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I absolutely would for the second. Not the first as I don't like those basses, and short scale thuddy bass probably not so good for downtuned.

Is there a reason you can't or don't want to update to 11.5?

When I was young, it really mattered. Now it doesn't matter at all. I can't think of anything I would or wouldn't play because of the connection of any artist. I would certainly never pick an artist model, because it was that artist model, but if it wasn't specifically custom (ie, just a colour etc) I might if I liked it

The floor controller on those was absolutely massive. Played the bass (not with the controller), played well.

Well, I have certainly lived in worse places!

That is how it would be written yes, but I couldn't bring myself to do it!

Yep, was going to say, now every darkglass advert will say 'genuine pre-korg sought after model'

Rush have certainly written about fast cars, doing drugs and s**gg**g. Not sure about the sh**gg**g in fast cars while doing drugs, but probably cars that were stationary at the time, which is obviously much more responsible.

No. Not my number one bass. Or my #2 or #3. I would let someone I know play it while I was there.

My newer SR1000EFM has monorails

The X-Touch is not tied to the X-Air, it does makie protocol and a few others so I am sure it could be made to work well with other things. It has been great for gigging though - it is exactly the same footprint as the ABM600 amp to sit on top of it, and rather than trying to jab at the iPad screen when you are playing, just changing a slider is so much more accessible.

one of these: https://www.currys.co.uk/products/tplink-tlwr902ac-wifi-cable-and-fibre-router-ac-750-dualband-10173672.html weighs nothing, you can tape it to the side of the xr18, takes little power and is solid. I actually have 2 as I also run an X-Touch which is the mechanical slider interface for the X-Airs

The internal wifi always causes a strop, especially if anyone in the audience happens to have a phone! But with an external router (I use one of those mini usb powered 5gHz routers*) they are hard to beat. * I used to use one of those mini usb powered 2.4GHz routers, but then I got an XVive IEM, and the two do not like each other at all!

You are of course right, but due to the fact the whole processing is analogue, the latency isn't the same sort of thing as on modern systems. And the polyphonic distortion, first time I heard that on the GR300 I was in love. I would probably still buy one if one was around!

So you can do that with a 4 pole / 4 way switch. Problem is for most normal rotary switches, the number of poles * the number of throws should be 12 or less (so 3 way 4 pole or 4 pole 3 way). So you need a multi layer switch, which makes them harder (and more expensive) to find. You can get a 2 layer 3 pole 4 way and use that, or individual wafers, there are a few options, also stewmac have a 5 way 4 pole switch for just over a tenner that would do (you can generally block off a 'way') https://www.stewmac.com/electronics/components-and-parts/switches/rotary-switches/?pref_currency=GBP

The balance control won't work on series settings. Oh hang on, you dont' have any series parallel options between the pickups in your descriptions, so I guess you would.

He doesn't need to as the original roland guitar synths didn't do pitch detection at all, it uses the original waveform, much like the current SY series.

Its easier if you only have 4 way as you need fewer wafers. So you are ruling out the option of ever having either the J or P pickup on their own? Seems odd as that is the largest toneshaping option you can have.

Not something I would want to listen to, but I do love the external control box on the guitar synth. Also shows that latency of the original roland guitar synths wasn't an issue!

You are selling yourself short, if you can work out how to do it with switches you can work out how to do it with rotary, its just that it is a bit more effort and there isn't much reason to be bothered how to do it unless someone actually wants to, and until now, that never happened. Also, who the hell is going to remember what all the positions do on an 8 way switch - I know I wouldn't. Actually not 8 - 12 if you want off to be an option: sss, ssp, sps, spp, so, po, pss, psp, pps, ppp, os, op. technically also off off, but not such a great connection! At some point when I have litterally nothing to do I will work it out, or if the OP is brave enough to want to wire it As above. Sound gets converted in both coils of a humbucker as an AC voltage. If those coils are in series the output of the coils is both of those AC voltages added together. If they are in parallel the output is both of those AC voltages averaged. So the parallel output has a reduced output and a slightly softer sound. TBH, as individual coils in a humbucker are very close to each other, they have mostly the same sound, so parallel / series on a humbucker makes little sound change apart from the output level. However between pickups, the sound is quite different so series parallel between pickups makes a lot more of a difference.

I am the very model of a modern master, master..

I can do the wiring diagram no problems. However, its not something I would want to wire myself, even if you can get it in the body of the bass!!

If beethoven was such a genius, how come he didn't get many top ten hits huh? I always liked Sixx:AM, certainly their original stuff, and don't view them as naff, and DJ Ashba is a great guitarist, although unpleasant in most other ways!

No, its parts of Howard Jones 'What is love anyway'.

First time I have heard that - I don't think it is possible to be any more 80s! The riff after the chorus reminds me of something else, not quite sure what. And now it is bugging me!