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A PRS-type tone switch?

...one more a** here... www.ovnilab.com My personal experience is that a comp is a lot like a distortion. The instrument and the placement in the signal chain have an effect on the performance. I do have three compressors: Hypergravity multi-band for lo-Z basses, Phat Beam for my hi-Z fretless and Constrictor for effects behaviour. The last one is definitely not transparent. Quite a lot of the performance is also user dependent. Learn, how the unit works and it is your friend. Sound on sound has good tutorials.

If the casing is not stiff and tight, the bass response is affected. Very small box raises the lowest reproducible frequency. If you need an efficient and small box, the low end response is also sacrificed. What else you needed to know?

As this doesn't seem to be very serious, please add Boney M Christmas album to your list. Local radios started playing some songs already on October. It is just too much...

bartolini quad coils (packed to a single casing), Atlansia... Both are pretty rare. I would consider contacting a pickup maker and ask for such a unit(s).

Is Wilkinson owned by Gotoh? At least they have had products with "licenced" texts.

There was some news months ago that had something to do with his health or similar. I admit that I have no idea, what might be going on, but if the question is about health, I would rush slowly.

Passive has usually nice low cut close to very low frequencies. Some passive are not very functional with hard impedances, like with piezos. Active needs always power, internal or external. Internal may be a 9 volt battery or some power supply included. Some boxes eat external power like Phantom from the mixer. You need to check the owner's manuals. If the box has very big input impedance, it eats piezos as a breakfast.

Durability. My Countryman type 85 would probably survive, when rats and cockroaches do not. Most of the boxes I have seen are designed to harsh environments, like for gigging bassists. If the box has a switch for two different signal levels, that is a nice, optional extra.

Try this: http://www.daddario.com/upload/tension_chart_13934.pdf

I have had lots of issues with my hands, as I rode a road bike in my youth. No gloves in the spring time. Now my hands are cold, if the temp is below 25. I use wool gloves even during sleep. One thing is to take care of the wrist area and the hand muscles. Both need some exercise. It is not so uncommon to fill hand muscles with lactate. Warm up, and if it is not enough, visit a manipulator. By the way: White sugar is really bad for my wrists. No exercise and lots of sweet food make my hands hurt.

To clarify my previous comment, I downright love his music and playing. I even had a chance to see him playing live maybe two, three times. The bands were so tight and at the same time so relaxed. The just played! Bass General is one main reasons I still play. I covered some song of his while applying to a music school in my late teens and got in. Now, I am far away from his level but his playing made me try to develop and reach for more. His son, Verneri Pohjola is also an honored musician. Fathers and sons...

The late Bass General did lots of progressive and somewhat complicated music, but his compositions include fun stuff, too.

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Not good. A young Audi boy drove over my old Alfa 33 while I was driving to the gig. My playing sucked, as I was thinking, what happened and how much this gig will cost. Oh dear. But the ladies were wearing shiny stockings and my dear bass sang some nice stuff. I shouldn't feel too bad.

Well, if you check the serial at the bottom end of the neck, close to the strap pin, you can use the list. The list can be found from Vigier's web pages. My Passions were born 1988 and 1989, so young girls.

Wow, a 5! Which year? 1990 or so?

Thank you @Hellzero There are few fully active, but a complete list might be good. John East & EMG BTS. bartolini has only AG2BP & MPB1 that I know of and have two channels. Kubicki, WAL, Zon?

@jrixn1 answered this, but once more. If the preamp module was active from start to beginning (vol, blend, bass, treble...), the bass would be muted without an energy source (battery). I am pretty sure that your bass has only active tone control, so vol and blend are passive (high impedance), that is simple potentiometers without electronic buffers. Active tone equals amplification of the signal, as the tone shaping would otherwise mean only reduction of certain frequencies. Active tone can amplify AND attenuate the signal. This is why preamps need an energy source (usually a 9 V battery). Passive tone can only reduce the signal level. If the bass has a true active preamp (practically a mixer), it should cover all adjustments: blend, vol, tone controls. These are somewhat rare, but there are few from EMG, and John East.

Now the discussion is about a bass that has a bolt-on neck. If the neck is good, the body only has to be stable. That's it. Probably the paint has as much to do with the sound as the body. @ped had the meaningful comment about the weight. My choice would be the lighter one. But that's me. I just don't happen to like bodies with too much fat.

If you have a DMM, put the wires to the 1st coil & hit it with a screwdriver. If the voltage goes up, the coil is in phase.

No no sir, this is something else. Pics do not represent the feel.

Well, I can say that Stax makes fine, or better, somewhat expensive headphones, but they are different. I had a transistor amp for them, and the sound was close to decent. I changed to a tube/valve amp and now the sound simply shines. I can not recommend them wholeheartedly, as the original owner practically hated them. I have tried AKG K240 and they just sound bad, although that pair is somewhat common. Any of those rap-star brands have been plain lousy, too. I have tried to be as objective as possible, but this area is just so personal. OK: DT770 80 ohms. Decent price, decent sound.

I did an investment to my playing. I bought my dream neck, that has 5 strings and that magical 19 mm string spacing. It takes time to master the fretboard but the feel is at home. At last. I can publicly thank this gentleman, @graham1945 , who passed this black beauty to me. Her official name is Modulus Graphite Genesis 5, born 1999.