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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.

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.

Bobo should have worn this: As a tribute to The Village People.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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/

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!)

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.

No! But you do need this:

Yeah, well, specs doesn't happen to be a matter of opinion.

Sounds most of all like a very deep bass kalimba to me, even if it's a totally different instrument using a totally different principle. But very cool!

This is the way! You don't actually get a list of effects, for that the screen is way too small, but as far as I recall you do get to chose effect type/category (filter, modulation, distortion, reverb/delay e.t.c), then scroll through the effects one by one, with the foot switches, up and down, to respectively either the effect above or effect bellow the current one displayed, following the order of the effect list part of the manual (the one OP linked a picture of). The effect blocks mentioned above equals one for each of the 5 maximum number of effects it is possible to use for each patch, in the order they are linked in a given patch, left to right. Must admit I find the UI quite intuitive, but looks like I might be the only one here.

Well, some would call that a realization of actual reality. Though I'd imagine that some might find it frightening or disorienting experiencing it for the first time.

The who?

Remains this classic:

It does look amazing. Congratulations.

You had to ask to know that? Concerning...

The Cure :

I don't approve of murder, racism, or burning down ancient Christian churches for that matter, no matter the questionable history of Christianity and the Catholic Church's undeniable monstrosities, but this is a damn great song:

EMG Geezer Butler P pickup hands down! And not just for the price, an amazing pickup regardless of price. Not exactly a cheap budget pickup, but it's still one of the absolute cheapest bigger brand P pickups. 78£/91 Euro at Thomann. My absolutely favorite P pickup for a more vintage tone, for a more modern and aggressive tone the DiMarzio Model P, which cost slightly more, but still under 100£ I believe. But if you haven't got your bass properly shielded the Model P won't be completely noiseless, unlike the EMG Geezer, which is absolute dead quiet, even if you haven't got your bass properly shielded, as that one is shielded internally and got shielded wiring as well, with the ground running as a braided shield all along the insulated hot wire. Further more, thanks to EMG's solderless quick connecter system, the Geezer is extremely easy to install and doesn't require any soldering.

Not exactly that off or unexspected of a Yes cover, but just a quite original and really great one (I guess you could still call it kind of unexpected compared to the rest of the album this is on, since that is mostly sort of pop punk-ish indie/alternative rock), by the Danish band "A Kid Hereafter" : Love this version, and I actually think it is even better than the original.