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It’s amazed me how long it’s taken for EBMM to use lightweight tuners. On a 5 string with big plate old tuners swapping to Hipshot ultralights can save more than half a pound! im also a bit amused at the amount of bass makers who say they’ve spent loads developing their own lightweight tuners that always end up heavier than the Ultralights. Just use them!

I really want an NG3. and I have a soldering iron if need be!

I thought they were custom shop builds just for Tye Zamora. Were they actually production models then?

I said "2 of each please" when there were only a few pics. Glad I don't have to edit that message!

Surprising they don't list the weights on the specs. I might fancy one of the small ones if it's a proper lightweight option.

Can’t have the neck pickup on its own?

Focusing on a small, thus minority, group of people is exactly what Anti discrimination legislation is designed to do. If we didn’t there wouldn’t be wheelchair viewing areas or disabled bogs. This isn’t a “deafness at a gig” issue, this is just a “deafness” issue. We don’t get to get to decide whether deaf people should be allowed to try and enjoy something, even if a hearing person thinks it’s useless. The legislation also references changes that are practical. So for those worrying about open nights or 50 punter pubs having to do this - they won’t. But a big arena show with well resources promotors will have to. As for signing ruining the show for hearing customers, what do you suggest? A separate night for the deaf? Not enough local deaf people in a particular location so do it in a smaller venue with a less impressive stage show at a higher ticket price? That really treating deaf people the same. Swap deaf people for wheelchair users and see how repugnant that would be. Raised platform at Download for wheelchair users ruins an able bodied persons view? So what? I’m loving the value judgments based on the quality of Little Mix lyrics. Never gave a thought about a deaf 8 year old wanting to enjoy the same things as their friends to feel part of the gang? Are you really judging whether the request for a signer is valid based on whether YOU like the artist? Really? I’m betting everyone on here has more than 1 embarrassing CD in their music collection. I fully support the woman taking this action. It won’t affect the grass roots at all and she is not a chancer. All she wants is for deaf people to be treated the same. Good for her.

I solved my clank in a slightly different way.

Heavier e string might help too, stop you banging it into the frets quite so much.

Beat can be felt as well as heard.

I swapped to Thomastik traditional strings and used a FIshman Platinum Bass EQ / Preamp straight into the FX return of my amp so it was only the Fishman doing the work. Wasn't perfect, but it was far closer than it had been.

D'addario Super Long Scale should fit. I was using them on a Dingwall and it was only the B at 37 inches that was a bit hit and miss as to whether the main speaking length was going to get over the nut and that was only by a mm or 2. The E was 36.25 and always fit.

My 2 main basses are a Marleaux Consat Custom 5 string and a much modified Stingray 5. At the moment it has an Aguilar 60s wind precision pickup in it. And it’s passive. I have 2 rigs really. Easy transport rig is L6 G70 wireless > Cali compact bass compressor > Digitech bass synth wah > Darkglass Alpha Omega or B3K V2 depending on the tunes. that goes into either a Tecamp Puma 300 or a Darkglass M900 and then to either 1 or 2 Barefaced One10 cabs. Heavy rig is a racked up Helix rack and foot controller. Sometimes used with just the power section of the above heads and cabs and sometimes into a Yamaha DXR10 frfr powered cab. Or straight into the PA. Or into all of it at once and still using the USB to record it all. Im not listing out the details of all the patches I have in the Helix as I’d be here all night!

Is the bridge pickup in the same place for both the 1 and 2 pickup versions?

Hipshot Ultralites. Tiny footprint and save a surprising amount of weight.

Measuring from a saddle is a crap idea. Could be massively out depending on string choice. Measure from the nut or the 12th fret.

Now you can wander round the house and still play! I do that with mine, no more cable clutter to annoy the mrs.

It was this demo that made me pick the Clean and Clear

I have ordered. Will take a couple of weeks as they are awaiting stock and our lovely customs, but I'm patient.

Did you need something finding out?

Don't know - there's lots of people there. A guy called Peter is the over all boss, but then there are dept heads for the various instruments and the like. There's the HQ in town, but then they also run Saturday morning centres all across the county using schools as the venues. I play at one of them every Saturday.

Is there a local Music and Performing Arts Trust? There's one near me in Northants and they are always on the lookout for stuff the kids can use.

I've got plenty of knobs - it's the pots themselves I need. Thanks chaps.

Discontinued a long time ago. i had one. Very good pedal. Definitely worth trying.