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I have one of those that I'm gonna upgrade the stock pickups in it for some EMG's Geezer Butler's maybe.

You can get newer and very playable Vox from Phantom Guitar Works.

Not many people on Talk Bass discuss Bobby Sheehan, unfortunately, but his bass playing on Run Around by Blues Traveler is very melodic. Whoever mixed the song really did a great job, because his bass playing has a prominent part in their sound. I think he played a Peavey bass, but I personally don’t remember.

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Just download this one, same results on an up to date plugin and totally free.

MIJ Fender Guy said:

Very nice. I had one of those and it was great.

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Ikr? Japanese Fenders are the bomb

Malak the Mad said:

You've done a good thing, my (well…his, actually) son! I love the whole matching Jazz thing!

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Haha thanks man Yeah I wasn't expecting it to be that much matching, but it turned out a pleasant surprise

Malak the Mad said:

My first-ever bass is an Aerodyne with a CIJ "T" serial number made around the same 2007-2008 period. It, too, is extremely well put together and, on a personal note, quite probably established my own gold-standard for "ergonomics".

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Dude that Aerodyne is beautiful Never really thought of getting one myself, but still like the design

I hear you. And thanks
So for now, im going to stack the titan and the power amp. The impedance matches very well.
But I dont think ill be gigging with it, a l'il too heavy, ya dig?

If one wants a hum cancel J Bass bridge pickup to go with the SD P Bass pickup, SD Apollo J Bass would probably work well.

Bassdirty said:

Came to post this.

I was genuinely confused by the comment. Whether one likes Mesa or not, the Statement is just false.



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That same ole "Mesa sound", you know the one [trick]..

I dunno, I think that may just have been said to be contrary.
(No offense).


(Ima go read the rest of thread now, just wanted to reply before I got sidetracked (More sidetracked).


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My god !

Is it just me or we will all eventually have one of each of these Mesa 800 watts amps ?

agedhorse said:

I would recommend using the aux input any bypass the preamp.

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Thanks, I didn't think about that! What are your worries if there would be one preamp entering the other one?

I've just got one to go in my upcoming build that's being started for me soon so I'm hoping il like it as much as the reviews seem to suggest that I will

Hey everyone, I have been on here for a long time but don't post all that often. It is a great resource for answers to questions and information. I just noticed this forum for YouTube channels. Over the course of the past couple of years I have been documenting my musical journey from when I first picked up a bass guitar in 1986 through this current year. I am so glad I kept a lot of video footage of the shows I did which date back to 1987. If you are bored and need a distraction please come visit my channel. It is just a historic documentation at the moment for the most part. Funny, I created my screen name years ago when I bought my jazz bass, but I don't know crap about playing jazz lol
Thank you!
Joe

TaylorJ said:

A few Black EUNA models just went live on their website. If anyone is looking for one in black.

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The orange one Russo Music has is calling to me.

covermego said:

Wow.... that is truly a work of art! And sitting just to the right of another work of art!

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helms bass said:

Salicete, I'm very happy to hear how pleased you are with your LJ-1, I spent quite a bit of time prototyping this model and it's nice to get the validation that I landed it as good as I thought i did. You might have already tried it, but if you haven't, and you want to try a pretty gnarly rock tone, crank everything on the bass, adjust treble then mids to taste, but your probably going to want to turn your amp down. One of the things I was going for with the pickups and preamp is to be able to hit the front of an amplifier pretty hard without getting fuzzy or farty and have plenty of attack if you want it, but fuzzy and farty is definitely still possible depending depending on the rest of the signal chain.The combo definitely does have a range. Mild to wild, one might say.

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Well, I know what I'm doing when I get home from work tonight.

sprag said:

Lol, no.
It was a bit smokey as I went though.

The guy who runs the workshop gave me the bit to use.
I'm guessing its not fit for purpose or the drill press is too fast.

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If it was the Forstner bit that’s in the first picture it looks like the bit is dull and/or burnt. It might be able to be sharpened but if it’s been overheated it’s time for a new one.

