Owen

I like it a lot. How did you do that?

[quote name='mxm' timestamp='1445679398' post='2893287'] Got the Aluma J in my Mex Jazz, more of an aesthetic choice as the bass is refinished in chrome. [/quote] Pictures. NOW!

I decided to take a bunch of my students to see this gig and they all said "yeah!". I then asked them to actually front up and give me the money they agreed to pay and they went "oh". I have 20 spare tickets to sell at face value. These include entry to the Jojo Mayer drum masterclass. Bass content = John Davies playing synthy bass goodness on fretted and fretless bass guitars. Here is a link to the venue page http://www.therubylounge.com/index.php/shows/jojo-mayer-nerve-guest-dj-arkell-hargreaves This is the noise they make [media]http://youtu.be/gnQr0VvF9eE[/media]

Everything is fine but I am seeking advice. I am wondering if I have made a mistake. I have a bass with 2 x J pickups, 1 x P pickup and piezo elements in the bridge. I have put a John East pre in the bass to buffer the piezo and that makes a lovely noise. The passive pickups are going through the 5 way switch and then into one side of the preamp. http://www.east-uk.com/index.php/all-products/mpm-01.html The piezos went in after the magnetic pickups were fully funtioning. In the original pre-piezo set up the magnetic pick-ups were lush beyond. After the piezos were plumbed in along with the preamp I am not sure if I have lost some of the heft of the magnetic pickups. The Piezos sound lovely. I am just not sure if I am experiencing the full lushness of the mag pickups as they were. Would it be possible to wire the bass Vol/Vol/Vol for the mag pickups (2 x J + 1 x P) + passive tone and then have a plain 2 x way switch so that the output is either passive mag or pre-amped piezo? Would the magnetic pickups load each other (I am not entirely sure what I have just asked) in a negative way, that is - would the P pickup mess with the 2 x J pickups if they all had their own passive volume controls and the P pickup was turned off? Would a 2 way switch create a nasty "click" if I went for it mid song? I freely admit that I am utterly cluless in these matters. I know enough to get myself into trouble but not enough to get myself out of trouble

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Whatever tuning you use, the ukes look nice

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1445253977' post='2889918'] coz I'm a shallow magpie gear whore [/quote] My name is Owen and I am a shallow magpie gear whore.

I paid. It came. Most excellent!

This is lush. I am subscribing.