Chienmortbb

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I must say that the old Picato Groundwounds were my all time favourite but they are no longer available. It is wise to go down 5 thou or so when changing from rounds to flats, especially if not going for one of the low tension brands. I have tried Elite Detroit Flats, Picato Flats. Olympia flas amaong others and IMHO the Picatos are the best. of those.

While I have bot tried every flat on the market, esp the £70 a set brigade, I can say that Fender flats are just about the worst. When they were made buy Fender and even since D'Addario made them for Fender.

The pedal steel guitar can sound really nice but a lot of times it is overused. As your friend plays a Tele too, he probably has the balance worked out.

The G&L pre-amps use passive tone controls and then feed the signal to a preamp. They use the same very low power op-amp used in the early MM 2 band pre-amps so power consumption is tiny. The battery is not disconnected if the plug is in the jack but the low power consumption means it will last a long,long time.

@Chienmortbb Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass, Sire Marcus Miller M2, Bugera Veyron. LFSys Monza Cabinet, Zoom B2Four.

Quite Right. There is no reason why a well designed amp should hiss these days.

It’s more or less wipe on wipe off so no. You do not need to slather it on and make sure you do wipe it off and buff lightly after a short time. The lustre from the finger boards is lovely.

Those AD200s are awesome.

There are some really good presets on there, unlike the earlier pedals. Very usable or easy to tweak. Hope it helps.

I don’t but I will ask on the DIY Audio forum.

Is patch 61 Hysteria2003 any good?

Was it Bessie Smith or someone else that sang “It ain’t the meat it’s the motion”?

This. I use this https://howardproducts.uk/feed-n-wax/

You had to see them live. I have never gotten into Rush although many on here worship the ground Geddy walks on.

Just try taking mine away…….

Oh dear I hope this does not descend into a "you show me yours and I'll show you mine" thread.

It’s hard to carry on this or the Tonewood debate without lots of opinion and/or hocus locus. The truth is that every component contributes to the sound of a bass. In fact the largest influence on the sound of a bass is the lump playing it.

If you put Machine Heads rather than Tuners you might have got more replies. To be more helpful, look at some of the Gotoh’s. .They are not cheap but in my opinion they are the best. You will need to measure the post hole and make sure that the machine heads will fit in the space. If it looks like you will need to modify the bass, look at different models. I did this too late, after I modded mine I found a Gotoh model that would have slipped straight in.

Prepare yourself for a shock. OEM driver are notoriously expensive.

I did this when I modified my Ashdown After 8.

That is Newtone’s recommendation. Of course this procedure is needed for any round cored strings.

It is designed that way. If you look at the drawings, there are battens listed.

Too much? Of course the value is something that only you can judge. To be fair, I cannot really comment as I have never used one.

$1350 shipped to the UK before duty VAT and the fee for customs clearance. It looks like a simple pre amp with some basic tone controls. Explain.