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  1. Baloney Balderdash
    This is really growing on me, amazing preamp/IR loader/DI, astonishing value for the money: The NUX NBP-5 Melvin Lee Davis Bass Preamp All digital, but really high quality at that, 32Bit A/D converter and signal processing, and a just 1ms latency. If you want something all analog, including the build in cab sim, I'd recommend the Tech 21 SansAmp SH1 Steve Harris signature bass preamp, which also sounds amazing, and is far far more versatile than it's name might otherwise suggest, however also twice as expensive as the NUX.
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    Probably. Also come to think of it might also have something to do with me running it through a subtle spring reverb effect, or rather that the reverb might enhance this muted harmonic effect and it actually not being all that noticeable without. Haven't actually tried with the signal of the bass completely dry.
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    Yes.
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    I recently discovered that if you fret a fretted bass directly on the fret, or rather ever so slightly behind, so that your finger kind of both fret right behind and on the actual fret, you get this quite unique sound that kind of sounds like partially/light palm muting, but not quite, kind of like partially/light palm muting but with harmonics added, kind of as if you get both the fretted note plus the harmonic of the given fret, but then partially muted, if that makes sense, and I was wondering if anyone else utilizes this technique, and if it got an actual name?
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    As I mentioned, the EHX Black Finger does seem to divide the waters, yes. You'll have about as many complains about noise as people saying their unit is dead quiet (or that the noise issues are rather minor and totally secondary to how great they think this pedal otherwise is), which I guess might be credited partially to how it specifically has been used by these people respectively, but also unfortunately to be fair partially to the fact that Electro Harmonix are not exactly known for consistency and great quality control. Now I wouldn't expect anywhere near half of this forum's members to actually have tried one, and even less love and use or have previously used one as part of their main setup, but sure there must be at least some, it isn't THAT rare, and also it does seem to work particularly well for bass and have an actual dedicated fan base of people who love it. I've seen plenty of threads on this forum that got stuff that is much much more rare, actual rare stuff, as topic receive a far more replies, while I'd claim that the Black Finger doesn't actually really qualifies to be called rare, uncommon for sure, but not to the extend of being obscure or even just rare (at least that is my impression judging from web material on it, including mentions on various forums and blogs, as well as amount and frequency of used sales adds featuring it). I wouldn't even call fans of it rare, but, as it, as said, really does seem to divide the waters, perhaps people (that is to be understood out of people who actually tried it first hand) who doesn't either hate or love it are a rare breed. The Black Finger, together with the English Muff'n, are by far the most common out of that, sadly discontinues, big box dual tube series of EHX pedals, the other pedals of that series though sure I'd say probably would qualify within reason to be called rare. Do another search on it and have a closer look and you will see this.
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    Really? No one else?
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    This sends me right back to my late teenage years, though it's still just as great a song, if not even better, as it was back then when I first heard it for the first time. In fact one of my all time favorite songs (great video too) : From the masterpiece of an album "You're Living All Over Me" by Dinosaur Jr. from 1987.
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    The DC resistance is actually quite similar to the EMG Geezer P, that is not particularly high and actually pretty average for a P pickup, but the magnetic field of the Model P is much stronger, which is why it works great further away from the strings and has a hotter output, not because it is overwound (as is otherwise commonly the case with most other hot P pickups on the market). Also I found it totally unnecessary to mess with the height of the individual pole pieces, even if I guess it is nice to have that as an extra option, the 4 height adjustment points a P pickup inherently gives you was easily enough to make it possible to balance the output between the strings perfectly.
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    Those measurements are general guidelines, and nothing more, for people who are absolutely clueless about what they want, adjust them to where you get your preferred tone and output. When I had them installed I think they were around 3mm or so on an average from the strings (I've gone back to the EMG Geezer P pickup though. Not as full, meaty and punchy sounding as the Model P, but I personally prefer the somewhat more open, complex and articulated, more dynamic, brighter and less compressed tone of the Geezer, even if I did love what the Dimarzio Model P did too, but as with most things it depends entirely on the specific context, application, and not least the individual bass and personal preferences)
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    Believe it or not but mine was that exact same version of the Jerry Jones Neptune Longhorn Bass (there has been a few slightly different versions), even in black finish too! (it's the one with just a volume knob and then a 4 position rotating pickup selector switch, with the 4th position being both pickups in series, right?)
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    What your music teacher doesn't want you to know... - but this is no clickbait scam! : Ain't that the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!
