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I also record two tracks - I always do a clean DI and also an 'effected' track. The clean DI comes from a Schalltechnik_04 VONG-Filterung, which sits at the front of my pedalboard. This gives me options later on in case the effected sound doesn't quite work and quite a few people I record with ask for the clean DI as they'd rather use amp sims or somesuch at their end. The effected signal goes out of the VONG through whatever effects I fancy for the song and then into an EBS MIcrobass II with some EQ and the cab sim on. I've been using the EBS for I-don't-care-to-remember many years, for recording and live, and it's just brilliant. At the moment I just use that into a power amp and speakers for my amp at home. When it's recorded I don't use any amp sims unless something's gone wrong and I have to use the clean DI. I'll use EQ (most likely a HPF) and some compression on the effected recording. I'd much get a good sound going into the box than use sims. I do the same with guitars most of the time. Effects and then a little Palmer DI/Speaker Sim box.

There's a layout for the circuit here at Tag Board Effects, if that helps, although it seems that it misses out the protection diode ! Might be worth looking for D1 if the parts correspond.

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My experience of my friends trying to pass on 'good music' to their children always seems to end up the same way... Nobody in the playground except DC knows the words to 'Cygnus X-1' or 'Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft', so it's 'Baby Shark' and 'Let It Go' that gets the most requests at home. That said, good on the OP for going for female musicians compared with the sausage fest my friends seemed to want to be on the decks !

God knows, it's almost as it we're just meant to be staring at the ladies. Shame, as it's a great song.

Directed by Mike Mansfield. Nuff said really. It's time for Dramarama !

Some of Sonic Youth's stolen kit is still turning up then

Side benefit of this thread - Mrs. Pook and I listened to a couple of CDs we hadn't listened to in ages last night, most enjoyable.

C'mere.... (Hug and gentle pats) ...I feel for you, I do. (One of the benefits of being a librarian was the expectation of your colleagues being quiet !)

I'm not glad you have a similar bugbear, but glad I'm not the only one ! (If that makes sense !!)

I'm thoroughly envious of people who can blot out extraneous noise and concentrate. If I can even hear the slightest hint of conversation or music then I can't concentrate.

Most of the music I listen to comes from the radio. I have Radio 3 on during the day as it's the radio station that has the least talking. I can't abide DJs talking all the time. In some ways I think R3 plays the widest range of music of any station I've come across. When I need a change (or when they lay the opera on too thick), I'll change over to whatever my foreign language station du jour is. Currently it's DubaiNow, it used to be a French language station. I'm no polyglot, but the chatter us easier to ignore if you can't understand it. As for recorded music, I go through patches when I'll put albums on (almost never individual songs - I listen to the whole album, not bits of them), or decide to buy some music to check out something new, but it's usually bought 2nd hand. I don't use Spotify or any streaming service like that. One thing worth sharing - I find it very hard to concentrate on anything else when I actually listen to music (or hear conversation) , I certainly can't read, so it sort of limits when I can enjoy it. I used to listen to a lot more music when I was younger, but not as much now. So it goes.

Looks fantastic ! Superb work.

When the Dimension pickups are switched to humbucking, are they coils wired in parallel or series ?

Yes, it didn't solve it for me...it still felt very unbalanced.

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/announcing-the-ray-ross™-saddle-less-bass-bridge.1384830/ Dug out of the original BC thread about these bridges. Might be of interest.

I had a T-bird, one of the PRO-IV models It sounded great but I found the ergonomics to be so much of an issue that I sold it. I couldn't cope with the neck dive or the distance to the 1st fret, and the overall lack of balance made it a sod to play. I know I'm in a minority as lots of folks cope with or get round the balance in various ways, but I just couldn't. It was a shame because it sounded really good and I really wanted to get on with it. I'm 5'8" and slightly built, if that's of interest.

Can I say I like the phrase 'slave to the stave' whilst making it clear I have no opinion whatsoever concerning that argument.

This isn't going to end well.

I don't really have a 'toolset', I have a selection of household tools, some of which get used on my basses and guitars. In fact the only thing I keep separate are a bunch of allen keys and small screwdrivers in an old glasses case (so Mrs. Pook doesn't nick them for her bike maintenance ) and a 12" metal ruler so it doesn't get greasy like my other metal rulers that I keep in the shed. I have some feeler gauges, but I was given them by my dad and I think I've used them twice. Soz Dad ! Neck stand ? I use a small pile of paperback books and a bit torn off an old towel. Suits me fine - I mainly do my own set-ups and I've never felt the need for more. Each to their own of course.

Nice work, thanks.