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A bit late to the party but a nice job on the blog Bluejay. The logistics of getting there are beyond me but who knows, one day.

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[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1417984754' post='2625776'] Great for gospel though. [/quote] A wholly inappropriate derailing

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1417983227' post='2625750'] *Posts pic of can with worms coming out of it* [/quote] Toneworms? [URL=http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/dincz/media/Woodworm-infested-floorboards_zps2d1bcedc.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/dincz/Woodworm-infested-floorboards_zps2d1bcedc.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417981689' post='2625734']Even in the neck, the type of wood makes less difference than many many other things like strings, pickups, amp, fingers, pick etc etc . [/quote] I agree absolutely and would add pickup position in no. 1 spot. But if we're even considering wood, then I'd put the influence of neck wood way above that of body wood.

[color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Lots of threads about tonewoods and their alleged effects - but it's almost always about body wood.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Now I'm not a physicist, a luthier or a mechanical engineer, but it seems to me that a chunk of wood shaped into a solid body is near enough to rigid and would have very little resonance and whatever it did have would be at a fairly high frequency.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]A neck on the other hand is relatively slender and flexible and probably has significant resonance in the low mid range of frequencies (based only on a lifetime of knocking on wood).[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Am I barking up the wrong plank? Why the emphasis on body wood as opposed to neck wood?[/font][/color]

Glad to hear they haven't become tax exiles.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1417638430' post='2622607'] I'm not doubting their claims of zero capacitance, but the claim that there is no difference in tone regardless of cable length is clearly pants. Unless you're using it at almost absolute zero. [/quote] Absolute zero would relate to resistance. Cable resistance is insignificant compared to both pickup impedance and amp input impedance, so tone wouldn't be significantly affected.

After some digging around, it seems the "Zerocap" cable might be legit. The idea is described in this patent application http://www.google.com/patents/US8246384 Apparently it uses the "driven shield" principle which is already used in precision measuring equipment. Don't think I'll bother though.

Just found this. There's some kind of in-line mystery box. Total bollards? http://www.aqdi.com/zerocap.htm [b]ZEROCAP cables sound the same regardless of length?[/b][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica][size=1] Yes. There is no passive 'premium' cable that can make that claim. Say you buy a 10 foot 'premium' cable for club use, and a 20 foot cable of the same brand for large stage use. The longer cable will have [/size][/font][/color][i]double[/i][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica][size=1] the cable capacitance and will further murder your tone. All ZEROCAP cables have the same sound, regardless of length, as if they were not there![/size][/font][/color]

I've had a Behringer EPQ900 for a couple of years. It's solid, well made and so far totally reliable. Just don't take too much notice of the "900" part of the name. It's actually 580 watts bridged into 8 ohms.

Nice! Her voice has a lot more "body" to it than I expected.

I've only once had out of phase pickups and that was an accident. Tone is subjective but I can't imagine anyone finding this useful.

Very tempting but as is the case with so many preamps, they don't list the output level. "Line level" is a bit slippery. Will it drive a power amp? Will it drive any power amp?

Congrats to http://basschat.co.uk/user/5172-4-string-thing/

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1415219700' post='2598113'] 'Left' and 'right' make no sense when describing a circular motion.[/quote] Dead right! As rules go, this is as bad as they get. It only works if you're looking at the head of the screw. I'd guess most of us know which way to turn a screw to tighten it, so all you have to remember is that you're tightening something that counteracts string tension.

I'd say it's just a fact of life with electronics and boosting highs boosts hiss. On cheap preamps you might find they've used cheap opamps that can be easily replaced with low-noise versions. In this case probably not.

Thanks JPJ. The heat thing might just work - especially as I now realise the body is only contoured cross-wise and not length-wise so it's a simple curve. Pickup rings won't work unfortunately as you can see below. [URL=http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/dincz/media/P1000249_zps78a2f8e2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/dincz/P1000249_zps78a2f8e2.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

A 60's Vox Cougar which was my first bass bought second hand in 1970. It's currently under a friend's bed on the other side of the world but I don't think it would get much use if it was here with me. Sounds like elastic bands strung on a damp cardboard box - but then so do most hollow body basses to my ears.

Unless the BBOT is literally that - and actually bends when a string vibrates - colour me sceptical.

Should I forget it or is there some relevant magic? I've got some very unpleasant excavations where the original humbuckers used to live on my Mingray.

Agreed. The 4ohm cab would get 4/5 of the power leaving 1/5 for the 16ohm. Hardly worth bothering.

Not much to report except that I've reverted to passive with no controls other than a series/parallel switch. The SD pickup sounds so good in the new position that I'm having trouble putting the bass down and finishing the preamp.

There's a good selection here: http://www.musikding.de/ http://www.banzaimusic.com/home.php

I only turn my nose up after listening. Am I a snob?