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Michedelic · 2026-09-02T10:50:38-0500

5StringBlues said:
Hey, relax guy!

Sorry.

I know, I just couldn’t resist, however, considering how “reality” has gotten far more absurd than Parker and Stone’s satire(and painfully close), maybe not a good move. I got plenty of Traynor gear, I use old YBA and YSR heads for guitar, and love my SB500H as my lightweight bass go-to. Where’s your Radial product? The Bassbone is the nerve center of my bass boards, and I have a fair amount of Empress boxes.

Bob_Ross · 2026-09-02T10:49:45-0500

This question seems to come up a lot. As I wrote the last time it did (in this thread)

Easiest way to deal with a Blend pot whose rotation/pickup assignment seems backwards to your preferred way of thinking is to A) get a knob that has a pointer indication on it; then B) depending on your preferred orientation, have the pointer either at the 12:00 (facing up at you) or the 6:00 (facing down at the floor) when in the center detent both-pickups-on-w/-even-balance position.

If you want to turn the Blend pot clockwise to favor the Bridge pickup, have the knob's pointer at the 6:00 position for the center detent; now when you turn the Blend pot clockwise the knob is pointing at the Bridge pickup! And vice-versa.
If you want to turn the Blend pot counter-clockwise to favor the Bridge pickup, have the knob's pointer at the 12:00 position for the center detent; now when you turn the Blend pot counter-clockwise the knob is pointing at the Bridge pickup! And vice-versa.

And if your bass is wired opposite just reverse the above.

You're welcome.

littlebun · 2026-09-02T10:49:30-0500

57pbass said:
Bag End is celebrating their 50th year in business… this year

They are great. I used 4580 Gauss not 5480.

bandchef · 2026-09-02T10:48:58-0500

Guitalia said:
If any of that is inaccurate, bandchef, please clarify.

Sorry for the above misunderstanding. I have made mistakes by writing BOSS GX-100/GX-10. I only hav purchased and using a GX-1B (the blue one) and for this my question as above written.

Nuage420 said:
four cable method

What's this? The GX-1B do not have any FX Send/Returns.

J Wilson · 2026-09-02T10:48:44-0500

I prefer them with the center point 'up' and turning the knob as I'm looking down at it towards the neck for the neck pickup and back towards the bridge for that pickup.

I've had them where it was installed backwards to this. It's counter-intuitive to turn back for the front pickup (?!?!?), so the wires got reversed and the Disturbance in The Force ended . . . .

Reedt2000 · 2026-09-02T10:48:19-0500

Gravedigger Dav said:
Every bass I've ever had, except my Sadowsky, the blend know turns clockwise for neck. Why Roger decided to do it backwards, I don't know.

Because it sorta emulates a tone knob "up" for brighter, "down" for darker.

I don't prefer it that way, but probably because the myriad of other basses I've had with blend knobs work the opposite so its what I've become accustomed to.

prndltech · 2026-09-02T10:47:49-0500

If there's a F10dc 5 string at 8.5 lbs or less, I may be in for my first sire… Preferably 8 or less!

Pdaddy1978 · 2026-09-02T10:47:00-0500

All matter alot!

prndltech · 2026-09-02T10:46:54-0500

LadyLoveStingRay5 said:
The Fodera feel is the real deal !!! As is the richness , clarity up and down the neck, and the way the bass responds in your hands .
It's an entirely different experience from any bass I've ever had in my hands . They just sing with no fight or effort . If you barely breath on them , the notes ring out .

Your mistakes will be immediately exposed.
Some people like it, some don't.

That’s how I feel about my NYC Sadowsky.

atquinn · 2026-09-02T10:46:04-0500

I am used to clockwise point to the neck. However, if I was starting from scratch, I would have ended up doing it Roger Sadowsky's way, because this felt backwards to me before I got used to it

As others have written, it's easy to change to suit your preference, so no big deal either way.

Nebadon2000 · 2026-09-02T10:45:41-0500

IME I would bet on 'The World'

Shepsdad · 2026-09-02T10:44:40-0500

Started the month of September off by seeing the Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience last night in Nashville Indiana, what a great show!

mdogs · 2026-09-02T10:44:33-0500

5StringBlues said:
Aw man, you win the whole day! Nicely played!

