Fender Reggie Hamilton Bass Club - Page 14

**nervous** · #**261** 10-04-2012, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuck norriss

I need advice: getting my bass rewired but the tech can't figure it out even w specs & he's good.I guess not good enough. It's complicated in there.
Where can I send my bass to have it rewired properly? Fender?

My advice is get a new tech.

But seriously, a couple minutes and Google got me this:

http://support.fender.com/service_di...8700A_SISD.pdf

What has it so messed up in the first place? Someone in there messing about?

chuck norriss · #**262** 10-05-2012, 10:53 AM

thanks he has that. it's the circuit board that's problematic I think the previous owner screwed with it--no discredit to the stupendous RH model. Getting bass back today, no charge. Tech also said he couldn't figure out pan/vol/stack/mid; my suggestion was if it's any easier, set it v/v/b+t/mid but I don't think he tried hard enough. F.

**nervous** · #**263** 10-05-2012, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuck norriss

thanks he has that. it's the circuit board that's problematic I think the previous owner screwed with it--no discredit to the stupendous RH model. Getting bass back today, no charge. Tech also said he couldn't figure out pan/vol/stack/mid; my suggestion was if it's any easier, set it v/v/b+t/mid but I don't think he tried hard enough. F.

I gotcha. Have you tried Fender to price a replacement board? That's a long shot but a call or email might get you there. I think a repair might be more trouble than its worth. Good luck and keep us informed with what you find.

chuck norriss · #**264** 10-05-2012, 01:28 PM

If this local GC or my valley tech can't do it ill contact fender. As it is now I'm only in active mode & no mid control. I'd like to have factory settings & I'm an EQ-head so it don't help to not be able to sweep mids. My compensation is the eq boards on markbass102P or an old Aguilar head & my stand alone Martin & Co preamp.

chuck norriss · #**265** 10-08-2012, 03:48 PM

Pan works vol works bass works. Treb mid & passive switch don't. I'll live, just annoyed. Again, someone took it apart & set it wrong. Not fenders fault. Still the best bass.
I went from flats to rounds but may have to go back to some bright flats.

chuck norriss · #**266** 10-25-2012, 12:54 AM

Hey Reggie heads I have a like new white pg from pickguardian if anyone's interested. It's the model that fits this bass specifically.

jlepre · #**267** 10-25-2012, 07:31 AM

So any news on when/if they will make the RH5 in a cheaper....um...LESS EXPENSIVE import model?

morrisonhendrix · #**268** 10-25-2012, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jlepre

So any news on when/if they will make the RH5 in a cheaper....um...LESS EXPENSIVE import model?

I opined that in another thread recently. Reggie actually posted after that and said he wished the same thing.

I also read another, older thread where he addressed this and said that he wished there was a MIM version or cheaper 5er, but that it was in Fender's hands.

jlepre · #**269** 10-25-2012, 09:39 AM

Oh...I thought it was mentioned in THIS thread. So many I lose track sometimes.

morrisonhendrix · #**270** 10-25-2012, 10:02 AM

Maybe it was, I can't remember either. I do know that I posted in another thread the other day and Reggie commented the same thing.

chuck norriss · #**271** 10-26-2012, 06:22 PM

The cool thing about this thread, you may already know, Hamilton will chime in. Now if we can get the other Fender guys w/ sig basses to do the same.

Reggie Hamilton · #**272** 11-30-2012, 08:29 AM

Hey Chuck,

SInce you're in L.A., would you let me take a look at that bass? Maybe I can fix it or get the circuit fixed for you.

khutch · #**273** 11-30-2012, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Reggie Hamilton

Hey Chuck,

SInce you're in L.A., would you let me take a look at that bass? Maybe I can fix it or get the circuit fixed for you.

