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Docduval · Jun 16, 2026

The 806 will sound a little darker, due to the wiring. Could easily fix that with a series/parallel switch though. Other than that and maybe the feel of the nut poking your hand in 1st position, it’s a great bass. Also helps it’s a lot cheaper than a ng3.

agrestic_sound · Jun 16, 2026

@carsonchilders Last night I had a 1966 Guild Starfire going into the OE ‘64 Black Panel into DLA2A. Simple. The comp brought up the noise floor on the OE, but in the mix it was one of those…Great Scott! moments. (Nerdy Doc Lloyd reference

) I was lucky and got one from the last drop of 10, thinking that if I needed to sell it I’d have no problem. Now it’s a matter of how quickly can I pay off my CC?!

It’s not going anywhere.

marcorfo · Jun 16, 2026

Sire U5

bassbrad · Jun 16, 2026

I have been using Elmer's Glue All for years to attach items to my basses including finger rests, patches and geegaws- should work fine with that baseball card. The nice thing is it is not permanent and can easily be removed. It is sturdy enough to hold a finger rest securely.

G Aichele · Jun 16, 2026

hf11 said:
I will be gigging with an Ashdown Studio 10 tomorrow eve.
My trio plays in a couple of small restaurants w/limited space and we aren't particularly loud.
I use a Behringer $25.00 Bass EQ along with it and a P Bass. A usable non-farting level /sound can be achieved.

I also gig with my Studio 10. My band is not unlike yours, but we generally perform in (fairly quiet) senior retirement homes. I bypass the Ashdown preamp with a SansAmp BDDIv2 directly into the line in jack. I really like the sound.

logdrum · Jun 16, 2026

GH05TF33T said:
No, just a spot where a label was a few years ago, it seems.

Do you have a telescoping mirror or maybe even better a gooseneck camera. Sometimes there will be another label on the top. With your luthier experience can you tell as id that top is carved solid wood or a ply

KevInDaBassment · Jun 16, 2026

Nice score!!

I still remember my first as well...used Ibanez GSR200 in black for $110. Non-original pickups but still had that bass boost knob. My older Ibanez SR400 PJ feels pretty similar, but sounds a lot better :bassist:

JAck19 · Jun 16, 2026

dmrogers said:
This has certainly been an enjoyable thread, with lots of good discussion.
With that said, every time I log on to TB, I see this thread and wonder what @JAck19 has decided on.
I would like to see a reply from OP, on where he is in the process and what (if anything) he has zeroed in on.

I'm just lurking on my own thread, enjoying all the redirects, hard left turns, and the occasional on-topic post

I still have the 1x15 Subway here. My flat pack for my W15GTi has been CNC'ed. I just need to get over to my buddy's shop to pick it up (and that's a LONG drive into DFW traffic :banghead:

. Have I had time to even practice/play? Nope. Life has a wonder habit of getting in the way when you need free time the most. The only practice I've been getting has been the occasional late night bedroom session through my Sonicake Pocket Master and DT 770s. I literally worked 'til 2am this morning. "Own your own business! You'll have so much more freedom!" they said. LIES! haha. Anyway, back to making that wall-of-sound money. If you guys don't hear from me by next week, someone come pick me up off my shop floor.

clayfiske · Jun 16, 2026

EllipsesSGrant said:
Many years ago I had a used 1979 (1978?) Fender Musicmaster bass, until it was stolen. It was natural or ‘blonde’ with a white pick guard.

I can’t find any old catalogs online to verify if that bass was offered originally in natural/blonde.
Does anyone know if the Musicmaster was offered in natural/blonde around 1979? Or was it likely refinished by the previous owner?
Would Fender have officially called that color natural, blonde, or what?

Unfortunately, I can’t find the one photo that I have of that bass.

I agree with tubedude. My first bass was a white Musicmaster. I wish I still had it. I got it in 7th grade, but by the time I got to college, it had yellowed.

