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Just received some pickups and a control plate from Oli without a hitch. Cheers man.

[quote name='chris_b' post='355548' date='Dec 16 2008, 12:39 AM']Leo Fender made the first popular, mass produced electric bass but not the first, that was invented by Paul Tutmarc in 1935.[/quote] Pics?

[quote name='martthebass' post='356267' date='Dec 16 2008, 06:30 PM']Some basses have a default (either a push pull knob or a switch) to turn on/off the pre-amp. G & L L2000/2500 do - so if the battery runs flat you can switch to passive and it still rumbles. The Stingray doesn't so if the battery runs flat you get no sound. There's usually fair warning of this - the sound starts to distort. I guess different basses are more efficient with battery life; my Ray(s) generally had 12 months+ with weekly use, wheras an old Westone Thunder 3 I had was dead with the same use in less than 2 months. Always take the jack plug out of the socket when not using it - this drains the battery. No jack plug - no draining.[/quote] My Aria Pro II worked both active and passively at the flick of a switch which was handy when i did aforementioned leaving the bass plugged in. Are there many active/passive basses on the market?

It dont work when the batteries dead, it does when its fine. And dont do what i did and leave it plugged into the amp. It seems to drain the battery.

I feel slightly more intelligent now, and a lot more geeky.

I keep reading posts on here and on TalkBass when people are asking for bass recommendations a lot of reply's refer to the PRECISION in P-Bass meaning it is, indeed, more precise than other pickup configurations. Now im not even gonna pretend i know the first thing about bass, bass playing, or bass equipment but i thought the Fender P-Bass was the first guitar-style bass, and the precision name referred to the fretted neck being more precise than the fretless double bass of the time? Like i said, i know nothing, but this has been playing on my mind for a while (i know, i need to get out more).

Ive just bought a Digitech Pedal from LowBlow, he posted the next day and it was very well packed. Be nice everyone was this good to deal with with.