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At the end of Nov I bought 3 sets (1 Sadowsky and 2 D'Addario) Delivered very quickly for a good price.....might buy some more for Xmas and before the unmentionable "B" kicks in 🙂

Yes, me! I bought a set of the GR i6 from Bass Direct and also have a pair of the ZS10' Pro's. The only comparison I can make between them is for listening to music at the moment and not as IEM so this may / may not help. Both pairs are a comfy fit for me and dont fall out even when moving around. Isolation from external sound seems the same. Cables - ZS10 comes with a good quality braided cable with 2 pin connections. The GR's are also good quality cables, but a bit lighter/thinner and include both a braided and a smooth cable, both with round (rotatable) connections. The GR comes with a protective case the ZS10 doesn't. Sound - ZS10's I can turn up really (too) loud without them distorting. Full bass sound without overpowering like some "fashion" headphones do even at lower volume where it usually fades. GR's are slightly quieter at the same volume setting and don't quite have the depth of bass the ZR10's do but are overall clearer for listening to detail. Again no distortion at volume. This is a direct A/B comparison playing the same tracks and hot swapping the phones. Build - I like the cable connections on the GR's more that the pins of the ZR10's, they just seem a bit more substantial especially if used as IEM. The fit and finish on both are really nice and well done. The GR's feel slightly lighter but that might be due to the lighter cable I mentioned. Price - GR's retail at £190 but I paid £150 at BD. The ZR10's cost me £40. Which would I go for?.......drum roll......although they are more expensive I would go for the GR's as the overall sound, fit, finish, cables & case is the better. Glad I only paid £150 though as £190 would be pushing it for me (Yorkshireman living in Scotland, you know the stereotype...."frugally sentitive" 🤣🤣). Are they 4 times better than the ZR10's? No and I would have quite happily continued using them. They are very good value for the money. Hope this helps. 🙂

Well spotted you two 👀 Time to book myself into Specsavers 🤣

The body looks exactly the same but just to confuse things even more the neck is different...black / gold logos. 🤔

Mmmm....I can see why you are frustrated and confused 🤔 You seem to have gone through everything trying to isolate the guilty party. At this point the only thing I would do myself is start back with the minimal audio chain (bass > cable > headphone amp > cable > headphones) and use it for a few days to see if anything happens. If not add one item into the system (pedal or zoom etc) and again use it for a few days. Then swap one pedal out at a time for another and again use for a few days. It might be a pain doing this but its the only way I can see to really isolate which bit of the system is not playing nicely 🙂 Good luck with finding the problem.

Yeah I read you'd done the rewiring of the pickups and barrel jack which is one of the first things I would check as well. Usually there's more wiring to go wrong between the pick-ups and jack and I just assumed it would include the standard vol, balance, tone pots or preamp in the system. As you have an uncommon set up of direct to jack there's not a lot thats left either to go wrong or to check. 🤔 I see you have also tried the wiggle test to the jack. have you done the same to the wiring between the jack & pickup, ground wires etc. If there was any dodgy connections I would have assumed you would have experienced signal / no signal and not the changes in tone you talk about. Reading back through your mail you mention changing cables, pedals etc but nothing about your amp apart from eluding to it in your comment "usually the change happens after turning my setup off and coming back to it later ". Have you tried another amp? Have you tried a different bass with this amp? Is your cab a single speaker or mutiples / tweeter etc. If the cab wiring is a bit dodgy then that might cause the differences in tone with speakers cutting in and out? Just throwing a few other ideas out there to try help.

What's the bass and onboard electronics? Checked for any dry joints on pre-amp boards etc? Any photos of the electrics for us to peruse?

Excellent news. I've not used that particular adhesive, was it easy enough to use and handle?

Have you thought about trying an adhesive like Loctite Epoxy Weld? Loctite Link

I quite like the general sound of the bass but as others have said the hiss and gain control needs sorting. Other than that it's probably a good bass for the price. I'd need to play one to confirm that though. 😁 The logo isn't the worst I've seen but could be better. I wonder what the actual legal standpoint is of building the bass in China and then finishing it off (eg: add the original logo) in another country where you can use the trademark? After all the bass came in a Sadowsky branded gig bag and branded box? 🤔

Have you checked the DI output from the Shuttlemax is set to line level?

If you post some pictures of the top / wiring / underside we might be able to help and identify what you have . 👍🙂

Hi and welcome to BC! Your wiring diagram above is for guitar and not specifically your SB-4B pickups. Your wiring options will depend on number of pickups you're installing (1,2,3....etc), what pre-amp you have and the controls layout (vol, vol/vol, treble, mid, mid sweep etc etc). On the Syemour Duncan resources page there is a drop down selection for types of pickups and wiring configurations etc. Link Here: SD Wiring Options Are you sure the pickups are SB-4B as I read it on the website as they are 3 wire (2 core plus ground) not 5 wire (4 core and ground)? 🤔 The only other 4 string pickups with 5 wire I could see were the NYC version.

