Recent content by JHRetro

This is the first time I've seen the ideas of "tension" and "flexibility" separated. Thanks for pointing this out. Follow-up: is there *any* relationship between tension and flexibility?

Thank you, @sunbeast for both your detailed explanations. I've not understood the impact of the resonant frequency and the relative resonant peak before. I've only ever had passive P-Style pickups and passive J-Style pickups, both with just one tone knob. Your explanation helps a lot with...

That's great to hear, and encouraging, and a little surprising given the discussions earlier on in this thread. Especially since you still have the NYXL rounds on your bass. Do you know if your 1506MS had the Nordstrom Big Splits on it? They were the pups on the 1505sms that were getting a...

A specific Low-End Capability Question about the EHB1505sms with the Nordstand Big Split pick-ups. Maybe it's a more a challenge for you to see what this bass can do. :bassist: I'm asking because in these 300 pages, many of you have debated whether the EHB1505sms can get a solid, round, low-end...

Thanks @squish, This is seems more straightforward than I had envisioned. I'll look into IEMs.

This is a great thread. I hope you all can clear some things up for me. My church's set up most days is this. Musicians: acoustic grand piano, me, vocalists, (occasionally drummer). Audio audiences: people in church, people on-line (live broadcast) How the sound is inputed: back of house...

Sorry, tonydean, I don't have any.

From what I have read, no. The Ultra 2 has a tone control that works in active and passive; Ultra 1's tone control only works in passive.

That's an interesting question. The bass I'm looking at has the maple neck. Thanks for sharing all of the information you shared in your reply.

This is really great information. Thanks BGroovy!

Can you play the Ultra even if the batteries die, or can you still play if you switch to passive mode? Thanks

I first played an Ultra (version 1) Jazz Bass in a Guitar Center during the pandemic and I really liked the neck. But the price was too high for me. I've played many basses since then and none have felt as nice (to me). Surprisingly, the price for brand new, version 1 Ultra Jazz bass has...

I found this here (https://www.talkbass.com/threads/ibanez-ergonomic-headless-bass-ehb-club.1488387/post-26751157) in post #3,474. Can anyone share the length of the EHB 1000s from strap pin to tip of string retainer? I've looked all over and am not able to find it. Thanks.

That does seem long. 6" longer than the longest string scale (32").

Thanks evs.