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I'd say you're on the right track. The GR-20 is quite easy to use and sounds very good. Also the "hold" pedal is very useful, at least it was to me. You might find that you'll have to adjust your technique, sometimes just landing your fingers on an adjacent string will produce a short MIDI note (like a "thump" normally would sound). This'll probably come by itself, but it's good to be aware of it. Setting the sensitivity on the GR-20 is also important, of course. When set right, you should easily be able to get a broad dynamic range from most preset sounds. What might be a bit fiddly though, is if you have two instruments with different electronics setup. I found that my Conklin with RMC piezos gave a much hotter signal on the GK cable, compared to my two six-strings with Roland GK pickups. I don't know if the GraphTech is similarly hot, or if it perhaps is adjustable somehow. The GR-20 doesn't allow for storage of different sensitivity presets for different instruments..... (perhaps the Axon does, I don't know.)

And synthesis implies that something complex is generated by combining several simpler parts.... so, a (musical type subtractive) synthesizer generates complex (that is, harmonically and aurally complex) sound from simpler components like sine / triangle / saw / square waves and noise, and puts this through filters and amplifiers controlled by envelope shapers..... but there are many ways to Rome, so to speak. Many other synthesis types exist.

For most applications I really prefer an old-fashioned quartz metronome. The kind with a big dial for setting the tempo. It doesn't even need a time-signature setting. Clicks are the best. Because they don't suggest any feel or style - that's up to me entirely.

I just recieved this before leaving for my Christmas holiday. So I haven't tested it out properly, only briefly to see that it worked. [url="http://www.tapcoworld.com/products/thump15a/index.html"]http://www.tapcoworld.com/products/thump15a/index.html[/url] It's a Tapco Thump TH-15A active PA speaker. I bought it after selling my big Eden / AccuGroove rig. It's cheap, and light wheight. Something to use for practice and small gigs. More on how it performs later as I get to use it a bit.

Yes: voltage, current, polarity seems OK. Does the adapter power only the EBS pedal or does it also power other things? If it only powers the EBS then I really don't know what would be wrong.....

I installed the GK-KIT-BG into my Surine 6-string. Look [url="http://hallgeir.no/bass/surine/gk-mod/"]here[/url] for photos of the installation process.

Is the power adapter 9V AC or 9V DC? How much current (usually rated in A or mA) can it deliver? How much current does the pedal require? Is the polarity correct?

Me:

Yes absolutely. I did a quick calculation one time when I was driving my car fully loaded with nearly all my gear. My bass stuff is insured for about 100.000 NOK. My car ('88 Audi 100 Avant Quattro) cost me 15.000 NOK

And greetings from another Norwegian!

Looks quite nice! How does it sound? And how does it balance on a strap?

IMO piezo pickups are great. They let me get away from the plain old magnetic pickup tone. Nothing wrong with that tone, but sometimes it's nicer to have something that's not quite so heavy and punchy, but more acoustic-like and natural. Both my [url="http://hallgeir.no/bass/conklin/"]Conklin[/url] and my [url="http://hallgeir.no/bass/surine/"]Surine[/url] have piezo pickups. Probably the under-construction fretless Warmoth will also have piezos. You can hear some sound clips [url="http://hallgeir.no/bass/sound/"]on my web page here[/url]. It says which ones are with piezo pickups. Go for good sounding piezos though - I've heard some that aren't so good sounding. My Conklin has [url="http://www.rmcpickup.com/"]RMC[/url] piezos and preamp, and the Surine has ABM piezos and a Bartolini buffer.

This all looks very good! I like the fingerboard in particular.