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Guitalia · Aug 19, 2026

J Wilson said:
I just hate it when it's too true to be good.

George Bernard Shaw wrote that play at age 78.

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dave64o · Aug 19, 2026

I never used an Expedition but I have a Voyager I like a lot. I have a few nicer gig bags and that's my second favorite. The Access Stage 5 is a GREAT gig bag,, my favorite, but it is pretty pricey. But the Voyager is still pretty nice.

I liked the old Continental Voyager even better than the Voyager, but I was a dope and sold that along with the bass I was keeping in it a while back. :banghead:

dave64o · Aug 19, 2026

I've been using a Rock 'n Roller for several years and, though it's not perfect, I do like it a lot.

Actually, I bought it when we were moving our son into and out of his college dorm and apartments about 12 years ago. I wasn't a gigging musician at that point but It was extremely useful for that. Turns out it's useful for lugging equipment to gigs, too!

Ketbass · Aug 19, 2026

I have Helicore Orchestrals on my E and A and Spircore Weichs for the D and G. Both bow well, (Probably better than I do), but also it depends on what EUB you’re using. @logdrum puts it well to really stick with a string combo for at least a year to understand how your EUB behaves.

henryjurstin13 · Aug 19, 2026

Fixed the crazy casters…. Found a couple absolutely perfect washers in my hardware stash, and added an extra lock nut on each one. The original washers were pulling through the holes, instead of pull up tight against the wood.

P. Aaron · Aug 19, 2026

OK, HERE"S THE DEAL:

Trailer hitch install, ball hitch, security lock, and U-Haul rental to driver parrot lady's things and parrot back to Michigan from Plano Texas, all-in about $1400-1500.00. 3 solid days of cleaning, prep, boxing, labeling, loading, and a long, long 2-day drive to get ALL her stuff up there along with a persnickety parrot who almost got us kicked out of the hotel for SCREEEECHING at night. The drive itself is tense. Hauling a trailer, even a small 5 x 8 full of "not our stuff" even more stressful because we're liable.

We met her and did the exchange of e v e r y t h i n g and "freedom! Very pleasing.

Not even a thank you. Parrot owner was cranked because now, she has to spend money she doesn't have for HER OWN bird that nobody else enjoyed the company of. THAT ain't our fault.

All in on the total bailout for ingratitude; we've likely given her over $15,000.00* in bail-outs over the last 4 years.

I HOPE we've learned our lesson.

*the gear that would'a bought. OR, gold bars, a vacation, part of a bath remodel.

Mike Caldwell · Aug 19, 2026

Yes this response could as well be in the Pro vs. Amateur topic. Apart from how it was presented a "pro" band / business should have a form of business filing, license, bank checking account in business name, carry liability insurance. At pro'ish level it's not uncommon to be be asked to supply a W9 and proof of liability insurance to get a job.

lyndonbergsousa · Aug 19, 2026

lyndonbergsousa · Aug 19, 2026

Erik Turkman said:
O seu baixo, esse Millenium 5, é Tagima ou Peavey? Eu acho que os captadores nos dois são single coils. Por causa disso, você vai ter barulho quando usar um só. Também pode ser o fio terra da ponte.

MIJ Fender Guy · Aug 19, 2026

play the snot out of it, young buckaroo!

aero58 · Aug 19, 2026

Nice! I think you made the right choice with the black pickup covers rather than cream colored.

MrAB4003 · Aug 19, 2026

My Bongo 6 has arrived! I would like a number please.

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/nbd-ebmm-bongo-6-hs.1690394/

Matt Liebenau · Aug 19, 2026

Sometimes I’ll do a Boom Boom Washington .

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Root 5 · Aug 19, 2026

The chicks.. it's all about the chicks!

