itu

If it is a linear: https://www.alphapotentiometers.net/html/taper_curves.html A means audio except B means logarithmic depending on the manufacturer. European and American companies use same alphabets - and every now and then different meanings. Standard would be very nice, but we lack a global one.

Looks like it has been used as a speaker cable. Coaxial cables do not usually have enough copper to deliver watts. The plug looks like it would work on a fx board staying still but not in instrument use. Buy Neutrik plugs, some decent silicone cable, and you can rely on your cables for the next decades. If you need cables for speakers, try 2 x 1.5 mm2 or 2 x 2.5 mm2, and decent connectors i.e. Neutrik. Mark speaker cables well, if you still use plugs in stead of Speakons.

I have had two basses with me if there has been a real reason to use two different instruments, like fretted and fretless. Mostly I rely on one. Why? Strings are far more reliable now (I naturally carry a similar set with me), and I carry a tiny toolset. An extra cable is a must, and some less important equipment (like fx) can be bypassed. Practically all my instruments are checked by me. I replace batteries, and write the replacement date to them. Simple and practical.

As you already know, the roundings make the numbers look slightly different from each other. If you took the side markers away and used a capo, the neck could be shortened as much as you like, as long as there are frets or fretboard.

How about vol vol tone tone + rotary pickup switch? With a rotary switch you can have several pickup options under a single knob. I suggest you to use only series + parallel, or series + single coil. Single coil and parallel are so close to each other that you only need the other. If you need a slight boost, then it's single + series. - ser + ser - single + ser - ser + single - single + single Yes, it would be possible to combine different coils from different pickups, but then, do you really think you could get that different or useful sounds? Wiring the system: (pickup - switch - vol - tone) x 2 to output or if you like blend: (pickup - switch - tone) x 2 - blend - volume - output

There was this comment in the original link: "Lead Poisoning Through Inhalation If the solder contains lead, the melting process can release fumes that contain lead contaminants." I checked all links that were included in the text (and some extra, just in case). Not a single had anything related to "fumes that contain lead contaminants" except this Weldingmastermind's. As @Chienmortbb wrote earlier, Pb is boiling at 1750 °C. Fumes are from burning resin or rosin. Not healthy, but not tin nor lead nor silver. But handling may cause the solder to reach your body. Sweaty, slightly acidic hands do love different chemicals. I hate many greases and oils because they travel through the skin to circulation, i.e. everywhere to the body - and gloves are not always an option. I was working with electronics earlier. Lead was not an issue, otherwise there would have been tests. But those involved with radioactive materials had to go through various tests few times a year.

Rosin and resin burn, yes, but you get the same stuff from lead free solder, too.

OK, then any company that makes lightweight instruments is possible. MG Revolite, Sandberg... And there was an interesting story here about one late bassist, whose Overwater was heavily modified by the luthier himself. Check it out.

The basics: If this is a live setup, an extra mixer will not ruin your sound, if the signal levels are reasonable. Another take: If you are able to open your mouth and explain the person behind the big board, that this is your sound and what you want from it, you are on a right path. Then you can reduce the output system to an ABY pedal and a DI box (I am assuming you use only one instrument at the time). By the way, if you do not know what is an ABY, I have included a picture of one:

It would be pretty easy to continue with number 8: - octaMIDI - otto/ottaMIDI What's 8 in Danish, by the way? What other features could be raised and used as part of the name? And is MIDI a must in the name? As everybody knows MIDI means Musical Instruments Danish Interface.

Years ago I used Finale that was capable of most of those. Is Sibelius today the one, I am not sure? My needs are fulfilled with MuseScore, as I am not connected to modern music scene anymore.

Rainsong is full carbon (but a g-word), and I think that maybe Bogart had composite body. There is a short scale (27") acoustic bass from JourneyInstruments.com with detachable neck. Several colours, bag etc. Probably from Ch... named Overhead. You are right, Basslab is a true option. @binky_bass did you contact them already?

Gary Karr, Mingus, Marc Johnson... https://www.last.fm/tag/double+bass/artists

Basslab.de which is a German company. Definitely expensive but so is Modulus Graphite. A TBX (through body experimental) costs an arm and a leg. And few kidneys. Check Reverb and also these companies if a used one could still be an option: - Zon - Status - Vigier - Modulus' Jerry Dorsch - Geoff Gould (MG founder) - SKC Bogart / Schack (either or) - CarbonTech - Collier - Gus was mentioned later here - Moses was somewhat varying in quality I don't recall if Steinberger, or Alembic, or MusicMan did six string basses. The necks of Peavey (G bass) and Alvarez were made by MG (I think?). All in all, contact basslab.de

The attachment is more important than the metal material. It has to stay tight. The weight will affect the tuning of the system (body, neck etc.) but you are pretty much unable to measure it. If you buy the headpiece in both materials and you can make a stable measuring system, you may be able to analyze some minute difference. Maybe.

The tricky ones are dist/OD/fuzz, comp, and wah. First thing would be to use two at the time. Try them both ways: wah + comp, muff + wah, and muff + comp. When you find the best combinations, put the rest after these. Maybe the comp can be the last one in line, but do some trials.

Eight buttons, so it's simply M8. Every bassists' Mate.

That's not exactly true. Low voltage and lots of amperes (like car battery) is as safe as high V and low A. Maybe even more comfortable than the spark. But when both are on the high side, beware! If you meant that when amperes (a lot!) run through body, patient is in danger, yes, that's true.

tce SCF. Mine is from 80's and still going strong. Three effects in one box, and superior performance compared to any other pedal mentioned earlier.

These things Björn again!

Is there anything like dirt in the speakers? Could be on either side of the cone. Or the dust cover is loose?

I was wondering why are you wanting two pickups: cheap and good? Wouldn't the good one be enough?

One thing is to practise, the other is to practise right things with an accessible target in mind. If it was easy, everybody would be doing it. And I mean both playing and the right things. When was the last time you set a target and scheduled it? What was the reasonable amount of daily practise you thought would be enough within that set timeline?

@ped has a good point here, there has been quite a few wooden Arpeges, but Passion and wood?

Not quite original: the headstock is black, i.e. carbon graphite i.e. series II. The first Arpege and Passion basses had wooden necks.