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    I have actually toyed with the idea of adding a pickguard to my beloved Ibanez Mikro Bass, which doesn't come with any form of pickguard from stock. Either identical to the one of the Ibanez SR Mezzo, as that one has the same basic body shape as the Mikro and both have a P/J pickup configuration as well, though the Mikro P is reverse orientation, the Mezzo is not, also the Mikro body being scaled down to fit it's just 28.6" scale length, or a semi (kind of crooked) circle one, just covering the area where the controls are. The issue however is getting the exact measurements and making a precise template, for it to be possible having a custom pickguard made. But if I can somehow solve that issue I might order one in the future. In any case a amazing concept and service to offer. Thanks for making me aware of the existence of this.
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    Same (well, all of it, except the nephew part, don't know who has mine now)...
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    I think the Danelectro Longhorn has a string spacing of 17mm at bridge as well, if my memory serves me right. Edit!!: seems I was on the wrong page and answered an old reply, but fits in nicely with the current discussion, so I'll let it be.
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    Gaffa tape!
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    Yeah, I would definitely not call the inherent character of the Danelectro Longhorn thuddy either, not the slightest. Surprisingly full, and actually pretty amazing, sounding. And plenty sustain too. I am sure though that it could do a mighty thud equipped with flatwounds and a foam mute, but not how it sounds stock with roundwounds at all in my experience.
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    Yes!
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    Well, different brands and models of strings, even if the same basic type, tends to be made a little differently (small variation in the composition and treatment of the alloys used, how tight they are wound, core thickness and shape e.t.c), so it is recommendable to stick to one brand and type/model of strings for one set/instrument, for a more consistent feel and tone.
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    D'Addario, if that is your preferred string brand, do make individual purchasable single regular nickel-plated roundwound strings made to fit a regular 34" scale bass of the gauges .030, .032 and .035 . Of those the gauge .032 one will be the closest match to the set you mention tension wise. It will be slightly lower tension than the other strings in the set, but the highest string of bass string sets usually is, better than it being higher tension than the rest, as thin strings with too much tension has a tendency to dig into your finger, and actually feel stiffer than thicker strings of similar tension, as well as they won't need as much room to vibrate either compared to thicker strings of similar tension. Also a gauge .032 string is pretty much standard for the high C of 6 string bass sets.
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    Not the best quality photos, but anyway, here we go: Headstock of my Aria Pro II Laser Electric Classic : Headstock of my Harley Benton GuitarBass : Headstock of my Ibanez Mikro Bass :
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    I got mine ridiculously cheap from a local 2nd hand music gear shop back around the mid 90's. I think 2.500 Danish Kroner was what I paid back then, which equals approximately 300 British Pound.
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    I don't own any tube amps currently, well unless you count preamps, but back when I did own a 60W all tube Ampeg B-15S from 1968, which I very much regret being stupid enough to sell at some point, I used a Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, as my only pedal, for high gain distortion. Today my setup is "amp-less" and my pedal setup is rather expansive and complex, the Metal Zone however is still part of my main high gain setup (though now with a low gain overdrive stacked into it and then blended in parallel with a Turbo RAT clone). But if I still had the Ampeg I would still have had used more or less the exact same expansive pedal setup as I do currently, except from the NUX Melvin Lee Davis signature preamp, that also functions as a DI and IR cab sim loader, which basically is what I use in place of an actual amp currently (well my EHX Black Finger, tube driven optical compressor, is also a huge part of my current "amp-less" tone, but it would most likely still be an always on effect even if I had been using a tube amp). I actually happens to in fact be rather satisfied with my current "amp-less" tone, but damn I wish I hadn't been that stupid selling my 1968 Ampeg B-15S, such a legendary, amazing looking, and not least amazing sounding amp.
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    First of all that's quite a list of highly subjective opinions there that has very little to do with actual facts. Also how exactly does that help OP? Further more Victor Wooten uses a regular 34" scale bass as his tenor bass (as said the official term for this kind of A1 to C3 tuning on a 4 string bass guitar), and he seems to be doing quite okay, despite maybe not being quite as much of a real bassist as you from your perspective. Regardless a gauge .065 string still makes little sense on a 34" scale, or a 30" scale for that matter, instrument for tuning to G, regardless of octave (it will, as I said, end up respectively either unplayably tight or unplayably floppy), and regardless of how much of a real man and bassist you might not might not be (I'll let however you even are supposed to grade that up to you).
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    85 and certainly 90 seems a little tight to me for tuning A1, and in comparison to those A string gauges .030 seems a little floppy for tuning to C3, certainly not very balanced tension wise. I mean not ridiculously so, but certainly wouldn't be ideal for me personally.
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