The Combo Club

[G-Dog]

This is so true. I must spend more time with the [Rumble] Studio and write stuff down in a dedicated note book. Then, make myself a to do list and do it.

Great idea. I do that myself on a doc where I list the model and all of the settings. Last week I decided to reset the combo’s computer because my settings needed updating.

With it set back to when it was new, I added what I wanted with the settings I typed out and then tweaked them to satisfaction. I then updated my doc and put the new date down when it was done.

I also do a backup of the system just in case, but keeping it on my computer’s hard drive.

BTW, if anyone is interested in hearing my bass recording to a song by the newgrass group Show Ponies entitles ‘Whiskey and Wine,’ PM me with an email address and I’ll send it to ya. For scientific purposes, obviously.

Wow, the ol' Combo Club clubhouse is really jumpin' with lively, technical discussions today!!

In that vein, Lovey & iago, I'm sure you two modeling Rumblers have seen this in the Rumble Club Wiki page, since you are members in good standing thereof, so this is just a reminder. Recall there in the Fender Tone App Support section that Rumbler @Droopy_TX in, what I love to call The Droopy_TX Rumble Preset Experience sub-section, has developed his wonderful preset templates and decoder files specifically for understanding and documenting your own Rumble modeling presets! Either spreadsheets or PDF files, in color or black & white, are available for download, fill-in and printout, as you wish. Happy Rumbling!

Now, back to this great Combo confab.
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[LoveJackBruce]

I am a dumbass. I will wire it into the bass instead of taking both Rumbles apart.

If shipping wasn't so dang expensive, I'd mail mine to you for this modification. Please let us know exactly what you do.

 

[iagtrplyr]

Ill listen to you if you listen to me. Lolol. Now I'll figure out how to PM on here.

Oh. I'd like to change from LJB to my longtime handle of acbluesguy. Certainly not a big deal.

You got it, acbluesguy! I did the update on my master list. I'll send you my link in a minute. Thanks for requesting!

 

[iagtrplyr]

If anyone is interested in reading more on HPFs here’s a couple of good links:

HIGH PASS FILTERS: getting rid of the mud and rumble

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I read in one of the articles I saw yesterday that by bypassing those super low rumbling frequencies it allows your amp to not have to work as hard to get those thereby increasing power/watts. That’s pretty cool if true.

And on recording consoles at least a “low cut” switch cuts below a certain threshold my current board is 100hz which has been used to clean up vocals for many moons.

Good references, thanks!

 

[iagtrplyr]

After reading what many of you go through/spend to do recordings, I'm now incredibly thankful that I'm not the least bit creative. I'm happy(?)to play other people's[stuff], to the best of my ability.

An on the day you wake up from bumping your head on your garage door and am now suffering from amnesia, I'll then offer my services to help you begin the basic recording processes so you too can pass the long, cold winter Iowa days with something fun to do. Oh, I forgot, you live in FL.

 

[iagtrplyr]

Yah, but, some of us like to tinker (not tinkle) , and I use mine to learn new tunes by playing along with covers. It can be more fun that trying to play with real people and their "personalities" .

And this guy lives out in the very warm western frontier!

 

[iagtrplyr]

I think it’s a lot harder to play someone else’s music. Especially well known tunes. You have to have everything down because people know what the tune should sound like.

Maybe that's why my hair has become even grayer than normal of late...

 

[iagtrplyr]

Wow, the ol' Combo Club clubhouse is really jumpin' with lively, technical discussions today!!

In that vein, Lovey & iago, I'm sure you two modeling Rumblers have seen this in the Rumble Club Wiki page, since you are members in good standing thereof, so this is just a reminder. Recall there in the Fender Tone App Support section that Rumbler @Droopy_TX in, what I love to call The Droopy_TX Rumble Preset Experience sub-section, has developed his wonderful preset templates and decoder files specifically for understanding and documenting your own Rumble modeling presets! Either spreadsheets or PDF files, in color or black & white, are available for download, fill-in and printout, as you wish. Happy Rumbling!

Now, back to this great Combo confab.
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'Tis true, all of it. In fact, I have the link b'marked, but now I forget where. It is a great resource, especially for people who are absent-minded scientists like...never mind.

 

[swink]

Now for pedals. I have a zillion tones and shapes built into the Studio 40. However, I have to Think to use em all. I don't want to Think, I want to play.
So recently, I've fallen into the abyss of Pedal Land. Select, set and go. The wife is wondering about all these new girlfriend's I've got! And I need 2 more and a pedalboard. Acoustic OD & Reverb. Then use the Studio 40 for all of my instruments.
Second cup of Coffee time.

Tinkering with pedals is not my departement.
Please take a ticket at the reception desk and there they will direct you to the appropriate department.

 

[WestyBassBob]

I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t like pedals. It’s a great way to break out of a rut. Each one is like getting a whole new instrument. And if you don’t like it they are pretty easy to sell. In fact I just sold one today!

for the most part though I keep it pretty simple. Compressor. Fuzz and Phaser. That’s it. I may add a synth pedal as I like to play “electronic” music but I don’t see a need for anything more.

