TylerDeadPine wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:36 pm

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:56 am

TylerDeadPine wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:48 am Well they were supposed to be for bass. Beyond cap choices, the Pots are 4Meg so it maintains aaaany bass through the circuit. 1Meg should be fine but maybe there's some low low's that they 4Megs are helping when dimed.

For reference that's only the first version. The MkII (schematic also calls it a YBA-1A) has 500k volume pots.

Really? I've specifically modded YBA-1As that had 4Meg in volume

Well dog my cats, looks like there are schematics with both with same Mark/model

https://www.thetubestore.com/lib/thetub ... XNsxtbbiDE

Oh that's wild!

FWIW, YBA-1As (90W) were always referred to as "Mark II", but were built concurrently/parallel with the YBA-1 (50W). So you'll see revisions of both amps with 4Meg and 500k pots. I had a very low serial number YBA-1A from 1968 with 4Meg pots that I swapped 1Megs into.

So many of them in Ontario were hot rodded, changed to marshall values etc. that it was hard to tell when you got into them what was original. I wish the internet kind of stopped at schematics and message boards.

tallchris wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 12:05 pm

Kniferide wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:57 am

penningtron wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:51 am

Yeah, though ironically I've never found that to be true of Fender Bassmans, at least for any bass tone I'd find suitable.

I love a Bassman for bass a low to reasonable volumes. In my head its how a bass sounds, but its also the first bass amp I ever owned so ts burned in. Jazz bass... Bassman. That is bass tone to me.

I've got a '64 Bassman that sounds awesome for bass on the normal channel. The French Goodbye record I played on was all P-Bass->Bassman->Mesa 1x15, might still be my favorite bass sound I've gotten on a record:

that record fucking rules, and i love your bass sound on it.

a buddy from Weekly Beats told me about these AIAIAI TMA-2 headphones last year and i found a good deal on an open box pair a while back. i fuggin love them.
you can upgrade or replace individual components as needed (it drives me bonkers that more headphones don't have easily replaceable cords, etc), which feels to me like one of those common sense Scandinavian elements that more companies should utilize.

they come with a cord, but i sprung for the low latency wireless option (16ms latency, w/ uncompressed audio) with a little transmitter that you just plug into your headphone jack. this is REALLY NICE when i'm tracking guitar, drums, vocals, etc cuz i can run around in the studio (our basement) without having to drag cords all over the place, knocking over drinks etc.

like most headphones, there are some plasticky elements, but overall they feel solid to me. i added an extra (also open box) set of leather earpads. i like the leather pads when tracking as they give more isolation. the bass response is exaggerated a bit with the leather pads, so when i'm mixing i prefer the softer pads that come standard. i find those more comfortable for longer listening too. i also always use the cord when i'm mixing.

i like to hop around between different headphones when checking mixes, but i've been using these for @ 6 months and they have become my primary mixing phones (over my DT770s). i feel like i'm able to hear more details and that my mixes (particularly low end stuff, which i struggle with) have improved quite a bit.

Hotone Ampero II Stomp. Unlike the other DSP stomps, this one has the same horsepower as it's siblings, just a smaller form factor and less switches and I/O. Really, just the essentials in comparison. The amps sound killer, some of the best amp modeling I've heard. Like it's siblings, there's up to 12 blocks to use, with lots of options available: amps, cabs, drives, boosts, compressos, modulations, etc. It's a workhorse, a Swiss army knife... Whatever you want it to be. Incredibly large and beautiful touch screen interface with a really great app companion. I've only spent a little bit with it, but I was able to get going without a ton of effort, and that's impressive in itself. Everything feels really well thought out and handled with care.

I'm really impressed with this brand. It's amazing what they can do. The Ampero II Stage is a beast, at a third of the price of the Quad Cortex. The Stomp just knocks it out of the park. A great DSP pedal if you already have an Audio interface and don't need all the extra I/O.

On top of all that, it's also a looper, an 8x8 USB audio interface, and it has a drum machine in it for practicing. Most importantly, it sounds great!

Basically NOS Peavey Pacer from the 80s that a co-worker wanted gone. Has a G12-65 in it and sounds pretty good! Current under-the-desk- amp

6/8/10 rototoms, because screw it, sometimes you need a big drum fill

twelvepoint wrote: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:27 am 6/8/10 rototoms, because screw it, sometimes you need a big drum fill

I'ma go out on a limb and say rototoms > redundant but commonly accepted tom configurations like a 12" & 13", or 16" & 18" floors. At least rototoms have distinct melodic pitches that don't sound virtually identical in a mix.

penningtron wrote: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:35 am

twelvepoint wrote: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:27 am 6/8/10 rototoms, because screw it, sometimes you need a big drum fill

I'ma go out on a limb and say rototoms > redundant but commonly accepted tom configurations like a 12" & 13", or 16" & 18" floors. At least rototoms have distinct melodic pitches that don't sound virtually identical in a mix.

They kinda serve a secondary purpose to my ear in that they have tone with no tubbyness. Just kinda like a tuned impact sound. Almost like an analog drum machine tom. Absolutely silly things and I salute the use of anything silly.