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Found this great article written by Rane Technical Staff in 1985:
- Cause and prevention of ground loops
- Interfacing balanced and unbalanced
- Proper pin connections and wiring
- Chassis ground vs. signal ground
- Ground lift switches
The article can be found here
A PDF version can be downloaded here
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not a bass diaries but very interesting found on the web today. a passive guitar bridge system that will always stay in tune.
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new family member since early 2012
- sadowsky nyc p5 (bolt-on neck)
- 5 string
- alder body
- olympic white
- maple neck w/ thin matte nitro finish
- madagascar rosewood fretboard, 21 frets
- sadowsky soapbars
- vintage tone control
- 2 band boost only eq (hi & lo)
- vol. / pu selector / vtc / stacked eq
- 8.65lbs
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here's an article written by ed friedland about dr strings with details, explainations and audio samples.
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the story is now updated with some audio clips there. check it out!
http://tree-style.com/about-menu/gears/230-westone-spectrum-lx.html
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Bought 2 packs of new strings recently. Let's see how they'll turn out
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- ampeg amb-1bc (black cherry) - the wife
- 4 string
- basswood body
- 3 pieces maple neck
- rosewood finger board
- 32" short scale
- bassline SMB-4a pickup
- aguilar obp-3 preamp installed in 2009
- volume, hi / mid / low boost&cut with switchable mid freq
- parallel / split / series pickup switch (mini toggle)
- top load / body thru string loading option
- weight - aprox. 7lbs
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my current/only fretless bass
*update on Apr. 2013, this bass was sold to a friend Stephen
- westone spectrum lx electric bass
- bolt on fretless neck, comes with extra fretted neck
- maple body
- canadian hard maple neck with position dot on the side
- rosewood fretboard, graphite nut
- 34" scale length
- westone magnaflux pickups (one split coil, one humbucker)
- 18v active electronic, can run in passive mode
- black finish including the back of the neck, black hardwares, the ninja bass
- weight about 9.3lbs
- made in japan
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my main bass since winter 2011. / Updated 2013-05-08
- fbass bn (bolt-on neck)
- 5 string
- swamp ash body
- transparent red finish
- 3 pieces maple neck, 4 bolts
- maple fingerboard with dots on the side
- bone nut
- 34.5" scale
- hipshot b style bridge, aluminum (19mm string spacing)
- single coil stacks pickup, humcancelling
- 3 band eq, boost only
- weight near 10lbs
- roland GK-KIT-BG3 divided pickup
- gold hardware