 

[Michael Favata]

Hmmm. Why I don't like pedals. Let me count the ways. Need for an additional power source and or batteries. More patch cables where so many things can go wrong. More potential noise gatherers. More, umm, stuff, to cart around. And I like the way my bass sounds just like it is. Less knobs is more in my book. As far as inspiration. I've got 50 million songs to learn at apple music not to mention all those Beatles songs I'm working on. I have plenty of inspiration.

 

[RodRy]

I think it’s a lot harder to play someone else’s music. Especially well known tunes. You have to have everything down because people know what the tune should sound like.

I would give it a qualified agreement. I certainly agree that at least the songs I've had a part in writing are easier for me to play and sing, but when I've covered songs that are well known, I like to modify them to be something a bit different. Some listeners like it, some don't. But it makes them easier for me to play!

 

[iagtrplyr]

Tinkering with pedals is not my departement.
Please take a ticket at the reception desk and there they will direct you to the appropriate department.

Boy, I hope this line doesn't take as long as when I was in swink's department. The name? Oh, Department of Thinkology and Snazzy Comebacks. It took forever to see an advisor...

 

[Michael Favata]

I would give it a qualified agreement. I certainly agree that at least the songs I've had a part in writing are easier for me to play and sing, but when I've covered songs that are well known, I like to modify them to be something a bit different. Some listeners like it, some don't. But it makes them easier for me to play!

If you do a cover and really make it your own and do it well it can be a great thing.
If you do a cover and make it your own and don't do it well it can be a bad thing lol.
I think this is cool:

 

[iagtrplyr]

I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t like pedals. It’s a great way to break out of a rut. Each one is like getting a whole new instrument. And if you don’t like it they are pretty easy to sell. In fact I just sold one today!

for the most part though I keep it pretty simple. Compressor. Fuzz and Phaser. That’s it. I may add a synth pedal as I like to play “electronic” music but I don’t see a need for anything more.

Hmmm. Why I don't like pedals. Let me count the ways. Need for an additional power source and or batteries. More patch cables where so many things can go wrong. More potential noise gatherers. More, umm, stuff, to cart around. And I like the way my bass sounds just like it is. Less knobs is more in my book. As far as inspiration. I've got 50 million songs to learn at apple music not to mention all those Beatles songs I'm working on. I have plenty of inspiration.

Gentlemen, you're both correct! You can have it one way, the other way, both ways, or neither way. I do feel a bass player can go sans pedals and be successful if that particular tone works within the framework of music they're playing. At the same time, correctly utilizing pedals, whether a few or millions, create a tonal pallet that is always within a leg's length of use. It all comes down to the individual and what they wish to use to communicate with.

I myself was a strictly no-pedals player, or use a modeling amp if I felt creative. Then I bought my model-less Terror Bass, loved its tone but felt I could bring more out with a dash of seasoning, and I was right. A bit of chorus added at the right time met what I had in my mind.

The other option you'd have is to buy an inexpensive multi-effects pedal, like a Zoom B1 Four (costs one Benjamin), you can get a decent sampling of numerous sounds without all the cords, cables, and aspirin needed to figure out how to hook it all up! run your bass into the FX pedal, run the pedal to the front end of your combo, and play...done! I have the previous Zoom pedal and use it when I want something I don't have as a separate pedal like a bass synth. Nope, it's not perfect, but fun to mess with and a hoot when I find what I wanted.

So, live in peace fellas. You can both lead productive lives as keepers of the low, whether you do it with or without pedals!

I yield my remaining time if I haven't already used them up!

 

[iagtrplyr]

I would give it a qualified agreement. I certainly agree that at least the songs I've had a part in writing are easier for me to play and sing, but when I've covered songs that are well known, I like to modify them to be something a bit different. Some listeners like it, some don't. But it makes them easier for me to play!

I agree with you, RR. Heck, I'd probably mod my own parts because I have a heck of a time playing the same thing twice in a row!

 

[swink]

Boy, I hope this line doesn't take as long as when I was in swink's department. The name? Oh, Department of Thinkology and Snazzy Comebacks. It took forever to see an advisor...

Complaints??? .... please join the back of the line until you come to your senses.

 

[iagtrplyr]

If you do a cover and really make it your own and do it well it can be a great thing.
If you do a cover and make it your own and don't do it well it can be a bad thing lol.
I think this is cool:

That is good stuff, Michael. The duo totally sold it as a country-rock tune. Of course, being one of them was an ex-birds member, how could you go wrong?

 

[Black Out Jazz]

Are you talking about a high order (18db/oct or 24dB/oct) passive HPF?

I will start with a simple RC tank and see where it takes me.

 

[WestyBassBob]

Hmmm. Why I don't like pedals. Let me count the ways. Need for an additional power source and or batteries. More patch cables where so many things can go wrong. More potential noise gatherers. More, umm, stuff, to cart around. And I like the way my bass sounds just like it is. Less knobs is more in my book. As far as inspiration. I've got 50 million songs to learn at apple music not to mention all those Beatles songs I'm working on. I have plenty of inspiration.

Fair enough. Some of the pedal trains people have on here make me laugh. As I don’t think I would bring more than one to a gig or rehearsal but for messing around at home or recording I think they are pretty fun. Definitely better than any of the digital after effects I’ve listened to. Those always sound exactly like what they are: a cheap filter that just slides over the top of your playing.