What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...

[bnt]

31 minutes ago, itu said:

The point is that with the buffered mixing you get the sound of individual pickups, not their electrical interaction. No matter in which position the pots are. I see too many variables in hi-Z blend+vol, and the tone on top of that. 

 

EMG has a few circuits of which the cheapest are just pots. But their systems include active mixing, too. 

Yep - the EMG circuits are comparable to how analog mixers work: buffer / boost weak signals first, then you can mix them with less noise, degradation or signal interaction. The EMG pots are 25kΩ, vs. the 250-500 kΩ used in passive circuits. 

[tauzero]

4 hours ago, RhythmJunky said:

 

That was an interesting Christmas present. Was she under the tree or wrapped separately ?  

 

It was due to a Christmas card from the drummer.

[petecarlton]

3 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

It was due to a Christmas card from the drummer.

More please! 

[Stub Mandrel]

12 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

the noise be an issue, even with 6" of shielded cable,

 

Ah... but that's what I don't agree with. There are plenty of passive low-z pickups out there used in active basses and they aren't associatedwith noise issues.

 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

10 hours ago, itu said:

. I see too many variables in hi-Z blend+vol, and the tone on top of that. 

 

 

That makes it seem like you are arguing that less tonal flexibility is better.

[tauzero]

8 hours ago, petecarlton said:

More please! 

 

Unbeknownst to the then current Mrs Zero, I had started seeing the then future Mrs Zero, a former girlfriend that I had re-encountered 25 years after she split up with me (at her dad's insistence). The then current Mrs Zero (Mrs Zero 2) never came to any of my gigs, and so the now current Mrs Zero (Mrs Zero 3) came along to them and became friends with the band and wives. The drummer gave us (by hand) a Christmas card which said "To Mike and Kaz" inside, and Mrs Zero 2 opened it. It was at this point (rather than after Christmas, which was my original plan) that I decided I should move out and move in with Mrs Zero 3.

 

Ah yes, not-so-irrational prejudices: alcoholic wives.

[Woodinblack]

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Ah... but that's what I don't agree with. There are plenty of passive low-z pickups out there used in active basses and they aren't associatedwith noise issues.

 

Not low-z like the EMGs are though. obviously the main issue with those isn't noise, the main issue is that they would just be completely useless without a preamp / buffer, so why bother having an external preamp.

[petecarlton]

1 hour ago, tauzero said:

 

Unbeknownst to the then current Mrs Zero, I had started seeing the then future Mrs Zero, a former girlfriend that I had re-encountered 25 years after she split up with me (at her dad's insistence). The then current Mrs Zero (Mrs Zero 2) never came to any of my gigs, and so the now current Mrs Zero (Mrs Zero 3) came along to them and became friends with the band and wives. The drummer gave us (by hand) a Christmas card which said "To Mike and Kaz" inside, and Mrs Zero 2 opened it. It was at this point (rather than after Christmas, which was my original plan) that I decided I should move out and move in with Mrs Zero 3.

 

Ah yes, not-so-irrational prejudices: alcoholic wives.

I’m a three-timer myself. Finally got it right!