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Nope. Needs to be unplugged entirely, as the jack itself is a switching jack that completes the circuit when a 1/4" jack is inserted. In passive mode (which is not "off", it's actually just a bypass) it'll likely take quite a long time to drain, but, it will still drain, as there will still be a tiny bit of draw on the battery.
OK, now you're just showing off!
Other than the Dingwalls, I might be tempted by that MTD. That is spectacular just to look at. Probably the Foderas just to try one. The Contra 5. the others are beautiful as well, but by then my brain would be scrambled like Robin William's character in Moscow on the Hudson.
I agree with this. I have had MANY NG2's/NG3's/Combustions in my hands and yes, initial setup, while consistent, inevitably leads to a slightly different feel. Everyone has their own preference for setup and spending a bit of time can lead to a different feel. I have seen no inconsistencies in neck thickness from playing these although I did not bother to take calipers to them.
Safe to say, I'm quite excited. I knew from the very first note I plucked on the Super P5 that I'd found my forever-brand. Everything just felt, sounded and played right. I've never quite experienced that before, and I've owned basses from Yamaha, Fender, Ibanez, Warwick (four in total), Peavey, Maruszczyk and MusicMan.
Looking at pictures, I now notice this. Thanks! I usually prefer more modern/high output pickups, hence all my questions.
I've posted a good bit about one of my Operatic Metal theatre bands. We're (slowly) writing and tracking some tunes that at one point were throw away stuff -- they aren't going to make it into a final production, but, we decided to go ahead and track some of these anyway as a break from the rest of the theatre production process. Here's a short, super rough take from one of the upcoming tunes.
Dingwall Prima Artist -> Axe-Fx II -> Reaper
Ignore the sloppy playing (especially since I put the scratch bass take pretty hot in this)
It's pretty much all scratch tracks for that. Even the drums are pretty absent. Mostly just wanted to drop a small hint of one of the things I do
. We don't "play out" every weekend in bars and clubs, so I don't often get to post photos or audio of what we do (we try to drive people to come to the performances in the theatres). We have some other parts to lay down still and then sending it off for mixing. I'll post the final once it is here. The bass will be pretty far back in the mix -- that's just how this band runs on our recorded stuff. It'll likely also end up reamped at some point, as I'm not sure that tone really fits the needs of the song. It's just my "default" with the Prima haha.
I'd have to check the music to be certain but I'm pretty sure F# min.I'm having a hard time in finding a tonality/key for the segment that starts around 30 seconds in. It seems like bass and keyboard are doing different roots. Could you explain that part briefly?
Bass sounds great, but I'd go for a slightly warmer tone for that kind of music, to fill out the airier segments a bit more. Sorry if I'm sounding a bit harsh, it's just my music education mind trying to make sense of it, haha.
