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Player Plus Active Precision issues.

I recently purchased one of these 2 years old. It's a good feeling guitar, though a little on the heavy side, with very comfortable neck. On plugging it in however, I immediately discovered the pots were scratchy and noisy - to the extent that an active tone control would cause scratchy nose even when the bass was in passive mode. More problematic than this though, is that the pickups are so hummy, that him is even produced by touching the plastic sides, and touching pieces causes MASSIVE hum. I expect a little bit not too this extent.
Opening the bass I discovered clear signs that the pickups had been changed, but I do not know how to tell whether they have been changed back to original, or whether they are inferior pickups contributing to the problem. The J pickup has the "Noiseless" logo on the cover, but that is just the cover. Is there a way of identifying whether that really is the original Fender noiseless pickup?

Official Barefaced Bass Cab Club

In a similar vein, I still hold that an Acme B1 on the floor coupled with a BF One10T on a stand is near sonic perfection. Decoupling the one10 like that gets it totally out of the inefficient B1’s massive low-end turf while the 10CR fills the space with those warm tube-like mids. I know Alex used to play/study Acme cabs, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they’re “accidentally/not-accidentally” designed to play so nicely together.

What does a high mass bridge do?

When looking at the history of bass bridges, you basically had Fender bent steel and nothing else commercially... until the Badass came along.

While a Badass (or similar hi mass) may do nothing for tone, the reason lots of pros had them in the 70s-80s was the fender bent steel bridge has a tendency for the saddles to move laterally and the screws to back out. So, to fix this problem, you bought a Badass (or, DIY I guess).

So, no, they don't really 'do nothing' when you look at the context of a studio or touring pro needing a bridge that was reliable over many sessions and string changes. Sure, there are less bulbous models that fix those issues now, but not at the time (70s-80s).

JLD Bridge Doctor for ABG

Thank you for the advice.
I'm pretty sure I understand the theory, and after getting a USB inspection camera in there, nothing appears to have come unglued, the bridge seems solidly affixed. I think its a combination of some of the things mentioned above, (top isn't stiff enough, braces are not stiff enough & too heavy a gauge of string). The truss rod was maxed out and there was an obvious belly behind the bridge, it was low at the front (rotating forward under string tension)
While it sounds quite pleasant, it's not an expensive or rare instrument, and I can't get a bridge doctor locally (will have to get one shipped from the US). Also the bass is not mine, I'm just trying to help out as a favour.

Since the bridge doctor will need a 9/64" hole anyway, I got approval, drilled, and made something up out of what I had laying around, it seems to be a marked improvement. I'll order a bridge doctor, and maybe creep another 1/8th of a turn in 24 hours and see what happens.

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Hello. I know is old, but despite the structural corection how the mod it sound please ?...it gains/loose sustain ? , is louder/quiet ? It loose or gain bass, mids ? Any appreciations about how it modified the tone in respect with original please ? Thank You.

NBD - Spector Euro CST 4 string

HI all, can anyone tell me if the necks on the CST's are a bit thinner than on the Euro Classics for example? I play a lot of chord stuff and when testing out the Euro Classic a couple of times, the neck felt chunkier than the neck on my old SK Squier Precision. The neck on my Precision sits somewhere between a regular US Precision and a Jazz neck, and it's too thin for my long fingers and hands, yet the Euro Classic felt a bit too much. It could be just that I need to adjust to a different neck and that after a while my hands will adapt, but 'if' the CST has a faster neck, I'm all for the CST.
Ask on the Spector thread, they can probably help you. I can tell you that the neck on my CST feels slimmer than my RST neck.
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The overwhelming task of picking the right rig...

Well, it's in motion. I've bought a used Genzler Nu Classic 112. I think next I'll order a head when I move some things/save up some more money. Then I'll add another 112. Thanks for the suggestions, y'all.
Good start! I recently bought a Genzler ULV210 which I love. I tried a few heads with it but it pairs best with a Shuttle 6.2 (duh!), not that the others don't sound great but there is a responsiveness that I'm getting with them sharing the same dna. I'm sure a Quilter would rock with that cab.
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When I was a little boy, my mummy taught me that anything pre Reform Act of 1832 was an antique. Anything after that was merely Victorian. (Bet you wish you'd had my childhood, huh?)

As for "vintage", the current usage misunderstands its actual meaning. Vintage wine is vintage from the moment of its creation — wine is either vintage, ie all the grapes picked in the same harvest, or non-vintage, ie a blend of different years. From the point of view of constructed objects, the word vintage is useful for indicating that the example is expressive of a period that is now past. So for basses, something like an Ibanez Musician is easily called vintage because they simply don't make them like that any more. For something that's still being made exactly the same way as it always was .... tricky to decide.
When I met my future wife, we were both in our late 20’s, and she had an authentic Eastlake parlor set, like the one in this photo. Well, I thought it was the epitome of hideous design, and sitting on it felt like a crime against humanity. My parents had authentic French 18th century antique furniture and looked down their noses at the Eastlake stuff. Yeah, what a mess…

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Jam Pedals Boomster mk.2 : good for bass ?

Bonjour

Does any one have a feedback / opinion of this product from Jam pedals ?


The difference between the two old version is the toggle and the headroom if I read correctly

I play a pb’62 with TI flats jf 344 on mesa d800+barefaced

Thanks in advance

Double Bass beginner songs for upright bass Psychobilly rockabilly country and folk or jazz

Something I often do: I stick on Rockabilly Radio on the computer - linked to my sound system - and grab my double bass. I then do my level best to find the key and play along with every track in real time. It's fantastic ear training, great at keeping you in tune and great for being able to come up with stuff 'on the fly'. Oh it's huge fun too.

Is this legit? Looks off lol

Just wanted to clarify--I am not looking to buy this at all, I just thought it looked funky when I was scoping through stuff.

I will say that in my existential Bass crisis, I did return to a ultra five today for a little while and loved the way it felt and sounded. It is a Bass that I don't have in my personal arsenal anymore, and it is one that I think I may have to re-buy unfortunately. I also had a Yamaha BBP 35 in my cart as well--hard to pick between the two, especially since I don't have money for either....

Do class D amps sound different?

I love this old thread. It seems many many bassists here think that D type amplification is as good or better than A, A/B and they seem to take it personal if someone disagrees. I completely disagree. Side by side my cheap TC 500 mosfet and my expensive MB 500 pale driving the same cabinet when I use my A.M.P. CX260 at half the watts. I'm perfectly willing to say that I've been blown away with MB driving 2-12s outdoors. It's potent, earthy and loud but...the quality of sound is so pure coming out of this A.M.P. the notes feel like 5 lb ball bearings. The sound isn't just deep, it's round. I don't just hear the difference, I feel the difference. So is it the preamp? Probably not. It's 46 year old technology. I'll gladly hump this bad boy just because I enjoy playing thru it so much. I recently picked up it's older brother, the BH 420 and it's the same thing but with the built in limiter it's the cat's meow. They run hot, they are 30% efficient compared to 90 % for type D and literally at least 10 times heavier but...oh well. Convenience isn't in the formula. You want distortion....pedal up. That being said, these things are going to be hard to find in the future as micro heads seem to be on everybody's playlist and I love the lite D's.
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. They make for convenient backups, lol.

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