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Joe Dart uses the EB Group flats (not the cobalts) on his signature ray / sterling, and he uses Roto rounds on his older Max Jazz. So it depends on which version of Dean Town you like best.

Afraid so. When the jack is in the pedal is activated even if it is not doing anything to your sound. Unplug it. Or get a mains power supply. When a power supply is connected it also cuts off the battery. Very useful.

Not if you never turn it off!

Buy the 900W version. They don't seem to have the same reliability issues.

There's a dedicated thread about them

And I just remembered - Sandberg built some 24 fret TT4 for Doug Johns when he swapped to Sandberg from Pedulla. So they definitely offer that option. As the necks are all the same on the TT4 / VS4 / Central basses that should be an easy option to select. The Central model is close to a stingray but you can ask for any electronics in any model. Sandberg usually ask you to submit the specs you want through a dealer to get a quote. I went through Classic & Cool Guitars for mine. Waiting list is about 12 months though.

You can see them on the website, and you can custom order anything for a modest fee increase

Forget-Me-Nots doesn't sound right any other way!

I use it for everything. Modern Big Band, RnB, Rock. In my big band we do arrangements of everything from old 1920s stuff through to Bruno Mars. Sometimes the octave is there just because I can't be arsed to take a 5 string. Sometimes the part just needs a little thickening or funking up a bit. Quite often my sound is simple Duck Dunn, but if we go from an Aretha tune to Uptown Funk then I want a bit of variation.

Yes - but not at the same time!

Sandberg Classic Booster sounds very similar to a Ray.

Filter has to be first to get the best control from my playing! Compressor smooths everything out for excellent Octave tracking. The Thumpinator then kills everything under 25hz so I can still play the lowest notes on my bass without turning the Octave off. The Thumpinator won't let it through to my amp. Idea stolen from Dusty Hill rig rundown.

A little change on my board. EQ-200 and Darkglass VMT off EBS drive and C4 on. Micro Thumpinator is underneath with the power supply. The EBS has a very different drive sound than the Darkglass and I'm enjoying getting away from the DG sound that seems to be everywhere at the mo. The EBS is more versatile than I thought it would be. I knew what I was getting in terms of high gain sounds but I wasn't expecting the lower gain ones to be as good as they are. I had one of the older models before and it wasn't nearly as good as this one. There's more gain available but it's noise floor is way lower, and the different tone sweep is really useful. I might play around with the order a little. Filter and C4 always first but I might swap the compressor and the drive over to see if I like that more. PSA: Hotrox has the EBS for a good £20 lower than everywhere else!

He wants 24 frets.

Marleaux Consat Custom Fender Urge 2 Sandberg Basic Sandberg Custom Sandberg Classic I am a huge fan of Sandberg, but if money was no object, I'd be getting a Marleaux again. I only sold mine when I couldn't cope with the (entirely normal) weight anymore following injury.

Release notes https://line6.com/support/page/kb/effects-controllers/helix/helix-360-release-notes-r1046/

QC users got this email from NeuralDSP yesterday: "On Friday April 21st we were alerted to an unsuccessful login to the email account we use to collect reports and logs sent from Quad Cortex. This turned our attention to a security vulnerability on Quad Cortex that granted exploiters temporary access to the aforementioned email account. This exploit was immediately fixed internally, meaning no further access is possible. However, this has resulted in Quad Cortex being unable to send new reports or logs until CorOS 2.0.2 has been installed. We are beta testing CorOS 2.0.2 internally and intend to release it this week. Unfortunately, due to the exploit, approximately 3300 names and email addresses were viewable by a small number of individuals who are attempting to expose security vulnerabilities on Quad Cortex. This does not mean the exploiters were able to log in to the email accounts - they could only see the names and email addresses in a list. While the exploiters were able to access the inbox of the email account containing the reports and logs, they did not, to the best of our knowledge, exploit this breach with malicious intent to gain access to customer data. Quad Cortex also records the names and passwords of all the WiFi networks it has connected to since the last factory reset. Unfortunately this data was not encrypted. The WiFi passwords for any user who sent a crash log to us (after a system failure, not by sending a log via Settings > Contact Us > Send Report) were also accessible to the exploiters. We identified approximately 430 users affected by this. This issue has been fixed in CorOS 2.0.2, and Quad Cortex will no longer record the passwords of WiFi networks in the crash logs. No further personal information or sensitive data is collected by Quad Cortex and, therefore, nothing else has been exposed. We have emailed the users who have been affected by this breach. If you have ever sent a Quad Cortex report or a crash log, the above applies to you. If you have not sent a Quad Cortex report or a crash log, your name, email address, or WiFi password has not been exposed. I apologize deeply for this inconvenience and our oversight. We value our users’ privacy above anything else and we were devastated to learn of this vulnerability being exploited. We will be doing everything possible to deeply evaluate our systems and Quad Cortex to ensure nothing like this can happen again. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected]" If this applies to you - change those router passwords asap!

Get some Liquid Threadlock. It's a lower powered glue designed for keeping nuts / bolts done up but not preventing them from being purposely undone with the right tools.

you might have to ask them - unless you can find someone with both units and a good video / demo rig.

Sounds nice. I wonder how scary the price is!

The Barefaced One10 is now available with a Tweeter. If that floats your boat.

MSL aren't the right people anymore. https://www.realelectronics.co.uk/SR07_Repairs_Submit.aspx

There's active pickups and then there's active EQ systems. They are different things. Active pickups - like EMGs - have small preamps built into each pickup to help boost the signal. EMG magnets are low powered to reduce string pull and inductance so they need the little boost to the signal to get it up to a useful level. They actually come with passive tone controls. But additional active EQ / preamp can be added to it. Active preamps / EQ is the stuff that happens after the pickup in the signal chain. It's usually Bass/Treble, or Bass/Middle/Treble sometimes with frequency knobs too. In general, most preamps/EQ can be added to whatever pickups you have. But there are exceptions. Some of the EMG Preamps can only be used with EMG pickups. Strings - EB Cobalt Flats are very bright. Very close to a roundwound string. Might be worth a try. Another solution that I particularly like is a good bass overdrive pedal with a clean blend. I set it to a very low drive level that I notice more when I turn it off. The overdrive emphasises the harmonic content in the signal a bit more and makes it appear brighter but also more complex / thicker. If you have a listen to Isolated Bass tracks on youtube for famous songs you'll discover that some of the sounds that seem really clean in a mix are actually a farty overdriven quite dirty tone when on its own. Queen's John Deacon's P bass tone is a great example. It sounds deep and thuddy - it is a P with flats - but it also sounds wide and full with enough cut through. The isolated tracks are a real eye opener. It's pretty much a horrible bass tone on its own! But perfect in the mix. My big band do a version of "Don't Stop Me Now" and it just wasn't sounding right until I chucked some farty drive on it. As an aside - it's a cracking bass part.

Turns out I had a set of new DTF in my spares bag. They are now installed and sounding good. I’ll let it settle over night before I tweak the truss rod.

I played the Lionel in anger for the first time today. Lovely to play, but I’m definitely swapping to flats for this bass. As good as it sounds with steel rounds it’s just wrong to play Duck Dunn parts without thumpy flats! I might try some of the Fender flats. Never tried them before.