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Could well work with the right other folks. Had a bizarre effect on one of our cats, who jumped up and started inspecting the computer speakers very closely!

Been hanging round any dodgy airports?

Is it only me..?

Well, obviously neither of them needs to do it for reasons of finance or exposure, so they must think it works. Probably a brilliant vibe onstage! :-)

I have one, although not tried recording with it. Used USB for laptop controller software - brilliant! :-)

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1452935767' post='2954791'] Tweeted. [/quote].. and FB'd.

I picked up the Akai Headrush.. does various things incl. tap and tape heads stylee. Brilliant! I'm not mad into looping, so can't really comment on that side of it, but I think it's on the short side loop-wise. http://www.akaipro.com/product/e2headrush

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1452611386' post='2951636'] +1 for the tip on setting the input level right. The old trick should work of setting the input gain at 0 and then playing as hard as you can whilse increasing the gain knob. Do this until it only just starts to flash the clip light on the loudest notes. Then back off the gain knob a tiny smidge so that the clip light doesn't light and you should have pretty much the optimum match between your guitar signal and the input gain stage of the amp. [/quote] + another 1.. mahoosive difference on Trace gear!

You'll be needing either a single pole or double pole, ON-ON-ON type. Alternatively go bigger and just fit a pickup selector switch in a slightly enlarged hole. This kind, probably available far more chaply locally! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-On-On-On-DPDT-Round-Bat-Mini-Switch-BLACK-CHROME-/360866610681?hash=item5405537df9:g:xT8AAOSwnDZUIXu6

This is the one I use.. http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/servisol-super-10-switch-contact-cleaner-200ml-jp17t Maplin are easy to find, but most places doing electronics gear and many music shops will stock it. Because I use it myself, we stock it at work!

Definitely try cleaning the pots and sockets first.. it may well fix the problem, and if not you'll have an appreciation of why a repairer will charge so much for 'simply changing a pot' and why they'll often suggest changing all the pots at once. Depending on the amp, getting to the back of the pots in order to spray Servisol in there can take anything from a few minutes to a couple of hours!

2112 THE album that got me into rock!

If you can track one down, the Aria STB-JB is just such a thing.

On my own, I aim for zero. That's the height off the board when I 'fret' a note.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1446718310' post='2901643'] I dunno, the last band I left? [/quote] The best answer of the thread so far; I'm surprised nobody else picked up on it!

I'm not bothered about the price tag, as such. If it's one of those basses that I connect with, I'd be gutted if it got broken or nicked whether it was a couple of hundred or a couple of grand. If you love it, guard it well!

Did you get sparks? I once had a speaker blow, well within power, and I was alerted to it by one of the guitarists pointing and laughing! Sparks , smoke, the works. :-D

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1446494125' post='2899849'] looks like I've gone and got myself an ACG fretless beauty...... I'll let you know when the deal is sealed!!! [/quote] Excellent. . Hope it's the one! I've got different fretlesses for different purposes. My longest standing one doesn't even have (or need) a tone control. Also a different set of strings can radically alter the whole tone and response, so buckle up and enjoy the trip!

Also, have you tried fresh batteries? Active circuits usually distort when the battery is low.

[quote name='anzoid' timestamp='1444640056' post='2884626'] If it's a de-fret - i.e. where someone has at some point taken the frets off an "ordinary" bass, then make sure that whatever they've used to fill the gaps is level with the rest of the fingerboard. Best thing is that the gaps are filled with wood - which should (hopefully, all being well, etc) move with any other shifts in the fingerboard. Some people use plastic wood filer and, personally, I'm not a fan. Also, having wasted time on a buying a de-fretted bass - make sure a good job has been done and that where the frets have been taken out no (or very little) fingerboard wood has gone (and been filled...). The tangs of the frets sometimes rip the wood if the job wasn't done well and if nothing else it's plain ugly. [/quote] All of this! I've done a few defrets, being predominantly a fretless player myself. Don't just assume a factory fretless will be right, though. I got a Squier VM Jazz FL a couple of years back, just for the experiment you understand! A decent enough piece of kit in general, but the fingerboard was crap! Every fret line was in its own dip. I had to sand the whole fingerboard to make it usable. Sold it on in far better fettle than I bought it. :-)

True, plus probably less fiddly than just tweaking around trying to get the existing ones balanced. New stuff. Yaaayy!