Woodinblack

No, although in passive mode it is also a shelving control, but much blunter. Its not 'centred' as it isn't a band pass filter, it is a shelf. The passive / active function, while similar, are not doing really related, they are just on the same knob (I have one of those pres on my 5005). Almost certainly, you always miss one when you are writing!

Its not centred is it? It is a shelf type, so it has a cutoff at 18khz, and the treble goes up to there (as do all shelving types). As it is 3db/octave and 18db at 18khz, it is +/- 15db @ 9kh|, +12dB @4.5kh|Z, +9db & 2.25khZ etc.

I thought that is what the purpose of it was, not something I listen to, I am not old enough!

Well, unless you are over 50 the beatles have no been going in your lifetime, so maybe they just wanted to play something for a younger audience. I think a lot of people have heard enough beatles for a lifetime anyway, and there is a lot of other music produced in the last 50 years that is worth listening to. I am sure they have done studies.

He posted a few days ago.

Great review, very in depth. Really would like one of these, I do have the 1505ms and it is one of the best basses I have - although I complained about the documentation in another thread! The idea of shorter would also be good. Not blown away by the colour but everything else seems good. Would be interested in your thoughts on the sound, I am not a fan of those pickups so interested how you find them. My socket you couldn't do with one hand, you had to turn the bass over and do it with 2. But it no longer has a spring so it no longer needs any effort!

I do like reverbs chart of what things sold by, it is pretty handy. Which is great as you know what it is but it doesn't get in the way of the enjoyment of things. I have a whole load of what is basically electronic tat that I haven't got rid of. I know what it is and enjoy it for what it is. I loved my kay. Would I have another one, hell no!

Basically as a youngster in the UK if you wanted a guitar or bass, you bought a kay. It was all there was, it was all you could afford, back when there was a lot less disposable income around. Noone bought a kay because they wanted a kay, that was the choice. It was tat in every sense of the word, but many people learned to play on tat and it brings back great memories. I had a Kay strat, weighed as much as a small planet. I loved it, I modded it I learned everything on it. However, my love of it was a love of a guitar. Come the early 80s we started getting truly good instruments, such as the westones, and things got (and stayed different). There is a reason there aren't many kays around, they weren't worth keeping.

I would call that better. Easier to do a bit of padding than a bit of routing.

Really good price. Shipping seems a bit though, or is that because I am in the UK and seeing some Brexit tax on it?

I think 'middle of the road' is far left when your political parties are either right wing or far right!

Different length? On a Kay? Hardly, it wouldn't change the intonation that much, it would still be close enough

Couldn't find any and I looked. We don't have pawn shops with anything decent in them since eBay came out, and since leaving Europe our market has gone from 400million to 65million, and there are none around

I wouldn't be surprised - people (normally younger) pay a fortune for something they consider classic because they weren't born in an age where stuff that bad was normal, so it unusual, and also rare as most people used theirs to dig the garden or support a wobbly cupboard, or like me, just a nice fire.

Finally decided this week to get a tmb35. Now none available!

Yep, the US Barts are in epoxy.

I think I might use a different word than 'dissassembled'!

The only time that was a problem was playing in a small venue with my valve amplifier, I couldn't stand next to it without noise. Luckily I don't use that much any more.

People pay that sort of money for them? 😮 I guess its true that something that is old has value regardless of what it is. I understand people collecting old quirky things, for interest etc, like buying an old Lada or something. It is interesting because it is quirky and old, not because it is actually something worth having in its own right.

Sounds a plan, that is what I would do.

Almost all EMGs can be driven without a preamp, as they have a preamp built in anyway. They can't be driven without power but that is provided separately.

They can be run passively yes. There will always be a bit of treble attenuation running anything passive (and why often people prefer passive) but it isn't going to be that noticable. Note that all the premiums have a active / passive switch so can run big singles passively and there really isn't much difference (with good cables).

Genuinely I would never pay that sort of money for a genuine mid range ibanez preamp - they are not that good. If you have that sort of money to spend, get a Glok or a Darkglass or an Agular or one of the other named preamps. For that sort of money get a John East!

Put the big singles in, make it passive for now and leave it until you have a bit more money. I read somewhere you were a fan