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Sandberg California II VT4 Lovely thing.

Amazing! I'll probably get them if they do the entire line!

I have 3 boards. The smallest is a nano. Tuner, filter, octave, compressor. The filter might get swapped with an overdrive if I need it. The largest is a lot bigger (another pedaltrain but I can't remember the model). It has a wireless on it, a big Morley wah, Boss LS-2 for signal routing. Drives, fuzzes, delays, filters, EQ, synths etc etc. That board is for fun but it would also cover everything from a U2 covers band through to a Muse tribute. But sometimes I'll just take a compressor pedal on it's own and a headstock tuner. Depends what I'm doing really. I could easily replace the Nano board with a Helix Stomp. I may well do that one day.

And for some basses the main speaking part of the string ends up going round the tuning machine too - and with a flat that can cause a breakage. But a fair amount of the manufacturers do show the max length between the ball end and any headstock taper so you can compare with your bass. I think you'd want medium scale for Dunlops as their silks start very close to the nut once installed. The short scales would probably have silk in the nut otherwise.

One time, at Heathrow Customs....

Dunlop do them. Very nice too!

I've not played one, but the bridge placement put me off. Seems too far forward and the upper horn is quite short. Screams "awful balance" to me. It seems to want to be a cross between a Streamer (or NS) and a Thumb. If it was dirt cheap I might give one a try, but it would have to be really really cheap.

Far better clarity for me with the DCB. I thought the stock ones were quite dull and ill-defined. The two circuit plug mods definitely help. Basically - have a look at the board. There's 2 plugs in sockets, and 2 empty sockets. Just unplug and plug in again in the next one along. You'll need a small screwdriver to lever open the plug grabbers. Only takes about 5 minutes to do. One of them changes the flat EQ position. Gentle scoop in the wooly bit and a sweeter presence / treble. The other gives a 6db boost when the eq circuit is on. The first one is worth doing all the time. The second, if you don't mind the active signal strength being quite a bit hotter than passive mode. I did both after I already had the DCBs and it added another improvement to my ears. But try the plug swap before spending money. You may like it enough that way. You can always put it back again.

A precision.

I used to. I had a pair of Status basses. These days I'm not gigging nearly as much so no.

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I love using a ton of it. Really squashed, massive sustain similar to using overdrive on a guitar amp. It's not a sound suitable for everything, but I do like it!

Isn’t there a different thread for ABM?

Well, I've had mine for 3 or 4 rehearsals worth now and each time I am more pleased with it. It's very powerful, very punchy and it really lets the sound of the different basses come through. The compressor is still a bit crap but it will do for when I can't be bothered to take a pedal and I don't need to swap between fingers / slap / pick. The drive at low levels is great - just to add a bit more harmonic information. I leave that on most of the time now. Very happy with it.

Mine's really quiet too.

Aguilar make some decade inspired ones. I had the 60s wind and it was ace. I don't like Quarter Pounders as a P pickup - they have too much bass and not enough mids. They are a great powerful pickup, but they don't sound like a P pickup. They have their own thing going on. If that suits - then that's great. But it's not a P sound.

Yup - you'll be fine. They are heavy compared to new class D amps but 10kg isn't a lot for a big iron amp. They are VERY clean sounding so if you want any type of grit or warmth you will need a pedal. In fact I'm not sure I've ever seen a pro rig using them that didn't have a pedal or 2 with it.

There's an amazingly upgraded Ibanez Mezzo medium scale in the classifieds.... 32 inch scale, nice slim neck, 8lb weight etc ahem.

Any EQ pedal.

Definitely this.

A set of Hipshot ultralites can be a half pound lighter than large plate tuners. Thats a big weight saving, and as all that weight is coming off at the end of the neck, the balance improvement is immense.