Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[GwenOnBass]

Monday is supposed to be wash day. Maybe because anyone who is doing laundry on Saturday night is well let's not go there. But the phrase "emergency laundry" is something - if not known by that name is known in concept - by parents, pet owners, and even among GOFs. And you know that.

 

[beans-on-toast]

On wash days, musicians use microphone stands with booms set up like a T as cloths racks for hanging garments while drying.

 

[Fat Freddy]

 

[steve_rolfeca]

You guys do laundry?

 

[Fat Freddy]

New Strap for K bass........

 

[GwenOnBass]

New Strap for K bass........

where?

 

[beans-on-toast]

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I have a similar three instrument stand made by Hercules. It doesn’t extend much. Never tried it but perhaps it could be used for hanging smalls.

I sometimes see tour buses parked outside of a nearby laundromat. When Clapton is in town, you might just see him there. He’s very fussy about how his cloths are washed. No starch, tumble dry at the right temperature.

 

[Fat Freddy]

Does this work?....

 

[GwenOnBass]

Does this work?....

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Making it hard to grump, are we?

 

[GwenOnBass]

Hahaha, I do. And I misspoke. I do have something in my signal chain; a high pass filter going into the head. I tweak it so that I can just barely hear an audible shift in the lows, which I figure is enough to keep the cab from doing whatever it shouldn't be doing.

And certain I read that right, and back for comment.

Also a HPF "convert" ... and it's a curious phenomenon to observe as there are few fence sitters on the topic. Turns out the numbers on my Broughton are only there to make my brain feel better about herself. Believe I do the same as you - turn the knob until I can hear a difference on my lowest open string, then nudge it back a hair. Could be happy with only that, but it turns out I have needed a DI on a pedal in a lot more situations than I'd have guessed.

 

[GwenOnBass]

We should add these to my list of cautionary tales.

There are also once-in-a-lifetime disasters narrowly averted. They make for good songs.

 

[LBS-bass]

And certain I read that right, and back for comment.

Also a HPF "convert" ... and it's a curious phenomenon to observe as there are few fence sitters on the topic. Turns out the numbers on my Broughton are only there to make my brain feel better about herself. Believe I do the same as you - turn the knob until I can hear a difference on my lowest open string, then nudge it back a hair. Could be happy with only that, but it turns out I have needed a DI on a pedal in a lot more situations than I'd have guessed.

I am reading posts in here about boomy lows and cabinets coupling and other weird acoustic phenomena related to the super low stuff, and am just shaking my head. Have not had any problems like that since I started with the HPF. I do raise my cab, which also helps, but I think the HPF helps more. I do get plenty of bottom, but it's tight and focused, not boomy.

The Gretsch has a boomy hollowness to it in certain tonal positions which the HPF seems to clean up well. So there's another vote for its usefulness. @Stumbo is a hero.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Everything I've heard from you sounds super clean.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Passed on the LPF when I jumped as the cab sim on the VT Bass handles that. Technically it acts as a HPF as well, but a very gentle one.



One of these days I'll post a clip
with a bit more self-confidence

 

[beans-on-toast]

I am reading posts in here about boomy lows and cabinets coupling and other weird acoustic phenomena related to the super low stuff, and am just shaking my head. Have not had any problems like that since I started with the HPF. I do raise my cab, which also helps, but I think the HPF helps more. I do get plenty of bottom, but it's tight and focused, not boomy.

The Gretsch has a boomy hollowness to it in certain tonal positions which the HPF seems to clean up well. So there's another vote for its usefulness. @Stumbo is a hero.

What I like about raising the cab is better monitoring. I use a three foot high stand with a smaller sized cab. It works on hollow stages as well, although I do have a gramma pad for that as well.

 

[G-Dog]

... ... Dishwashin Dog.

You rang? Actually, I prefer my full title from my single dad days, "Chief Cook & Bottlewashin' Dog".
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[beans-on-toast]

You rang? Actually, I prefer my full title from my single dad days, "Chief Cook & Bottlewashin' Dog".
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Dogs make the best dishwashers, they bring lots of good licks to the table.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Standard dog union contract includes plates and bowls from the table.

 

[G-Dog]

Dogs make the best dishwashers, they bring lots of good licks to the table.

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[GwenOnBass]

Cold water is for cats