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Originally Posted by VaSteve
What do all those knobs and buttons do?
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knobs:
volume/tone (stacked)
pickup pan
treble
mid
bass
switches:
active/passive
mid frequency (set by jumpers on the board)
coil split
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On another note, I saw this bass at GC with slanted frets all the way up the neck. I took a photo and I meant to post it here for you all to explain to me, but I never did. You all must know about it, but if not, I will find the photo... Is this a gimmick or alternate tuning or what?
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Probably a Dingwall (
Dingwall Guitars). I briefly owned one but didn't dig it. The issue they are trying to solve is that as strings get thicker they need to be longer to maintain a consistent sound. If you look at a piano, you'll see that the bass stricks are thick and really long while higher ones are thinner and shorter. A typical bass has a single scale length (34" being the most common) so the strings tend to have a different feel and timbre. It is especially evident with a low B. A lot of 5-strings with low B run a 35" scale to get the B more "piano like" in tone, but then the high G string can sound thin.
So the fanned fret system is a way to equilibrate the tone and tension.