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No, this is a special construction where the neck extends to the bridge which is attached to the body. This isn't a neck through body, nor a bolt on neck as we usually understand it.

What has the body shape to do with the definition, if the pickup and its placement is the thing soundwise? Would an Adam Clayton gilt Warwick not be a P, because of the shape? (OK, the pickup is reversed, but still?)

AI "music" is very clean down to perfection. There's no "fear" in the music anymore and it becomes muzak. If I could contaminate the material, I most probably would do it.

A friend of mine has a 300 W Dynacord combo that I have tried to buy from him many, many times during the years. Excellent sound, a true workhorse. Has been in use since 90's!

I would like to ask, whether it is the bass or the pickup? There seems to be lots of discussion about particular basses, although many of them share similar pickups (even in the same positions). This discussion is about the bass, although this could be about the pickup with basic hi-Z electronics (VT). Otherwise we may have to talk about the bass body, and neck specs, do we?

Batteries should follow standards. But the production doesn't. Duracell used to have prismatic cells and therefore a slightly better capacity vs. volume. I do not know the exact situation at the moment. There's quite a lot of difference between a manufacturer and another: size, capacity, how the chemistry follows the load etc. I would like to say that Duracell is very good, Varta, Renata, Panasonic, and many other known brands very good. But as battery industry is about large numbers, any brand has a failure every now and then. No name brands from Aldi/Lidl/Coop/Ikea may be good, or not. They may use some good source, but as China is usually involved there, I don't want to use their products. Battery clips can be whatever. Sizes sure are not even close to standards, but up to manufacturers. Metal parts are usually quite soft, and contacts unreliable. Every time I change a battery, I check connections carefully.

I don't tell which brand I use, but I recommend you to do some trials with the B. The best sounding gauge has been .120, and I have tried many. Find your favourite, that works with the bass and your fingers.

If there is an eq, you can do it, if not, buy one. I do not know any eq box from modern tce. They had a 2 band parametric pedal back in the 80's, and a 4 band rack unit named as 1140/1144/2240 (HS).

I liked the performance, especially the Fazioli hitter. Cello sound was very good, too. Nice combination of old and new. (Could someone buy the bassist a new set of strings, maybe?)

An uneducated guess is that there are two opamps on the board (two times two parallel lines). There's some flux on the opamp contacts that can be cleaned with isopropyl alcohol (IPA, nothing to do with ale). Just in case you want to clean it.

Just like: Scenic, safe, Renault?

That equals: B x £30 + g x £10 = £1000 g x £10 = £1000 - B x £30 B = 33 AND g = 1 Solved. Could you share some pictures of your basses, that g-word sidestep is not of importance.

pickups - blend (or vol) - vol - tone stack - output Any single part in this most common signal path can be hi-Z ("passive"), or lo-Z ("active"). Two most common solutions are that everything is hi-Z, or the tone stack is battery powered. Quite uncommon is to use lo-Z mixing (see: John East, Noll Mixpot, some preamp sets). Many basses may cost an arm and a leg, but if the chain is hi-Z, two, three pots and a cap cost under £2 to the manufacturer. (Some like that option, I don't.) All in all, consider something that works for you. There's a variety of possibilities available, so if the preamp thing isn't your cup of tea, there are other schemes than just VBlendT, or VVT. Add a suitable switch, and you may have a set of sounds that please you. Remove everything and go the Anthony Jackson road: a big mixing board sure is a powerful tone shaper.

"I havent ever titlted it or put it on a stand off the floor as many say dont elevate it as you lose the bottom end." And you believe that before trying this by yourself? There's lots of talk out there. You don't even need any bottom end if the noise is already unbearable.

@ikay : There's most likely a frame of some kind made of metal. That could explain the halo.