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A g-word goes to 82.4 Hz, and a four string to 41.2 Hz. That's one octave.

Only use ordinary F-M cables, and in case something special is needed, add these: https://www.thomann.co.uk/neutrik_na_3_mm.htm https://www.thomann.co.uk/neutrik_na3ff_xlr_adapter.htm

If those knobs are made of Al, the colour is inside the material. I'd be careful when scratching the surface. Slowly, please.

I was searching after a schema of the Alembic filter circuitry, but found something different. Well, an interesting product, I thought. After visiting few sites, the product or rather the price, is not interesting. All dentists, enjoy! https://basscentral.com/effects-pedals/alembic-fl-105-super-filter-pedal-on-order-eta-april-2025/

The maker did all work to cut materials to fit, stiched them together, and finalized the look (colouring of cut marks etc.). I am very happy with the results. I got that Italian thick and flexy leather from a friend of mine. Would have been an expensive piece, but it happened to be an excess from his bigger interior design work. The strap maker said she hadn't used similar leather earlier, but it was also a bit difficult, because of the thickness. The filler is felt. She said natural materials are functional for a longer time than artificial ones. Me happy.

I feel like you are pushing out a new transcription every hour, @Bilbo. For me a simple song takes easily two days, or more.

Ordered two custom wide leather straps with padding (both sides seen here). Life couldn't be easier: feels light, cotton and padding keep left shoulder dry and cool, the friction keeps basses in one place. Around £100 per strap (excluding materials) but that money was really well spent.

One you dream of? Never heard about GAS? And that the right number of basses is N+1? When buying a first bass, you buy something that looks OK. The second is something you think you like, and the third is the first one that suits you. When you find the right recipe, the Holy Grail is right behind that corner. Or the next. Maybe...

- big, known brand - 4 strings - 34" scale - years 1980-2020 Like a cheapo fender. Older are pricey only, because they are older, "vintage". Esoteric, multistring, small brands are bought by only few of us: Pedulla, Overwater, Ken Smith, Auerswald, Ken Bebensee...

Once a good looking lady came to me after our sets, and asked if our drummer was available for a meet. NO! was my immediate answer, and it would have been the same, no matter his marital status.

Maybe you could use something like wiktionary.no and create heavy metal band names that are and sound weird. Another way of creating a band name is to use some band's song, like: Who do you think you are. ... After a while this SW starts to sound like a password creator.

I am not quite sure, whether this is a feasible term here, but HPF could be described as a rumble filter. It is used in HiFi systems, especially with turntables. It cuts handling noises.

If @agedhorse and @Bill Fitzmaurice have nothing to say to this, there are very few left.

And adding a HPF to say 60 Hz, as well as a comp could help. Then you can cut excess from the low end, and push the channel better with a comp. It is not any louder, but may feel fuller than it is.

You make it look like this project would have been easy. Sure it is easy for you. Fabulous work!

How about a meeting with a local luthier for a pro setup? A wide strap might help a bit, too.

But as R&D costs as well as machinery have been paid decades ago, costs increase at a rate of inflation, or maybe less. Production costs are most likely as low as they can get. Of course there's always service work to keep the system working - every company has to do the same. The speak about "ever increasing" is kind of contradictory. From the finance point of view costs have became lower: compare the price of a Jazz bass in the 1960's and today, and include wages to make a real comparison. My uneducated guess is that you can buy a decent instrument a lot cheaper today.

Maybe they just try to get back to their roots, where low production price and cheap parts were Leo's driving force in production.

Who made those CF necks? I have heard stories, but it would be interesting to hear the actual place. I still doubt, that Patrice would have done them by himself. But every news is good news.

@tomread: I admit that it was my turn for few coffees... I have used your transcriptions with success. Thanks a lot.

If you can play this ATLHG, All the things you are, and maybe a third song, you can play every chord available!

Passion's treble can be up to very harsh, but with the semi-parametric it is very possible to push out very different sounds. Try for example bridge PU, +15 dB @ 80 Hz, and treble accordingly.