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Michael Manring has been using piccolo strings for years on his Hyperbass There's a quick explanation and then a tune

Beautiful! Im very jealous!

I had a Zon Hyperbass. I really enjoyed playing it. I sold it when I realised I was never going to get a bass only gig in the East Midlands. It was an amazing bass and very very high quality. I do miss it, but I also know that it would probably come out of its case 2 or 3 times a year just for a couple of hours.

the 5 string 1005SMS is a multi scale only, so it needs the 6 string pickups… cost me £300!

Then you need 2!!!

Very nice. I'm a big fan of Mark Bass.

It took a couple of weeks for Bass DIrect to get them - I think they were just added to the next Hipshot order they were getting. Dead easy to fit - just swapping 1 bushing for another. If there is still a bit of room then you can use plumbers tape to fatten it up even more. Job done.

Position is usually measured from the Nut or the 12th Fret mainly because the actual saddle position can be massively different with different string gauge, whereas on a 34 inch scale bass the 12th fret will always be the same distance from the nut. The bridge base plate can't be used as different makes have different sized base plates.

Ricky did these photos to show the pickup position. Only a rough guide but it does seem that the Central pickup is far closer to Ray position than the basic.

I’ve got one. give me a mo.

i had not heard that before. Sounds plausible though.

Stratton does seem to be an unusual character. I did think it was excellent the way he gamed Spotify though.

I really like the shape but I'm not convinced it will balance well. The top horn is quite short.

Ooo Could you do that with a Stingray and the new Sandberg Central Ray-type bass?

Did you join the forum to just try to lecture middle aged men about what they should do with their money? Good luck with that.

You're a member of a forum that celebrates all elements of bass. From their invention / construction / development... all the way through to playing them and enjoying the music of others who play them. "They Live" was not a documentary. If that is what you see when should be thinking about things that encourage / inspire / please you, then you are not going to do your health any good at all.

I see. More gatekeeping. Exactly the sort of approach that prevents innovation and development. Not just of products, but of ideas themselves. With that approach we'd still be using stone axes.

You quoted the question. You continue to avoid answering it. You resort to ad hominem comments instead. You now attempt to move the goalposts by referring to the principles of advertising instead of actually answering the question which doesn't have anything to do with advertising. The question is: Is the active Jazz bass an "absurd bastardised" version of the traditional jazz? Are you going to answer that very simple question or are you going to find yet another way to avoid it?

They do - it looks great. I'd probably ask if the pickup could have a black cover though. I love that black & maple look.

The big one is a Sterling body and neck. The Short scale is a Ray.

And the origin of signature models often start with an individual artist's needs that once seen by the public thinks "I'd like to try that too" I get why EBMM didn't do a Flea model - because he played stock ones, so what was the point? Or maybe backstage there was an issue that Flea swaps basses live quite a bit and maybe EBMM wanted someone to only play a signature model in a particular environment at the time. Who knows!? Only Sterling and Flea probably. The Mike Herrara sig model is an odd one though - it's passive but still has dummy knobs to make it look like a regular 'ray. The pickup is wired directly to the output. Even the volume control is a dummy.

Ad hominem now? Really? I stayed in "school" to well beyond post grad. Why don't you want to answer the question. Is the active Jazz bass an "absurd bastardised" version of the traditional jazz?

Nice strawman about not being able to play like Joe Dart too. I think you complained about a strawman question earlier. Where did anyone claim that owning such an instrument would make them play like JD? Do you visit guitar forums to complain about the existence of Steve Vai Ibanez guitars? Or maybe even the Les Paul? You could answer the question rather than avoid it. Is the active Jazz bass an "absurd bastardised" version of the traditional jazz? No irrelevant quotes needed. Yes or no will do.

Are there pictures? I love Marleaux basses!

I think it would look very nice in a black stain. Not too keen on the bare look when it is such a light colour. I doubt it would get me away from my Sandberg J type though - well, not unless it's even lighter in weight.