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A pickup is not an amp! It doesn't amplify anything it just transforms the mechanical energy from the vibrations of the strings to electrical energy. In fact some of that mechanical energy from the vibrating strings is lost in the transformation.

Mind Meld - Sebadoh From the album "Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock"

Tortoise :

That looks pretty damn amazing! But I won't be getting it at that price.

Yes, can't possibly be healthy in the long run, but no doubt it must have had a cathartic effect initially.

This seems almost too good to be true at that price: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/tonexone/ 173£/199 Euro at Thomann.

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Old Blood Noise Endeavors Expression Ramper connected to whatever pedal that lets you control the overall master/output/input volume with an expression pedal: https://www.thomann.de/gb/old_blood_noise_endeavors_expression_ramper.htm

Just discovered this! Wouh! Incredible! Damn! Only just learned this too. R.I.P

I isn't as simple as that. A great mix is as much about making it coherent, making the instrument blend together, complementing and enhancing each other, as making them heard as separate elements, and the latter isn't done by assigning every single instrument to a specific strictly limited frequency area. Taking all the low end out of the vocals or all the top end out of the bass guitar would result in the vocals sounding really thin and tinny and the bass guitar would loose definition and sound muddy. And doing like this (assigning every single instrument to a specific strictly limited frequency area) to all instruments the mix would all become an indistinguishable mush, with all the individual character sucked out of the individual instruments. Harmonic content is what makes different instruments sound different from each other and what defines the different character to individual instruments, if nothing but the fundamental note it heard what you have left is a sinus wave, and it will all sound the same, have the exact same character and timber. That is not to say that vocals doesn't benefit from having applied a HPF, or bass guitar in most cases doesn't benefit from having applied both a HPF and a LPF, or that you shouldn't otherwise EQ the different instruments to fit better into the mix, but it isn't done by simply applying a different steep narrow BPF to each of them.

Round core string generally have less tension, relatively to the size of the core, than hex core strings. Also as the tension and gauge of a string increases it naturally becomes stiffer, which at a certain point (determined by a relative relationship between gauge, tension and scale length) inhibits it from vibrating properly, loosing output and sustain as a result, and given it a tendency to sound thuddy and dead.

I am right handed, though more ambidextrous than most, which foot I use to control/turn on/off my pedals depends, but mostly my right foot, so that is what I voted.

Don't - Dinosaur Jr.

With My Own Bare Hands - Ween

Learn not to apply that much pressure, can't possibly be healthy for your tendons, and there is absolutely no practical reason to do so (if anything it inhibits you of playing properly, or at least optimally).

That's what I asked her yesterday: "Does size really matter?" Then she mockingly laughed and walked away, slamming the door to my apartment behind her, and leaving me naked begging on my knees on the floor.

Ah, by the way, curious as to what your chorus settings are? Might be useful to others as well.

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Anyone tried these multi coil J pickups: https://lawingmusicalproducts.com/bass ?

Using the existing nut and nut slots ought to not cause any issues whatsoever. However if it is an issue all you would need to do is to cut a slim strip of shielding copper tape and fit it down in the nut slot with a string (place a strip of copper tape the width of the nut above the nut slot and then slide it down in the slot with a string, a bit of the strip sitting on each side of the slot on top of the nut), to make the slot a slightly tighter fit for the slightly thinner string. But I have my 5 string tuned to G standard tuning, with a gauge .080 G string in the nut slot otherwise cut to fit a gauge .130 low B string, and I've encountered no issues whatsoever. Nut slots are cut in an U, almost V, shape, so lower gauge strings will still sit perfectly fine and tight at the bottom of the slots otherwise cut to fit higher gauge strings.

I was just about to post that link. They do look really cool, gets great reviews, but are quite affordable.

I do, but I would think that will be at a high risk of it ending up sounding quite muddy, I honestly think 2 x series in parallel with each other would be likely to result in the best tone possibly with that pickup. Powerful, yet defined and articulate. That's at least what I would personally do. But I suppose you can always rewire it if it ends up too woofy and muddy your way. In any case one way or the other the wiring of it won't end up more complicated than the other, it's just a matter of how you chose to connect the wires from the pickup with each other.

Never mind...