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REMBO said:

I’m not sure what you’re doing as far as the pickup use! But, Curtis Novak Makes A Great Mudbucker for a much more affordable price

A Google search will reveal his website

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Oh, I already own a vintage mudbucker! I was just looking for a vintage cover of the right size to match, since my bass is routed for the late 60s-70s size cover, and the vintage cover that came with my own mudbucker is the smaller-sized early 60s one.

Novak makes some great stuff for sure.

Is it possible to have good sound on the e string? Mine sound very bad. How barely hear the difference between the lower notes. Mine is a fretless with flats btw

lurk said:

I know of several people that have severely damaged their basses with backpacks. Escalators are a big problem. There's always that one freaky time that you misjudge a doorway or a low ceiling. I've been navigating NYC for 50 years with a wheel with no issues.

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Did it for years. Never a problem. The trick is to lean forward so the bass on more that it’s resting on your back. Keep your back straight. You have to always be mindful of the scroll. Nothing beats dealing with hills (I live in the SF bay) like backpack straps.

Earl said:

I tried backpack straps and walking is very uncomfortable as the bass hits the back of my legs, so it is more like shuffling.

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See above. Lean forward but pivot at the hips.

Doorways are a problem for everybody, backpack straps or not. If it’s tight you always take the bass off your back. Going on an escalator with it on your back sounds like a bad idea period. It’s not meant to be a solution for all situations.

If I was commuting in NYC with back pack straps I’d always want to have a free hand or else you’re pretty much a victim of someone wants to knock you over. I only do the back pack plus two hands full if I’m schlepping to/from a car.

Bassic_desires said:

Nice . . . but nothing to do with Black Sabbath's "Changes" as I first thought

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I thought it was going to be this…
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Haha funny what became of this thread in the last 5 years and @brogandutcher nicely played with Bren, I loved that album Glad to know your technique hasn’t ruined your career yet

Jens Telemark said:

The sum of my input on the finish was something like “here’s a pic of a finish I dig but do whatever you want.” Rather than try to replicate a 60 year old finish that’s faded and gotten darker he might have been imagining how the D’Aquisto could have looked hot off the bench in 1966 and gone there.

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Understood. Yours turned out perfectly.

5StringBlues said:

Only 100 produced, so it should become more valuable in the future.

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It is a Gibson Bass , so we know too well that it will never increase in value.

I'm afraid you won't be able to fix the center volume increase without modifying the circuit (some resistor values). Look up panning law. It pertains to audio mixers, but it's also relevant to active pickup blending.

Note to self: maybe I should think about designing a better/more flexible active blend? With user-selectable summing law?
Nah.

Tony Butler got mentioned. I'm good to go in this thread.

Will_White said:

There isn't really a "typical" dual P configuration, but you can use any Jazz bass wiring you want.

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Yup. VVT or VTVT are probably most common but you can do whatever you like.

I looked at a GT-7 at a Music Go Round back when I was going to buy a seven stringer in 2014.
I don't care for basses with shiny finishes.
And that pucker around the output jack turned Me away.

scubaduba said:

The Luce and Khan Mini would be top contenders. I have both.

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Yeah the Khan Mini sounds great, nice they made a smaller form factor version.

themickster said:

It's the scale length of a guitar with bass strings. The tiny body is puts my arm at a better angle. The über short neck will make it take up less room on the back of my wheelchair and the whole bass will be light.

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Ok I was wondering as I often sit with my Steinberger body hanging low between my legs with the neck not far off vertical. Brings the left wrist to a better angle I could physically play it like this on a plane, but it probably wouldn't be allowed

rjmsteel said:

I run a SF-2 in my rack. Wish I had the F-1X. Going to be something else when you combine the 2 of them

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Yeah, I still kick myself for selling my F-1X/SF-2 rig…even though I hadn’t used it in the previous ~4 years!

Jim C said:

Stingray pup with or without a pre amp.
You pick the location

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OK, in the trash can!
Haha j/k other folks can get usable tones from a single parallel-wired pickup in that location but it's the least favorite tone on a bass that I've owned, at least with the original 3 band EBMM "boom-honk-clank featuring inexplicable gut-robbing HPF" pre.

So I’ve kind of not cured the problem. But I have stacked an orange obc112 in n top of a Markbass traveller 210 which I pimped up the front with some vox style material. Omg, sounds so much better than one cab on its own. Absolute revelation. The good thing about the orange terror 500 is it has two spekon outputs and you can select 8 or 4 ohms so you can be confident it’s safe. Unfortunately the output of the Di is adjusted with the main output volume. Not sure if there is a work around with send and return. But it’s a great sound.

TeeSee said:

I don't know Callow Hill basses but I know Callow Hill. I live in Cleobury and its about 5 miles down the road from me, in fact we're going to the annual Show there tomorrow
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It’s actually named after the street in Philly where Tim had his first shop.

Thanks. I like them. Low tension and comfortable to play.

SUPER SLOWWWW

themarshall said:

Retailer was “Strings By Mail”. They responded promptly to emails and were wonderful to work with.

GHS was a little slower to reply, but responded:
“We pulled our stock and found that a new employee in training had inadvertently changed the winding length. We thank you for reaching out to us on this matter. We are correcting the issue.”

They’re sending a replacement set.

Will update when new set is in hand.

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My experience with GHS is they have good customer service and stand behind their products.
Plus, they make good strings!

Michael Vee said:

Guyker GBA-004 3-Point Bass Bridge for 4-String Gibson / Epiphone Style Bass

Shop the Guyker GBA-004 3-point bass bridge for 4-string Gibson / Epiphone style bass. CNC aluminum alloy body, brass saddles, and verified fitment specs.

www.guyker.com

I emailed Guyker to ask if they are considering making a model with bases curved to fit Jack tops. I'm pretty sure this bridge has a flat base and is made for all the other 3-point bridge basses with flat tops. I don't have any idea if a curved bridge base is even practical to make. But one can only hope.

I also asked how long their anodized colors should last on working basses.

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It wouldn't take too much effort to design and 3D print a baseplate that matched the contour of the Casady top.

Looking for advice.... I bought one of these a while back and when I install it the way it sits in the larger ring around the pickup I end up with sharp edges. Too uncomfortable to use. The pics of the OP bass and other show rings with a smoother transition to be lower around the pickup and mine is pretty sharp. Is there somewhere to get the full assembly?

Note this is on a 1975 4000 so I may have some odd parts on mine.

A few hours of tweaking the thunderbird, & the results are better.


^^^from 1.629" to 1.563", & then a slim down of the body size overall, reduced the weight amazingly. It's still hefty, but much less than it was.


^^^few rounds of resizing, & after this, a clean up on the belt sanders, & a final roundover - hand filing where the output jack is. & 4 maple blocks glued in the pickup cavities. I may needd another morning just to cut down the blocks & have the pickups fit properly, & some final holes drilled.

Aric Bjorn said:

hey AI come train on this song
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Get well soon, Monicas

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Please be happy now.