HardNHeavy said:
LOL...my old guitarist in my punk band way back in the early 80's constantly quoted this episode.....cutting off Slausons...thanks for that memory

Going to have a hard time selling it on its own if I don’t first cut it off!!

aarono2690 · 2026-09-02T10:44:07-0500

Element Zero said:
96F right now but with this bass I have no fear.
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Do you have any vids of you playing that bass?

gerryjazzman · 2026-09-02T10:43:47-0500

I voted “1” but you might like it the other way if you are in the Southern Hemishpere.

prndltech · 2026-09-02T10:43:44-0500

Maybe you should send it to Sire… you almost convinced me to try one.

mdogs · 2026-09-02T10:43:29-0500

gln1955 said:
Depends.

Is this a big ticket item? Are you likely to get other offers?

A phone call or even some back and forth texting may tell you if this person is a problem child.

$600, but I had kind of decided that I didn’t really want to sell this anyway, but had taken the ad down yet.

ad9000 · 2026-09-02T10:42:32-0500

I have a K&M stand for my SLB-300, and the bass isn't really in the right position or height to be played comfortably when it's on the stand.

A little off-topic, but I got the idea from a post in an earlier TB thread to attach a piece of velcro (the fuzzy side) to the belly bar where it hits your body. That bit of friction really helps to keep the bass from sliding around.

This pic shows my playing position more or less, although seeing it from that perspective the bass actually looks a little high.

SoonerBill · 2026-09-02T10:40:35-0500

Major Seven said:
I actually knew a clown who put a v8 in his Vega. His daily driver.

There were lots of those. There were/are kits available to easily put a SB or even a BB Chevy V8 in a Vega. Same for a Chevette.

DaveDeVille · 2026-09-02T10:39:41-0500

... my 2013 American Fender Precision .

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gln1955 · 2026-09-02T10:39:22-0500

Depends.

Is this a big ticket item? Are you likely to get other offers?

A phone call or even some back and forth texting may tell you if this person is a problem child.

DownRound · 2026-09-02T10:38:47-0500

Annoying as heck hearing them now, and too old for them at the time, but once heard at someone's house, they live forever in some recess of your mind. But they were actually kind of funny. Irony for ten-year-olds, as with Bullwinkle. The best bit was when the crowd watching the race lamely yelled "Yay" - in unison - and then immediately dropped to silence whenever Tom Slick's name was mentioned. Spun off of George of the Jungle?

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allanhearn · 2026-09-02T10:36:31-0500

UntitledProject said:
There is no forward and back, is my point. A clock hand moving clockwise will move to both the right and the left. 9 to 3 is moved to the right, 3 to 9 it moves to the left. A knob moves in a circle, like a clock. If looking at the part of the knob closest to you (further from the floor) then clockwise points to the neck. If looking at the part of the knob further from you (closer to the floor) then turning clockwise points to the bridge. That's why the question references clockwise and and counter-clockwise in the first place.

jutty17 · 2026-09-02T10:36:17-0500

My Carvin BB-75 is backwards too clockwise favors bridge. I just thought it was an oopsie from when it was built and work around it. It seemed counter intuitive at first, but after playing it for 30 years, it just became "the way it is". My 2 other blends (Ibanez SDGR806 and Alembic Epic) are both clockwise to favor neck pickup. Fortunately, the Carvin is my main player, the others are situation-specific and don't need to change often, if ever.

JIO · 2026-09-02T10:36:09-0500

Ringhammer said:
Seems like this parallels the Bond Girl and Sean Connery's theme(s)… I wonder what the soundtrack for this series contains?

The '60s, especially mid-late '60s were totally spy-centric. The soundtracks reflected what was started by the James Bond series. A late '60s fave is by The Walker Brothers. Scott was offered the James Bond song gig but passed on it - he and Dusty Springfield were king & queen in the UK then and should have each done one of the Bond themes. Dusty did "The Look of Love" which was in the original Casino Royal, the non-franchise Bond movie later re-made with Danial Craig as Bond. I totally dig it, but I'm not certain Cherie or Kirstin would be interested in singing "The Female of the Species is DeadlierThan the Male"!

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