When an elevator door opens there’s a small narrow crack running the length of the door. Someone I know dropped their keys down there, a million to one shot I thought. It turns out that elevators have a basket attached to the car. A technician fetched it next time it was serviced. Seems that all kinds of things make it into those baskets.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to design a “basket” located inside the cabinet at the end of the port. It would maintain a clean visual. I hear too many stories of things and critters getting into cabinets via the port.

I tried the V7 and found it a bit gutless if I’m honest. I’m using a V4B 100w tube amp and it would drown out the V7
Like others have said I would get the V12 or perhaps a Magellan 800 which is superb

The Japanese Squier basses of that era are super high quality and built to last forever.

If the truss rod nut is working fine and you don’t mind changing the bone nut, I would go ahead with bigger frets if you know a good luthier that can do it. Make sure it will be a keeper for you though as there is a cost associated to this and you might not be able to cover it if you decide to sell it later on.

I downloaded the Ampeg SVT suite on a free trial to take em for a ride. Its really hard to gauge what they actually sound like. The svt-cl breaks up easily and because you cant feel the force of the sound. Its nice to play around with though.

I can clearly say that preamp is a bad preamp.

That preamp detracts from the product's marketability.

I purchased a B5 Element equipped with it, and I was disappointed by the unnatural high frequencies and the lack of fullness that remained unfulfilled no matter how I adjusted the knob.

However, after I finished the process of removing the preamp, my instrument began to produce a sound comparable to instruments of a grade two levels higher.

I used an MN250k blender and an A500k volume control, and the instrument produces a very natural and clean sound.

What was surprising was that when using 45~105+130 strings, the sound was close to P bass, but when I switched to 40~100+125, it changed to a sharp sound somewhere between jazz and soapbar.

The only downside to the MK-1 is the preamp.

I removed the preamp immediately after purchasing the B5 Element.

I tried to gather as much information as possible, including this post, and my efforts paid off.

My B5 Element wiring was mostly taken from the Ernie Ball sub-passive circuit.

I blocked off all the holes on the front panel with an MN250k blender, A500k volume control, 250k LPF, C500k HPF, output jacks, and dummy LED sockets.

The original output jacks remained dummy, but this is better for me as I dislike the butt-plug style.

Also, I changed the 4.7k resistor connecting the low-cut to the tone control to a 1.5k resistor, and the tone cap to a 473.

The strings are really important;
in my case, at 45, 65, 85, 105, and 130, it produced a sound similar to a P bass,
while at 40, 60, 80, 100, and 125, it sounded closer to a jazz bass. However, it doesn't growl like a jazz bass. It is a clean sound.

Who ever reads this comment will be fully satisfied once the work is completed.

Redrocketmike said:

How do you change the channel colour from the aux mix or can that only be done from the main controller?

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Sorry, I’m not familiar how to do that. I just use one of the 2 methods that I shared.

I am trying to tune a 63.88 liter cab (10.5” x 16.5” x 22.5” internal size) to approximately 50-55hz for a Jensen 12” smooth speaker I have. I know that search results are useless, Omni calculator is garbage, and I don’t trust any of these YouTube videos to be honest...

What is the best calculator I can download to help me get the volume right for the port, and am I risking chuffing if I use multiple 2” ports or am I better with a 4” port? Or Slot?

I know you guys get posts like this all the time, but my searches are yielding links to old sites that seem to have gone to the ads. I’m happy to do the work, just point me to the best 2026 calculator and I’ll download.

Thank you!

That is something that I hadn't considered. A very fine suggestion. Thanks.

Michedelic said:

Hmm, Adrian Belew played ‘fretless guitar’(as listed in the credits)on this track from Crimson’s 1984 album, “Three Of A Perfect Pair”…
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But then, couldn’t you say that any slide guitar player had the potential of being ‘microtonal’?

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ha! and sometimes slide players become microtonal unintentionally, that's when the fun really starts

That's a blues walk for sure and the main figure is a foundational jazz walking pattern. The walking in this song is more repetitive (b/c the structure) than a "walking the changes" type of line you'd find in a straight ahead bebop song, but you find measures like that all the time in improvisational jazz walking. Lines like this are a ton of fun to learn and play.