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That's fine then. I tried few sets and flats just are too flat for me.

May I ask why flats? My choice for a fretless is certainly roundwounds. A seasoned local bassist told me that nickels (rather than stainless) have more suitable response with fretless.

Is the 4th terminal simply ground?

I do agree, but they were not related to MIDI.

OK, this Warmoth connection changes the story a bit. Yes, I know this split-fret technique since its coming to markets in the 1980's. Wal, Valley Arts, and Peavey among others and all by the honorable Mr. Chick. If I had the money, I would buy one IR, that might be the one and only J in my flock. I might route the neck pickup cavity to adapt a humbucker. Or just tinker the neck to some more interesting body. (I have a bad day: I split from my Modulus. Although to a good home, it hurts.)

Can you tell some background, why is the colouring a must?

If those instruments are handmade, the price of the electronics is far less than I thought. If the shape of the body is an issue, I suppose the neck could be fitted to another body with some effort, including routing... maybe some aftermarket body would be fine or a visit to a local luthier. (I have a Misa, and that is one different beast.)

Our band had lots of issues with a Soundcraft U24i, but after moving the wireless monitors further away (3 - 5 feet), the problems disappeared. Now the wifi seems to be very functional.

...and I told her that a spokeshave is the ultimate tool for those exotic, harder grades. Well, as usual, we happened to talk about two different things, but I did not have the heart to correct her. I will get a very welcome birthday present! So sorry, I just had to.

OK, I see. EMG has those connectors that carry the energy (9 - 18 - 27 V) to the pickups and signal out. If your pickups are passive, you do not need that voltage. On the other hand, as you are trying to connect both the preamp and the EMGs, you need to supply power to the preamp and the pickups. Neither supply power to each other. It is practical to use connectors, if you know your wires. If not, you might consider using a local tinkerer to help you with those wires. You need to know ground, voltage, signal inputs and signal outputs. If these are basics to you, I am sure, you are able to make the choice of using the connectors or not. The pickups did not have any markings earlier (do they now?), so a paint marker may be your best buy. After an hour that ground is somewhere and... just a minute...

I have switched between fretted and fretless. I have splittable humbuckers in few of my instruments. They provide that thin J or thick MM or nearly anything in between. That way I need max. 2 instruments at one gig. Fretless can be replaced by a double bass (or EUB). Have to admit, that most of my gigs are played by just one, so fretted 4- or 5-string.

If in need, you can connect EMGs to any preamp (which is actually a plain tone capsule) out there. Yes, the connectors you have to add to the preamp or cut from the pickups, but that's life. Powering the pickups, well, I might cut the connectors. That MEC is similar to the EMG preamp, only difference seems to be the order of the lettering, and C turns to G.

Anything that is stainless steel, roundwound, and less than three hours old. Someone told me that it is the time Mr. Miller keeps strings in his jazz in studio.

This was already discusses in that 15" + 2 x 10" thread, but once more: If there is a non-designed hole (like that broken cone or a burnt, freely moving element) in the case, the freq response will be destroyed. Functionally the cab may be suitable for that funny six-string toy, but not for bass. The low-end no more exists. This is plain acoustics. Very easy to check by playing something to a single speaker. When the cone is by its own, the sound is thin. When any kind of case (like a simple cardboard tube or box) is involved, the low-end becomes audible. If you have a cab with two or more elements, unscrew the other (keep it connected) and try to use that cab (at low volumes only!). It will take far less than a scale to understand the issue.

My only question is that why should the compressor handle the full bandwidth? I might be interested in the difference of the performance if that HPF is the first thing after the bass. Less handling noise for the comp, maybe?

Try to find a replacement cone now. If you play with the cab, there are too many reasons you get bigger issues with the cab and certainly the farting of that broken one does not help. Beware to put big amount of power to the cab as long as the cone has that hole. Just try to find a replacement unit quickly. Tell your area and I'm sure someone knows repairperson or parts nearby.

I would use that MN taper. It was my other option but turned to active mixing, so to Noll Mixpot.

Go ahead. Pickups, active or passive, do not matter.

If a bass has a preamp set flat, it usually is as loud as its passive counterpart. The sensation of a louder instrument may be related to a preamp that boosts T/M/B or all bands. It should be remembered, that a preamp can also dampen frequency bands. This is quite often the more effective way of handling sound.

Any Electro Harmonix effects pedal. High price, low quality, mediocre sound. Any dist/OD/fuzz that I have not compared with another dist/OD/fuzz. Well, an EBS and one green Muff were just terrible by themselves. Every drum machine or metronome. Radio channels and records are far better to learn timing.

If the instrument is hi-Z (high impedance) or lo-Z and the input channel does not distort, then as loud as possible. This is about signal to noise ratio (SNR). Higher signal level equals less noise. Every hi-Z ("passive") adjustment affects the sound, so if the actual pickup sound is in order, all pots should be bypassed. Lo-Z instruments should not color the sound but most of the adjustments in the beginning of the signal route (vol, blend) are actually hi-Z and affect the frequency response. If your instrument has a system from EMG (pickups and BTS/BTC) or the preamp is from John East, the adjustments should not affect sound. Practically all others do. Active blend, so lo-Z mixing is possible but rare.

Sweet girl Ipanema anything from Nirvana Nearly anything related to rap, where some coke nosed guy tries to babble about modda modda modda, and do not sound serious at all. And no one of those guys sound serious. Come on, all they talk about is fathers, so moccafudges.

You need darker sound, so change strings even down to flats, play closer to neck and turn your tone down. That's it. You do not need a new - or another old - bass.