Recent content by Xad

I’ve purchased five or six Mikros 😂 Most of them were intentionally temporary. I had a lot of business travel to recurring locations and rather than fly them back and forth I’d leave them stashed somewhere safe for my next trip. And then eventually I’d give them away to someone in need of a...

I have never been successful in shortening strings, but others have reported doing it at various times, sometimes involving heat shrink tubing, appropriate crimping, and whatnot, and sometimes quite successfully. I can’t recall whether @Greenstreet has used long-scale strings on his Mikros, but...

Strings that people have used on the Ibanez Mikro while I was paying attention. This list hasn’t been updated since 2023, so there might be other options. D'Addario Black Nylon tapewounds (ETB92S - Short Scale: .050 .065 .085 .105) D'Addario ENR71S - Half Rounds (45/65/80/100) D'Addario XL...

I use TI JF324s on mine, top-loaded. Works fine. Have had these strings on since 2019 or 2020! You can see the fat part of the E string and G string wrap around the post. Never had any issues on any short scale bass either these strings, even though there’s always a bit of fat string on the post.

Yeah, my normal settings are Bass 4, Gain 9, and Treble ranges from 4 to 7 depending on instrument and circumstances. Pad is usually on. The Mantle is at the end of my board, and I pass the DI single to mixer or recording interface. I have a Rolls ILC19 level control attached to the DI, so...

Love mine. I have three of them. One I bought for the church board, which I provide for the other bassists as well, one for my main gig board, and one for my main recording setup 😂:bassist::hyper:

Yep, they’re terrific. I have three of them 😂

I’ve had trouble with flats. Chromes, Dunlops, TIJFs. Also, LaBella and D’Addario tapes. I’ve had strings break from each set, in two cases a couple months after installing them. When I first got it I broke a couple strings out of the gate. That was a lesson learned and I thought I’d figured it...

https://www.martiansound.com/store Found the link tucked away in a guitar forum

I’m away from home and it turns out I misremembered. I bought the Hosa 274 adapter that @LowWay linked (the one with the mute switch) along with a short regular xlr cable, because I didn’t want the hosa adapter sticking out of the side of the mantle. I also bought a cable with a built-in...

Yeah, glorious indeed, and also annoying! So glorious that my signal chain is now just wireless > tuner > comp > mantle to FOH. And the comp, which was always-on, is now not even necessary, but simply a nice-to-have variant! But the *plop* is annoying every single time. And it’s not just...

I think the LAB sounds and feels fantastic. My main (ampless) working board right now is (after wireless and tuner) just LAB —> Mantle and then to FOH. Super simple, works great, and repeatably so. I also love the Becos Stella and the Mini Pro, as well as the SourceAudio Atlas. They provide a...

Looking forward to hearing the reviews. The manual says the Highpoint’s max ratio is 2.1:1, which seems really light. Wondering if that’s a typo?

I have the V1, but am intrigued by the V2. Is it hum-cancelling in the 2-pickup or 3-pickups modes?

I don’t have them, I’m afraid, but you can buy just the tracks You can also try looking up your order, if you bought it directly from them. Or contact them via customer service