tauzero

Do you mean they're the base version of the full-power band?

Isn't using a fretted Jazz instead of a fretless Stingray enough of a difference?

I've made one of these. I'm still not sure exactly why, haven't decided on a use for it yet. To decode the keypresses, I'd use a MM74C922 encoder which will generate a 4-bit number depending on which of 16 buttons is pressed so you don't have to try to connect 13 switches to the Pico. Then you need to connect the switches between the X and Y connections like so: X 1 2 3 4 Y 1 C C# D D# 2 E F F# G 3 G# A A# B 4 C Fn1 Fn2 Fn3 That gives you 0 for C, 1 for C#, etc. As far as the challenge goes, it's difficult to say. Strict observation would give a Tier 2 fail on purchase of the MidiMuso kit, as that's where the intent to create a MIDI controller manifests itself in a purchase. Up till then you could have just been building a Mandelbrot display https://www.instructables.com/Mandelbrot-Set-on-Pi-Pico-ILI9341/.

And no taking your wife, either, in case she tries to outdo your girlfriend.

No, because it is you who committed the act.

One must consider two factors - the act itself, and any premeditation. In this case, there was no premeditation, so a prima facie case fails if that was the sole criterion. However, there is the act itself, and in this case, it was perpetrated not by the (self) accused but by his girlfriend (whether with or without the knowledge of his wife), without any direct solicitation by the accused and apparently without his intention being to cause the purchase. I think a caution would be appropriate, and congratulations on the choice of girlfriend.

She might be a bit cross about his girlfriend buying him a bass.

It's better than the alternative.

5A sounds like a cross between a foghorn and an organ. A bit like the spaceship in "Close Encounters". 5C is along the same lines but with several halls' worth of reverb added. Is it switched into bass mode?

After a little puzzling, I realised that you meant scratchplate, not fingerboard.

That might be simply what that patch does. I'll try it myself in a bit and see what it does.

The impedance of the Stingray pickup is quite low, that of each Ray4 coil is more than double. Connecting them in parallel and installing a 2-band clone EQ (Retrovibe Stinger or one of the DIY kit ones) would give a pretty close approximation of the Stingray sound - the pickup and preamp interact far more on the Stingray than on other active basses.

What appears to be wrong? I got caught out because you have to pair it twice, once for audio and once for control.

I was using a TC BAM200 (maybe 130W into 8 ohms?) with gain near maximum (blow clipping) but volume around 12 o'clock, 5 string bass with the EQ fairly flat and mostly quite well above bottom E. Nothing wrong with how it sounded - had only used it for 15-30 minutes, and I'd used it before with no issues.

You have my sympathy. It does point to that speaker not being suitable for, well, anything, except as a large and very expensive paperweight.