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[quote name='DanEly' timestamp='1382447542' post='2252221'] Loverly advice. One last question, with Bart pups, what wire is essentially black/white? If that's makes sense [/quote] Looking through Bartolini's wiring diagrams it seems that their convention is Black = hot and White = earth/ground.

Big +1 to the live solos are boring posts! I think electric bass [i]can[/i] have just as valid a coice for expressive solo performance, but finding a player who can put all the pieces together is a real needle in a haystack affair. I was listening to some Marcus Miller tonight and I genuinely enjoyed his playing and musicianship. All the usual suspects (Jaco, Flea) etc... are superb musicians who just happen to have chosen the bass guitar as the tool of their trade. Players like these can stop an audience in their tracks at 20 paces. Expressive soloing transcends simply repeating charlie Parker/Jaco licks over the changes and enters the realm of communicating emotional content through sound. THAT, my friends, is a tall order. It's like stepping up to the microphone without knowing exactly what you want to say, and that can only end in embarrasment and airborne fruit.

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Dunno, maybe a 5 string unlined fretless Jazz with two humbuckers (but switchable between single coil and humbucking) and a John East pre. Swamp ash body , maple neck, ebony fingerboard, tort plate and olympic white finish. Not that I've given it MUCH thought. Pretty please...

Ms Hathaway is a brilliant singer - she's on Marcus Miller's "live and more" album doing 'summertime' (with Poogie Bell on drums too) http://youtu.be/G-SyzPda7RA

Good man - on all fronts!

Yeah, i should do some 'selfies' (i think that's what the young people call them) of my well-maintained beard before it goes down the sink.

Lightning Bolt from Pearl Jam.

Or give Derek at Watford Valves a call - I seriously doubt that there's nothing he doesn't know about valves.

A brief look through a couple of Boss (GE7B and OC2) schematics reveals that they use a 3.9kΩ resistor for the LED

I've bought similar adaptors in the past and have always had a very pleasant, hassle-free experience.

Not Jazzy, but certainly interesting... http://youtu.be/u7QaKxfa2kI

Buffet B12 clarinets are great for metal

Not used that one. A cheaper alternative would be the ARTEC SE3PA. I've got on in my fretless jazz and it's lovely. http://artecsound.com/pickups/index.html

That Fender tone stack crops up in a lot of places, most recently a derivative can be found on the LH series amps from Hartke.

Gibson EB0?

Pffft. I already made a wah with a LPF on board. Don't look like that though...

I'll get me coat

Moog have announced the release of their new line on mini pedals. Well, 'mini' in comparison to normal Moog pedals... [url="http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2013/10/moog-announces-minifooger-analog-effects-for-guitar-bass/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bassmusicianmagazine+%28Bass+Musician+Magazine%29"]http://bassmusicianm...ian+Magazine%29[/url] It is nice!

It's also World Mental Health Day. Coincidence?

I sent my drummer a virtual hug via FB... on the proviso that he didn't try to cop a feel at the same time. Pervert!