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  1. Mad Katz

    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

    The answer is no.
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    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

    String 4 in my case, there was a set of standard probes to check that with my tutor.
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    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

    Thank you for details. What we used to do at school was setting 0.3 mm gap at fret 8 while holding fret 17. Sometimes you need less metal noise from frets and tune the rod to achieve greater gap. I had experienced no issues with that on my JB for years. The headless carbon staff appears to lack...
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    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

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    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

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    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

    Yes, things appear quite complex nowadays). We have the anchor tuner which does not affect the neck curve , at least within the reasonable force range, qurious about the meaning behind that...
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    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

    Finally got in touch with the new gear which is certainly great in touch and sound. Had to fix the E string that was unproperly cutted and thus impossible to tune, no other issues so far. Does anybody know what is the anchor supposed to do with the carbon neck?
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    Anyone done this Audere Fender N3 pickup mod?

    The general Audere direction appears to be correct, most of the open pole pieces pickups are affected nowadays, especially in the city centers with excessive radio noise. Experienced direct audio detection on N3 from 2014, regardless of the preamp schematic. Came up with the N3 mod after a while...
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    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

    The instrument appears to be too precious to be sent overseas with the regular logistics at the moment thus traveling in a private way without any dates specified. So far happy with the photos. That would be very interesting to compare the sound with the existing one below.
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    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

    Thanx, there was a certain amount of communication with Martin over the last 9 months with the final delivery confirmation 5 days in advance.
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    Zon basses - is everything OK ?

    Shipped out of NA recently after some 9 months overdue. Gifted with Active|Passive switch on top of the specs. First unpacked on its long way home.