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The truth about your tone and what affects it.
- Thread starter Kwesi
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Perfect. Buffered, adjustable resistance to ground is soooooo useful!! Is the rheostat 100K, 250K or 500K? Tapered, logarithmic, stepped or linear? What brand & where can I get the lowest price + shipping included? Can I do this with old strings? Is it good for Metal? Sorry, of course it is. Everything is good for Metal ...
Hey DrSmaggs,
"BarFunk" nurtures the best tone? You are probably right on the $!!
An atmosphere clogged with spilled beer, nicotine (not in Colorado), perspiration, cheap perfume, Lysol, angst and a hint of urine really work well to bring out The Tone of many bassists. This environment does wonders for your carpet-covered cabs, too!!
Very funny thread, Kirk
"BarFunk" nurtures the best tone? You are probably right on the $!!
An atmosphere clogged with spilled beer, nicotine (not in Colorado), perspiration, cheap perfume, Lysol, angst and a hint of urine really work well to bring out The Tone of many bassists. This environment does wonders for your carpet-covered cabs, too!!
Very funny thread, Kirk
Whats the best air for metal?
I don't have the means to measure the chemical composition, but, IME, you can usually find the best metal air using the Toucan Sam method. That is, "follow your nose!"
The smell to look for is hard to describe, but is basically somewhere between a football locker room and a state-run nursing home.
Actually, the optimum tone quality can be best achieved underwater. However, this might present a slight electrocution problem. And it's doubtful whether your audience will sit through an underwater set.
This is true. However, it becomes inconsistent when the boner exceeds 50 Wangs (the metric unit for erection power, as defined by Richard Longwood). After this, skill actually starts being decreased. There were actually multiple studies done on this and they all concluded this same thing (most famously by D. Ickman).
Why, 0.0% O2, of course!
I think that's only the best air for Death Metal.
OK, Kwesi ... I think this all explains a lot re: the 1/4" layer of cat hair on that pedalboard you sold me.
says who?
About your findings: Well, I must say, I think the Beatles had the best tone (especially McCartney) in the rooftop concert!
Also, which cat hair is the best in the air for a hair metal band?
I think that's only the best air for Death Metal.
OK, Kwesi ... I think this all explains a lot re: the 1/4" layer of cat hair on that pedalboard you sold me.
Does that make 100% saline solution H2O the best for Crabcore? I bet it works just as well for Death Metal. Of course you'll be taking it to the next level with all those peeps listening to the underwater set! WOOOOO \m/
I don't really get why are all of you making jokes about the research done by this man , It is indeed true , since sound is the vibration transfered around via air ....If you're in a vaccum you won't hear anything , so it is indeed true that different substances in the air change the tone , but it changes the tone at the amp rather than at the bass itself.
so when the air is more dense , your amp would have to make a different sound , since pressures change the behaviour of the speaker so probably a bassier tone with more low mids
and with "lighter" air your tone might sound thinner with higher mids/treble
so when the air is more dense , your amp would have to make a different sound , since pressures change the behaviour of the speaker so probably a bassier tone with more low mids
and with "lighter" air your tone might sound thinner with higher mids/treble
From now on, all bass amps should come equipped with a BPTC knob. (Barometric Pressure Tone Compensator)
wow its quite apparent that people here do not know air from air. yes 0.0% O2 would be useful for death metal, but when you talking hard core, you need a high concentration of Sulfur Hexafluoride!
6X heavier then air = 6000x heavier metal.... its basic math!
6X heavier then air = 6000x heavier metal.... its basic math!
so thats why the tone in my room is so diffrent. because it has to break through the air that smells of deoderent, old socks, gym shoes, car paint, beer, a 3 day warcraft mariton and the farts.
yup. and the smell of a curry i ate 5 weeks ago and never bothered tidying up
ok thats it im going to do my own experementation
i shall go to the messyest place known to man. a students flat.
