Faithless

my bad, it's TRS then. I specifically have them made for this occasion, and I specifically requested balanced.

Thanks for detailed reply, Sibob. Well, as a matter of fact, I do have TS -> XLR cables custom made for running DI out of Stomp! I'm not exactly sure, how I'd hear it in this particular scenario? Thank you. Overall, I hear it kind of defeats the necessity of obtaining such a DI, merely because of the groundloop function it wins against Stomp's DI.. PS What a lovely board you got there!

I've found this stereo Radial JDI passive stereo DI available. Would that noticeably improve my active bass & Moog Little Phatty's live sound instead of using my HX Stomp's balanced outs? I know Stomp has pretty damn good outs already. If's it will give like 10% margin difference tops, I don't wanna bother. I play lots of live and I'm always afraid running Stomp's DI to get Phantom power fed and Stomp fried.. Thank you.

Hey there, Thanks for your reply, fair points I see. I currently only own a 5-Jazz which got me through everything. I was wanting to add something for a change, and I'm an active eq proponent, so this Bongo felt like a nice addition, but since that P+H popped out for less money, I started having second thoughts. Unfortunately, P's only four strings, and I'm a 5 player, and, considering everyone's impressions on it, looks like the MM5 is a better way to, at least where I'm going, which is heavy pop-rnb kind of stuff.

Wow, Misdee, thank you for such a detailed reply, exactly what I was looking for.

Well, it's a bit of a stereotype you 'need' this or that on a gig. I'm not doing studio work, I'm a touring sideman, and these days most of work is done on keybass, rather than electric. Actually, last tour I did, I didn't even bring an electric to it.

That's what I was thinking, Lozz, thanks!

That makes sense. With the Fender, I was kind of hoping to kill two birds with one stone, since it looks it got a H at the bridge..

So, just as I was ready to pull a trigger on a 5MM BONGO, this turned up to our local shop for around a thousand quid: It's a American Deluxe P with active pre, made in 2007. I was ready to get myself a MM5 Bongo (1400), but now I'm thinking, which one of these axes is more versatile? I'm doing session pop work, and I already have a Mayones Jabba 5 Jazz in my arsenal, so "jazz" side of things is covered - I'd like myself something different and modern at the same time. I'm not a particular fan of P, tbh, but it could be interesting for a change.. Opinions, go.

Could you elaborate on that? You mean the G string just snaps off its place at the nut? My Jabba was also prominent in G string issues (tuning peg, not sitting properly when mounting string)

I've had 18v pre's before - I remember them eating batteries for breakfast, but, yeah, they are very versatile things with huge headroom. Thats good. As for shape and colour, I like the quirkyness of it, though, this particular colour is infamous in my country (there's this old infamous singer/bassplayer, who got exact same bass, and everyone already says its 'his' bass.. )

What do you like about them in particular?