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OK, as they are silly cheap, I ordered three sets, including one for my brother who wants to try flats. First impression - packaged in an attractive, nicely finished proper box, not an envelope. In individual sealed plastic envelopes with very clear numbering. Other brands could do this, it feels premium compared to most brands. Colour coded ball ends, though not as nicely finished as Fender ball ends. Red silk wraps. Feel surprisingly slinky. Lighter gauge than the Fender flats I took off, so hard to make a really fair comparison. The HB strings are marked as 45-100 and measured as 44-99. The Fenders 55-105 measure as 56-104, both sets are stainless steel. Very clear the wrap pitch is much narrower on the Harley Benton strings, which should make them slinkier for a given diameter. Bent over the ends before cutting and no problems with the wrap slipping (presumably helped by the hex core. They also feel smoother than the Fenders, appear to be closer wound. Sounded much brighter/richer than the fenders, with tension much lower than I'd expect from the diameter difference. I had to slack off the truss rod by at least half a turn. Lower tension feels much better. I suspect a lot of this is the 45-100. So if they bear up and keep some of their richness, these are a much better score than the Fender flats for me. Obviously comparing with Fender 45-100 would be fairer, but at less than 1/3 the cost these are a great deal. I will try their rounds as well.

Agree with singing..smile

the bass was easily the best thing about it ...that's my diplomatic answer ..oh and .the singing is dreadful.

Wow! Lots of comments, and some great ideas for the colour. I have been looking at the EB catalogue and I do like the look of what I think they call HD yellow? With the black plate and black hardware, it looks pretty cool… plus a solid colour will be cheaper! although I wonder what that would look like with a metallic finish?? I’m going to strip it first and see what the grain looks like and go from there… I will upload some pics of how it transforms, although won’t be for a little while as I need it for a few gigs first…

I've never had this problem. However I've always turned up with my own DI boxes already in the appropriate (for me) part of the signal chain. I think most of the time the SE is relieved that they won't need to unplug one of the few DI boxes they are already using for something else that they never question what sort of signal they will be getting from me. Also because I'm playing Bass VI and producing both "guitar" and "bass" sounds if it looks like there's a possibility of being EQ'd into mush I start by giving them a "guitar" sound and once I'm happy with that I'll switch to a "bass" patch play a couple of bars and declare that it sounds great and would they like to move on to our backing track? That seems to work. Because I've already set the EQ for the different sounds I use on the Helix getting a good "guitar" sound means that I'll automatically get the "bass" sound I want.

Interesting, I’ve seen a similar trans orange from fender but not fiesta red. Although I used to have a trans finish jazz bass and I think it was described as crimson red.

Thanks to SBL and TikTok there’s “whipperslappers” everywhere

I had this exact thing at a scooter rally a few weeks ago. Klark Teknik on the frontline with a long cable plugged in. I just plugged it in after my board and thankfully there were no problems but I did wonder what would happen if it came to a disagreement. It can't go before my board as I'm wireless and said wireless is my tuner. It's not going between the wireless and the modeller as I use the pitch shifter. Even if I didn't I am NOT rewiring a board on stage with 5 minutes until the first song. So it's after, that's the only choice.

And another lateral thinking thought... Can the functions you want, be accessed from a computer running the editor program attached to the X32? If so you should be able to use something like an AirTurn pedal to control the editor program which in turn controls the X32. If the functions in the editor program doesn't have the necessary keyboard shortcuts you may need an additional utility to produce some. On the Mac I can recommend Keyboard Maestro I use this with an AirTurn for controlling our backing track functions. I'm sure there's something similar available for Windows. Of course Dad3353's suggestion of an external delay device that has the required functions is probably a far simpler solution.

Oi! There’s only one ‘O them round ‘ere.

Here is my 'bitzer' precision. It was originally built from a sunburst alder Japanese body and maple/ebony fretless neck from Brandoni guitars about 20ish years ago. I have changed hardware over the years, and since a major rebuild where I replaced the neck a few weeks ago, the only parts that remain from my original build are the body, strap buttons, and the neckplate & gasket. The parts that make it up are: Brandoni MIJ sunburst body (suspiciously similar to the body on the 1990 CIJ '62 reissue precision I used to own) Fender maple/maple Jazz to Precision conversion neck (the fretwork was spot-on so no additional levelling/crowning etc was required) Hipshot HB7 lollipop tuners (The neck was ready drilled for this size of tuners, so I didn't use the HB2 set from the fretless neck) Nickel plated String retainer from Armstrong music 'AliExpress' 4-ply aged pearloid pickguard (Identical to guards costing several times as much and a perfect fit — I just needed to drill a second hole for the thumb rest) Fender HiMass bridge (with chrome plated brass saddles) Fender Thumb rest Fender Strap buttons (with 'Grolsch' strap blocks) Fender 'F' neckplate with black gasket EMG Geezer Butler pickup & loom Callaghan late 50's style heavy knurled nickel plated knobs (£40 & worth every penny!) Ernie Ball 2815 Cobalt Flatwounds 40-60-70-95 I am using a Levys brown suede strap with this bass. The neck came fitted with a nut which required the slots to be cut much deeper and shaped. I was originally going to attempt this myself, but as I have do not pocess the tools, expertise, or good eyesight needed, I took the bass to the Gallery in Camden where John did a fantastic job for just £40. I'm really pleased with this bass. The jazz-width neck and perfect setup makes it almost play itself, and the combination of the EMG GZR & the Cobalt flats make it sound absolutely huge.

On the other hand, it should be possible, and doubtless easier, to route an Aux Send/Return to an external delay unit that has the required on/off and tap-tempo features.

Get to it my friend! Don't let we Canucks down! LOL

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Like mine and ill like yours.........🤔

Fender at its best. I don't remember ever seeing a passive Fender PJ before.

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