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Nile Rogers, ABBA, songs with sax/piano solos like I'm so excited.

1 000 - 10 000 h.

Whenever a tube/valve (similar to incandescent lamp) is turned on, the current spike is the harshest to the component. Less ON/OFFs is always better. If the unit has a soft start of any kind, it will most likely lengthen the lifetime of the part(s).

If you consider any external thing that has a positive effect on audience is low lights. People seem to be braver coming to the floor when the levels are low. If there are some coloured light effects, even better.

(I also love, when the bar isn't too far away, because if people hear and see the band well from the bar, audience may become wild from the start.)

Furthest away from drs, perc, and g. My ears hate the highs they produce.

Leo never thought P and J could cost that much.

26 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

I'd have my favourite setting hard wired into the bass and no controls at all.

2 switches: ON/OFF, tone

or

1 rotary switch including previous choices.

Finding phase:

- connect the pickup to a voltmeter

- choose the lowest DC

- hit the pickup lightly with a screwdriver

- if the voltage goes up, it is in phase

I would suggest another 2x12". Then you have a monitor in your tower. If your head is "not powerful enough", I suppose that you are standing beside the cab. All sound goes to the space, but not straight to your ears.

My 2x12" pushes quite some out, but only in big spaces. In a small room the lowest frequencies do not come out too well.

Do you have a printer? Use this:

https://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

Some reverb and harmonics, maybe?

Very much Tom Peterssonish, sorry, no, Rick Nielsenish!

Tyler's headstock is not my favourite.

...and Dragonetti needed only 3. There it is!

I've seen a Steinberger XM double neck, but very long ago. If you want only one neck, check Ibanez Ashula. There's the older white, and the newer coloured version.

Half fretted necks I have seen few, but comments have been like they represent the worst sides of both worlds, and they require very hard setup. But I haven't had a chance to test one.

I may help you with this, too. I have to write down the history behind my one idea and two solutions. Stay tuned...

There's also a component called step attenuator. Using metal film resistors and a rotary switch you can build something like this:

The maths behind this is simple, whether you want to build a lin or log pot.

12 minutes ago, uk_lefty said:

I don't have one... Yet. 1984 for me...

...so it could a very simple and battered, two strings missing... A bit like it could be found from George O's book. You could name it as Truth, maybe?

When the freq gets lower, the processing takes longer time. It's hard to produce reasonable sounds in the lowest register, pure physics.

Would you consider using sounds one octave higher - at least the ones needed - and process your sound with some pedal? Some compression and OD/dist/fuzz? A hint of reverb may make the sound full. EQ is always your friend.

Cabs are not even capable of producing any feasible sound in that 20 - 40 Hz area (instrument handling noises consume lots of energy - this is the reason to use an HPF). It's the harmonics we hear.

Weren't there also the G-bass (maybe in the picture?), and Brian Bromberg bass? What was their story?

Complicated solution. Check the Gruv Gear Duostrap that has three ends.

I have had a slightly different approach, but need some time to write about it. Probably not that ergonomic, though.

5 hours ago, tauzero said:

You're answering a question that wasn't asked.

I read the question as what would be useful, and my solution is the amp: a good eq sure has more possibilities than a resistor.

I have few basses without pots, or a circuitry that can override hi-Z components. Amp eq and certain pedals are very good for sound sculpting.

. Drop tuners on all strings in the headstock and bridge + TransTrem

. Auto tuner on the headstock

. Luminlay and LED markers on the fretboard

. Fretted and fretless mod with Autotune for fretless

. Slide able interchangeable pickups

. Pick up selector switch

. A mix of tone woods

. Mono and Stereo out jack

. Built in internal Roland synth module

. Preamp with headphones output

. Parametric eq for bass lomid himid treble / Filter type eq / Tilt eq / Tones styler type tone control

. Built in compressor

. Built in distortion / drive

. Built in octaver and transposer

. Kill switch

. S1 switch

. Smart phone / iPad compatibility

. String thru body option

. Emergency tool kit compartment (similar to battery compartment)

. Built in wireless option

. Spider capo

https://www.spaltinstruments.com/instrument-gallery/special-projects/vviper/

Yes, surprisingly rare nowadays, although very powerful in just one knob. I think Quad had also another switch to choose the desired tilt frequency.

This is so called tilt-eq. Can be found in some Steinbergers, Quad preamps and so on.

1 hour ago, ambient said:

No, your ears will only tell you after the event. Knowing theory you know what you can do and how it’ll sound.

I get your point. Too well. A looper has revealed many faults from my playing. I've had a feel how do I sound, but the looper doesn't feel anything. It just reveals everything I've played. Then I have fixed the wrongs, or at least few of them. Overplaying is my biggest mistake, and really hard to avoid.

Theory has helped me a lot. I consider it as a toolbox, although I just have a hammer, and a Phillips #2. Hoping to get few more, but an old dog like me has already issues in learning those old tricks.