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Could you please clarify your need with this? Usually very low frequencies equal uncontrollable sound and the need for lots of power.

Mechanics is probably the biggest cost of the whole unit.

HoTone Soul Press has three modes, expression works without batteries, and the size is pretty small.

This track is from 1980. The 21-year-old player sounds surprisingly good, although the recording here has some wow and flutter... I have always loved the relatively simplistic and economical style of Fernando Saunders. This is the opening track of the record The Spin: I may be wrong, but this sounds like fretless: It is OK to deal the basic Pino and Tony stuff, but some less distinctive recordings are nice to hear. Even without bass solos I like the sound and slightly different approach of the fretless a lot. Please keep these videos coming.

Can you measure the pickup from the pickup end, or are the wires also in the epoxy? If so, in this case of a dead end you could cut the insulator from side a bit and measure conductivity to the pots and if there is any signal or voltage there. If the signal is found, the cuts can be fixed with some shrink tube.

What is the MG in the middle? Body like Quantum, but neck like VJ5, so what is that?

I tried strings and tunings for few years when I was young. Then I made a decision to concentrate on SS RW. 30 - 90 was fun, but 40 - 100 is more like me and the music I play. Nowadays I use GHS or D'Addario, because their strings fit my 33.8 - 36" basses. I use the same sets in every bass (4, 5, fretless) to get the same feel and sound possibilities everywhere. No need to do expensive or long lasting trials anymore.

Signal chain of a bass: pickups - blend - vol - tone set - output Any cables that are not connected? If you have a DMM, measure the output of the pickup. If it works, fine. Then check the pots, one by one. It is not the first time when a pot is defective. A suitable blend pot replacement would be a Bourns 250 k MN.

What is the pattern, omni? A hypercardioid might help. If the level of the channel is very high, put the mic closer and compensate by reducing the volume (or gain).

A 3D-printed set of covers could be a possibility, too.

I see, my bad. I looked at the obsolete version.

That Europower has pre out and power in in the front panel. You could connect a X-over to the pre out and put the highs to power in. From the X-over the low output could be driving the subs. If your subs are passive, an extra power amp is in need. Active subs may have internal X-overs (LPF).

Maybe not understand you, my friend! As far as I have seen these basses, they are usually divided to four parts each, but yes, there are three dividers per fret... Split-fret system, lots of wires under the fretboard...

If you need to do serious monitoring, it is Genelec. If you want to listen to music/radio/YT in the background, maybe you can consider something else. But not plastic toyboxes that cost like £20.

Where did you got yours, and what was the approximate price? Steve's shop is so far away...

Turn the treble down?

A dark and lightweight 5-string Overwater Progress (Custom, because 19 mm is a must) looks very tempting. The price tag doesn't. One luthier is making an unlined fretless 5 to me, so money's too tight to mention.

An update: (First of all, sorry, I have no sound samples.) Our rehearsal place was opened few days ago (it was closed because of the quarantine) and I took the cab there. Plugged to my Glockenklang Soul amp. Sounds surprisingly good, far better than I thought. Goes down low and is relatively loud. We were only 5 today, so the level was more than adequate. Now I would like to find an SWR Interstellar Overdrive for home use with the cab. Before I find one, I think I have plenty of time to paint the cabinet...

Not this: https://www.3leggedthing.com/ but this: https://www.novoflex.de/en/products-637/camera-support-systems/quadropod-4-legs.html

A grey Harley Benton Noise Gate NG-100. All parametres can be tweaked easily. Even the effect level. I have one in use and one as a spare. 2nd hand unit costs around £20 or so.

Agree, that is probably the worst "feature" of the unit. I have adjusted the knobs so, that I can turn the knobs to certain values between songs. Helps a lot, because then I know what the settings will be - after a while.

An unorthodox, but costwise solution is to leave the preamp out and put that money to a better pickup. 1 bad + 1 bad = not good. 1 better = same price, isn't it? I have one bass without any adjustments and it is my main bass at the moment. I know the price of the pickup was steep, but I can control the sound through my bass amp, or the pedalboard when in need. https://www.q-tuner.com/product/transparent-q-tuner-q2-0-bass-5-string-pickups/