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  1. Woodinblack
    There will always be people who can afford the crazy prices, so the easy way is just bring in cheaper ranges, so that people can buy that, knowing they are going to aspire to get the crazy priced thing later. Luckily with the second hand market being totally mad at the moment, it helps the new market to not seem so bad.
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    I also know nothing about chinese working conditions, although I do know American ones, which has 'At Will' employment, so you can be kicked out (or leave) for any reason at any time. I don't know if fender do or not.. Looking at glassdoor seems like the usual, good work, poor management.
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    US workers don't get to factor those in, whereas I would imagine that Chinese workers do get health and pensions, although I suspect average wages are lower.
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    Have never paid more than a £10'er for a 3 hour practice, quite a shock some of the 'good' prices here!
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    Because the EMG probably has a lower impedance than the fender passive pickups, you need a higher capacitance to have the same effect. What that value is you can either calculate or just experiment until you find the right value. I would start with what you already have, get another one and put it in parallel with the first.
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    Thats odd and not very helpful. Here it just follows the link.
  7. Woodinblack
    I spent a bit of time on the configurator yesterday, just in case I found a chicken, but didn't have any tabs and never had problems saving, but then I don't have an account either (even though I have a Maruszczyk!). What do the tabs open for on your browser?
  8. Woodinblack
    Some changes are good, some aren't, although if you have to hear it like the album, probably better going to see a tribute act then the original.
  9. Woodinblack
    Such proof is not needed in private sales here either - this was shop sales not private sales.
  10. Woodinblack
    Not here and not provable.
  11. Woodinblack
    Do the MRS5S bridge saddles allow for that much change? I know they can move a bit either side but certainly on the MR5HS bridge like on the EHBs, although you can get 1.5mm either way, that would only give you an overall change of 3mm on all strings, so changing from 16.5 to 17.25. I know on the 18mm EHB1505 I can get the spacing down to 17.25 at minumum (although obviously individual string spacing can be different if you want that) In answer to the original question though, if you have moved your string spacing from 16.5 to 18, you have moved both outside strings 3mm. Measuring on my SR to hand, the 1605 with nords, that would still be over the pickup poles on both pickups so wouldn't have an impact there, but the strings would be so close to the edge of the neck that I don't think the top frets would be useable
  12. Woodinblack
    Because it is an abomination and a crime against humanity Why doesn't everyone use 16.5? Because they are crazy, thats why!
  13. Woodinblack
    It is quite a bad move. i just assumed barts were rubbish, then I got the 5005 and they were fantastic - it gives a very bad impression. It also makes little sense, they must know they are rubbish, I mean there is actually no cost difference between a bad passive pickup and a good passive pickup.
  14. Woodinblack
    Yes, for anyone other than you. You are saying you played perfectly in time, thats fine, but you didn't need to do the experiment to say that, you could have just said it, it is meaningless as an 'experiment' because your 'perfectly in time' may not be perfectly in time to someone else, it is all perceptive in your head, I have known people wildly out of time who think they aren't. I have recorded myself and found I was too early by a few ms. All it means is that it is good enough for you, which is fine. It would almost certainly be good enough for me too as I have never had an issue, and still dispute it is an issue when gigging compared to standing 10 feet away from your cap either but you will never get that to fly in here as apparently it is different for 'reasons'. No, an experiment to be useful has to have objective results - so split the signal, put one part straight to a right channel of a recorder, the dual wireless and digital effects on the other channel and look at the difference there.
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    It does, but if it is less than 12ms, they wouldn't say 12ms, its a very specific number that you know has to mean 11.5! Unfortunately, 'perceptible' is as much use as a mesurement than 'less than 12ms' !
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    I have the 1505, the one with barts isn't something I would consider having had enough ibanezes with and without barts. I like it and I like the finish, although would also be fine with black too or even grey. Its a very useable bass and I like fan frets. As others said the strings aren't as long as other fan frets, I was very keen on getting a spector dimension but the price went up just when I had decided and then there was all the faff with the pickup. Still interested in the shorter scale one (unfortunately only barts so would need work) and the fretless.
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    Yeh, what they didn't say is that if you wait for too long you end up with a 9 week wait before your pedalboard is going to turn up!
  18. Woodinblack
    the NS:Stick has a lever to have a damper or not, which was useful
  19. Woodinblack
    I have used one - I don't currently because there isn't anything I need it for, but I don't see any reason not to use one if it makes something easier
  20. Woodinblack
    He did it well, can barely see the join!
  21. Woodinblack
    Have the same thing from ebay. It works, not sure I would want to use it live, but it is good in the house
  22. Woodinblack
    Thats a little irritating, been there, seen that, didn't get the tshirt. Was that 5 minutes away from a 5 minute away venue or 5 minutes away from an hour away venue? I did have that '20 minutes loading the car, shut the boot, phone rang' cancellations once which was a bit irritating.
  23. Woodinblack
    Its what I have and am happy with - but it is all back on this thread.
  24. Woodinblack
    Oh that. Well, within a post, all posts are sequential in order, because that is the way that conversations work, and it would be a bit confusing if that was backwards. However, within a forum the default sorting is most recent (although you can change that order if you like) because it makes more sense that way. As I said, you can change the order of the forum posts if you want, you can't change the order within a thread though.
  25. Woodinblack
    You find a bass you like in the marketplace and send a message to the person selling it
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