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I use several basses, but all of them are passive, just with hot pickups. They're fine, if that's what you're asking. There's no problem with grounding.

The pickup is wide enough for even 6 strings. They have bar magnets that are 75 mm wide

I agree that the Providence sounds simply great. I also have an EHX Bass Clone and a Boss CEB3. The Boss CEB3 is noiseless, but it's a digital chorus, and they usually have a very low noise floor. My EHX Bass Clone is noisy when it comes to noise, so I was looking for an analog chorus that would be much quieter. The Providence ABC is noiseless in the first switch position, but in the second switch position it produces more noise than the EXC Bass Clone. In my opinion, the third one is unusable because the noise is noticeable in recordings. I also tested it with other pedals before it, with no difference. I've finally started to understand that the noise filter is tuned in the first position of the delay clock, but if the pedal also has options with other increased delays, there is no way to shift the filter and extend it to longer delay times. When starting this post, I was inspired by several YouTube videos of this chorus, where no hissing can be heard in the second and third positions. That's why I thought there might be something wrong with the one I just bought. But perhaps the sound in those videos was post-processed? I'm talking about this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27QqN29CdM

Welcome Guyver.

Yes, you can order them via me. Send me a PM or email. Just 4-string versions? Or are there going to be 5-string versions too? Mark

Many years ago I used to work in maintenance for a company that made very high end manufacturing equipment for the chip industry. We'd occasionally get the electrical racks sprayed with water or coolant if we had a quick disconnect that didn't.. well.. disconnect...and our standard recovery was to rinse them down with ipa ( isopropyl alcohol not India Pale Ale ) and let them dry out thoroughly. It always seemed to work.

OK, thanks. I am not in the market right now. But I like to know these things. And I suspect I am not the only one.

Yes, you can order them via me. Send me a PM or email.

So, are these going to be available commercially?

It may do, but it is more likely that you need to practice with a metronome and learn how to improve the way that you listen to your own playing! You are not alone - timing and consistency are what sorts the men from the boys and the thing that really makes you a top player. I've been playing for fifty years and they are the two things that I'm still working on!

Cheers, that’s good advice! The thought did cross my mind… I have a can of the stuff that’s readily available over here, called Griffon. Is that any good, or should I get something else? Do I apply it royally, or just a few squirts here and there?

I want to improve timing and consistency of my playing. I am fairly sure it involves adjustments to playing technique. ... Maybe see if a new bass helps, you never know 🙂

I ended up a fair amount out of pocket playing at an all-day charity event over a decade ago — whilst I was inside playing for free and having to pay for my own (soft) drinks, some b'stard broke into my car in the pub car park by smashing the window. I was very reluctant to do any more freebies after that.

Thanks! I didn't say they wouldn't suck. I would think many of them would suck, but then so do a large number of guitarists playing blues too, for the same reason. And they don't get upset because its obvious they suck because to them it appears completely unobvious that they suck, even if it is obvious to everyone else that it is painful. Not criticising anyone for going to one if that is what they enjoy, and any way of getting new people their first exposure that is hopefully better than the experience mentioned above is good, but for me it is not going to be enjoyable.

I’m sure BD will sort you out. Labella seem very keen on sorting faulty strings. I had one of their nylon wrapped G strings that had an issue (not the one you describe). I’d had it a fair few months, but it was never right. I contacted them to buy a single and they replaced it for free, just had to pay carriage. They couldn’t have been more helpful. I would assume that this level of service is extended to their dealers.

nice to see a fwonkbeta on there. i used to have one.. they're not around much. wicked pedal

My main thoughts are to cover expenses, not get paid specifically at the bands usual rate. It’s why I used a bar person as an example, for their rate of pay, if they get £50 a shift then that should cover a regular covers bands of 3/4/5 band members on getting there. Or if that’s not doable then a couple of drinks and a sandwich each. I’ve done a few charity gigs where for whatever reasons the charity was close to one of the band members, and at those gigs we were paid expenses. How much I don’t know as in each case we just put the sealed envelopes in the charity pot.

Yanks on TalkBass were getting their panties in a bunch over these a few months back 🤣 Think I've had 3 basses where the Hipshot version came as stock hardware. Never had any call to use it but if my situation changed I rather pay £60 for the Guyker than £140 to Hipshot 👍

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