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Who says that? I mean anyone who would would kind of not be up to date with the development for the last 10 years or so. Also I don't think Stanley Clarke would play one as his main if they were (though of course that is an Alembic, still however a short scale bass).

Class D amp with tube preamp, I suppose? If that's the case it's not exactly news. Also did you make this thread to generate Google hits?

Do any of you frequently left hand tap/hammer on the note ever so slightly, almost simultaneously, before you pick/plug it? I personally do it a lot, and I suppose it is kind of a faux manual way to get sort of a doubler or slap back delay thing going, but done right it doesn't actually sound like two notes, you just get a more prominent, but also somewhat much fuller sounding, attack, and it allows you to kind of control the dynamics of the attack part of the note both with your right plucking hand and left fretting, or in this case tapping, hand. I suppose in some ways it sounds a bit like a much less aggressive slap, it gives it more of that same sort of metallic piano like tone, just with a less aggressive attack. I don't know how much this has to say in the usefulness of this technique, but it might be worth to know that my main way of finger plucking, is really more of a stroke, with a slight inwards slapping motion, with the outmost tip of my fingers/nails (have to cut my nails to a quite specific length for this to work properly, too much nail and you get too much click, too little nail and you get a too weak and thuddy attack. Perfect nail length for this is the nail being pretty much flush with the top of the finger when looking at the back of your hand), rather than really striking or pulling the strings, really light touch, but with plenty of dynamic space both ways (both 1, 2 and 3 fingers, depending, and this is where I use the above mentioned technique in tandem, but beside that I also utilize classical acoustic guitar finger picking technique, as well as flamenco guitar index and/or middle and or ring finger flicking technique). Also I should maybe note that I don't have any audio samples of this, and you won't find anything documenting it on my SoundCloud profile either, as this is something I figured out relatively recently.

HoTone Ampero One

It is literally broken, as in two parts. Please do read my OP again.

Uhm? Thanks for your reply, but what I am asking is where to get a fitting magnet? That is one of the right dimensions (size). And as I wrote I don't care if it's an exact match to the old one regarding strength, as long as it works (that is not too weak or strong to work for a pickup on a bass to work properly).

I got a ceramic pickup that has a single flat long bar magnet attached under the pickup/pickup poles, but it is broken, so I am looking for a replacement, it's a standard sized neck pickup, anyone who knows where I can get one? I have tried Ebay, but I am not sure how to search for the right size and strength of the magnet? I don't mind that it isn't the exact same strength as the old one, as I have no way of measuring it, just that it isn't two weak or string to work properly, and I'd rather have a bit too strong a magnet, rather than one that is weaker than the current one.

Already posted pictures of the recent visual mods incarnation of my 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass in a couple of threads recently, but why not this as well, since it does fit the theme, named "Mr. Growley - The Noodlemancer" : You can read more about it, and the mods I made to it, here :

Not very metal though... If you could get an AI to make him in aluminum or something, or even better lead, since I assume we are talking about heavy metal it would be gold though. This is somewhat more metal though:

Seems highly illogical to me to get rid of an otherwise awesome bass because of unsatisfactory electronics. It's like selling a car because you don't like the tires that is on it (yes, I know nothing about cars). If you can't get the current preamp to work for you turn the bass passive and see how that works or get a different preamp.

The "Soused" album by Scott Walker and Sunn O))) (playlist containing the songs on the album in order):

Meshuggah Though his bass is tuned in drop B / F# standard tuning. That is B - F# - B - E - A. For playing an octave lower for older songs written on 7 string guitar, but unison/same octave with newer songs written on 8 string guitar, rather than tuning his bass ridiculously and inaudible flappy low down.

America Drinks & Goes Home - The Mothers of Invention

As already said the 4 lower strings are tuned exactly like a standard 4 string bass, and it features a 30" scale length, so same as a standard short scale bass, but with 6 strings, tuned like a guitar, only an octave lower, and with narrow string spacing like a guitar as well. The Beatles used it as a regular bass on quite a few tunes, whenever John Lennon or George Harrison had bass duties, instead of Paul. "Helter Skelter", just to mention one, is an often used example of this. And The Cure used it on most of their songs really, played by Robert Smith, but more as a melodic instrument. You can see him play it on pretty much any live shot of The Cure, or in the music video for "Pictures of You".

Most of these builds look amazing! Love your style!

I'd like to be able to do this: But it is completely and utterly unrealistic that I'd ever be able to learn it, even if I did a genuine effort.

I use a Turbo RAT clone myself, the Mosky Black Rat on the Turbo setting, and am extremely satisfied with how it sounds and how it blends with clean signal (via my Boss LS-2), and I am extremely picky with tone (the Mosky does have a darker tone, and retains low end a bit better than an original Turbo RAT), but I have no experience with the FAT RAT. Though if you want to try out how a FAT RAT works for you Joyo makes a very cheap but great clone of the FAT RAT, that as far as I have gathered only received positive reviews and general praise, the Joyo JF-21 Splinter. 33£/39 Euro at Thomann : https://www.thomann.de/gb/joyo_jf_21_splinter.htm Though I have always been told that the Turbo RAT is the best RAT for bass, cause it retains low end better than the other variations, but I am sure that comes down to personal preferences and taste, as well as specific application/context, and as said I have no personal experience with the FAT RAT (with both switches on the Stock setting it works as a classic regular RAT).

I love that one! Wish I owned one. It is such an original and elegant design. A shame it was discontinued way too early, because of.... well let's not offend anyone... But this is why we can't have nice things, unless paying more than I could ever afford.

May I ask why are you hidden away in a corner of the very back, behind the keyboard player? But since you are why couldn't you just sit down on a chair and play?

These are the always on effects of my "amp-less" setup: So a combination of several preamp stages makes up my "amp-less" tone, but I suppose the NUX Melvin Lee Davis Bass Preamp + DI being the main one.

Really I could see the FreqOut being used for somewhat more traditional bass playing too, the same way as people use synth pedals to sound like a synth bass. The FreqOut can be used for much more than simply emulating feedback.

Because I play a 5 string 28.6" scale bass, tuned in G standard tuning, as in 3 half steps above the 5 upper strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning. And I really play it more as sort of a 5 string bass/baritone guitar hybrid, or like you would a Bass VI type instrument. And I plan to use it with a TC Electronic Ditto X4 Looper pedal, as the main instrumentation, with a backing track of drums/percussion, and more flavor oriented additional instrumentation. And this setup will be used for my drone/ambient project as well. I also plan to sometimes use the FreqOut in conjunction with the Sub'N'Up, which is loaded with the Organ Emulator patch, and both those sometimes in conjunction with the Sample Sustainer.

Still haven't gotten down to rearranging my pedalboard, so I still use a temporary pedalboard free setup, consisting of just my always on effects, my dirt pedals, and my delay. But this is the most likely outcome of the rearrangement, using an online pedalboard manager (note that some of the pedals are placeholders, as some of the online app I used lacked some of my pedals): - The EHX English Muff'n is really an EHX Black Finger, tube driven optical compressor, though used more so as a tube preamp stage, with minimal compression dialed in - The XVive Golden Brownie is really a XVive Undulator tremolo pedal, though exclusively used for it's great buffer and never actually engaged, which are to be mounted under the pedalboard. - The HoTone Wally Looper is really a HoTone Trem tremolo pedal - The Mooer Black Secret is really a Mosky Black Rat, RAT clone - The Arion Stereo Chorus is really a Monarch MFL-22 Stereo Flanger (which is a rebranded Arion Stereo Flanger)

The bass sounds great, pretty awesome bass line too, though not my personal taste of music, but does sound good, despite the low quality.