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Please lady Bluejay, take a tour in a shop that has several models, and let your ears decide. Even the volume level and have a player (phone, maybe), that has some song(s) you know well. Then try to find those details and sound you like. My brand, or model suggestion is only good for me.

Have to say that these are all good, but so different: Wonderwall by Oasis, Ryan Adams, and Paul Anka. Talk about arrangements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1Bh8ZvH84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVxRvNfFLg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAzyBWZf6wQ

If your band has different setup than the original - or doesn't - you have to arrange the song anyway. I think it is very important to understand that the original version may work well in the original context. How about with your group? Just arrange any song to a bossa nova (Anarchy in the UK, anyone?) and you just have to adapt and arrange. I have been a few times in a place where I have no idea of the original song. I have opened my ears and tried to find the suitable notes and feel to support others. Sometimes it is just root-and-five. Latest song I have been learning is the Bohemian Rhapsody. Yes, because of the movie. Luckily, I have the score. First thing (for me, that is) is to copy it note-by-note and then try to find possibility to change it, if the band's arrangement is going away from the original.

If you put the bridge as far back as possible, you may be able to play with the balance and reach (how to reach the half and first position) a little bit. The neck has to be "deeper" in the body. The instrument becomes slightly shorter, too. I like the idea of having the hum at the neck position. Would have been my choice, too.

Sir, this is not the price tag porn thread.

Absolutely fabulous! (The comment has no connection to any TV- or any other series.)

5-string: Modulus Graphite Quantum SPi Custom, Ibanez SR506 modded to a 5 wide neck, and Clevinger 4-string: Vigier Passion II '88 and '89, 36" fretless built by Kristian Ukkonen, Status neck fretless J and a fretted sort of a P (built by K. Ukkonen), Ibanez Affirma, and a plywood double bass and few others that are in permanent loan, so ten etc.

I just move my right hand to get the sound I want. Closer to the 12th fret for thicker and closer to the bridge to get brighter sound.

...and the magnet has to be very close to that coil. One foot is very far. Less than an inch is pretty close.

Where from and how did you get that neck? Dorsch is everything but easy to reach. Nova (Andre Passini) seems to be from Brazil and he has only FB pages, am I right?

First I thought that your wife stole the new bass from you and plays it.

It is true that such a module may not be too easy to repair. Usually similar ones are not impossible to repair but it takes time = it has a cost. Who wants to try to find the issue, if you get no help from the manufacturer - and here I mean the original power module manufacturer, B&O. The single part probably costs £1 or less but to find the faulty component and hopefully the reason, too, may mean hours and hours of work. Naturally the company could offer some kind of replacement program in the name of recycling, but I doubt it. Machines put those modules together for that low price. If someone fixes those faulty ones by hand, the price may be higher than a new one. Mixed feelings? When Aguilar or any other shop buys thousands of those powers, the price is negotiable. When some Jane-Joe Ordinary, like me, wants to buy just one single unit, the price is naturally something else.

If you have so powerful magnets that you can hear the sound difference, you should avoid them. You may have to leave your keys to be able to walk away... Seriously, if a magnet is very near of a transformer (stuck to it), there may be subtle difference in its behavior. I try to think, which effect pedal might suffer from a nearby magnet but can not think of any. Cables do not care at all, if they are not wound to coils. Tubes can be affected but again the magnet has to be powerful and it has to be very close to it.

Bourns has these blend pots, where both are fully on (0 ohm) at centre. Double pots, markings are MN250K and MN500K. Check these from Digikey or similar: PDB182-GTRB1-254MN PDB182-GTRB1-504MN

If you get a beaten up "g-word" Marshall, just change the elements to bass drivers. Probably the elements cost more than a modern bass cab, but when in need...

I have been using Marshall 4 x 12" "g-word" cabinets in my youth. Worked really well. Very good rock sound. It is true that you cannot drive them as hard as bass cabs, but before you reach hazardous levels, you can get pretty much noise. Think one as a bass cabinet that just has less power. It is possible to cut the lowest end and drive the cab harder but is that the sound you are after?

Mine too... but it looks stunning.

@Soledad: Have you noticed the Takamine B10 in the classifieds? That might be a very interesting instrument.

I think that every time I use singlecoil (J) pickups in lo-Z ("active") environment, the sound is compressed compared to humbuckers. It may be so that the preamp enhances the experience.

Medeski, Martin & Wood - double bass, organ, drums

When my father was young (maybe some 175 years ago) there was a saying here that a local trio was a man, an accordion, and a chair. Please continue...

Is your RIC so modern that it has a push/pull pot to cut the capacitor from the pickup? If not, put a wire over the cap and test it again. I hated the thin sound of the other pickup, but loved the bass. Black, 1974.

If you are really interested in an acoustic, take a look at these to increase GAS: http://www.rigelinstruments.com/publish/abg.shtml https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com/2011/08/c2011-rigel-acoustic-bass-guitar.html http://www.stollguitars.de/en/instruments/acoustic-basses/ http://www.kbguitars.com/wordpress/?page_id=626 http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com/instruments-gallery/acoustic-bass-guitars.html http://www.sonntag-guitars.com/english/Archtops/Archtop-Acoustic-Bass.php Something smaller: https://www.bassplayer.com/gear/journey-instruments-expands-line-of-collapsible-carbon-fiber-acoustic-travel-bass-guitars Last, but not least is the guitarron (listen to Fairground Attraction - Perfect and Eagles - New kid in town).

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/339780-bartolini-9j1-set-3-months-old/