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Put an old 2 band in it then! The 2 band is the vital component. There's a few good videos looking at the EQ curve and shelving of the 2 band compared to the later preamps. The 3 bands don't just slap another control in the middle, the entire thing is different. My bitsa Pingray has the Aguilar M pickup and their spot on recreation of the original 2 band and it sounds like an original - and no weak G string either.

So, playing in a female-fronted Americana trio, I thought it would be nice to have a low D available to me to widen out the tonal palette. When our own @olihayhurst advertised one of these on this very forum I couldn’t resist. When we were an electric band I used to do the same trick with the d-tuner on my fretless Tony Franklin precision bass, so I knew what to expect but I have to say I am pleasantly surprised by the accuracy and stability of tuning as you from E to D to E again. The supplied Hipshot instructions made installation easy, including trimming back the silks on the E string to clear the bridge. First gig with it will be this Saturday afternoon and I am looking forward to unleashing the low D on the unsuspecting passing trade at Billy Bootleggers in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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My uneducated guess is some connection desperately needing Deoxit. I would put cables to both FX loops, and if there are any other similar connections in the back (pre/power), put a cable there, too. If this doesn't help, the next place could be input jack solderings to the PCBA. After that the next steps would be all connections between boards, pots and so on. Deeper and deeper.

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Just bought a short scale jazz off Benedict, really helpful, great communication, packaging was brilliant 10/10

In Glorious Times had been suggested - but liking the deletion of an unnecessary space!

Today it is "Unf*ck The World", by Prophets of Rage.

No idea what model this is but it's definitely a schecter bass. I know he was a long term user of Washburn and Jackson basses

I'm not keen on the looks of singlecuts [1], although I do have one - a Barcus 6-string fretless that was feeling unwanted at a Gardiner Houlgate auction, so I took pity on it. Very nice to play, and the top unhorn slopes to the neck rather than being one of those (like the Ibanez above) where the unhorn slopes back towards the bridge giving it a Snoopy nose. Other than the looks, there's nothing really to differentiate this from other basses. The neck is very playable, it sounds good. [1] Except Les Pauls, though I'm not so keen on the basses

How about Inglorious Times, or (In)Glorious Times? without getting too political it's widely acknowledged that we're at tipping points of many descriptions, and most of them are the result of inequality and division.

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how hot does the iron need to be? also, it's fretless, will I burn the fingerboard wood? Can I put a cloth over the board to help

For me the difference has been the need to adjust the bridge height, while swapping from a set to another (GHS and D'Addario). Soundwise I cannot say anything reasonable: when changing an old set to a new one, the sounds are so different. But how about trying two new sets?

I would really try to find a older used CMD121p Combo, I went down this route for a long time before I moved to an ampless setup , The cmd121p is perfectly loud enough for a 50-100 person gig... at perfectly giggable stage level volume with just the combo part ... but you can send a XLR line out to the PA for even more volume ... Or add any cheap ... or matching cab later down the line to use the full 500 watts of the Little mark head unit. I'm not sure what they are going for used these days £350 - 400 ? But would foot the bill

I've removed boards before via heat Steam/iron pretty much this method Take your time and work on a small section, Do not force or try to pry the board away from unheated/glue melted sections, you have about 2mm of wood under each fret and the board will snap if you try and force it You might need to reroute the rod channel if you can't find a direct fit replacement dropping a dual rod in it ok & you should be able to clean up the neck/board for re gluing with a little acetone/nail polish remover, use a blade edge to scrape it away (don't dig in) a wipe down with clean water (don't let acetone soak if it's a lam neck it might weaking the glue joints) One thing you might want to try before your go for taking the board off is to get some heat directly on the rod's nut by applying the tip of a high watt soldering iron to it, that might be enough to break any corrosion/bonding between the nut/rod (that is if it isn't cross threaded) Good luck