Hi! From Vienna, Austria

MrsColumbo · 2nd January 2011, 10:55 AM

Well, finally I got around to do what I always wanted to do, which is playing the bass. To be exact, a Warwick Rockbass Corvette Premium 5-String.

Doesn't sound like much but I've been playing the piano since I was 5 years old and the keys for about 25 years now - go figure.

I'm 41 now, so I decided it's time to change some things in my life, starting with living one or another dream.

So I got a pretty neat bass guitar now, a pretty fast quadcore hackintosh, a RME soundcard, decent monitors, about 2 TB VSTs - and no bass amp.

I HATE being gangleaded by manufacturers so I decided to go the DIY way, n00b style.

Well - as for power amping I'll have it the PA power amp & DIY cabinet way. It's the cost saving way and it allows me to accidentially destroy something and be able to replace it without going broke.

BUT regarding preamping - I want to go the long way. And I got pretty exact ideas - I only lack in the clue department. So I sincerely hope you guys have mercy

Keep it up!

Zen Mod · 2nd January 2011, 11:18 AM

welcome aboard !

MrsColumbo · 2nd January 2011, 11:22 AM

happy new year @ all

Cal Weldon · 2nd January 2011, 05:37 PM

Hello and welcome.

indianajo · 09:16 PM

We're having lots of fun in the musical instrument thread, and there are preamp ideas on the analog line level thread too. It is amazing how much more expensive a packaged bass cabinet is than 4 each 15" speakers plus a piece of plywood and a capacitor and some terminals. Have fun. I'm going the other way- bought a Hammond organ with 25 pedals, string bass feature, and one 15" 40 W woofer. I'm learning to play famous bass lines with my feet like John Paul Jones. No slide bottle effects, but with seventy new capacitors installed I can rattle the windows and lamps on "inna Godda Divida".

MrsColumbo · 3rd January 2011, 05:40 AM

Arrr

Hammond pedals - mighty fine!

2nd January 2011, 10:55 AM	#1
MrsColumbo diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Vienna, Austria	Hi! From Vienna, Austria Well, finally I got around to do what I always wanted to do, which is playing the bass. To be exact, a Warwick Rockbass Corvette Premium 5-String. Doesn't sound like much but I've been playing the piano since I was 5 years old and the keys for about 25 years now - go figure. I'm 41 now, so I decided it's time to change some things in my life, starting with living one or another dream. So I got a pretty neat bass guitar now, a pretty fast quadcore hackintosh, a RME soundcard, decent monitors, about 2 TB VSTs - and no bass amp. I HATE being gangleaded by manufacturers so I decided to go the DIY way, n00b style. Well - as for power amping I'll have it the PA power amp & DIY cabinet way. It's the cost saving way and it allows me to accidentially destroy something and be able to replace it without going broke. BUT regarding preamping - I want to go the long way. And I got pretty exact ideas - I only lack in the clue department. So I sincerely hope you guys have mercy Keep it up!

2nd January 2011, 11:18 AM	#2
Zen Mod diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ancient Batsch , behind Iron Curtain	welcome aboard ! __________________ my Papa is smarter than your Nelson ! tnx to clean thread ; Cook Book ; PSM LS Cook Book ; Baby Diyaudio FORUM ; BAF Forum & Gallery;I'm dumb

2nd January 2011, 05:37 PM	#4
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	Hello and welcome. __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting

2nd January 2011, 09:01 PM	#5
indianajo diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jeffersonville, Indiana USA	We're having lots of fun in the musical instrument thread, and there are preamp ideas on the analog line level thread too. It is amazing how much more expensive a packaged bass cabinet is than 4 each 15" speakers plus a piece of plywood and a capacitor and some terminals. Have fun. I'm going the other way- bought a Hammond organ with 25 pedals, string bass feature, and one 15" 40 W woofer. I'm learning to play famous bass lines with my feet like John Paul Jones. No slide bottle effects, but with seventy new capacitors installed I can rattle the windows and lamps on "inna Godda Divida". __________________ Dynakit ST70, ST120, PAS2,Hammond H182(2 ea),H112,A100,10-82TC,Peavey CS800S,SP2-XT's, T-300 HF Projs, Steinway console, Herald RA88a mixer, Wurlitzer 4500 Last edited by indianajo; 2nd January 2011 at 09:16 PM.

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2nd January 2011, 11:22 AM	#3
MrsColumbo diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Vienna, Austria	happy new year @ all

3rd January 2011, 05:40 AM	#6
MrsColumbo diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Vienna, Austria	Arrr Hammond pedals - mighty fine!

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