Starter for 10.....Common Intervals

I think that's a very good point that many people forget: It's an instrument and you need to practice regularly. The first time you picked up the bass were you a virtuoso? No, me neither....so why do we expect to be able to open our mouths and sing well with no prior work? @Phil Starr said " My own kids fall around laughing at my attempts to sing and I had nothing but negative comments for 50 years at least. " Yip, been there. 8 years of someone making little negative comments every practice about my harmonies etc tends to undermine your confidence bit by bit. (They wanted to take on more lead vocal duties and we already had an excellent singer. As BL I said no, so I guess there was a bit of sour grapes on their part). Fast forward and I'm in a new band doing harmonies....no complaints, positively encouraged....and all with the same voice! 😁 Singing is a very personal activity and we are usually our own worst critics (hate the sound of my voice recorded etc). I think many of us would benefit early on from singing lessons to give us the tools and techniques to help. Also having someone independent who is going to be positive and encourage us to try even when we mess up and help start giving us the confidence to do more would give us a good start. There's a thread somewhere on here something like "singers who we like, who can't really sing". There's a lot of people earning a living "singing" who if they tried for a local band would probably be passed over, but when they sing the right song, in the right key and in a way that works for their voice its great. We need to do the same and choose the right song / key for our voice. There's lots of tracks out there that I would love to sing but I'd make them sound more like a "Yoko remix" due to my limitations. 😳😁

I posted this in another thread recently. I first heard this guy when I was about 7 and even at that age was blown away by his tone and range. Took me a further 30+ years to find a copy of the record this was on 🙂 Worth listening all the way through (or jump to 2.20 onwards). Not only does he hit the low notes, he can hold them as well 😮

On my MV5-24 I'm currently using D'Addario Pro-Steel XL EPS300-5 (43 to 127) and really like them. Lasted me 5 months on a set so far and still some twang to go 🙂

Thanks for the link. I had a look and it seems that the newer "Warwick Sadowsky" pre amp is different to the ones I've seen before. It looks like they have changed the retrofit design from the screwed connections to soldered but forgot to highlight it on either the website or wiring diagram! It's definitely a soldered connection to the blend pot (you can see the 2 red wires in the cavity photo from the link)

Edited my text after looking at the wiring.... Where did you get the one you have from? It looks like the Sadowsky you have is a solder connection pre where the extra cables and black plugs connect to the preamp board (you didn't show one in the photo but I assume it is there) and the pickups solder to the blend pot. The ones fitted in my basses look like the top picture and fit in with the drawing you have. The lower picture is the retrofit on a plate version which has the screw connections. Also noticed all the pots on mine are round not square like yours. 🤔 Mike

I first heard this guy when I was about 7 and even at that age was blown away by his tone and range. Took me a further 30+ years to find a copy of the record this was on 🙂 Worth listening all the way through (or jump to 2.20 onwards).

I have 3 at the moment - Demeter HBP-1 800D - Not cheap and you now have to import it from the USA yourself I think (I got mine through Bass Gear when it was going). Very flexible EQ (standard and parametric), tube preamp which sounds like the sound I’ve been hearing in my head. Granted some of this is due to the combinations of basses and cabs its used with but it just seems to sound great whatever I throw at it (not literally!!! 😊 ) TecAmp Puma 900 - well made, loud, great EQ and I love the "taste" control which acts a bit like an overall tone control-ish so you can keep your main EQ in place but go from vintage to modern with just a tweak of the control. PJB D400 - Not gigged this one yet but looking forward to trying it out. Here's what I wrote about it in another thread "Just a quick update. I've been playing around with the PJB last weekend at home and comparing it to my Demeter for volume and tone, Using the same 4ohm Berg cab I found the 300w PJB to have plenty of volume against the 800w Demeter. My normal gig volume setting on the Demeter seemed to translate to the volume at 12 oclock on the PJB with room to spare. Pretty impressed and I'm sure that should I ever play a gig again (🤔😳🤣) there will be plenty of "me" to be heard 🙂 (If you're wondering, my nearest neighbour is 1/2 mile away so no problem there). The Lo Bass knob is good to dial out wooly-ness whilst still keeping a full punchy sound. One thing I did notice was that at lower volumes the tone of the PJB seemed darker with less top end sizzle and snap. At low volume I had the Hi-mid and treble nearly full up but when increasing the volume I dropped them down to what you see in the photo below.” I currently have them all racked in 2U Gator cases which for me is the easier way of transporting, setting up and keeping them safe.

Basschat quote of the day...."burnt myself..... a lot ......but eventually learned to be like an adult!" Sounds like some of my learning experiences 😁 Enjoyed the videos and although I've modded basses I've never taken the plunge on kit or full build.....yet 🙂

Just a quick update. I've been playing around with the PJB last weekend at home and comparing it to my Demeter for volume and tone, Using the same 4ohm Berg cab I found the 300w PJB to have plenty of volume against the 800w Demeter. My normal gig volume setting on the Demeter seemed to translate to the volume at 12 oclock on the PJB with room to spare. Pretty impressed and I'm sure that should I ever play a gig again (🤔😳🤣) there will be plenty of "me" to be heard 🙂 (If you're wondering, my nearest neighbour is 1/2 mile away so no problem there). The Lo Bass knob is good to dial out wooly-ness whilst still keeping a full punchy sound. One thing I did notice was that at lower volumes the tone of the PJB seemed darker with less top end sizzle and snap. At low volume I had the Hi-mid and treble nearly full up but when increasing the volume I dropped them down to what you see in the photo below.