JoeVictim

Allright, I know there are a lot of great people here with great advice. My last post was regarding the same thing that happens on a stage. the bass travels through the stage that becomes its own amplifier of soundwaves. I may not be hitting the technical nail on the head here. But, a lot of the time when you are on a wood stage, the bass will be boomy, hence a lot of bass players use stands, milk crates, and the like. So Greg, If I am understanding you correctly, I should layer the floor and walls with porous material like that matress foam stuff. Then, build a raised floor and walls so that there is something between the concrete and wood? And per Prostheta, maybe I could get some dry wall and maybe get some of those rubber floor mat things to go between the drywall or subfloor (depending on if its ceiling or floor)? So, this would be: concrete, foam material, frame work, rubber stuff, then wall. Does that sound like it would work really well? Probably not as cheap as I was hoping for. I've never had to do anything like this myself and I really appreciate your advice. Much Thanks, -Joe

Thanks fellas. Maybe I need to pick up one of those Bob Villa diy books... From a physics standpoint, wouldn't a floating wood floor make the situation worse?

So, my basement is going to be my music spot. Basement is unfinnished except for a lighbulb and electrical outlet. I need advice on materials to tack on the ceiling (the subfloor of the main level), and ideas for what to put on the walls and possibly windows. I live in a city with a real strict noise ordinance, just to give you an idea, it can't be louder than 55db from 25 feet away. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks, Joe

I am no expert just to clear that up. I always thought the reason that a bass amp needs more power is because of the frequency range a bass produces. It needs all that power to produce that freq at the higher volume. That's why in a club with a good PA, The 18" subs always have their own power amp. (usually about 1000 watts per 18) It takes a lot of power to move those big cones back and forth.

Guitar action low, Bass action high. Just my preference, I like poppin' and slappin' sometimes.

Oh yeah, I got my RP50 yesterday. I was in my dungeon all night last night jamming and trying to make a perfect distortion tone (not an easy task). Time to send the double muff back.

Yes I do...350 watt marshall mode 4.but in effect it is no louder than my 100 watt engl.don't let the numbers fool you. My advantage is that my speakers are more efficient than your average guitar speaker. I got 102db sensitivity, a normal guitar speaker doesn't usually top 90db. For every 3db, the sound is twice as loud. Even though you got 50 more watts on me, chances are my amp is still louder. I guess it depends on what kind of cab/speakers you are using. I can't get past 9 o'clock in my basement.

It's not too mushy, a little weak in the bass when I am not palm muting... I am about to get the poor man's FX unit, the digitech rp50 (just waiting on shipping from IL to CO). I read that you can just plug into a power amp and use the EQ on the pedal for the best tone. My bass amp (peavey nitrobass), has a "power in", so I can use it as a power amp. Anyone else got a 300watt guitar amp?!? One day, I will have a real tube guitar amp...

Intricate...octave pull downs (i think is the tech term) is about as technical as my playing gets except for this one solo I have which borrows a couple notes from Metalica. I'm a punk rocker at heart. (not this commercial radio bull**** punk either)

Not at all implying that. Me Inglish Not So Good... Maybe bareknuckle can endorse you, as in give you free stuff. What I mean by stealing and hot is that everything I see you do is is too hot to touch, a real Mona Lisa of guitar building, a real diamond in the ruff of instrument building.People in the UK are lucky that someone like you is in that area building, how you say, "spot on" instruments.

No matter how many sardines you stick inside the control cavity, you can't finnish a guitar.

Maybe an endorsement is in order... BTW Wez, your stuff is too hot to be legal!!! Where do you steal this stuff

I use my bass amp. I don't have anything else right now. I am currently using an Electro Harmonix double muff. I really like the added low end my bass amp adds. How metal is it when you are palm muting and your house starts shaking?!? Well, the 2x muff is just on loan right now until I can get my Digitech rp50. Then, it goes back to it's owner. I hope to get the Carvin vintage series Nomad 1-12". They look sweet for the price. Prob won't use the digitech for distortion after that.

I just refinished my new guitar. I got it from this dude for $40 and spent about $80 on finishing supplies. It was a jet black, now it's trans green with a black burst. I left the headstock alone with a theory that Jacksons gotta be all black somewhere (except for the logo I guess). For a first timer, I think it came out really well. My next project will be my bass, I think it will be a little bit before I get to that though.

Thanks man. Anyone else got something to say? I feel that this has definantly been a learning experience, with a slight learning curve