Woodinblack

I have one as a replacement in an ibanez 5005 as the preamp was half dead. Its been a pretty good replacement, it is quiet and versatile. I am pretty happy with it.

Probably mostly his own. In my book, someone dies in the band, tour is off, there isn't really much of an option beyond that. On the OP, its only later (in fact after this thread started) that I really got to hear some of entwhistles lines, as I had to do who covers. I still don't like the Who, but some of the bass lines are fun to do.

I thought the FI was great, and very powerful, but for a gigging situation, the only one on my board is the SY200

But pretty hard to work out as you would also need the r / c network of the lead and amplifier input for the given amplifier. All in all I am not sure what you would be gaining for any of this compared to one pre-amp with a bass boost!

I guess that base wood seems a bit light for walnut, it was around the time they were doing them. Must be just a mudburst!

I cancelled a practice for the first time due to covid, but the advantage is, the next gig isnt until next week, so hopefully should be free by then!

Isnt that one of the late 70s walnut P Basses? The bodies later on went on to be the first used in the P Bass ultras / ultra IIs at the end of the 70s

To be the pedant, the pickup sees the vol as max 500k or less, with the 1M resistor (assuming you have not plugged the other side of the pot into something) and you are just measuring with a theoretical infinite measuring tool.

Nighmare. Glad our singer is good at dealing with those guys. The last gig I had there was a drunk guy who wanted to play the drum kit, he was trying to crash through and I said 'look, I am still trying to set up and there are leads everywhere which I need to sort out so can you come back later' and he looked at me and said 'that was the nicest f*** off I have ever had' and wandered off quite happy.

Seems to be variably priced, shame I missed this earlier, it is now on offer for £119, reduced from 150. I guess I will wait for the next reduction!

Its odd that there is noone that ships them, even if they don't ship themselves. If all you want is a bass boost, is it important the method it uses to provide that? I mean does it have to be impedance switching, can it not just be a bass boost, which pretty well any preamp does?

the answer is not no, the answer to the question "can the impedance switching be done in a passive circuit is no". It could be done actively.

Not in a passive thing. Well, I guess you could have two volume pots and a switch between them, although it would still depend on what the impedance of your amp was, and you would have to have 2 redundant volumes, which doesn't sound like a great idea. I suppose it could be a custom dual gang hand made pot, with a swtich between them, and then being careful that you picked the right amp (and get rid of the tone). Basically not practical.

I blame everyone on here for my purchase of one. However, I can say that unlike some of the other things I have got just from being here, there are no regrets with the ABM.

It was for me the first couple of times I went there, I assumed they were shut.

Where do you even get Auderes from around here?

If you use two bolts on the pot, one below and one above, you can make sure the minimum amount of the control is above and it will fit better.

TBH - can't you just not use the controls at all? Almost all of my basses are active, but I never really need to fiddle with the controls, apart from the volume and balance

J-Retro deluxe doesn't

Do the John Easy preamps fit there? Or does the stacked controls still give you problems?

If bassdirect is on your doorstep might as well go there, just so you can get some idea what they are like.

Indeed, but not just a roll off, quite boosted in the mid bass. Ultimately I think it is something you would need to compensate for in your amp, unless you have a markbass amp, where it already I assume is.

Yeh, looks ok, but if it was down to my money (and it almost was), the first pulse looks amazing, this one looks good.

I do like my new spector, and I can see it has a lot of familiarity with the SR, apart from the weight (and remembering the 1605 was cancelled quickly as it was so light it was head heavy). I haven't tried the Spector live yet, but honestly the SR would still be the first one out of the burning building!

Very mid and bass heavy, although this was not running from a markbass amplifier. It was noticably a bass speaker in a way that none of the other speakers we tested were