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  1. Baloney Balderdash
    But then it would just sound like a lot of other basses having a humbucker neck pickup, wouldn't it? Also I don't agree, for one it is a short scale and semi-hollow body bass, which alone is going to mean that it will not sound a lot like just any regular P Bass, just because it features a middle position P pickup (which isn't even located at the exact same spot as it would on a regular P Bass, adding further to the difference of tone). And personally I am a big fan of middle position P pickups, and to me it looks great as well.
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    Hmm, looking at that photo I provided of the pickup the wiring doesn't seem particular fragile to me, but of course I haven't seen how they are attached underneath the pickups. And personally I'd prefer the modern shielded main pickup connection wire they are supposed to come with (that is a wire where the ground runs as a braided shield all along the insulated hot/signal wire), to vintage type cloth covered unshielded wires. Also personally I couldn't care less about the packaging. That one of the wires had come loose at arrival does seem worrying though in terms of the build quality, though that could just had been a case of being unlucky and it actually not being a general issue with these pickups. In any case I appreciate sharing your experience with these. And it has not scared me off still very much being very interested in trying these out. As said all I really care for it how they sound (at least as long as the build quality is decent enough, never mind how it looks).
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    Sounds like there is a back bow in the neck (that is the neck having a somewhat upwards arc), caused by a too tight truss rod relatively to the lower tension strings compared to what you previous had the bass strung with. Loosening the truss rod and eventually installing higher tension strings hopefully will solve this, though from what you tell there might be other issues in play as well. But at least I would start with loosening the truss rod and see if that solves it (remember to retune each time you have adjusted the truss rod). You'll know that it has the truss rod has been adjusted correctly when fretting the low E string at 1st fret simultaneously with the 17th fret, the latter with you pinky, and, while holding the E string down like that at 1st and 17th fret, stretch over and tap the string down right above the 12th fret with your thumb (on the hand that your are using your pinky to hold down the string down at the 17th fret), and you should feel an ever so slight gap, we are talking mere fractions of a mm, and hear a very subtle click as the string hit the fret (of course with all the strings being in tune, so that the neck is under the tension it would be under normal circumstances), which indicates that the neck is having an ever so slightly forward bow (that is the neck having an ever so slight downward arc), just as it ought to.
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    This! Also as far as I am concerned Royal Blood is a pretty mediocre off the mill generic boring rock band, though with an interesting concept, that Death From Above 1979 however executes way way better. What an absolute conceited bloated **** head!
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    My two favorite songs by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, from my favorite album of theirs "Horses in the Sky" :
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    How about "Dave Lord of the Gates of Hell in the 9th Kingdom of the Minds of Angels Who Dance with the Leaders of Men", then?
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    Buddha is not a divine being though, he was very much human, a human named Siddhartha Gautama, and according to Buddhism everyone is capable of reaching Buddhahood. Neither is Buddhism at its core really a religion in the traditional sense of the word, rather a form of life philosophy.
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    I need to get that green one! Unsure how I will get on with the 9.5" radius fretboard honestly, I really prefer a flatter fretboard radius, ideally 12", but just about every other aspect of this bass, from the looks, it looks just absolutely stunning to me, to the relatively tight 17mm Mustang string spacing, the great upper frets access, and of course it's 30" short scale length, which is the main attraction to me, I wouldn't even consider it to begin with had it been a regular 34" long scale bass, and, yes, as said, just about everything else, is right up my alley, and for a quite reasonable price even, that I would actually be able to afford. Love it! Thomann got it up for preorder as well, says it'll be in stock in 4 to 5 weeks, so just about 1 month waiting time: https://www.thomann.de/gb/squier_paranormal_rascal_bass_hh_swg.htm At an ever so slightly higher price though, but for someone like me who live in a country within EU it'll still be cheaper to order from Thomann for me.
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    Grenades is definitely THE problem solver for the modern gigging musician, it'll effectively deal with practically every single issue you are ever likely to encounter playing live music, like nothing else, all from crappy backline gear, crappy fellow band members, crappy audience, crappy sound guy, crappy venue: With the right assortment of explosives at your hand it is all never more than just one big boom and a puff of smoke away from magically being dealt with, for good!
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    It was of course a joke, but what I was referring to was Lars being responsible for there practically being no bass left in the mix on "...and justice for all" (if one is to believe the guy who mixed the album at least. Though does sound a lot like Lars, and fits perfectly into proving a point to the new guy who had the insensitive indecency not to be Cliff).
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    Ah, right, my bad, just had a look at the video again, and your mods does in fact match the instructions to what is referred to in this video as the second switch, dealing with the stock notch filter.
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    This video suggest another way to get rid of the scooped mids: Anyone knows which is most effective to get an approximate flat response, the mod suggested in this thread or the mods suggested in this video (the instruction is in the last bit, and it suggests bridging entirely different points/components with resistors of different value as well, as the one suggested here).
