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#174,702
dagrev said:
Wow, that is nice! I likely don't need one, but have been intrigued buy pushing my Ampeg head to get that natural breaking up and compression. But much/most of that comes from the power tubes, so just driving the pre really isn't what I think would be nice. Just something I had toyed with and thought might be cool.
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easily done, PM pls..
 
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#174,704
Chucky Stiletti said:
You are correct, attenuator is pretty generic and used in many applications...iow, a Power Soak is one of those applications...
I do have experience with them mostly on guitar amps....this is the latest greatest developed by my buds at UA (ex E-mu Systems)....what are you trying to do?

OX | Amp Top Box | Universal Audio (uaudio.com)
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They defaulted their compressor into my shopping cart. Um, no.
 
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#174,707
BklynKen said:
It's pretty crazy. I paid $1000 for my 2013 NR in 2017 in excellent condition.
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I hear ya, and wish I had bought one a couple of years ago when I had the chance. You'd be hard pressed to find one within $500 of what you paid, many are running nearly double of what they were just three years ago. Truly makes no sense from a player standpoint, it almost looks like speculators are driving the used bass market right now.

BTW, have I ever mentioned I detest "flippers". This is exactly why. They artificially drive prices up and end up pricing honest players out of the market. If you want to collect, collect. But buying for the soul purpose of immediately reselling at substantial profit really irks me. I don't sell basses often, but when I do, one of the first things I try to confirm is that the buyer isn't a flipper.
 
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#174,710
Miles_ONeal said:
My VP is tuned down a whole step - DGCF (with Rotosound RS66s). It's not too floppy, but it threatens to be. I'm recutting the nut on my BO to handle fatter four strings from a set of five. Well, I will be when I get around to ordering nut files.
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My old band used the same tuning as well. I'm sure you thought of it, but I used the next heavier gage in RS66s(50-110) and never had to file the nut at all. They felt great and I was able to go back to 45-105 without having to do any nut filling(ahem). I just changed the strings and kept on truckn!
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
When I started spending more time hanging out with a drummer/guitarist friend and less with a gang, life got a lot easier, and the potential for trouble plummeted.
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I always kept myself busy making things in our "rec-room" (dad improved basement - knotty pine walls, drop acoustic tile ceiling & brown/white checkered linoleum tiled floor). My record-player was there and I would hang for hours listening to singles/LP's (Beatles. Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf, Bowie, Led Zep, Vanilla Fudge, Cream, Hendrix etc...) and doing things on the ping-pong table in the center of the space. Model cars primarily, but any number of invented 'projects' then occupied me. I also liked to be outside, riding my bike and playing sports so I didn't leave myself much opportunity to get into boredom-inspired trouble.
 
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JIO said:
I always kept myself busy making things in our "rec-room" (dad improved basement - knotty pine walls, drop acoustic tile ceiling & brown/white checkered linoleum tiled floor). My record-player was there and I would hang for hours listening to singles/LP's (Beatles. Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf, Bowie, Led Zep, Vanilla Fudge, Cream, Hendrix etc...) and doing things on the ping-pong table in the center of the space. Model cars primarily, but any number of invented 'projects' then occupied me. I also liked to be outside, riding my bike and playing sports so I didn't leave myself much opportunity to get into boredom-inspired trouble.
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I worked a lot as a kid and teen. Painted, mowed yards, worked for two men the owned apartment buildings doing maintenance some in awful parts of town, making where I lived look great. Somehow I still found trouble. Trouble and music were my escapes for working so much!
 
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dagrev said:
I worked a lot as a kid and teen. Painted, mowed yards, worked for two men the owned apartment buildings doing maintenance some in awful parts of town, making where I lived look great. Somehow I still found trouble. Trouble and music were my escapes for working so much!
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Oh yah, I always had work to do also, from paper-boy to a job as a buss-boy at an Italian restaurant. And yes - music was always central.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
My VP is tuned down a whole step - DGCF (with Rotosound RS66s). It's not too floppy, but it threatens to be. I'm recutting the nut on my BO to handle fatter four strings from a set of five. Well, I will be when I get around to ordering nut files.
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I tuned my CP to DGFC also with RS66. Not too floppy, but I may try DR DDTs in the 115 size.
 
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RexxRokket said:
Who knows... but at this point, those prices are just ridiculous. I remember that exact model listed for way less than 1K not so long ago, just like most of the models which prices are going up like crazy these days. Orvilles, Grecos, Burnys, don't know whats happening. They're great instruments, sure they are, but at that point just no.
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JMO, I think maybe some people who aren't playing due to the pandemic thingy are selling stuff to have $$-and trying to get top $$.
 
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While I was out doing errands today, I swung by the crafte shoppe, and picked up some things for my case project. :thumbsup:

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Hopefully, this stuff will work out the way I want. :nailbiting:
Maybe not. :thumbsdown:


I'll find out soon-ish, I guess :D
 
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Flying B said:
Any got a bird tuned to BEAD? Thinking of trying it, will it work with a normal set of strings or do I need to get a 5 set? Would like to avoid recutting the nut if possible.
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I have my Alpine White Classic Pro strung BEAD and love it. I prefer it to my Studio V which is strung BEADG because the CP only weighs 8+lbs. compared to the Studio V which weighs in at 10+. I did not recut the nut and have never slipped a bass string yet. I suppose really aggressive playing might do that but it hasn't been my experience.
 
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