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One suggestion: https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2015/01/hpf-technology-hpf-pre-2.html?m=1

Even though the body wood is light in weight, I still think that from acoustics point of view the stiffness is the main factor, not weight. Neck has to be stiff, and all connections between parts tight. Any loose or soft part or place is very bad to the sound.

The material does not have to be low density at all. If you do some search, you may see exotic wood chopping and carving under the top.

Someone said a while ago, that exotic boutique instruments are at the moment various and relatively cheap. On the other hand low quality Fenders have hefty price tags, thanks to Nirvana et al. If you are sure that 5 is your thing, go for it and take some time to get used to that fifth element. Remember that the string spacing may be different and there are several longer scale instruments in 5's and up. 35" is pretty common.

I had quite a lot of sound issues with my Modulus Graphite. Pickups are bartolini humbuckers. It was not the electronics, nor the bass. Several string sets and individual strings later I found that .125 as a B is good. It acts the same way as the rest of the set (SS 40-100). Others did not. I think I had .135, .130, and few others including coated strings, too, but no. Remember, that string works in this particular bass. You need to do some work to find your Grail. By the way, no dead spots... something you can not achieve with a Fender.

There was (or is?) a green Sadowsky P for sale here. Looks good - for a P.

I like Blackbird from Bobby McFerrin's album The Voice (1984). Although I listened Beatles quite a lot as a kid (the alternatives in local broadcasting company were obviously limited), they do not represent very interesting music to me. Eleanor Rigby is quite nice from them but also from Stanley Jordan: it is nice to listen to the song every now and then but please not every week.

The difference between primary and secondary battery is the discharge curve. Usually a rechargeable (secondary) cell has a curve, that looks a bit like a box: it can push lots of current and steady voltage but only a certain time and then the end comes very quickly. A common alkaline can push less current and the voltage curve is slowly descending. It is common that a primary cell has bigger capacity: it has not the space for the chemistry that is needed in secondary cells for recharging. So actually a bigger amount of energy in the same space. This text is a simplification but the basics are there.

Thank you! I tried to get it as close as I could hear it. And yes, there certainly is time to find the feel in the band context later on.

Our band decided to play this song, and I tried to find a transcription. No luck, so this is my approximation of the synth (?) bass line. I am pretty slow, so this took time. There may be inaccuracies, so please, I am open to comments and findings. We dont need another hero.pdf

@PunkPonyPrincess, yes the TEs look good , but I also see a pic that is taken in good light. Love it, so many others here are taken in a dark basement lights off...

A picture would...

Try D'Addario and string tension guide as a pdf. It should help you to choose right diameters for your tuning. Here you go: http://www.daddario.com/upload/tension_chart_13934.pdf

Thanks, I need to compare this to my trial. TABs are not my cup of tea, so may take a while. Let's see... No, I am not very good at TABs. I may be old fashioned, but I read notes better. This is my approximation of the bass line. We dont need another hero.pdf

Tina Turner - We don't need another hero. Have to do a transcription to the next Thursday rehearsal. That very probable synth bass has few peculiarities that take time to catch.

@Vinny spoke wise words. There are several manufacturers and their chemistries and capacities vary. I would always use a new pair of the same brand. Mixing batteries is the way to, well, you know. It is reasonable to use certain brand for some time if you want to know their exact performance.

I did some search and the HS (high speed) model uses faster slew rate opamps compared to that basic model. TL074 is pretty basic and cheap quad opamp, so upgrading them might change the behavior a bit. May belong to "nearly-audible-and-hard-to-hear" area but does not cost so much. Let's see...

Ask Geoff Gould (founder), Jerry Dorsch (neck builder), or Joe Perman (current owner). https://www.modulusgraphite.com/ It is probably pretty easy to figure their email, that starts with info@...

I followed your suggestion and now I am an owner of an 1140. Thank you for your advice. The cost was £140 - that was slightly funny.

If you buy a bass because it has certain pickups, your decision is strange. The feel of the bass including playability and all ergonomic aspects mean most. The sound can be tweaked via pedals and changing electronics, pickups, and strings. Ergonomics you can not tweak with electronics.

That TRS may have power supply in the ring. But balanced, who knows? Again, schema would help. Max Input Level: +4dBV XLR balanced, +10dBV unbalanced Phantom Power: +24 Volts, 6 mA This (from the web page) tells that the input(s?) has the Phantom and that the other input is unbalanced. Paper told us something else.

A class 2 calibrated meter costs reasonable amount of money, but a class 1 that includes periodic calibration sure is overkill at home. An RMS DMM has limited frequency response, so there will be lots of work to try to measure anything reasonable. RTA on the other hand may cost anything from tens of pounds to sky-high extremes. Buy an old Behringer 8024 Ultra-curve. Sure it is cheap and has tiny, but not an impossible display in it. Print that manual, you'll gonna need it. Measuring mics also cost anything from £50 to £5000. Your needs are covered with a £50 mic that has no calibration certificate. Why? Because I doubt the possibility to use an anechoic chamber. Horizontal and vertical placements are crucial - 1 meter is the basic measuring distance. Anything else should be normalized to that one meter's distance. Logarithms are your friend...

Probably the simplest way is to use unbal - unbal. As you can see from the unit's labeling, only XLRs are balanced. You should check, whether the 3.5 mm input is only TS, because it is unbalanced. If you use the XLR, then 1 is ground, 2 is hot and 3 cold -> solder 1 (from the sleeve) and 3 together and 2 to the signal/tip.

Sounds a bit like you believe that hi-fi systems have linear response. That may be the ideal in some circles, but not everywhere. A switch that overrides tone controls may have some hidden low end enhancer. Just an example. As we have seen in this thread, simplifications do represent nothing. Usually one single number is, what it is: a single number. Like: all basses with 4 strings are equal, aren't they.

What I hate in this live performance is how easy it looks. (Just joking...) To be honest, the laid back feel and the easy looking performance comes only through incredible amount of practicing. Anita Baker is lovely. I do like the performances of Oleta Adams, too.