Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

You are not welcome in my house without adult supervision. Will need to find an adult.

I'll do it! I'm technically an adult.

 

[PillO]

British people always sound intelligent .

I disagree.

 

[JJR58]

Actually it does sound good, adds a little more presence to the bass, I'm going to experiment some more. Plus I found a guitar cord I had forgotten about.

There we go!

 

[PillO]

when was your last time in Britain?…

Let's call it a global phenomenon driven by millennials.

 

[PillO]

What's Geddy's number?

I can't tell you Geddy's number, but Jenny is at 867-5309

 

[PillO]

A friend was stationed in London and always complained that they sounded like they had marbles in their mouths with talking. Of course there are a few very different versions of English in England. (No offense to any Brits intended.)

You can almost determine someone's address by their accent in the UK.

 

[PillO]

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I thought Lennon's body was on display at Red Square in Moscow...

 

[PillO]

Actually, I don’t run any of my Tbirds with the volume knob fully open, I find it bumps up the top end and doesn’t add anything to the bottom. All mine are set between 4 and 8 all the time at the neck, with the bridge brought in as needed for clarity but never equal to or higher than the neck volume, and the tone set on 5 or less.

I had never thought about that. I have some experimenting to do...

 

[JJR58]

Hey, might as well.
Me being heavy handed on a Rickenbacker model 4000.

 

[bobyoung53]

I disagree.

I stand corrected .

 

[dagrev]

Yup, same here, and same on all double pickup basses. I was the opposite when I was a kid.

I generally run volume wide open except on the G&ls, in which case I would have to drastically adjust the amp vol. I used to have everything about half to 3/4 open so I had room to go either way. As in if a drummer or guitarist got to loving hearing themselves a little too much. I then read that not having the vol and even tone kind of chokes the tone in general a bit. I knew things got a little brighter with the vol all the way open, but kept things as is. About 10 years ago I started running most basses wide open. Most two PU basses I believe I always did so I was getting a consistent tone and not having to worry about where each vol needed to be.

 

[dagrev]

I'm not the right person to answer that question, the one P bass I owned left my possession 44 years ago, haven't touched one since.

Everyone should have a good P.

 

[bobyoung53]

Hey, might as well.
Me being heavy handed on a Rickenbacker model 4000.

I really like that, is that your band? Everything is good, sounds like what King Crimson would sound like today if they had stuck to heavy rock and got just a little bit poppy.

 

[dagrev]

I have a small practice area (aka, my living room....), so it's not super difficult for me to be able to change the settings on my amp(s). Especially the old Peavey, it's at eye-level

So, I leave the settings on the bass the same (mostly ) for the same reason I run my volume pedal through the effects loop - so the input to the amp is consistent. I don't use the amp settings "flat" like a lot seem to do, so input changes (from pedals/effects, or the bass itself) have a sometimes inconsistent effect on the sound.
With the input settings consistent, and volume controlled post-eq, I only have the one group of variables to contend with.

It helps my simple brain make sense of which adjustments do what......





....also, this:

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gives me much greater tone shaping abilities than this:

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How are you liking the PF? Likes dislikes?

 

[bobyoung53]

Everyone should have a good P.

Since I'm a relative newcomer here I didn't want to be the one to say it.

 

[dagrev]

Mmmmmm. Proto beer. Uggggh...
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I thought we were not going to post pics from the last Princess Finger's Club meeting.

 

[dagrev]

I'll do it! I'm technically an adult.

Next applicant.

 

[bobyoung53]

You can almost determine someone's address by their accent in the UK.

I don't remember where I read it but some years ago there was a guy who could almost pinpoint your address by your accent in the U.S.

 

[PillO]

I thought we were not going to post pics from the last Princess Finger's Club meeting.

I thought it was just this one.

 

[dagrev]

Since I'm a relative newcomer here I didn't want to be the one to say it.

This is a great place to be immature and have it appreciated by others equally immature.