next set.
DiabolusInMusic
Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
I hear a difference. But the second track is a bit louder and brighter, leading me to believe it was played a bit harder, with a bit more gusto. Of course I can't say for sure, but that's my impression. As was noted earlier, it's not going to be possible to tell whether the difference is in the player, the bass, or the listener.
I seem to remember that some company had a robot player that could be programmed to play the notes with a repeatable phrasing and force. That would certainly help.
I seem to remember that some company had a robot player that could be programmed to play the notes with a repeatable phrasing and force. That would certainly help.
My money is on the player. What's amazing to me is the PSMJ (pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo) that manages to pass for science these days. Can I interest anyone in a $485 wooden volume knob for their power amplifier?
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Actually, well, yes, non-sarcastically - if one was approaching this scientifically (which I wish someone would to prove or utterly debunk), that's exactly what one would proceed to do, under controlled conditions. But we all know that's not likely to happen, not while there's money to be made.
