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    Is my fingerboard coated? should I change to flatwounds?

    Those are pretty blurry pics... it's sort of hard to see. Fhm may be right - it depends on where the holes are. Usually roundwounds tend to chew the neck up and you get elongated deep grooves - you can often see the little ribs where the windings repeatedly rub the fretboard. This is generally...
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    Under-rated/Over-rated bass players....

    I'm not gonna single anyone out for being Overrated, however - Underrated: Tom Jenkinson from Squarepusher:
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    Updating/modding EMOG BQC

    If you can match the specs, I'm sure you can find a stacked pot. Most EQ pots seem to be 50k linear, with some notable exceptions. Most likely something like this: Invalid Link Removed Just be sure - a quick googling didn't dig up the pot specs, but if you dig harder then I did, I'm sure you...
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    Which bass should I buy for tapping?

    Piano on it's side? I kid i kid!
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    Official ESP club

    Fair question. :) While a 3 band EQ may be able to influence the sound in a greater degree, I find that the pickup reconfigurations afford me a wider selection of different tones. For example, a single coil slap sound is quite different from a series-humbucker slap sound. It just "pops"...
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    Which bass should I buy for tapping?

    I have one - the damn thing weighs a ton, but it sits well on the body (I have a pretty slender frame). I don't know what factors contribute, whether its the through neck, the wood or the pickups, but the bass has a really big bottom end with a strong fundamental. The EQ can always brighten...
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    Official ESP club

    Hey Folks. I'm new to the forum, but here looks like a good place to start. I own several basses, but my LTD has been getting the most time these days. I recently re-wired it in a configuration which I've never seen anywhere else and thought I would share: I've torn out the old the old pre amp...
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    Parallel/Split Coil Mini Switch Wiring?

    Hey guys! First post ever. Sorry it's a correction. The Series/North Coil / Parallel diagram seems to have the South polarities reversed. This puts them in phase with each other. I wired it up like this and I could hear the electric tram's breaking through my amp up to a kilometer away from my...