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The overall cost of making a Mars Bar and getting it into the shops is under 5 pence. Customers have decided we'll happily pay a quid for one.

I've just found one on the sold page at BD - looks like it was about £1700!

Sandberg do this one

The scale isn't the issue - it's the strings. Low tuned short scales can be amazing - but I'd be expecting a 130 instead of that 105.

This is why I joined an educational trust band that my kids attended. Multiple ensembles if various sizes, doesn’t matter if someone doesn’t show up! As long as it isn’t the drummer. Or the bass... damn it. No days off for me!

I'd be amazed if EBMM would let him tell that level of financial whopper in an advert from EBMM. There are rules!

I missed that bit. I really like those strings, but I'm amazed they work that low!

You are referring to the people who got a silent album onto Spotify and got paid for it!

I think it's tuned up, not down. More of a baritone range I cannot see 45-105 working at low C.

Limited first run of a hundred or so sold out in about 5 mins so they made it into a production instrument. Now they've added another colour.

THE EMG FAQ is quite good - under General https://www.emgpickups.com/emg-faq

Yes and no! Many active pickups have a preamp built into them. EMG coils for example actually produce a very low level sound and the internal preamp boosts it to a useful level. But that preamp is not really tone shapingl, it's just bringing the level up. There are no controls for the internal preamp. Then you can add an external preamp / EQ system on top of that if you want. EMG do have a couple of guitar active EQ systems and as said elsewhere - Dave Gilmore is quite a fan. But then sometimes (usually on basses) a normal passive pickup is connected to a an active EQ / preamp. This can be done on guitars as well, it's just that the choices are fewer.

Loads of EMG / Fishman Fluence / Seymour Duncan Actives loaded new guitars out there. Just not many with more than a tone pot. The benefit of the pickups is extremely low noise / hum, and low impedence to drive longer chains. They really are everywhere.

I am now rapidly calculating what I could make from selling some unused stuff... Close. Damn close...

It's a shame the link is broken for the download. Also - sticking that in a pedal would be ace.

Agreed. I can get a very similar tone with my Markbass head, flats and the back pickup on my Sandberg J but then it also needs all the compression in the world. And I'm sure there's a HPF going on as well as there isn't actually that much bass. I really want to try that sound with my big band. I usually play my J and adjust the pickup balance depending on the tune, but I have a hunch the JD sound might work quite well.

I've heard some European builders use the word "mic" in place of pickup. So I doubt it's actually a microphone in the traditional sense.

I was not aware. Thank you. Dear Wife, you know I said I wouldn't....

Mine now has EMG X Series in it, with a stacked Bass and Treble and the ABCX active balance control. Much nicer than the stock pickups, and of course pretty much zero noise even with really high gain. Very happy!

I like the black. Be nicer with a black pickup, but not a deal breaker. They still don't seem to be selling that model in the UK though, otherwise I'd probably be ordering one.

I quite like it. I wonder if EBMM are going to make short scale strings available for sale now. And I noticed that the full size JD model is still using the older and heavier tuners, whereas the ray specials etc have the new lightweight ones. Wonder why.

As I understand it - from 17th May pubs are only open for seated table service and that masks must be worn. No standing customers. Social distancing in place. Pubs are not considered entertainment venues like theatres etc so the 50% capacity type rules do not apply. So maybe apart from the acoustic guitar guys sitting (masked) in the corner providing background music to seated and masked patrons I don't think pub gigs are allowed before 21st June. I've sent the MU an email to ask for confirmation but try as I might, I can't read it any other way.

Loads of really light stuff now. Almost everyone does a Class D amplifier head of similar weight. GR Bass and Barefaced make cabs that are even lighter, and as the speaker tech has moved on they sound better too.

How are you finding the Joe Dart? I quite like the look of them.

I like to walk around when practising, but bloody hell... that must be a long cable!