rayj wrote:2. The aforementioned XLR layout isn't always true...sometimes European equipment reverses the polarity on the positive and negative sides. I found this out the hard way when we sold NASA some sound gear that included a Harmond Kardon parametric EQ. RTFM.

offal wrote:If your equipment is ever flooded, you have every reason to be upset, but do not lose all hope just yet. If the equipment was not on at the time there's a chance nothing was short-circuited and you may be able to salvage it. Let the equipment dry out completely, and take it apart, and try to clean it as best you can (especially in cases where there may be mud or sentiment in it). Reassemble, cross your fingers, and switch it on.

scott wrote:Instrument Intonation Adjustment

Properly setting the intonation of a guitar or bass is critical in ensuring that the notes played will be in tune. An instrument with improperly set intonation is basically incapable of producing in-tune notes up and down the fretboard...

wiggins wrote:Phase Reverse XLR cables:

For those, like me, that don't have the luxury of phase flipping on every channel - Simply switch the two "hot" leads on one end of an xlr cable. Make Short ones to put before your snake or before your console.

goosman wrote:

wiggins wrote:Phase Reverse XLR cables:

For those, like me, that don't have the luxury of phase flipping on every channel - Simply switch the two "hot" leads on one end of an xlr cable. Make Short ones to put before your snake or before your console.

These are handy, but make sure you can't confuse them with any other cable. I've made them with colored cable so that there is no confusing them with my stanrd black cables. Swap pins two and three on one end and you'll flip the polarity of a balanced cable.

Very handy for bottom mics on snares and toms, and sometimes quite handy on guitar amps with multiple mics.

rayj wrote:........submersing the chassis in a bathtub full of some sort of degreaser. Then they lubricate all the pots ...........

bassdriver wrote:

rayj wrote:........submersing the chassis in a bathtub full of some sort of degreaser. Then they lubricate all the pots ...........

cook your bass strings: take your old bass strings, put them in a pan with water, add a little soap/cleaning agent and cook it. then dry them with a towel. they will sound like new strings for a while.

(I'm not kidding)

rayj wrote:

bassdriver wrote:

rayj wrote:........submersing the chassis in a bathtub full of some sort of degreaser. Then they lubricate all the pots ...........

cook your bass strings: take your old bass strings, put them in a pan with water, add a little soap/cleaning agent and cook it. then dry them with a towel. they will sound like new strings for a while.

(I'm not kidding)

Oh yes. My old bassist did this all the time. Works like a champ.

skatingbasser wrote:

rayj wrote:

bassdriver wrote:

rayj wrote:........submersing the chassis in a bathtub full of some sort of degreaser. Then they lubricate all the pots ...........

cook your bass strings: take your old bass strings, put them in a pan with water, add a little soap/cleaning agent and cook it. then dry them with a towel. they will sound like new strings for a while.

(I'm not kidding)

Oh yes. My old bassist did this all the time. Works like a champ.

Holy shit. Cook them for how long?