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*thumbs up* As GW suggests, do a search 'cos there's quite a lot of love for them on BC.

Voted...

Eden got away with charging $1400 for it... [url="http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/discontinued/e300t.aspx"]http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/discontinued/e300t.aspx[/url]

I've gigged with him a lot. He's a lovely lad, and a hell of a fiddle player. Vinnie on kit, too. I'm very jealous. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HjsmIlUTZc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HjsmIlUTZc[/url] Good on him.. he's worked hard and deserves it...

AFAIK, the MPulse 360 is a scaled-down MPulse 600 - have a look on Talkbass, there's a fair bit of tonal comparison between the Walkabout and the 600 on there. I've owned the 600 and the Walkabout. I preferred the Walkabout, as it had inherently stronger mids IME, but they're both great, great heads. The Walkabout has its' flaws - no mute, hopelessly impractical post-everything DI, no speakons, but the main problem with it is... it's stupidly, stupidly, expensive. Like.. stupidly. Anyway, I've ended up with the Genz Streamliner, which IME has a real Mesa Simul-statey thing going on, and it punches like the MESA heads do. A lot cheaper, and a lot lighter. Something to think about...

I'm such a better player after watching that. Thanks!

[quote name='jonthebass' timestamp='1321538770' post='1440335'] They are matched well it's just the single coil J I'm not happy with. I really am in 2 minds as to whether to tamper with it at all... [/quote] You mean when it's solo'd? Tamper with it. What's the point of having a bass you're not happy with?

I would have expected a masterbuild to have perfectly matched pickups in it - that's disappointing. Anyway, I'd got for option #3 - that way you can get something matched, that's tried and tested.

FWIW, I massively had this problem when I was using the TC RH450. The D&G strings would vanish in the mix. I got a new amp, and the problem went away. Probably not relevant...

Happy to help, even if I am in a grump this evening.

Seriously, man - you can download them for £1.50 for the pair from Amazon...

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1321399859' post='1438828'] I know nothing about IT mate, I just know the site is pretty crap for me now. No blame, simply how it is for me. I can't imagine it's only me either (unless of course Ped ordered a Beedster filter with the upgrade - understandable perhaps?) C [/quote] Well, i just gave you an idea of what's involved - hopefully can now appreciate that it's not just a case of ticking a box or flicking a switch to make it work. It would be nice, but it's not how it works.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1321399283' post='1438816'] I've tried Michael. Now I'll take it as i see it; for me it works with 75% functionality 25% of the time. I fed this back via the relevant threads at the time and apologise for doing so again above. My reason for posting here (opportunistically I'll admit) was that I got the feeling reading the thread that whilst efforts are being made to add what I consider to be non-core functionality to the site, I still don't even the basics! I doubt anyone will miss my dubious wisdom anyway [/quote] That's just the thing - Ped & Co. don't really have any direct influence on what goes into the patch. The forum provider will release a patch / update that addresses bugs and functionality improvements based on feedback from the user base (broadly speaking). They might be aware of whatever is causing the problems you're experiencing, and the patch might sort it. or, they might not. All Ped & Co. can do is feed back these issues to the developer, with as much background info as possible, but I still wouldn't discount a local issue at your end.

To be fair to Ped, Chris... Basschat has been upgraded and there's no going back. Users have have had varying degrees of problems, and it's been frustrating, but more investment / effort on Ped & Co's part isn't really going to help. It's an off-the-shelf application, so assuming the hosting isn't an issue (which it doesn't seem to be, 'cos it's OK for some) all Ped & Co. can do is wait for an update to be released. All I can suggest is probably what's been suggested already. Clear your temporary files, try a different browser, disable your AV & Firewall to see if that helps.. etc.

Fab.. thanks for the update!

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1321395397' post='1438747'] It's confirmed to be fixed in the new update which is out now, so I'll have to see about getting it installed ASAP... Thanks ped [/quote] Hi Ped Is there also a fix for the opposite problem - i.e. notifications for every reply, do you know? Ta!

[quote name='pickle' timestamp='1321378264' post='1438474'] what are they? [/quote] http://bit.ly/sr2RFs

You can have some of my notification emails... I get millions of the buggers.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1321302630' post='1437611'] Maybe it is because I am a very hard player, but the top two on every Precision I have ever played have just wimped right out on me & I have had this discussion with many other Precision players over the years. [/quote] I don't really know what to say to that. I've had a number of P's over the years, and they're consistently the most even basses I own. Maybe it is a technique thing, or, as has been mentioned, make sure the pickups aren't too low or too high. Is your action particularly low? Could the strings be choking when you dig in?

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1321301679' post='1437592'] And my question is: In the intervening period, has anyone come up with a pickup, or a set of strings, or a bridge, or whatever that actually gets all four strings sounding even yet? [/quote] It's not really a known issue...?

It looks like this:

Hmmm... I can see it being used as a coward's way of disagreeing with someone without justifying it.

I only have experience of the Franklin (two, actually!) and they were both gorgeous tone machines. Extremely high quality.

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1321196933' post='1436291'] The general vibe seems to be that the E sting has a nice short run from the nut to the tuner, at a nice break angle downwards. The D and G strings go through the string retainer to produce the same angle downwards. the poor old A string is orphaned,with a longer run to the tuner than the E and with no retainer to maintain the angle of the dangle,leading to tuning and nut jump problems.(allegedly). [/quote] Ah, fairy nuff. I never cut the strings, so they are shoved right to the bottom of the trees. As a result, my A's have a nice healthy break angle. Angled headstock? Schmangled Schmeadstock.

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1321196335' post='1436282'] It would seem to be a simple ploy to equalise the break angles, rather than fix any inherent problem with said break angle... [/quote] Is there an inherent problem with the break angle? I'm genuinely confused...