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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.

Sorry I had to: the topic headline was written by Rich... I cannot be the only one who saw contradiction there?

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Some UK studio bassist was interviewed in BP years ago. His choice was cello tuning which he mastered in a very short time. I do see no problem to try that. Please consider a custom string set. D'Addario's chart helps finding the right tensions: https://www.daddario.com/globalassets/pdfs/accessories/tension_chart_13934.pdf GDAE tuning with 40/60/80/100 set gives around 35-43 lbs/string. Approximately similar tension (39-43 lbs) on a ADGC tuning would equal strings 32/60/90/130. This is a quick-n-dirty estimation.

@tauzero actually no. Those screws are locked to the string end holders. The big plate has only holes. The missing parts are brass "nuts" that tune the strings. I will update the set later on.

You could try a chorus/flanger or a pingpong delay with two outputs.

This is just the tuning system of the headless. There is a bridge in front of this. I did not want to make one big block. I have to update the pic, when the set is ready. Now I am waiting for the anodizing company coming back from the summer holiday. The set will probably be black.

That workshop is like in Wheeler Dealers: lots of space, good light, all tools available, and of quality. My tiny corner beside the car in the garage has good light... and that's it. I do have to improvise a lot - especially during cold winters - to be able to produce something even closely similar. But yes, I love this kind of videos. Now I have this in progress:

So this is a lightweight version! Sanding and then some sanding and reshaping. Does it have to be exactly like the original? I would not go to a carpenter/luthier and suggest an exact copy. This is your chance to get a personal bass.

Let's put it this way: 2 amps - 2 cabs I'll round those amps to a 400 W and 800 W units (because of numbers, you'll see). We have two cabs. Both can handle the same power, 800 watts. The first is efficient: 95 dB/m/W. The second is less sensitive, 89 dB/m/W. We have now four amp+cab alternatives: 1) 400 W + 89 dB/m/W 2) 800 W + 89 dB/m/W 3) 400 W + 95 dB/m/W 4) 800 W + 95 dB/m/W The sensitivity means, that with 1 watt of power you can get 89 dB or 95 dB from the cab. (I know, the numbers are unfair, and the latter is close to unrealistic.) This also equals, that doubling the power to two watts we get 3 dB more loudness (92 and 98, that is). 1 W - 89 dB 2 W - 92 dB 4 W - 95 dB 8 W - 98 dB 16 W - 101 dB 32 W - 104 dB 64 W - 107 dB 128 W - 110 dB 250 W - 113 dB (rounded a bit) 500 W - 116 dB (amp #1) 1 kW - 119 dB (amp #2) 1 W - 95 dB 2 W - 98 dB 4 W - 101 dB 8 W - 104 dB 16 W - 107 dB 32 W - 110 dB 64 W - 113 dB 128 W - 116 dB 250 W - 119 dB 500 W - 122 dB (amp #1) 1 kW - 125 dB (amp #2) In this latter example even the lower power amp reaches the threshold of pain. If you are still with me, you see from the numbers that loudness is pretty much the same with similar cabs. But if there is difference between the cabinets, the difference in loudness can be substantial with higher power amp and the more sensitive cab against lower power and lower sensitivity. To add something about loudness and ears, 85 dB is the limit, where you can be 8 h / day without protection to avoid hearing loss. 88 dB - 4 h 91 dB - 2 h 94 dB - 1 h 97 dB - 30 min 100 dB - 15 min 103 dB - 7 min 30 s 106 dB - 3 min 45 s 109 dB - 112 s 112 dB - 56 s 115 dB - 28 s 118 dB - 14 s 120 dB - t. of pain How hard you need to push the set, and how long? What?!

Consider active wedges or IEMs.

I had a Modulus Quantum 5 SPi. You know, graphite neck, 35"... I tried several low B strings. I went thicker and thicker and wanted really tight sound. But no chance. By accident I had to put a .120 - and the bass started to sing! Please be playful and do research with an open mind. I know you will find your favourite.

Our set consists of a small wireless mixer U24i and big PRX735 speakers. There are mixers that have less and lower quality channels in the product family but you can never have too many channels. Wireless is the thing: anyone with the password and a phone or a tablet can mix. Choose your cabs according to the noise needed. Do not forget to buy decent cables and cases/covers.

Agree, I stand corrected. Thanks.