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I'll b e 71 in a couple of weeks & I'm still working with 3 different sets of musicians. G.

Alex, I bought one of these asa a Deko: https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbb35ntfl_5string_akustikbass_fretless.htm?ref=search_rslt_acoustic+fretless_180199_0 and managed to make it playable (bit of an 's' shaped neck). My impression of it otherwise was pretty good - pretty good fit & finish - & if you're looking for something to firkle with, it may be the very dab.

I have a UK built MAG400 (465w @4Ohms - red front). For my ear and depending on which cabs I'm using I usually boost the low & high mids a bit and reduce the Mid-mids (if you get what I mean...). This works for me. YMMV. G.

Mozart. G.

Has anyone an opinion on EB Cobalt Rounds? G.

All my basses are 5ers. I get confused on a 4 these days. G.

I've also come across that prob (not same cab). Lay cab on back. Take screws out grill. Remove grill. Remove screws/bolts from top cab & lay on top of cab. Look inside with torch & see if anything is touching cone. Fix if so. Put back together. G.

I had that prob with mine. Opened it up & removed speakers to find cable resting against cone. Tied it back, all ok. Worth a check. G.

Thanks Chris. My Perception is playing superbly, by the way. Many thanks for your time. G.

I subbed for a 6 piece at a hotel NY gig a few years ago & got £150 in my pocket. Reckon the charged £1000. I knew a band from the Notts area that used to charge £2500 and overnight room. And usually got it. G.

Strung Out Guitars in Glasgow. Got a magnificent Peerless 4 string acoustic in the window at the mo.....

Thanks Phil. G.

*FINALLY* got to use my converted Ashdown 1x12 at a reasonable volume at a jam last night. Very satisfactory. Playing a Thomann Harley Benson Fan fret 5 string into a MiBass 550 with all EQ switched off except the 'Shape' button. Added a little bass & mids via the 18 volt pre in the bass. Tone was deep, lush with that edge provided by well-defined mids. Absolutely what I was looking for in this mini-rig. Well worth doing. Many thanks to RichardH for doing the crossover and Phil Starr et al for all the groundwork. G.

Point is, if you are doing XLR to jack, it needs to be a stereo jack as the balanced signal has 2 live feeds, one positive to tip (usually) and one negative to ring (usually). So running to mono removes the balance. G.

Are you sure they are not out of phase? G.

On my Overwater, I need to have a jack in the main output simply to turn on the pre-amp. This enables the XLR & I can plug straight into the board using that. Take out the jack & no signal from the XLR. XLR to Mono is somewhat defeating the purpose, I think. G.

I currently have EB Cobalts on all 4 of my basses. Quite pliable, defo less tension than Fender and LaBella flats. However a lot of treble on tap. I love them. Depends what tone you like. G.

I've got a Mk1 TRB 5 and it will be buried with me....... G.

If you like *slightly* less gain, try a 5751 instead of the 12AT7 also said by some to give the best tone of all those types - personal preference obviously. G.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1507667455' post='3387176'] Ernie Ball cobalts are my current weapons of choice on both fretted and fretless. They sound almost like nickel round wounds to me (just a little less top end). [/quote] ^This. G.

[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1507618596' post='3386735'] He's miming though. Did he use them for real? [/quote] He certainly did. I saw him with the Graham Bond Organisation in 1964(?) and he was playing one then as well as an upright. G.

2 x fretless 5 1 x fretted 5 1 x fanfret 5 G.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1506680683' post='3380356'] AFAICS none of those circuits include the choke which IMO is an essential part of the Gibson Varitone sound. That's the hard bit to do as it seems for the best results you still need to wind your own. [/quote] The link I included has a bit about including an inductor as a choke, further down the page. I ordered a group of inductors off ebay & used the one which seemed to me to work best. G.

Build your own - if you can solder its not a great problem. If I can do it........ http://alexplorer.net/guitar/mods/varitone.html G

Where are you? G.