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[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1503911436' post='3361427'] That is because the sound of a Stingray and especially a Stingray 5 is contributed to heavily by the construction - the bridge especially with those deep seated bolts as well as screws and heavy mass, along with the body resonance (especially if it's an ash body). So you've got all of that as well as your vintage sounding P pickup. If you look at the bridges on the MM passive basses (Cutlass and Caprice - P and PJ) you'll see the bolts aren't included - when asked about this MM said it was deliberate and is part of the design to get a more vintage sound. Btw the weight loss may be to do with you having two defunct pick up routs and the pre amp/ multi switch rout - quite a lot of wood missing under that scratch plate now? [/quote] No more routing since the EMGs went in. Here is the weight of a 40DC and the MM5CS. The 2 pickups together weigh 0.8 lb !

I'm getting tons of clank from mine. Depending on how hard I play. Gentle = round full tone. Hard = proper clank.

Been playing it a lot this afternoon. Bass, Darkglass AO, Cali compressor, Amp. Really enjoying it. In 2 weeks I'll be back on duty with the local educational trust music group I play with and I'm looking forward to giving it a run with some big band tunes and film themes.

It was Paul_C who did the work for me. I only had the idea. I shouldn't be trusted with soldering irons!

It sounds brilliant. Ray spacing and neck, with Precision sound. While I enjoyed the EMGs I had in it (and the abuse for installing them) the Aguilar 60s pickup is lovely. Unexpected benefit- with the EMGs it weighed 9.2lb. Those are very heavy pickups. Now it's only 8.4lb !!

Sounds very different depending on the bass too. HUGE sound with my Urge 2. Pretty ordinary with my Marleaux - not a surprise though. If ever a bass was built for a clean jazzy piano tone, it's this one. That bass pretty much hates drive pedals of all types! Tomorrow I get my much modified Stingray back from the butc... err luthiers. It will be very different so I'm looking forward to trying it.

I played for about an hour at lunch time. I have come to the conclusion that Doug might as well stop making the other drive pedals. The AO rules them all. Just brilliant.

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The Alpha Omega arrived early this morning - early enough for me to play for about 5 mins before work. It sounds very chunky, but very defined. I've not played with the EQ yet, but I'd say there was a hell of a lot of sounds in this box. The Alpha side is stunning. The Omega side is a bit too mid pushed for me, but then again I was playing a Fender Urder2 that has a load of mids anyway. But that will be tweaked to taste with the EQ. The bite and grown switches have an obvious impact too. I usually run compression into drive to boost the drive levels, but I don't think I'll need that on this pedal - in fact the compression takes a little clank off the top, so I'm going to swap them round so the pedal remains fully reactive to playing dynamics, and then after the compressor can deal with excessive peaks Can't wait for after work now so have a proper go with some volume. I've just realised my Nano board, tiny as it is, has a value of about £800 with the board and the envelope filter on it too. That makes me feel a bit ill!

the HPF is amazing for allowing more low thump through. It's witchcraft! I think it will probably bump my Super Symmetry off the board.

Alas I got her to pay my cash into the bank for me so she knows!! Can't wait. Working late tonight in the hope I can skive half a day tomorrow to play. The Cali Complressor arrived already - what a lovely thing that is!

I didn't like the Lomenzo at all, but I really like my EBS. Even for low drive.

I sold my VMTD quite quickly. Just wasn't for me.

If we were on first our singer used to say "Thank you to the warm down bands"

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1502997399' post='3354986'] There's a lot of flippant comments on this thread... [/quote] Bravo!

Darkglass B3K Most people use it cranked I think. Personally I love it at low gain. Adds a wonderful quality. I even use it when playing big band!

I'm blaming all of you. I've ordered one. And it seemed a bit stingy to not order an Origin Cali Compact Bass while I'm at it. (Dear Wife. I am soooooo sorry...)

I'm definitely out of ideas then. Mine is one of the quietest pedals I've ever known. Even if I'm just using a 1-Spot and daisychaining a few other things. Do you do your testing at the same time of day? Is the tumble dryer on? Have you got an old and crappy lamp somewhere close? Do you live within the boundary of the LHD?

Weird! No idea then. Sorry. (Unless the Palmer only has 2000mah in total and the individual outputs share it in limited amounts?)

I like that a lot.

Get an isolated supply with sufficient current. I run mine either with a Gigrig Power Generator set up, or with the Warwick Rockboard XL battery power supply (the latter isn't isolated, but it's not connected to the mains either - and I only have that, a tuner and an EBS Sheehan Deluxe)

Right then. I have cash. But no local stockist. So I'll have to go to the bank and pay it in so I can order online. Damn you all!

I made the mistake of buying a Karnivool album to listen to while I cooked dinner too. Aaarrrggghhhhhh

Good analogy. I have a U bass, so I get that.

Thought that could be useful to us hacks!