LilacEnrgy · Jun 16, 2026

I stopped by for only an hour or so but it was really nice! felt much less cramped than last year, but the lines were still pretty long at many booths. I really enjoyed trying the new damnation pedals, amp grinder was the clear winner for me & I'm thinking about what it might bump off my board. red panda also very cool, I've been using the tensor for a while now and spent a minute with their wacky ring mod. I do wish more booths had basses, esp given that it's hard to find good bass demos of many pedals online, but I guess it's to be expected. part of me wishes it were coupled w some kind of show or mini festival, union's nice for that kind of thing and it'd be fun to see some of the gear present in a live fire situation.

micguy · Jun 16, 2026

J Wilson said:
I appreciate it, micguy. As you can see, I can use some educating when it comes to all this.

Thanks,

JW

Happy to help.

Chris Fitzgerald · Jun 16, 2026

I once found what appears to be a free bot in the post reports forum.

bknop · Jun 16, 2026

Mines the best with tube soul and a half watt of bone crushing power! Along with some vintage 8" and 12" frfr cabs. (kLH-17,Team Electronics Award 380).

Slade N · Jun 16, 2026

DishDive said:
I'm looking for someone to help me learn the bass lines for the Greyboy Allstars song Soul Dream of West Coast Boogaloo album.
Happy to pay. Just need someone to break it down into simpler chucks, go slow. Do it on video.
I've never done this type of learning before but willing to give it a try.

I've been playing for 20 years. Mostly rock. I'm trying to get into some deep grooves. This is my first deep dive. Hopefully more to come.

Thanks,
Andy

Try using You Tube, you can change the playback speed to slow it down

Ricky Caboverde · Jun 16, 2026

I think it’d be cool to document these.

Mine is #97. Alder body in 3-tone Sunburst finish, Madagascar RW fretboard. Weighs about 8.9lbs (which I guess is on the light side for these)

I’ll try to get better pics up at some point

DanAdams · Jun 16, 2026

FC Bass said:
Where did you get that from? I've never seen one and I've seen a lot

The 5 pin XLR on Alembic Series basses is for (unbalanced) stereo out and power in, these are still in production:

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I'll defer to you. I must be wrong. It's something that I heard decades ago, and that false information has stuck with me.

MonetBass · Jun 16, 2026

ajkula66 said:
Thank you for making the album available on YT.

I'm going through it right now and you've created some pleasant yet thoughtful music IMO.

Stuff like this gives me hope for the future of music in this upside-down world.

Thank you! What an excellent compliment.

JimmyM · Jun 16, 2026

Tmh2oson said:
Hey everyone, I’ve got a Carvin LB76 on the way and was wondering what you guys are using for light gauges?

I prefer pretty light strings for my 4 strings (.40-.095) so I think a set with those, a .120 B string, and a .030 C would be ideal. Thanks!

Agreed totally. Go too heavy on the B and to me it sounds as if it’s for a different set of strings.

Opherman47 · Jun 16, 2026

And they can be a mixed bag unfortunately. Check this thread https://www.talkbass.com/threads/sw...ts-looking-for-professional-opinions.1688012/

murphy · Jun 16, 2026

I am floored!!!!

Louis Johnson and Marcus Miller move over!

paging @bass12

pepj · Jun 16, 2026

Not sure. I'm often amazed that people use certain basses but do not review it in the band context. I hear this a lot.

On regular video reviews of gigs..on simple phone devices, it can be quite obvious that a certain bass doesn't work.
Sure, it sounds ok/pretty decent as a standalone sound but I have active J5's that, despite being a great bass, and sound good, just do not sit as well as they could.
Sometimes, it is minute eq on that particular song but also it can be just not the right bass.

This is the reason I'm selling some otherwise great basses.
The acid test is 'wouldn't be picked on a session' but not right on the gig either.