Swizzledoop · Aug 19, 2026

Erithon said:
I think @Gorilla Monsoon misunderstood your question, @31HZ, and thought you wanted to try a 12AX7 in the Tubedrve. But you are actually asking--if I understand it correctly--about rolling different brands of 6AS6 tubes. I've never done that, but I have found notable differences rolling 6AL5s in my Broughton Sunray so I say give it a shot. Just last night I rolled 12AU7s in my new 9V Khan Audio VTDI and encountered differences, particularly in the tightness of the low frequencies. As you know from your other tube gear, rolling tubes is fun and helps unlock additional nuances in gear.

Could you say more about the 9v Khan and how it responded to rolling12au7s? Did you tube roll using the larger VTDI? I just got the 9v Khan today and having not owned a larger version, I'm curious about the differences you've observed.

Thumpin6string · Aug 19, 2026

DoubleMIDI · Aug 19, 2026

I tried the EAP with a band and my Genz-Benz Shuttle 3.0-10T which has a built-in highpass filter on my 4/4 5-string (high C) and I had to turn up the bass a bit whereas with the Full Circle on an amp without a HPF the bass needed to be turned down a lot. But that was a studio situation with a singer at a singers acoustic volume.

iiipopes · Aug 19, 2026

I have a pair of Bart J's in a frankenbass project: the darker one in the neck and the brighter one in the bridge (I don't remember what the model numbers are). Great pickups: even response, clean, versatile. I would say the neck pickup is a tad darker than a typical J-pickup, but on this bass that is preferable.

BPotyk · Aug 19, 2026

pbass2 said:
Awesome, looks killer! Always was a 130 or 135 B guy, but I'm using .125 Bs on everything now with DR Nickel Lo Riders and Legends (45-125). I find I get a clearer, and (perhaps counterintuitively) more integrated with the other strings low B this way. Sounds better in the upper registers too.

Find as I get older, I use much more of a lighter touch when playing. String preference is (45-125). Did find some NOS Dean Markley (40-120) to try.

HotelX · Aug 19, 2026

Now watching the Roots Radics on live stream and looks like Flabba is playing his Steinberger

WI Short Scaler · Aug 19, 2026

I remember for a couple years back in college, mid 80's, the guitarist in our band and I had friends who's parents had bought a bar. They hired us for 2 New Year's gigs in a row where we played midnight to 4 am.

This year our band is booked for New Year's from 5-9pm. The bar calls it "Old Fart's New Years" party. It's been alot of fun.

Yeah, things have changed.

stelios82k · Aug 19, 2026

Hi guys! My project with my mate. I hope you like it!

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Gaolee · Aug 19, 2026

I defretted a Thunderbird. It's neck-through, so no neck replacement option without seriously invasive surgery. It's an Epiphone Pro IV, which means rosewood. It has walnut veneers in place of the frets now, and it looks good, although I need to get rid of the dots on the face now.

This goes to show that no matter how goofy your project might be, somebody else is probably doing something goofier.

jerry · Aug 19, 2026

J Wilson said:
Going to miss FB, as well as Dusty Hill. I grew up in the late 60's/early 70's and remember a club one night with these three guys, somebody said one of them used to be in the Moving Sidewalks. They weren't quite ZZ yet.

I find it vaguely unsettling at my age (71) that one by one, as surely as time passes, more and more of these bands are going to lose people to old age and/or failing health, and not wonder when it will be MY turn at the wheel.

I'm also 71 and see that conveyor belt of life sliding in my direction and how fast time is going with old age. Z.Z. Top is another band that seemed to come around the time I was starting to play and discovering a lot of monster three and four piece bands like ZZ, Free, Mountain etc. Perfect three piece with a monster rhythm section.
Fly on Frank.................

All those years of bar band set lists came in handy for me when Billy sat in.

James Hart · Aug 19, 2026

I would love to try out a neckthru single cut Bee... that one is killer!

I guess I never updated this thread. My Worker is 20 year old now... and I FINALLY got up the nerve to disassemble it and polish it like I wanted to on day one.

For those who don't remember, all my wood was 'Acrylized' by Larry at Gallery Hardwoods. So it is all equally wood and acrylic... the wood was treated in a vacuum oven to completely remove all the air, then replace it with resin.

The original state:

And here it is now:

Not sticky gloss, but like glass now.

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