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    My old S9 Precision I have had since 1999. It doesn't get gigged much now as the lacquer on the neck is starting to come off. The pickguard was cut into two by a previous owner because the jack socket was apparently 'dodgy' and needed to be accessed regularly. Funnily enough, I re-soldered the jack when I was 14 and the jack has been in perfect working order for the last 20 years... Definitely the most played, but the Sadowsky Metro is catching up as it has been my main gigging bass since 2010. If I had to sell all my basses, this would be the last one to go.
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    With the SMX, or any graphic preamp, I think that the best advice is to generally avoid boosting any frequencies below 100Hz. Boosting at around 100-250HZ gives the effect of adding Bass but at frequency level that your speakers can replicate. This allows you to use the amp at higher volume levels. Also, I would recommend getting a copy of a manual for an SMX. Here is one, though your own amp might differ slightly, but the principles of how Trace Elliot amps work are broadly similar. http://www.munns.info/manuals/Trace_elliot_gp75m.pdf
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    I love that.
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    I put a set of Elixirs on my Vigier last November. The B string is still really tight and crisp some ten months later. Normally I am changing strings every 6 weeks or so, so the Nickles are really saving me loads of money.
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    Price drop: Boss Chorus £40 plus postage Akai: £30 plus postage £60 plus postage for the pair of them. Probably my last price drop.
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    I recently sold a Sansamp Bass Driver to Matthew. A top Basschatter to deal with. Very easy transaction, great communication and prompt payment. Great stuff!
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    Lovely bass, 26 frets as well I see. I really like the look of the non-gloss open grain-style finish on the back of the neck. Very Warwick like all round. Very nice. Monorail bridges are very cool too, though I find them to be a pain when it comes to trying to dust the spaces inbetween the individual bridges. Congratulations!
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    Yet seemingly think it is perfectly acceptable to sand through a finish. I think that the additional costs is partially to cover the cost of the licensing agreement, partially to cover the cost of undertaking the additional work to make 'non-Warwick' shaped instruments and also adding in a decent profit margin. It just makes the instrument about £1k more expensive that ideally would be. However, at least the finishes are more fancy than the old Metros, at least when the finishes are not sanded through by accident.
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    Exactly, the Japanese Metro instruments had really good levels of quality control. The prices of the Metros went a bit sky high latterly, but when I bought my Metro the main comparables were a Fender American Deluxe Jazz or a Sandberg. The Metro came out top for me, which was impressive given I that really liked the Sandberg. Honestly, I was hoping that the price of the Warwick made Metros was going to be closer to the price of the GPS Warwicks, where a five string Thumb is just about £1600. It seems though that the Metros are being put in around £2.5k which is a very tough price point unless the quality control is utterly exceptional.
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    I really like that one. In a 'plus' point for the Warwick metros, the fingerboards definitely have a lot more figuring than the old Japanese Metros which tended to have very plain fingerboards. If I remember correctly, the hardware on the previous Metros was pretty much identical to the NYC line. I might be wrong though. Those definitely look like different tuners though. I'm not sure I saw many five string HPJ Metros though.
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    Absolutely, having members from all over the world is one of the best things about this forum.
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    The String Tension Pro site is great. For D Standard and drop C (the drop D equivalent when in D standard) I use the D'Addario balance tension 120-50 set (120, 90, 67, 50). I find the tension to be similar to a 45-105 set in standard. You might think that 120 for a low d is ridiculously heavy but when you look at the tension ratings they are actually pretty much in line with the rest of the strings. However, I think it would be pretty tight for a half step down tuning. For E flat tuning I would just use the 105-45 set you use for standard tuning. With two basses I would have one bass set up for DADG and one bass set up for standard tuning/E flat. If something happens to your main DADG bass on a gig, the E flat bass could easily be tuned down to DADG in an emergency.
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    Aguilar pedals and Mooer pedal sold pending. Only the Boss Chorus and Akai left. Feel free to make me an offer.
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    Boss ODB-3, Boss NS2 and Sansamp Bass Driver all officially sold. Dropped the price on everything else by £10, bar the Agro which I might still keep.
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    PM's replied to.
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    I actually prefer the back to the front!