LyricalGrowls · Jun 16, 2026

Sorry about that. I viewed the page in an incognito/private window and it worked without problem. A normal window gives the membership plan page. Here's the info from the site:

BASS
Fender／Custom Shop Custom Classic Jazz Bass
Fender ／American Professional Precision Bass（プレベの音が欲しいとき）

AMPLIFIER
TRICKFISH／BULLHEAD1K（アンプ・ヘッド）
Vanderkley Amplification／210MT（キャビネット）
Vanderkley Amplification／112MT（キャビネット）
Acme Audio／Motown D.I.（DI）

EFFECTS
Darkglass Electronics／MICROTUBES B7K（プリアンプ）
ORANGE／Bass Butler（プリアンプ）
BOSS／BC-1X Bass Comp（コンプレッサー）
SUMO STOMP／SUMO TRON（エンヴェロープ・フィルター）
Electro-Harmonix／Micro POG（オクターバー）

Francois Blais · Jun 16, 2026

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/stagg-eub-megathread.344951/post-29274406

prec_bj · Jun 16, 2026

Empr Guillotine said:
The Tetsuo Sakurai Signature TRB-SII model was only for the Japanese domestic market and made in a super small number. Same with its predecessor, the TRB-S. You’ll pretty much never see either model for sale these days because of how rare they are now over 20+ years later.

So…funny story about this exact bass that is in the photos. I won the auction for it twice. And yet, I still do not have the instrument.

I’ve been looking nonstop for a TRB-SII for over a year now. Constantly checking all over the internet on a weekly or sometimes daily basis, setting up Google notifications for keywords in English and Japanese, etc. I even made a post here on the TalkBass forum as well as numerous other forums and groups indicating exactly what I was looking for.

So, this same TRB-SII in the photos on the post popped up for sale close to two weeks ago for the first time. (The auction listing is where this Meisam person acquired the photos and then subsequently made his post that the OP screenshotted on his phone.) I got in touch with the proxy buyer service that I use to help me make purchases in Japan; and after six days of waiting, I won the auction for the bass at a killer price. However, for some unknown reason, the seller cancelled all bids and scrapped the listing in its final minute(s). I was operating under the assumption that the seller did this because he did not get the ideal price that he had in mind and wanted for the bass.

A few hours later, the bass was relisted. And again, I got in touch with my proxy buyer and my bid was placed. Six days pass, and I watch the price rapidly skyrocket to over ¥150,000 higher than what the ending (sold) price was when I had won the auction the first time. It was immediately fishy to me because: 1.) you don’t see auctions (even in Japan) skyrocket that quickly, and 2.) I began to suspect that someone (possibly the seller) was operating a shell/secondary account to place bids and artificially inflate the price of the bass. The first time it was listed, it barely got any bids (like maybe 10?) before the bids were cancelled by the seller and the listing scrapped. The second time it was listed, it got over 60 bids. Again, it just seemed fishy.

So, at the end of the six days, I am alerted by my proxy buyer that I lost the auction. I checked to see what the sold price was, and I was shocked to discover that it was lower (yes, lower) than what my max bid for the item was. Apparently, the proxy buyer had screwed up. I don’t know how. I don’t know why. But they are refusing to accept responsibility stating that my max bid wasn’t enough when domestic taxes and domestic shipping was factored in. However, I had included an allocation of additional cash to cover all of that. And again, my max bid was higher than the sold price of the listing. I had everything covered from my end financially as the intended buyer.

So now, I’m livid. Like just unbelievably furious. I am left with a proxy buying service who refuses to take accountability for their mistake; and their mistake (or excuse, or denial of facts, or whatever) has now cost me the bass that I’ve been searching high and low nonstop for. It was right there within my grasp twice. I won it fair and square twice. And yet, I have no instrument heading my way. This whole fiasco just sucks. And I had better get my money refunded.

As a closing note: if anyone here is willing to assist me in my continued search for a TRB-SII model (or if anyone has a contact in Japan who could potentially assist me), then I’d be truly grateful.

hello, still looking?
I'm sending you dm.. please check. thx

Pier_ · Jun 16, 2026

most of my basses have strings with silk ends. my favourite of all is the GHS silk, because is the only brand that ALWAYS have silk at the same exact length.

with Rotosound, there can be even a centimeter in difference:

look, the A string is shorter:

New photo · Friday, May 16, 2025 📸

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another example, with the D string shorter:

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Rotosound RS77LD:

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sometimes they match:

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this is probably the worst:

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my only bass without silk is the one with Elixis strings.

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