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Cool topic! Would this work for coated strings as well? Here in The Netherlands there's a nice offer at Lidl. https://www.lidl.nl/p/silvercrest-ultrasoon-reinigingsapparaat/p100368743

Is the impedance enough for a Realist pickup? I thought you should have at least 1MOhm but the manual states that the input is half: 500 KOhm.

Sorry, my mistake... it's 1MOhm, you're right.

Does anybody know the input impedance? I want to use it with my double bass. I have a Realist Piezo pickup that needs like 1KOhm.

I had a dog named Bootsy! He was my best friend for 12 years.

Does anybody know where to get the Velvet Blue's? It seems the production stopped or something, I can't find information on distribution or production aswel. I live in The Netherlands, so any European link would be fine.

Just to inform you: I had the same problem and I got it fixed for just over €200. That's a lot less than a new amp. The guy at Westamp in Delft (The Netherlands) told me that those power supplies are a weak spot. But with the repairs done, further problems are unlikely to occur because the...

Very Cool!!! Thanks for sharing.

It has been quite a while... but the only thing I figured out is the strings. I tried a set of nickelwound Elixirs and that did a lot to the overall playability and sound. I also changed my amp. I went from EBS to Markbass and that also did some real miracle work to the feel and sound. It gave...

I have a Squier VM fretless that I equipped with DiMarzio's DP123's and CTS-pots and wiring. It's getting real close to the Jaco tone. But remember: it's not the bass, it's you! The bass just helps a little...

I'm really curious fot the result. Let us know, please. I might be the next one, droppin' a line to John East...

Try John East's preamp. I got one in my JB and it's absolutely stunning! I know he also does MM stuff. I never tried it, but I guess it hits the mark.

A schematic would be nice! I thought there was a difference between the 'classic' Stingrays and the later Ernie Ball-ones. So my 2-band bass is just the same as the one I had? That is hard to believe sound wise... So there might be something wrong inside.

I have a 2-band eq, just like my 70's one. But the sound is very different, like more aggressive highs at a lower frequency that the old one. I guess around 6k instead of 9k or even higher. Also the lows are not as focussed as the old one was.

Okay, it's a bid of an archeological dig-up... but I have a question that suits this thread. Since a few months I have a beautiful 1994 all blonde Stingray. I used to have one in the eighties, it was a 1978 or 1979 model. And just recently I discovered that my idea was right: they sound all...