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Output jack has a free ground lug. I might solder few ground wires for a hassle-free harness. It is true that the plate is conductive, but loose screws could produce strange issues later on.

Thomann PLEK Service, since 2014.

The origins of this shape is from wooden Affirma (AFR), designed by the late Rolf Spuler. Production at the Ibanez factory (whichever it was) started in the early 90's. There are slightly modified reissues available, too.

No chance to measure any difference. Someone may claim other. If the cable length was 300 ft. we might hear some loss in the highest area in comparison.

The original Sabre had two pickups. Leo wasn't purist, why should you be?

Which was sung by Rick Astley to the Calrec sound field mic. Because of the mic, he sounded like... Kylie? I had to buy the single back then just to test it with slower speed and... I still love SAW's joke. Just listen to the choirs.

For small jazz gigs one of our singers uses a tiny tce wedge.

If you need to make one, a thing to consider is the switch: it should not cut the load (type: shorting) while the switch is used. This eliminates pops.

I think the best alternatives come from Peterson... https://www.petersontuners.com/ (I know, I know...)

Beta 58 is far more easier to use than Neumann, which requires Phantom. Less hassle, decent audio quality, and a tried workhorse. Yes, Neumann is very good. Remember to buy a good quality cable + velcro and learn together to coil.

The new setup looks good, @Niiranen @Sibob : If you want to change the passive blend, consider Noll Mixpot. You can tweak the performance with its trimmers. It does not load the pickups.

Exactly right.

Your bass may has a: 1) piezo output without a buffer (extremely high impedance, >1 Mohm), 2) high impedance output (<200 kohm, "passive"), or 3) low impedance output (< 20 kohm, "active"). A bass amp input impedance can be under or over 1 Mohm. If your system consists of a bass, a (quality and relatively short) cable, and an amp, the load in the input will be very acceptable. A short cable here means that the length is under 20 meters. Quality means, that it is meant for instrument use (= does not load the bass' output significantly). If you use effects, their output impedances are usually in the ballpark of 1 kohm or less. Remember: true bypass activated means that the output is the same as the previous component's (bass, effect...) output. If your bass sees complicated capacitive loads, something is not right. /side note starts/ Balanced mic lines run @ 600 ohm. They are functional to up to 300 meters (according to Neumann). Yes, they are balanced AND low impedance. But if we leave balanced out, and use a low impedance output, 10 - 20 m instrument cable should be practically lossless. /side note ends/ Piezo pickup without a decent opamp-based preamp/buffer is a chore. Even some effect inputs have issues with them. But again, with a good buffer just beside the piezo, the system works as it should: the output impedance of the buffer is low enough. /technical note starts/ Most of the buffers and preamps are based on opamps. Opamp input impedance can be extremely high (https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/analogue_circuits/operational-amplifier-op-amp/input-impedance.php), while the output can be very low. But after certain levels, the impedances are simply good enough. I wish I could compare sounds of the different output impedances, but my equipment is based on reasonable choices, like decent cables. I don't care about it if the system seems to work as intended. /technical note ends/ If your signal going to the amp is: 1) <1 kohm, there will be no issues at all in the amp end, even with some less-than-perfect elements in between the bass and the amp. 2) <10 kohm, most preamps eat this signal with ease. 3) >100 kohm can be hard to certain amps and effects. 4) >1 Mohm may cause serious degradation to signal without active elements.

I think that the only thing that helped me while studying music was to play, read, and listen. Sometimes I still get confused when the progression gets complicated to my ear, but then I just have to get back and listen, maybe transcribe, too. If you own few different instruments, or a computer with decent SW, please produce different chords and listen to them. Remember to not only start from the root (1,3,5,7), but turn them (5,7,1,3 etc.) to find the tones and their functions from the harmonic content.

Graphite does not move, no matter the temp or humidity. I have played them everywhere from indoor swimming pools to freezing cold. Graphite wrap may be thin and act like just like tape: looks good, but has no other function. It can also be thick and tough, but at some point there's no need to have any support inside the neck. At least necks of MG Quantum SPi, Status MM and Vigier Passion II are hollow. Truss rod... what truss rod? I play an MG Genesis. The neck is a hybrid. Its sustain is very different from Vigier's. They also sound quite different, but different scale lengths, electronics, pickups...

Could you open up the issue a bit, how is that 510 ohm output bad? 100 ohms is little, but so is 500. That will not load any input. Practically all amp inputs can cope such a low impedance with ease. What are you after?

I had a great idea to build a 5-string bass. 35", 19 mm spacing etc. But as things tend to change every now and then... I met a luthier who has lots of ideas and makes not so ordinary basses. Well, after lots of talk we decided he follows the wood and I will source/make the metal parts. It was elsewhere here, where the tuning part is on its way. Now here are few photos of the tuner(s). The instrument may still be a 5-string, and has 19 mm spacing, but scale length has turned to 32", neck has been NT and bolt-on, and let's see...

This construction is called neck-through-bridge. Rare, I think S. D. Curlee was the inventor.

...by using a push-pull pot.

It's been said that the first few charges could be done from empty to full. After that it is even less important. But you should remember, that a pack will take around 500 charging cycles. Then it has lost over 20 % of its capacity, and is considered old (in other words: under 80 % left of the nominal capacity).

It is a law of nature that some Feo Lender will invent a feasible UI to some shape that has good UX. Then bass - as we know it now - will be an instrument for certain type of music from certain timeline. This has happened to lute, gamba, violin etc. Bass will be no exception.

MG has not provided necks in years to public. One of the earlier workers of MG (I tend to forget his name) has done a few but I think the price from the States could be sky high.

There's optical sensor beside a string that measures the vibration. To enhance the SNR, because typically a sensor has limited bandwidth (which in this case is an advantage: all light could be source of distortion), there is a light source that lights the measured string. Then it is easier for the sensor to measure the vibration. (Think about yourself in a dark room trying to see the vibes, and then someone puts lights on.) As said before, the (wideband sun/artificial) light which does not belong between the sensor and the string may result in awkward noise. That's why the sensor is usually covered. There was one optical pickup company (Lightwave), but I think this system is too modern for most of us bassists (really!) and certainly too modern for g-word players. You know Leo and everything.

I might talk about a river in S America... but whatever. Buy a few: I love the short ones, which fit tight places.

By the way... the customs people are educated personnel and know their stuff. If you try to say, that the price of a £2k bass is £350, you will see some interesting comments, and a steep fine.