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So, do I have a mis-sold item that allows me to request a refund? Or an inexpensive, neat and tidy pedal board to which I can easily retrofit a midi device? Let me sleep on this question...

It was due to a Christmas card from the drummer.

Packed ! Daryl

Yup. Very, very unlikely to be a MIDI pedalboard. Just a typical brand-specific or semi-brand-specific pedal set. Those came with a wide variety of plugs and systems, though I don't remember the specifics. One of mine for example had a 27 pin connector.

Yep - the EMG circuits are comparable to how analog mixers work: buffer / boost weak signals first, then you can mix them with less noise, degradation or signal interaction. The EMG pots are 25kΩ, vs. the 250-500 kΩ used in passive circuits.

Paint pen, nail lacquer... extra resistor in series with the LED. A trimmer would let you dial in the right amount of light.

I’ve got an EAE Model FeT and Dagger but I’d still love to build them 🤣 That’s a very handy list, there’s a bunch there which sound really tempting!

The point is that with the buffered mixing you get the sound of individual pickups, not their electrical interaction. No matter in which position the pots are. I see too many variables in hi-Z blend+vol, and the tone on top of that. EMG has a few circuits of which the cheapest are just pots. But their systems include active mixing, too.

Do they do Gibson 335-type guitars? Asking for a friend...

Shipping Steel - Cold Chisel

The Joy of Molybdenum - Trey Gunn

One thing to note about EMG active pickups, the ones with the buffer in the pickup housing, is that the pickup itself can use lower strength rail magnets which means less “pull” on the strings and better sustain. The buffer preamp compensates for the lower signals from the coils. I don’t think they all do that, but I have an active P model in one bass and it’s really good. The system as a whole is not equivalent to the standard passive pickup(s) volume & balance followed by an active EQ - you don’t have the pots affecting the tone.

Iron Man - Black Sabbath

It looks like a guitar that would be played by the Jetsons.

Also Pub bands in their 60's playing 50 year old songs to punters pushing 70 🤣

It may or may not be a better way. I mean, it doesn't necessarily sound better if there is no interaction. It's perfect, but is that what makes one like the sound? Usually, it's one or the other sort of distortion that makes things sound nice. Like valves, tolerances of parts, etc.

Golden, golden- Silly Wizard

The Haynes Manual for Fender Bass is also good.

As long as the blend and vol are hi-Z, they act as tones, because of their nature. That's why I love Noll Mixpot which has buffers and level adjustments for both channels. Pickup sound doesn't change.

I just voted Vintera. I love it when there's a loophole and you can vote for the outcome that's already been decided. Makes me feel like a winner. Enjoy the Vintera. I've always fancied a Bass VI but have no idea what I'd use it for other than noodling at home.