Jonnomainman

Because I don't know the maths! It was just a general statement based on figures which I've seen given by several manufacturers.




In my example we used a head that works best at 4ohms. Like you said "in general" not for every amp - some amps work most efficiently at 2ohms. I'm sure if you re-read that paragraph or two you'll see that I've mentioned that the amps work when their minimum load is the same as the load of the cabinets.






I think for all intents and purposes we can use the term "4ohm head". It's a lot less confusing and less wordy than "a head that produces x watts at 4ohms". Much easier to identify between an "8ohm head" and a "4ohm head" also.




That's just an insult now. Tbh, I'm offended that people can beg and call for this FAQ to be published then nitpick over the smallest of things!

Ohms and wattage is one of the hardest to understand and difficultest to explain topics. I dreaded doing it and my aim was to explain it in terms which anyone could understand. People don't need the maths, if they want to look deeper into it they can do themselves by all means.

Perhaps you should have contributed? Yunno, spend a few hours of your own time helping the forum?

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thefitz

If you use that custom set, the string tension will be proper. .105 is too thick for an F# string, but .95 is fine (.05 per half-step, remember?). .80 is too thick for a B string, but .70 is fine. .65 is too thick for an E string, but .55 is fine. However, .130 is just perfect for a low B string. If you get 130-65, you'll have a fine low be, but too tight other strings.

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smb

Get over it - you're a kid on the internet. Sounds like you're taking things a bit seriously. I would happily have contributed but over the time this was made in I have been far too busy...not that that makes the slightest bit of difference. The couple of minor things I pointed out are there whether or not the FAQ was something I wanted to get involved in. If you couldn't cope with suggestions you should have tacked that on to the end of your section. Something like "My ego is too fragile to handle criticism so please don't comment on what I've written" would have done the job.

Jonnomainman

Kid on the internet?

You're coming off as the ungrateful, childish one here.

I was being adult - I accepted your criticism. All I did was answer to it? Please please explain how that makes me a kid?

Quit getting patronising, grow up.

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anarkee

Wow--a lot has happened here since I emailed Ben back the FAQ on Saturday morning..

And I tried to make tea, but all of you damn Brits wouldn't drink it, 'cause you said I didn't make it all proper like. Picky lot!

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smb

I'm just amused by "this is an insult" and "I'm offended now" because I really couldn't care less - I was just taking the text for what it is and responding in ways I thought it could be improved. I can see that most people aren't going to care about the maths but on the other hand the question of power output is a big one that confuses a lot of people and I'm not sure how much this helps. I'm not calling you a kid because of what you said - I called you a kid because you are a kid. If I was at school I'd likely have the time to spare and care enough to contribute but I'm not and I don't. I just suggested a couple of changes and you decided to make it personal. Well I'm not playing that game because I don't care about you - I just had a look through because I'm interested in amplifiers. If I wanted to make friends I'd put the computer off!

Jonnomainman

It just takes the piss to nitpick like that, go take your complaint about grammer to the proof readers anyway. The "de-captialisation" so to speak of those two words would not have helped anybody - why would they? It is completely unnecessary to point it out.



So being 17 and in college is a "kid" now huh?

You're what 20? 21? Still in uni if I recall so probably about 23 tops. You remember what it's like to be 17 and you should remember how patronising it is to be called a "kid" at that age. This isn't about making friends, this is about being polite and nice at least!

You're really starting to sound like a child when you say "I don't care about you" btw. You might wanna cut that out yunno, makes you look a tad hypocritical

EDIT - lets just stop this now before one or both of us get banned. For the good of the forum as we both contribute and are an asset that would be missed.

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ben the squier vm pm is winging it's way to you as we speak, errr read and type.

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Charlatan_001

Cool - I didn't know about the ".05 per half step" rule. Learn something new every day.

Waters?

Good job on this here!
Very insightful!

Btw, the Bass Exercises download dosnt work, could someone re-upload it?

anarkee

It just worked for me--try it again, and if you still can't download it, pm me and I can get it to you via another method.

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Deliriumbassist

Works fine for me.

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AshDoro

10/10 for this thread! (my only useful contirbuation for 3 months or so now)

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FullMetalBass

I <3 this thread. Merry Christmas to me. Good job. And what is the relative idea of the exercise file 'cause I only have powertab and I wonder if I need it.

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indie-bassist

What a christmas present for the bass forum! Nice one guys.

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Deliriumbassist

There's about 50 different exercises in there. I'll try and get it sorted for next week or so, possibly this weekend even. I was doing it, then accidentally closed it without saving and lost 100 bars of it. I was slightly pissed off.

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Waters?

Weird, before it wouldve gave me an error.....

Btw Ben I found a typo:


Cabinets are written twice - Im sure thats incorrect.

Bullet-Rule

Brilliant work guys. Really great FAQ here!

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Sorry love. No caffeine for me - Over a year now.

Yeah, I'd like to thank myself and everyone else for doing the FAQ.

We rule.

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