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Oh ..... cool!

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere else in the boiling pot of human knowledge but i just have no idea what to search for. To my understanding (and please correct me if Im wrong) a traditional passive tone knob works by cutting frequencies at whatever level you set the tone knob at. This...

I'm interested in taking a cruise contract over the summer since my gigs die down around then (summer is during christmas in new zealand) and my partner is going on a trip herself so ill be stuck at home twiddling my thumbs and practising and w***ing. I'm particularly interested in making as...

Khutch I'd be really interested to see how you get on with 5ths tuning on a short scale. I'm a cellist myself and have been playing my backup bass in cgda for a little while now. The tone is nice and clear on the 34" scale but I'd really like to be able to play it well enough so that it's not...

Cause I was scared I might blow up the universe. Thanks for your quick reply though! That's what I would have thought but I just wanted a second opinion from a more trustworthy source than the people who told me that.

Apologies if this has been asked before and I haven't found the thread yet. I have a MTD kingston 5 string and it has the usual active preamp with bass mid and treble controls and it has an active/passive switch in the volume knob. I basically never ever feel the need to use the active channel...

Just clearing something up for those who have misinterpreted, when I said "lighter top" I didn't mean lighter for carrying it around, I meant it would have a lighter top (sound board) or at least a theoretical bass could have a lighter top and less tension on the board giving it comparatively...

Hi everyone, I have no idea about the feasibility of acquiring a three stringed bass but I was just wondering about any advantages a three stringed bass might have over a 4, particularly if tuned in fifths (GDA) with an extension to a low Eb on the G. The main advantage I had in mind was...

Thanks guys :D

lol thanks :D anybody had experience with a 400 and a 500 who can tell me any noticeable differences?

Hi everyone, I'm looking at getting a christopher 403 "Prominence" model and I was wondering what the difference is between the 400 series and the 500 series. Is it just that the wood looks heaps better? Does the flame on flame-maple actually do anything for the sound or is it just chosen...

Hi guys, Does anybody tune their bass C(ext.), B, E, A ?? I'm keen to try it out so I get a much sweeter tone up on the higher strings. Primarily for arco but I imagine it can't hurt the pizz sound either. I like the idea of having a fifth between the lowest and second lowest strings and I...

I know there are some passionate opinions out there on strings and arco vs pizz vs hybrid stuff but I was just curious to know why people think pizzing on strings that are designed for arco work is so bad. Is it because of the sound through a pickup specifically or actually the sound of the...

Thanks! I've been trying to figure out how he gets such a good sound with pizz and arco and the more I find out about his setup the less it makes sense :hmm: I've heard a lot about people not going for spiros because their arco sound isn't very appealing but Meyer seems to make it happen.

Is it quite smaller then [EDIT: than*] most 3/4 size basses or is he just huge? And I'm curious about his tuning. Is it E(c ext.), B, E, A ??