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    Yet another rendition:
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    *Doh!* Double post...
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    Yeah, looks great, hella neck dive though I would suspect. Also personally I prefer the O-Bass in the orange finish and with the back pickguard (white or black pickguard for orange finish, white or tortoise pickguard for black finish).
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    Seriously, while I do like current Ibanez, they really ought to re-release some of their old classics, like for instance the Musician Bass.
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    "No picture, no bass" - Mob Barley -
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    Tension seems quite normal to me (image from OP): Fairly similar to that of regular D'Addario XL bass strings.
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    How about this one: An actual serious act. And the scary part is that even though it is way off my usual musical taste I actually genuinely love this!
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    Well, worked for me. And the pots I sprayed were really bad, but now works flawlessly and have done so for years since I sprayed them. I fail to remember the name of the product though, but it was made specifically to clean circuit boards.
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    Shameless self promotion: Hail Satan - Fjernsind
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    I decided to string my Ibanez Mikro Bass with Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings, threaded through cut off ball ends of old bass strings to not fall through the bridge string mounting holes, of the gauges .068 - .052 - .038 - .028, and tuned to tenor bass, A standard, tuning, that is as the 4 upper strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, which as said Stanley Clarke, for one, makes widely use of. And I love it! Obviously useless for filling out a traditional bass role in a band context, but as solo and/or melodic instrument, that is also viable for playing chords, but while actually still sounding good playing regular bass lines on, it is pretty amazing.
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    As The World Dies, The Eyes Of God Grow Bigger - Sebadoh
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    I found that I get a better tone from picking very lightly, more so stroking the strings, with a very light inward "slapping" motion with the very tip of my finger pads/very edge of my nails, but as said rather stroking than really striking or plucking the strings. It does require some practice to get the precission needed to do this properly though. But if anything you loose potential dynamic range by plucking/striking the strings too hard.
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    Could be something as simple as the pots needing a cleaning. Any additional crackle when any of the pots are turned? If so a fix could turn out to be as quick and easy as to spraying some electronic cleaner inside them and giving them a series of wiggles back and forth.
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    While wood does have some influence on the overall tone there is likely as much difference between two individual pieces of wood of the same type as there is between two random pieces of different wood types, add to that that neck and fretboard wood properly will have a bigger influence on the overall tone and I think the type of wood the body is made up really have a rather minor influence on the overall tone, not really in any way that within reason would be predictable or make sense really based on wood type alone at least. Personally I love how Ash looks though, and my Aria Pro II Laser Electric Classic that got an Ash body, while rather heavy, does have an amazing resonance. So I'd chose Ash.
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    Bobo should have worn this: As a tribute to The Village People.
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    Not going to help OP, as it is active and definitely does color the signal, but I am really satisfied with my ART Tube MP Project Series tube preamp and DI. And as a bonus you get a switchable HPF, fixed @ 40Hz 12dB/Oct, that really tightens up the low end when engaged.
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    Try searching for "Superwound 606 FFB strings", as that is what they are actually called, not "Six-O-Six". From what I could gather from the Google search I did using the above mentioned search string it very much looks like they are stainless steel wound, but not 100% sure.
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    I would run them into the effect loops of the Stomp, that way you can include them and place them where ever you want in the signal chain of your Stomp patches.
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    I am not going to waste my meth on cleaning sticky knobs, way too expensive! Though I am curious if regular amphetamine works as well?
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    This! Let's you make a custom set of strings at whatever gauges and length you wish/need, genuinely great strings at that too might I add, and even at quite reasonable prices. https://newtonestrings.com/
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    I decided to tune my main, a just 28.6" scale Ibanez Mikro Bass to BEDG, B standard, tuning, and really like it. That would be an octave higher though than the B standard tuning this thread is about. I might eventually go for 2 half steps lower, A standard tuning, which is called tenor bass tuning, but as said I really like it, and think I am going to stay here. Mind of course this is useless for standard traditional bass work, and more of a solo/melodic kind of tuning. Stanley Clarke for one utilize A standard, tenor bass, tuning a lot. (Edit!: Eventually strung it with Elixir Nanoweb coated guitar strings of the gauges .068 - .052 - .038 - .028, and tuned it to A standard, tenor bass, tuning, that is like the top 4 strings of a 6 sting bass in regular B standard tuning. And love it!)
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    Yes, 3.2mm makes quite a difference in feel !! Just think about what a 3.2mm difference would mean in terms of string action for instance. Or, to give an example that is closer to a 1:1 case, the difference in feel between the 42mm nut width of a regular P Bass and then the standard 45mm nut width of a regular 5 string bass. Quite a lot I'd say.
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