Sadly, I think he has parted that bass out. I noticed the ad when most of it was already gone but he still had the preamp/control panel and I bought it since I have a use for it. The previous owner had done a number on it. The active/passive switch was not wired in correctly and the preamp itself was not actually the proper preamp, it was the one used in the other active Fender basses (MIA and MIM) so it lacked the passive mode volume control. In that state it was impossible to say how it had been wired into the rest of the bass but the problems Chuck reported were to be expected from what I see and the previous owner, not Fender or your design input, was to blame as he says. The preamp itself is fully functional however when you hook it up right. The only issue with the preamp is that the detent on the mid band pot has gone missing. Did the previous owner swap the preamp with one on another treasured Fender bass simply because he was too lazy to find the replacement pot for it to fix the detent issue? Based on what I know of human nature I would say that is quite likely exactly what he did. If someone had gotten to it before Chuck parted it out the proper volume and midband pots and some rewiring could have made it good as new.

It is a shame and I am sorry (even though it is not my fault) that Chuck got burned by this. It is no reflection on Fender or the Reggie Hamilton model however. I know for certain that someone swapped out those preamps, I can see the solder rosin on the input/out wire connections left over from the swap so I know it did not come from the factory that way. It is great of you to offer to help a fellow bassist!

Ken

chuck norriss · #**274** 11-30-2012, 12:39 PM

It's true I have sold the parts but only because I have a degenerated disc in my back which makes it hard for me to tie my shoes let alone wear a bass. I have to sell my Precision too.
However! I hold my ground: the Hamilton model is still the best Jazz on the list, & the best P/J on Fender's list. I would still be playing mine now if I had the juice.
Khutch, enjoy. Mr Hamilton, thanks for the offer.
Still the best thread in all of TB. Hands down.

Argonot · #**275** 12-19-2012, 05:19 AM

Hi. I'm thinking about buying a RH in a couple of months, and I've got a couple of "mere aesthetics" questions:

- Is it possible to remove de metallic control plate without affecting the knobs' functionability?

- How does it look without the pickguard? I've seen some models which have a strange rounded hole under the pickguard and I'm wondering if this is one of them (I dont even know if that hole is factory-made or some custom stuff)

This would be my first Fender and I haven't the chance of trying that.

khutch · #**276** 12-19-2012, 09:15 AM

You can remove the control plate and the knobs will still function. However they will be hanging loose from wires because there is a routed out area beneath the plate. So I think the answer to your question is no, you cannot remove the control plate. You might be able to paint it or replace it with another material that would look nicer to you.

I have temporarily removed my pickguard once to do some work and I am pretty sure that hole is there on this model too. It apparently is part of the factory tooling although I don't understand how or why. There is also a large routed area for the neck pickup.

I think what you want is a bass that is routed from the back and the RH body is not. There may be third party replacement bodies that would work for you but I am in no position to guarantee that they will fit all the bits and pieces correctly.

Ken

Argonot · #**277** 12-19-2012, 02:58 PM

Ken, your answer couldnt be more illustrative! Thank you!

By the way, do you know which kind of pickguard would fit the MIM RH bass (don't know if yours is the custom one)?

Actually, I like the pickguard (I was just testing all the aesthetic options, since they're really important to me) and I'm thinking about buying a couple of pickguards for customizing them but just dont know which one would fit that version of the bass. It seems fender pickguards should be carefully chosen because, for example - and as far as I've seen -, not every jazz pickguard would fit every jazz bass.

I'll take your advice of painting the plate too.

chuck norriss · #**278** 12-19-2012, 03:13 PM

True, a jazz pg's Precision-hole sits a little differently than an RH Precision-hole. Pickguardian makes pg's specific to the RH specs, but you can't simply slip a J pg on a RH bass.

khutch · #**279** 12-19-2012, 10:34 PM

I never change pickguards so I am not familiar with which ones fit a Reggie Hamilton. I'd look for one that claims to fit the RH basses as Chuck says because most of Fender's PJ basses put the P pickup in a slightly different position from all their other PJ basses. You'd want to get an RH specific model. Now, I've heard that some places will make you a custom pickguard from a tracing that you send them.

Ken

**nervous** · #**280** 12-19-2012, 10:48 PM

Pretty sure if you check the first few pages if this thread, or search this thread for pick guard, I had this specific info posted. I can't dig it out from my mobile but this has come up a couple times before.