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J Wilson said:

My tube knowledge would fit inside a bottle cap, but IF I understand it correctly, doesn't Mesa sell tubes matched to the amp model you own to cut down on bias issues?

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We actually do, the STR-425 is a ruggedized version of the 6L6 which is really a 5881. This holds up well in the bass amps like the Bass 400+ and are available in different bias ranges to match the amp.

They show as out of stock, but this may not be accurate. It's always best to check with our customer service guys since we have unlisted inventory in our service department.

Chrysler Norseman
The Norseman show car has one of the strangest backstories of any Chrysler, as despite being hailed as one of the most futuristic, streamlined cars the brand had ever built, very few people ever got to lay eyes on it. Only a few photos of it survive, and those that do show one of the brand's most head-turning designs, with a groundbreaking pillarless roof said to be able to hold several times the weight of the car itself. This was Chrysler's vision of the future, but a tragic accident just a few weeks before its planned unveiling saw it lost forever.

The Norseman was on its way back from testing in Italy when the ship it was being transported on collided with another ship and sank, with 51 lives lost in the disaster. The car sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean with the rest of the ship's cargo, where it remains today. A complete one-off, the car was painstakingly hand-built with a reported 50,000 hours of research and development going into its design. Much of that work was lost with the car.

While many of the key design elements — including the pillarless roof — would end up debuting in later production cars, the Norseman remained a mystery hidden in the depths of the ocean, with the wreck itself becoming a popular location for divers looking to catch a glimpse of this mysterious one-of-a-kind show car.

My bass is a Pfretzschner from about that time period. Love it. Super big sound. Matt Bohn added an Eb extension on mine, which you can see in the thumbnail. I can't tell you how handy that comes in for songs with lots of flats.

Yeah i found it, Based out in Chilliwack, interesting.

DPA BC4099 Cilp Can use with behringer Cb100 ?​

Thanks you

Has anyone ever used both channels simultaneously on the EBS Stanley Clarke Signature Acoustic Preamp (using both the pickup jack and a mic)? Do you experience any clipping or distortion when playing loud? If so, how do you fix it?

I'm looking for larger ferrules for a 1951 Precision. Reverb lists Fender #0039425000, but these have been discontinued. The 19.1mm upper lip used on the Fender CS vintage 1951 are no longer for sale. The upper lip is same width as a USA penny. Smaller ferrules look like a 1972 Tele bass or made in Japan.

skycruiser said:

I'm looking for thumpy flats for my big band jazz group on my J bass (neck pickup primarily). I have a gig coming up next week so I'm looking at local options.

I like the LaBella DTFs generally, currently installed, but the string-to-string variation in tone is just too severe. Worse than other flats I have tried.

I have some 9050 Fender flats but they have a little bit of a raspy tone that I don't want.

Also have some Cobalt Flats in the drawer but that's the wrong direction for this.

Looking locally, I see Ernie Ball Group II flats available in stock. I haven't tried those and don't know if they'll be in the right direction. Little worried about fatigue on a long gig with heavy strings (these appear to be on the heavy side). But setting that aside, anyone know if these are a good option for thumpy, uniform tone?

Also see Chromes which I have tried and don't like the feel. Others available - EB Pino Palladino and RotoSound Jazz Bass RS77LD.

Any suggestions on these?
TIA!

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Have you ever tried these: ETB92 XL (very warm smooth no string noise)

Casual Bassist said:

https://www.dogalstrings.it/en/jaco-system-ultrapiatte

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Running flats through-body can be a pricey mistake. Not sure how the Dogals hold up, but personally, I would NEVER run LaBella's thru-body. They don't like any kind of pinch in my experience (the strings fails, unwinds, etc...)

Michedelic said:

The film’s star, Timothy Carey…

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137046/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

…wrote and directed it. He was, well, quite a character.

Another film of this ilk, concerning powertripping demigod types(but not music related)that you should track down is The Loved One. Put out by MGM, with a cast of notables, it was way ahead of its time, still savagely funny(keeping things in context), biting satire that’s unfortunately become reality. Billed as a film “with something to offend everyone”, it can still do that after 60 years, and that’s a good thing. Here’s one of my favorite scenes…
Login to view embedded media When I had to make the arrangements for my mother, this played in my head, and the reality wasn’t too far off.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059410/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

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1) Dang, Robert Morse, haven't seen that guy's mug for years. Like Michael J. Pollard, Terry-Thomas.
2) And....Liberace!!??
3) The tone reminds me of a Michael O'Donoghue short, "Jack LaLanne's Spas for the Dead". Bodies simply thrown into Jacuzzis, bodies bouncing on "fat rollers and leaning in those jiggle belt things. And Jack LaLanne was actually in it. I KNOW I remember this thing, but I can't find a trace of it's existence on the internet. I guess there is a limit.
4) My dad, a bundle of contradictions, used to always talk about The Loved One, and a movie called Bye Bye, Braverman by Sidney Lumet.
5) My brother and avoided all that funeral business stuff, dad was already gone. Mom was cremated. I picked her ashes up one day on the way home from work in Seattle, (they put them in a silver-colored can in little shopping bag), and rode with them on the bus. It was all kind of unreal and surreal, I guess the fundamental hit of it or something.
........
I delivered flowers for a while, age 20, between mill jobs in a lumber town.
Mortuaries were a big part of the regular routes, a very strange business.
We would set up in the "slumber" rooms, open casket.
We'd sometimes pin boutonnieres into the lapels of those in the caskets.
On one delivery, someone I knew as a teenager was lying in state, hadn't seen him in years: wig to replace his long hair with a headband to hold it in place.
It was crooked, I straightened it out.
I was kind of numb. My girlfriend didn't understand why I was quiet that day.