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    Boss NS2 and ODB3 sold.
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    Me too being honest. A bit too bling for me.
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    That is a LOT more bling than the old Metroline basses. Actually that isn't really to my own individual tastes. Also, is that a finish flaw or cosmetic 'ding' above the E string?
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    PMs replied to. Tech 21 Sansamp BDDI is 'sold' pending the usual.
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    Various pedals that were formerly on my pedal board but have not been on it for some time. I don’t have original boxes or manuals as most of them were purchased over five years and five flat/house moves ago. I have priced the pedals per item. I am happy to do a deal if you want to buy more than one pedal. If you want to buy more than one pedal feel free to PM me an offer. The price does not include postage. I am in the Orkney Isles so postage to the UK is usually about £5 per pedal when I send them by Signed For 1st Class post. No trades thanks. At the moment I can only confidently ship to the UK. I can do more detailed up close pics of each pedal if you want. Aguilar Agro: Edit: was £80, EDIT: PRICE DROP £70 - (sold pending) I bought this new pretty much as soon as it was released. The pedal still works fine, but there are scuffs and signs of use you would expect from being used as main gigging overdrive for 5 years. Aguilar Octamizer: was £90, EDIT: PRICE DROP £80 (sold pending) Really good octave pedal. In better condition that the Agro as I only used it for about 6 months. I do a lot of downtuning so really I have never 'needed' an octave pedal. Tech 21 Sansamp Bass Driver: £70 (SOLD) I might regret this, but I haven’t used this in a couple of years. Scuffs and signs of use over the years. I still have the original tin box it came in so I will include that. Boss Bass ODB3 Bass Overdrive: £30 (SOLD) My first bass overdrive! Bought in 1999 and gigged until 2008. So yes, lots of signs of use. Still works perfectly because it is a Boss. Much more flexible than its reputation. Boss CEB-3: was £60, EDIT: PRICE DROP £40 (Sold) I bought this in 2006 and have never actually used it so minimal signs of use. Works perfectly. Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor: £30 (sold) Not used this since I started playing Sadowskys! Quite a few scuffs but it works fine. Mooer Bass Fog Overdrive: was £30, EDIT PRICE DROP: £20 (sold pending) Funky little mini pedal. Very hairy sounding. Not really used much. Sounds cool on guitar too. AKAI Professional Drive 3 Fuzz: was £50, EDIT PRICE DROP: £30 Really more of a guitar pedal. Essentially it is Big Muff clone but has three different settings. Thanks for viewing. Cheers!
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    We got offered an outdoor gig on 20th September. Even in a non-covid environment, the words 'Outdoor gig', 'Scotland' and 'September' generally don't do well together. We passed. Our gig in November has also been postponed for next year as the social distancing rules made it impossible for the promoter to put on a show that would even come close to yielding a profit.
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    If you find a way I would definitely be interested.
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    I am a traditionalist when it comes to labels, so for me a down-tuned guitar is still a guitar and a 4 string short string bass tuned 'up' is still a bass. There is a fair amount of interplay and overlap between the traditional roles of bass and guitar in lots of progressive and stoner rock where it is common to see a bass used as more of a 'lead' instrument. I would still consider a bass to be a 'bass' and a 'guitar' to be a guitar irrespective of what they are being used to achieve or what effects or tunings are being used. Whatever label the artist in question wants to give is generally fine by me as any new label isn't going to make the music any better or any worse. So in the OP's position, I actually think taking the name of the instrument and calling it 'Mikro Bass' would be pretty cool. If not that, then 'bass' or 'baritone bass'. I am sure I saw a stoner band years ago live that had two bassists and they described themselves as 'Noise Generator Left' and 'Noise Generator Right' on the credits to their demo CD. The description was apt, in a good way.
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    Well, I had an SMX and it had a 'blendable' solid state and valve preamp. However the 'valve' preamp is really just a single preamp tube placed in front of the solid state preamp and in my view was such a suble change that you could barely notice the difference in the mix. SMXs were available in 300, 400 and 600 watt versions I think. Really good heads and one of the classic Trace Elliot amps. I think that the 12 band series from the Peavey re-launch had a tube in the preamp as well and a tube as part of the footswitchable drive.
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