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On the matte finish basses, you could probably sand them back to matte with some 3000 grit or finer sandpaper. Your basically polishing the finish by touching it. 3000-5000 grit is ultra fine, what you use to sand out orange Peel in clear coat finishes. Might be worth a shot.
Very nice! Congrats!
Saw this on craigslist -
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If it had upgrades, maybe...it must be in mint condition...
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Clearwave said:
Not a big deal but I've seen all the wars over the last decade about all this stuff and it's a slippery slope ha
And so basically you paid 3x the money for 1/3 the computing power huh?
Enjoy that hehe
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Basstovsky said:
That's the idea lol
A watt is a watt just like a gallon is a gallon. Perceived sound or tone is where things can get interesting depending on your power supply. Tubes sound good when clipping. SS sounds terrible hence the need for headroom and a billion watts to keep clean the louder you get.
Harmonic distortion and all that lol
Ok, it just seemed weird to me that when I look in a catalog I see SS amps that range from 100-1000 watts and tube amps that only range from 20-300 watts... seems like a big difference somewhere
the perceived volume of tubes was explained to me as : tubes generate over tones just like in waves technology software . there is an upper and lower octave added to the primary note . your ears hear those octaves and think that it is louder than what it actually is .
i have had many tube heads and can say they are damn loud . as per stated wattage vs a ss they do seem to be a lot louder . you cant gig a large room with a 200 watt ss head . but a 200 watt tuber will handle the room ... its a mystery of the music industry and all we need is a simple reason or explanation ... we may never get .
i have had many tube heads and can say they are damn loud . as per stated wattage vs a ss they do seem to be a lot louder . you cant gig a large room with a 200 watt ss head . but a 200 watt tuber will handle the room ... its a mystery of the music industry and all we need is a simple reason or explanation ... we may never get .
Thanks, Lee. Glad that you're liking the B3. And thanks for all of the comments. I'm loving my new bass. There will definitely be more. For sure.
@Worldeeeter: It's actually a Euro4, circa 2003 (SN NB2525)
Very Nice! Congrats!
I can say my Shuttle 9 at 900 watts struggled to keep up in a band mix, whereas my 400+ at 1/3 the watts cut through just fine at about 1/2 volume, and the 9 was turned almost all the way up. I have the feeling if I turned the 400 all the way up, the guitarists' half stacks would've instantly vaporized into a Cube 30 or something, lol.
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Only two strings away from an attitude problem.
Grendle, that's not the only thing that's cool. I saw news yesterday, didn't I? I'm super-excited for you guys. Can I be first on the list to get a copy? Oh - and is it possible to see a pic of the new shirts? I want to get my order in early since you sold out a couple weeks ago (after I got mine, though).
Thanks Tat!
Yeah were gonig to be recording a single for Capital USA up in Atlanta in probably a month or 2! were all pretty psyched!
Not sure if any one will mind, but here are the new white shirts as well.
If there are any terms of use issues with the pics mods let me know and i will gladly take them down.
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Thanks Tat!
Yeah were gonig to be recording a single for Capital USA up in Atlanta in probably a month or 2! were all pretty psyched!
Not sure if any one will mind, but here are the new white shirts as well.
If there are any terms of use issues with the pics mods let me know and i will gladly take them down.
Congrats and cool shirts!
Speaking of cool shirts, JPS, any idea when we can get the awesome Spector shirts you were wearing in all the pictures from Namm?
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