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  1. tauzero
    I think it's my second favourite power tool, just behind the angle grinder.
  2. tauzero
    Who by, and why? I only have active basses and I use a Line 6 G50 (among others) with no problems. In fact, I don't have problems with any of my wirelesses - Line 6 G50, Smoothhound, Lekato WS-50, Harley Benton Airborne Pro. Of these, the first two use the 2.4GHz band and the second two the 5.8GHz band. If you're just going into an amp or using a single pedal, a rechargeable bug type is more convenient as you don't have to set up a power supply for the receiver. If you're using a pedalboard, a base unit receiver with power supply is more convenient as you don't have to recharge it.
  3. tauzero
    As long as you bin it in my bin, I agree.
  4. tauzero
    I'm a bit of a Variax fanboi, I've got a 300, a 700 acoustic, 705 bass, JTV59, and now the JTV69. It'll get an outing tomorrow night at an open mic (where there's one other JTV59 and four other 700 acoustics).
  5. tauzero
    Didn't make a note of it and I don't really want to open it up again.
  6. tauzero
    All my Schaller-equipped straps (about 15) have the straplocks attached to them. I don't have a problem with them, whereas if I just put the straplock over the strap it wouldn't be long before I lost a straplock.
  7. tauzero
    You can move the rear strap button to a more central position (on my 1265 it's in line with the A string tuner) which corrects that issue. As well as being easier, you can tune from either above or below a note, rather than having to tune upwards as you have to with conventional tuners.
  8. tauzero
    Just replace all four.
  9. tauzero
    I've got four of the flat LED PAR units which were around £12 each from Aliexpress, and we just put them on the floor pointing up. I do have a PAR bar too, but it's extra hassle and stage room so ICBA to take it out. I'm having a look at DMX control of the PAR cans just so they can do a few interesting things.
  10. tauzero
    I was chatting to a guitarist at an open mic night recently and he'd bought a Chibson and was absolutely delighted with it - he'd replaced the pickups and electronics but didn't say how much of an improvement that was.
  11. tauzero
    It was, however, a genuine Entwistle signature bass, so it has to be counted as a genuine Entwistle signature bass. Not the later paddle-headed ones (of which I had a 5-string), which didn't have neck dive but was heavy and had a big neck profile (still one that I found playable but not brilliant). I've never played the earlier Entwistle signature Warwick but as it's from the mid-90s I'd expect it to have a slimmer neck profile, like my '87 Thumb. Maybe one day I'll get to play one and find out.
  12. tauzero
    That's not relevant to what comes out for MIDI on the GPIO pins. Just checked the specs and the I/O is 5V, so the 220R per leg is right. Good work spotting the Serial/Serial1 issue, that affects other Arduinos too.
  13. tauzero
    I don't know what preamp was in my Iyv headless but the pots seemed to be random and poor quality. I just dumped the whole lot out and put in an Artec SE3 which works well (the pickups are OK). The Iyv basses can only be found on ebay.com - there's a 4-string version https://www.ebay.com/itm/404763623508. Shipped with the neck detached to keep shipping costs down. Fotoflame body, tuners have good and bad points.
  14. tauzero
    And the Warwick Buzzard, up to 1995.
  15. tauzero
    Probably more than the number of posthumous Dimebag guitars before his death.
  16. tauzero
    But Gibson didn't need Jack Casady's signature to have Epiphone produce a replica of the Gibson semi.
  17. tauzero
    Players might not need them, but manufacturers need them to increase sales.
  18. tauzero
    Sooner or later, everyone has to change barrel jack sockets. They're a consumable item.
  19. tauzero
    For a signature bass transcending the artist, the Warwick JD Thumb - JD being John Davis. The progenitor of all Thumbs, AIUI.
  20. tauzero
    PS. Lekato MS-1.
  21. tauzero
    Try in here:
  22. tauzero
    The photo accompanying the interview show that they'd been put in by that point - they do seem to be an afterthought but not that far after.
  23. tauzero
    Strange that he doesn't mention that the short scale neck is an 8-string.
  24. tauzero
    Sir just needs a pillar drill and a couple of clamps. Or, as m'learned friend suggests, epoxy.
  25. tauzero
    Have you considered box section rather than bar?
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