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  1. BabyBlueSound
    What a lovely colour! I'd be taking this right now for this price if it wasn't a long cale. Good luck!
  2. BabyBlueSound
    I have a very esoteric theory, hope someone can clarify this I got a new ABY switch recently, it's passive, and there's definitely some slight signal bleeding inbetween the channels. Recently I hooked up the Sterling through this ABY to both my amp, and my audio device. But I noticed that even if I use A for Amp and B for the device, and switch it to purely A, there's still a very faint, quiet signal being recorded by the interface on B, so some A bleeds over to B and vice versa. If that's the case, I suppose the very slight bleeding goes all directions, so maybe my pickup was getting some input signal it did not expect? I really don't think this should destroy a pickup by any means, but this is literally the only new thing I have done since recording the same bass successfully in early October, when it sounded all fine. I checked the cabling and pots and they all seem fine and sturdy, but then again I'm no expert, and I definitely don't feel confident enough to rewire/solder myself. So I asked my tech about this whole issue and will see how he gets on
  3. BabyBlueSound
    Yep there's a switch, and it might be problematic, but nothing indicates that directly. It should not be very worn, I barely used it, sounds and feels right. If I push it, it does the same kind of distortion, just on a different volume
  4. BabyBlueSound
    The tone is something I have checked briefly but not in detail, did not hear any weirdness going on over there... I think I'll talk to my tech about it at this point and get this checked, hoping it's just some loose capacitor or the like (I checked that too the best I could, everything seems soldered properly, nothing seems loose)... Thanks for all the assistance, Everyone!
  5. BabyBlueSound
    Here's some comparison, the first recording is the Sterling, the 2nd is the Ibanez. The Ibanez is clearly much louder (-22dB on Sterling VS -15dB on Ibanez) but there's absolutely no distortion.
  6. BabyBlueSound
    It does seem like a standard volume issue at first, but I think it's somehow more related to the signal level of the pickup/bass. Again, I always used this same bass with the same pedals and same settings, recorded it before, and I did not experience any ridiculous rumble. I have a recording from this October where this does not happen at all. I love to compare tones, so swapping this and the Ibanez all the time is pretty standard operation for me, and this was never an issue before. And the volume is not actually loud. I am very far away from peaking anywhere, no reds or oranges, and even having the single Sansamp as my "chain" greatly increases the already present, but normally barely audible distortion (as expected, as it adds saturation). Again, my October recording is still proper clean. I can set the Ibanez to much higher volumes without hearing any similar distortion happening, and even then the clipping starts in the interface, visibly reaching peaks, not just making fart noises without visible issues. My current DAW peak was not ever louder than -16dB which should be way more than enough headroom. So all in all, the signal seems to become distorted as soon as it leaves the jack output of the Sterling...
  7. BabyBlueSound
    If there are no pedals and I'm just recording directly, of course the distortion effect becomes weaker, but the sound is still a bit weird. Like I have lost some definition and gained some rumble. The weirdest thing is, I have recorded this bass before fairly recently as well, and I never really mess around with the compressor or Sansamp, I just leave them at the desired sound I found months ago. I don't recall having any similar issues. I'm starting to think that's the case... I can also replicate the distorted rumble if I pluck the A string with some decent force. The issue is most prominent in Series mode when the signal is the loudest, but Parallel is not that different once I start plucking really hard
  8. BabyBlueSound
    Nope, it's passive!
  9. BabyBlueSound
    Something happened to my Sterling shortie, anyone has any idea what's going on? Example attached. The E-string (Elixir, not very old) is ridiculously distorted, no matter what settings I use (serial, parallel, etc). The same settings work absolutely fine with my Ibanez. I have done some recording on this Sterling not that long ago and I did not have any of these issues. All pedal settings (sansamp, compressor and HPF) are the usual, and again, the Ibanez does not distort, and I recorded both many times with the same settings, never having problems with one of them. I even thought maybe it's the pickup height (which was unchanged since I last recorded myself), so I lowered it to the very bottom, but the E string still farts. EDIT: It's important to note the gain IS set up correctly, there's absolutely no peaks, nothing's even close, I even halved the gain I usually record on, monitored it on both the Focusrite and the DAW, etc. DISTORT.wav
  10. BabyBlueSound
    I had to file off the plastic from the sides of my EMGs 😅 Does anyone know what electronic trickery it would take (apart from going active) to make it match the output of the P, if there's even a way?
  11. BabyBlueSound
    The Ibanez Talman shortie has a neck width just between P and J, and I find it very comfortable, not too thick, not too slim for fatter fingers. Also ticks the "must be cheap" category. I can't imagine that you won't like shorties. 😁
  12. BabyBlueSound
    I have recorded a basic tone comparison test where the Sterling and the Ibanez run against the Fender Fullerton u-bass (with some terrible muting, so yes, I am practicing a lot more since )
  13. BabyBlueSound
    ...or six. But finally done. Could have played a bit better, so umm "tone was my point" yeah 😅 This was recorded back in July so my mistakes are even more obvious to me after a couple months of additional practice since. But always short on time, so compromises have to be made... 😅 Planning to use all 3 in a proper full mix setting too, working on a cover.
  14. BabyBlueSound
    I actually constantly keep this video open on a tab on my desktop, and listen to it almost every day 😁
  15. BabyBlueSound
    Just finalising a basic tone comparison video between my Ibanez Talman, the short Sterling, and the Fender uke bass, good fun. Hope to be uploading it in a day or two.
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