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    Double Bass Help needed with AKG C-411 and battery pack

    I just received one of these from a seller off Reverb but it appears to be DOA. I wanted to check and see if there’s maybe something I’m missing. I believe it’s the C-411 L with the B-29 battery pack (not the B-29L). There’s no on/off switch on the battery pack or LEDs or anything to tell me if...
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    Double Bass Question on the Vic’s Pickups models

    Hi all, I’m looking at the model A (called Slap) which mounts to the underside of the fingerboard and the model B (wing bridge pickup) which gets sort of wedged into the bridge. Are these essentially the same pickups, with the difference being the model A is mounted with double sided tape? Or is...
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    Wanted AKG C411-PP

    Hey all, I’d like to pick one of these up for some experimenting, I figure someone has one sitting around. I’m in the Midwestern US
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    Need a lightweight, low priced combo

    I know it's been asked and I've searched, but I still have more questions than answers. I need a lightweight combo for small gigs/sitting in, but won't get buried on a bigger stage. I'm playing a short scale Fender type, the music is everything from straight ahead jazz to soul to classic and...
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    Which type of string is easier on your fingers (fingerstyle/thumb)

    TL;DR I'm guessing flats in general, but wondering how much tension/gauge has to do with it. Longtime guitarist, part time bassist here. I've got a Squier Jaguar shortscale. It feels OK as is but am getting gnarly overtones on the floppy E string, so I need a heavier gauge down there. Right...
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    Will flatwound strings get me these sounds?

    Hey all, I've got a Squier Jaguar short scale bass and am having trouble with overtones on the low E, so I think I need a heavier gauge string (I believe it's a .95). Anyway most of the music I'm into is '60s and '70s soul, funk, jazz, reggae, rock, etc. I was originally thinking of going with...