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I have a HUGE problem and need help asap!!!

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Mikeyd74 said:
I personally prefer to use the potato in my bass. Research shows that the potato is actually 30% funnier then the lemon or lime.
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Oh please! That research is not official. Everyone knows that stuff is culturally biased due to the fact that themajority of those polled were themselves potato growers! Those people will always spin anything to suit their own needs and continue funding the jungernaut that is the potato charged bass kingdom! The whole things reeks of shady doings and under the table deals and such and so forth and so on...potato....BAHH!!
:D
 
#162
Electrons collect on the negative terminal of the battery. If you connect a wire between the negative and positive terminals, the electrons will flow from the negative to the positive terminal as fast as they can (and wear out the battery very quickly -- this also tends to be dangerous, especially with large batteries, so it is not something you want to be doing). Normally, you connect some type of load to the battery using the wire. The load might be something like a light bulb, a motor or an electronic circuit like a radio.
 
#163
gre107 said:
O.K. I've been watching this post from time to time for a few days now... Ahem...
I can't believe that after a couple of hundred posts punkindrublic shows up and says that he has already tried that! (Yes the battery...)

Please someone kill this post!

It's dead, deceased, no more, over, been there, history, sleeping with the fishes, worm food, past omega, beyond, departed, lifeless, late, no more, buried, done with, nailed to the wall....

Just make it stop! Ha!

I'm alot better now...
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Could have at least made your post worthwhile and given him some advice. Clearly he needs to change the battery. :hmm:
 
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Even the magic 8-ball agrees..

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#173
ROON said:
Oh yeah and if you go down the potato battery route, make sure its a USA Potato... Buy 2nd hand if you have too, foreign potatoes aren't as high quality IMO. Don't want to start a debate or anything but yeah...
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But make sure it is a genuine pre-CBS vintage potato. Don't be taken in by all the counterfeit reliced potatatoes out there.
 
#175
ggunn said:
But make sure it is a genuine pre-CBS vintage potato. Don't be taken in by all the counterfeit reliced potatatoes out there.
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I got a lead on an original '62 vintage potato in a local pawn shop. My buddy just called me about it. He said that the skin has some cuts and chips in it and that it's a little moldy; but he said that overall it's in excellent shape. Being from Idaho, he is a potato expert. He verified the authenticity of it. It's the real deal. I'm going to check it out after work. :D
 
#176
just cut the wires that go to these strange round things and then re-wire them to the input jack, and here you go! no electronic problems at all!!
works every time!

don't let anyone fool you, this is the ONLY solution!!!

(CSI potato reserve department)
 
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not a big fan of the sonic maximizers. they are set up to do a job in bringing frequencies that the speaker can't put out. anyone see the inherent problem there? getting speakers to do things that they aren't made to do? something's going to go wrong.

so yeah, ditch that. and with the active electronics, turn down the boost. everything full on and boosted is a good way to blow stuff up. and yes, check your input gain.

past that... "mmm... wing-ed potatos"
 
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