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Stubborn just called me and said that 2trk phono in pic above is switchable between Input and Output, and isn't just Input only. Uh ? Anyways, he doesnt want to use the pair of XLR Main outs or Mono XLR out, cos it does something to something else on the desk .... blah blah. Zzzzzzz Apparently, he's now going try the spare channel on the headphone amp. There's 5 of us and so we only use 5 channels, leaving channel 6 spare. Just a single 1/4 jack to mininjack cable. Lemon Squeezy

Looking at the PDF manual, the Main Outs are only XLR, so my cable is useless. What i need is XLR x 2 or XLR x 1 into mini jack ? Is that right ?

Yes, that sounds like an option. I may put that to him , and i already have that 2 x 1/4" jacks into 3.5mm jack, but he's a stubborn know it all, so he wouldnt use my cable, telling me he needs phonos .. I dont know desks, and he's the only one that runs it, so we're stuck with what he does, mostly Richard head 😀

Aha, so are they for playing music over PA rather than recording ? Makes sense.

No, why should i ?

This is what he's currently using for the Tascam recorder

The Tascam DR07x doesnt have 2 mono 1/4" jack inputs, just a stereo mini jack in. I agree entirely that the problem is user error on the mixer, not the Tascam re the input peaking on the recorder. The headphones socket is already in use for the 6 channel headphone amp we're using for everyone's headphones. So we'd need to connect the Tascam to some other output.

Our rhyth git is the band's mixer owner and operator, and although he thinks he knows how to run it, he struggles most of the time. So what he's trying to do is connect a Tascam portable recorder to the mixer ( Soundcraft LX7ii 24 Ch ) to record a rehearsal. Problem one is the output he's using on the mixer is overloading the Tascam. He cannot turn the input gain down enough on the Tascam to stop it peaking. Problem two is that none of the reverb on vocals is being recorded. On the desk there are record out phono sockets, which is what he's using to the Tascam. Is there a better way ? I thought Aux sends would be better ( it was suggestion, i dont know about such stuff ) but he reckons Aux sends only give a dry signal, so wont use them. PS we have a 6 channel headphone amp connected so we all practice under headphones

Ah that makes sense

No, none at all. There was a paper wiring diag. in the box but it was simply a copy of the one i posted, and Barts 2nd diag , the WD one with Black/White twisted together. That one is the same as the Stewmac one, except Stewmac described them for dummies. Look at the WD diag...it uses the outside lug of the 2 Vols as hots, and JB's use the middle lug of both Vols as hots Still see no reason why both pickups were sent with greens/reds twisted together. The cant possibly know how someone is going to wire them up.

I'm right - found this from Strings Direct. Advert for Sunbeams and spec says no silk https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings-c1/string-sets-c865/bass-guitar-c34/dr-strings-sunbeams-nickel-wound-45-100-bass-guitar-strings-4-string-long-scale-p945

I dont know, things could have changed at the DR strings factory, but the only DR strings that have silk wraps were the flats. Sunbeams should not have a wrap, and have brass ball ends

I had Gen 1 Xvives and they lasted 2 years till the battery wouldnt charge up anymore. Sneakily, the manufacturer didnt design them with replaceable batteries so in the bin they went. W@nkers Think i paid around £115 for the pair. Not very economical is an understatement. I decided never to buy anything similar. So i plumped for Line 6 Relay G75, which has been utterly faultless. Yes, it's bulkier by some margin, but it least it wont be in the bin 2 years on. In fact we're already past that

I have a fretless with Rosewood and a fretless with Richlite. Unfortunately, both are at assembly stage, so i'll post when both are playable

https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-ideas/online-resources/learn-about-guitar-pickups-and-electronics-and-wiring/wdkent-armstrong-humbucking-pickups/

Stewmac had the best diagram for KA 4 conductor pickups, and it's now soldered up

Her hugeness Mrs bag says not really

I nearly skipped this because of the title... So Yes. Who the hell are they. But, with dwindling members, they'll end up like Trigger's broom. They were awesome in their heyday though

fleabag didn't notice a thing. I'm a bit crooked meself so it looks straight from where i am

Aha - that makes sense , thanks. I cant help thinking that they ship the pickups out with red + green twisted together for series humbucking.

I dont own a multimeter, but why do you think the pickup arrived out of the box with red + green twisted together , on both pickups ?

Turns out that ABU has gone rogue and no longer did it's job, causing the above in my last post and more misdemeanours on other sites. Kicked out ABU, and drafted in uBlock Origin for Firefox and all is right with the world.

I should add, just to confuse matters, that the pickups from new, had the green and red wires twisted together, which suggests thats the series option ?? I just have feeling that me twisting black and white wires together seems wrong, as does twisting green and bare wires together. Surley most manufacturers use black as ground, and in this case, black + bare together for grounding. Rightly or wrongly, i would have thought red+ green together would be series, black+bare would be ground and white would be the hot ?

I'm about to install a pair of KA Claymore soapbars, and the bass will just be Vol Vol Tone, as per a Jazz bass. But JB wiring uses each centre lug on the Vol pots for hot wires from pickups. See .jpg The KA wiring, ( 2nd pic ) as downloaded from KA, uses the outside lug , and they only show one pot, not two, which i need. I'm soldering KA pup black and white together and taping off, as per their diagram, for series only. See .jpg It seems to me that i should run the hot and grounds ( Red = hot, Green+Bare = ground ) as per the Jazz B wiring and ignore the KA diagram. But i'd like to check, as wiring is not one of my very few talents. Last pic is my actual pickup, with wires twisted together as per the KA wiring, but somehow seems wrong