Malak the Mad said:

Yeah, the saturation the forum has been experiences does make it more difficult for new, flesh & blood people to voice their questions. I guess we'll have to see if the OP will respond with some non-stock photos of an actual instrument.

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No luck yet. Looks like they made the account and posted three threads within an hour, and never replied to any. Back in the old days we called that sort of thread abandonment “getting Lownered.”

Here's my most recent and preferred chain.

Zon Sonus Special (used for most tracks, it's a clarity beast with a B string that's more piano-like than a piano) > Pedalboard including Cali CB (always on, hitting the peaks, medium-fast attack/release) > BAE 1073DMP (the 1073 especially gives it a hint of growl and liveliness that works so very well for me). [Edit: the 1073DMP is better, for me, than either the REDDI or the Solo/610.]

One channel DI, one channel into Orange AD200 (with custom rebuild including MM transformers, p2p wiring, NOS tubes etc,) into Baer ML112.

I'm still looking for a pedal that'll give me that hint of grit without muddying the low end, I have a couple of new dirt-adjacent pedals to try out so there's that to look forward to!

LouieLouieOhOh said:

Anytime, Rob ....

If anyone needs a Mallory 374 Dial Plate replica, I still have a few in hand.

Louie

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Still have one available? Had to replace the pickguard on my Gibson Ripper due to nitro rot. Might as well replace the switch plate while I'm at it. Thanks.

I've been rocking a set of Triple Tthreat single coils in this Crescent Moon bass for a few years now. They are so good they beat out Q-Tuner BL4s for me, which is saying a whole lot!



I did my own preamp design and build specifically for this instrument and pickups, as usual. Bud was a real pleasure to work with and he even had me measure string spacing at the pickup positions and adjusted pole piece locations to match.

Stuart.C said:

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I have a Schatten design pick up, which includes the same idea: a mini no fuss pre-amp, that attaches under the tailpiece.
It's super convenient, I can just plug into what ever is available (amp, PA board, stage DI) no extra cables, pedals or power.

My concern with your design is the weight on the after lengths would act like one giant wolf tone eliminator, and might kill some resonance?
A smaller form factor mounted under the tailpiece might be ideal.

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Oh cool, yeah that's basically what i was looking for! Luckilly the FC pickup has a RCA connector so I didn't have to permanently alter the pickup, and I can always go back to the regular jack if I run out of batteries or something (I'll keep it in my case). I also have a kk pickup that goes in the wing of the bridge, but it always sounds kind of muddy, and the volume difference between e and g string was annoying.

As far as the resonance, the regular FC jack clips on to two adjacent strings (D and A usually), and therefore mutes the after lengths, this one is on the E and G string. I don't notice any difference, and actually depending on the gig sometimes I put a sweater between the tailpiece and the top to help with feedback and mute the natural resonances. It's super easy to take on and off, so I'll probably remove it for unplugged classical stuff, but mostly for the visual effect.

The protection circuit has a 0 ohm resistor and the protection diode. The current spec is to replace it with 24 volt Zener diode.

These failures are almost always caused by people using 18 volt power instead of 9 volts. Sometimes it's accidental because many multi-outlet power supplies have 18 volts taps. We always recommend marking any cable that is not 9 volts with a piece of tape or some marking so it is not confused with a 9 volt outlet.

TomB said:

Does it go over the existing finish? …some surface prep involved?

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You have to repaint the part with hydrographic paint. I can hydro dip over existing finish but I need to paint it with hydrographic graphic clear coat.

CA and baking soda is the oft-suggested approach as the combination accelerates curing and enhances the bond between the mixture and base material.

Riis

Woodstocks I, II, III
I was too stoned for the first, too broke for the second and too old for the third.

OT: Completed my super-charged micro rig today!

Handmade studio grade optical compressor -> Berg Forte (VRC) -> MicroMark 601.
Still missing: VIFA tweeter box (There's a tweeter out jack on the Markbass)
Going to build a slim box from Jatoba wood.

DWA2469 said:

I usually lightly wet sand with 800 grit sandpaper. I tried different grades of Scotch Brite with little success!

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Sounds about right. I also recall seeing a video where they used steel wool to achieve the desired “dulling” with some level of consistency stem-to-stern.

Riis

thank you both les fret and "wood and wire"! the transcription was helpful, likewise was WW's investigations. it feels like you are very very close, and it seems like there is definitely some sort of effect it at play because i can't get anywhere close with just my naked signal

TheArchitect said:

You don't have to. Those guys already know who to to work with and who not to and why

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And we work with them all.

Very cool!

I suspect it was meant to be satin from the factory, so it would require a refinish to bring it back to true gloss.
Or you could start sanding through to micro mesh if you really want to bring it back to shiny.

Also lighter fluid (AKA Naptha) can be very destructive to a finish.
Great I suppose if you're looking to remove the finish.

Your best minimal effort/destruction would good Ol' Howard Feed N wax.

Malak the Mad said:

Where would the new Ultra pup go, between the existing ones or on the other side of the split-coil?

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Original plan was to put it between the existing ones, J, J, reverse P, but now that you asked, I could imagine an Urge-ish setup, with a reverse P.

Edit: in the latter case it is clear: I need a neck pickup