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    Was it Lars Ulrich at the desk by any chance?
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    I actually agree with you, it was stupid of me to take that bait.
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    This, the reply I quoted you for in my initial reply that started this discussion, unlike the other replies I quoted you for, not presented as an opinion but a fact, and very much part of what I responded to in my following replies as well. My argument and point with this whole discussion was that it indeed is described very well and on point. Also I find it strange that you just ignore all the arguments I presented and instead bait for emotional response, if anything you are the one consciously trying to provoke a fight, rather than taking the grown up debate (or admit you might had been wrong if that is where it is at). Just because I think you are wrong and present, I believe actual very valid and actually logically founded, arguments why, doesn't mean that I am attacking you personally.
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    Yet you claim EHX are wrong about calling it a distortion and they should have called it a fuzz instead, despite that is what Boss calls the pedal it is based on, which has almost mythic status as a classic heavy metal DISTORTION pedal. It has historical appeal and it is clear that this is the target group of customers EHX aim for too, calling it something else than what the original it is based on was/is called would be odd, if not straight out wrong of EHX. Seems to me it is you who haven't done a proper background check before calling out EHX for being wrong. Also I said i was quite certain, I didn't say I was 100% certain as a indisputable fact (though knowing the target group quite well I'd say I at least am more qualified than you in claiming I know what the majority of them thinks about the pedal in this regard). Not once have I seen any YouTuber or blogger call it a fuzz, even if some correctly have mentioned it's fuzz like qualities (I suppose because the original pedal this is based on was historically, and is still, marketed as a high gain distortion). Finally it's always a lot easier to call out a single point that might not have fully factual support than actually responding to the 100% valid facts presented in a given argument, it's called trolling and baiting, and I assume you did so because you know I was right in every other aspect, grabbing for straws.
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    The pedals it is based on has historically been used as and called a distortion, just as the original Boss pedal was marketed as a distortion, and still classifies as such.. And the whole main appeal is that it is an updated version of the HM-2, and it is clear that it is also market towards people who already like or are interested in the HM-2 and the history/legacy that it comes with (as a distortion!). Also I don't entirely agree with you either. I'd say it is very much a distortion, if a very high gain distortion with somewhat fuzz like qualities at its upper gain reaches (also I might add it does sound more fuzz when used with bass, whereas it sounds a lot more like a distortion and less like a fuzz when used for guitar). For me if EHX had called it as fuzz, that would have been a bit off to me, and I am quite certain for by far the majority of the whole main target group for this pedal.
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    As far as I can see the information that EHX provides on their homepage for this pedal is actual 100% factual correct. What part of the description exactly is it that you think that they got wrong?
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    I think what most fear regarding AI, at least people who actually know about AI and as it is in it's current form, is actually not so much the AI itself, but rather people blindly trusting and relying on AI, and in that aspect this would be evident proof of that that indeed would be a very genuine concern to have.
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    There you go:
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    I present to you my beloved Ibanez Mikro Bass, "Dud Bottomfeeder" (respectively the most recent shot, and a bit older but much better shot) :
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    I wrote a song with that title, though no basses, fish, hats or baseball caps included...
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    Accidentally stumbled upon this blog (when searching for examples of electric bassists utilizing classical upright bass solo tuning (F# standard tuning, two half steps above regular E standard tuning)), that evolves around the age old question of electric bass guitar vs. acoustic upright/double bass... And man what a load of bull... Brimmingly full of gloriously absolutely clueless misinformation, presented as fact, and the author even manage to contradict himself several times during the article as well (with conflicting pieces of misinformation). https://www.fuelrocks.com/bass-guitar-vs-double-bass-which-one-is-better-for-you/
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    An update. I am still in the process of completely rearranging my pedal setup, so the signal chain listed bellow here is a temporary scrapped down version, only consisting of the always on pedals that makes up my "amp-less" setup, and then my high gain distortion setup. This is how the entire "amp-less" setup currently looks listed in written form: That is: Bass -> Buffer -> Subtle Compression + Tube Preamp Stage -> [octave up effect, used exclusively in conjunction with distortion/fuzz]-> [modulation/various other effects -> dist/fuzz/OD] -> Subtle Reverb -> [reverb/various other effects -> delay] -> Digital Amp Emulation + IR Cab Simulation -> Tube Preamp + DI -> Poweramp -> FRFR PA Speaker And this is how the different parts of this setup look: The bass (though the knob nearest the neck is now red) : The pedals (the ART Tube MP project Series tube preamp is missing from this photo): The band jam/rehearsal / live gig backline (power)amp and FRFR PA speaker:
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    You can get a small box especially made for combining speaker in either series or parallel to one amp speaker/cab output, like this one, the Palmer CAB M Merger : Doesn't cost much either, a mere 26£ : https://www.thomann.de/gb/palmer_cab_m_merger.htm
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