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Yes, a lot of the time it will just tell you what year it is

I'm loving the Key 37. Bonus is it looks like my old plugins (that I got when I had an MPC One, then a Key 61) are still usable. I thought I'd lose the license when selling the hardware. There is a good sale on for Plugins at the moment. e. g. Keys collection is £49 reduced from £249.

Personally, I think the new MPCs are excellent as they have so many options, after all - they are marketed primarily as a 'standalone production centre'. I understand the feeling of option paralysis, but that is like saying old Nokia phones are better than smartphones. That is true in some ways - but not enough ways for most people as you can just be selective with the smartphone features you use.

Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

Agreed. My A4 had a small ring system and several small moons.

I have played about three notes on it, but it's certainly slimmer neck compared to the Godin. I'll report back further once it's back from fettling.

what's your input stage built on? Most the things I've played with have high enough input impedance that you can then set it with resistors - though I love the sound of Jfets! I would tend to use active DI for passive instruments for the impedance issue, or passive for active or after anything that is buffering. I think you've reached an inflection point with your design - is it a DI box or is it a preamp? If it's a DI box then phantom power is great. If not, it's a bass preamp and focus on 9v power. what in your design is crackling and popping after you turn it on? Thats a risk and something I would think you want to engineer out. I could live with it in a preamp if it sounded amazing, but in a DI box attached to the PA it just needs to work!

My squier vi needed a shim as the angle of the strings behind the bridge was originally too shallow, which after fitting labella flats was causing a sitar-like sound where one string was vibrating against a screws on the trem unit.

42mm is about the nut width of bass vi as well as the jazzmaster and jag ...the jazz bass is 38mm! ...strat and les paul are about 43mm ... so sounds like the squire is faithful to the original design as is the vintera vi. Why were you fitting a shim ..action too high?

I have the Hercules, it’s great, rock solid and clamps onto the iPad really securely.

Yep probably just the slight distortion from a phone lens 👍

Fiddlesticks, I was thinking of going by train but there are no trains running between Reading and Crowthorne on that day. Automobile it is then. If anyone has a Fishman Fluence (bass or guitar) could I please request its presence at the bash? I would really like to hear a Fishman Fluence because the reviews all say how wonderful it is, and yet the YT sound demos leave me cold so I'm curious as to what's going on there.

Being a YouTube creator is just like any other business. If you are in it to make money you need to be competetive and professional. For those of us who are just having fun and putting stuff out for family and freinds then you can afford to be artistic and creative, but don't be surprised if its only family and friends who follow and watch. I have 2 videos with nearly 3k views. Everything else is below 120. Those 2 have tags and are demonstration videos on how to fix a broken dishwasher and how to use something I bought from B&Q that had useless instructions, I linked it in the B&Q product review.

Seems legit to me, with sticker markers and likely a changed pickguard. It's quite common that authentic Fender serial numbers are not recognized in the serial numbers database.

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Tut. You should be really waiting for Exclusive & Limited Black Friday Megatastic UltraSpecial Discount Sale Professional Plus!

Just seen the case and candy second time looking. Case is the same as the 2000 fender Dlx jazz I had, and not sure why anyone would go to the lengths of obtaining the tools, catalogues and tags for a £700 sale.

I think it depends on the use case of the two I mentioned previously. Personally, when I'm playing, give me all the control, if it took a 9V from my PSU, that's all good with me. Footswitch? Knobs? Load 'em up. It's when I'm running the desk I want as few frills as possible. When I'm reaching for the DI that's in my peli it's because the player wasn't adequately prepared with their own solution, so now they get the cheap and cheerful DI I keep in there. Of course, the unfortunate reality is that no single solution will satisfy every single user. So, with that in mind, I'd say make the DI you want to make, and let the intended audience find it. I use cheap and cheerful DI's in my peli because: 1. I need to be absolutely sure it'll work. 2. I don't care if it goes for a walk afterwards. Something like you've designed, that'd be going on my board, that'd be my nice DI. That's where I'm interested in having all the ideal conditions, the controls, the high impedance.