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  1. Remember, you are on the same road where I was with my road bike: Carbon frame, fork, crank, shifters, derailleur, rear axle, bottom bracket cover, handle bar, seat post, saddle, pedals, shoes, pump... I was after a carbon wheelset, and even chainrings, but by then my bank account had dried off. Once I measured myself, and I had only 7 % of fat in me. It was actually too little, only my bike had less... And those were the days.

     

    If you want to remove wood from the back of the headstock, consider making it slightly thinner. Then the shape stays the same. You can remove a lot if you replace it partly with... CF.

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  2. Upgraded? Here we tend to say modified.

     

    1) You really want to dull the finish, try wire wool, or very fine water sand paper (500/1000/2000).

     

    2) The output level does not bother me a lot - I tend to turn the gain up accordingly. The solderings look extremely well made. If the output level is something you want to change, try a preamp. Artec"s tone stack is cheap as chips, John East's full mixer very high end.

     

    Some say that "active" (i.e. battery powered pickups, or tone stack) equals higher output level than "passive". This is not obvious. Buffering means, that the existing output of the pickup is changed from high impedance (hi-Z) to lo-Z. Neither is better or worse, only different. A battery powered circuitry may (!) amplify the signal, if the designer has decided to do that, but as said, it is not always so.

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  3. A spare string set and few batteries are always with me. But two instruments only if I need two (fretted 5 with a fretted 4 / fretless 4 / eub 5).

     

    If I needed a spare bass, another cab, and amp, as well as an fx board would be a must, then. But who would carry them?

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  4. Just came home. It was wet outside. Both ways. Place was small, good sound. Everything was going well, few surprises from the song choices, but managed. People were dancing and happy. They drank a lot. We got good food, others had even wine, I was driving.

     

    I noticed one elder lady with a short dress, and red shoes. I complimented her shoes while passed her. I had to go back, and whisper that actually her legs were perfect, too. That blink in her eyes made my eve... most probably hers, too.

     

    By the way, never put YMCA and Gimme gimme gimme side by side. Right hand fingers hurt after those swift octaves.

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  5. A major comment:

    A C# E.

     

    A major has 3 sharps and they are F#, C#, G#. A major cannot have a D flat in it. D is the fourth note of the scale, not the third.

     

    Sometimes it is feasible to use a flat (or a sharp) in the middle of sharps (or flats), but legibility dictates that you should use only one or the other way with basic majors and minors.

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  6. On 08/12/2023 at 15:43, rwillett said:

    1. Any holes will come out as ellipses as gravity takes its toll. So the large three holes in the middle would need to be designed as ellipses in the vertical axis so they sagged down to a circle. Doable but a pain.

    A good point, quite often we did machining afterwards, because of this. Printing exact shapes like screw holes is a real pain, no matter with polymers, or metals.

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  7. JBL PRX 735.

    Big with big amps in. Very nice sound, but clumsy in size. Not super heavy. Have to have stands, but there aren't stand supports!

     

    Band didn't like them in the first phase, but there's no need for an external bass box / sub. Now everybody loves the sound.

     

     

    I fixed the stand issue by assembling K&M mounts to them with some silicone and screws. I found the centerline by using a thin stripe of wood. Moving the speaker on top of the stripe revealed the centre of mass. This was very important, because the speaker is somewhat heavy and bulky.

     

    Drilling opens the box and reduces bass response, so it was crucial to use silicone to seal the hole under the mount as well as screws.

  8. You are after vintage, try Ibanez Dead End.

     

    Schaller's straplocks have changed a bit during the years, check the nut every now and then, as well as the newer pin/screw combo. They may loosen in use.

     

    Dunlop is a functional one, check the duo version.

     

    Any unit you choose, regular check of the screws and nuts is important.

     

    An addition: Vigier used inserts in the body. Take a look at it:

     

     

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