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Not sure where to post this, a media upload check. It’s in stereo, at least it’s parallel amp sims.


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Dasgre0g said:

I love it. Damn we need some sound examples!

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shoot-r said:

Pics in post #18 of this thread is of BlackBerry Smoke.

(Here's one I missed posting.....)



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I can feel the Rumble!

And I just had a lesson where I attempted to attract my teacher's attention to my intonation and instead we mostly worked on using my bow to make a more focused sound in some key areas (and highlighting certain note changes so the pitches came out more clearly). We made a few changes to fingerings too, but that was mostly to facilitate musical shifting rather than actual tuning.

FreeBird92 said:

Thank you so much!! Will give this a try!!

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Update I did it. Soooooo easy to do. All set up and plays great. Thanks again!

Dabndug said:

IMHO a lightweight 5 needs a 3x2 headstock to balance properly (on top of lightweight tuners). The common 4x1 is a recipe for neck dive in this situation. Perhaps headless is the real solution?

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I've got a couple of Cort GB75s as well as a 5 string P6, I completely agree about the 3+2 headstock, but the P6 sounds glorious!!

I got one two days ago (EHX version). I am always looking for the perfect pedal that keeps "my sound" but adds a little hair in a pleasing way. This pedal's goal is probably not that. Out of the box, experimenting for about 30-40 min, it wasn't doing it for me, and I was going to return it to Sweetwater. Today I remembered about the internal trim pot. The manual says turning the trim pot completely clockwise sounds most like a vintage Percolator. I tried that today, and I am much more pleased with the sound I am getting on both the drive and fuzz sides. It does loose low end, more pronounced on the drive side than the fuzz side. I play through a mesa BD800, so I engaged the deep switch when using the percolator and that helped a lot as a quick fix. It's not going to be my everyday go to for the sound I'm thinking of, but now I do think I'll keep it and enjoy it. All of this was at home, I do have a show Friday, and I will take it with and see how it sounds in a live setting.

Bob_Ross said:

Wow, I don’t think I ever knew that Frank Zappa’s Fillmore East album was recorded so close to that venue’s closing!

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In the last months of the Fillmore a few classic live albums were recorded, the Allman Bros and Humble Pie's included. Such a great sounding room, even that radio broadcast was good.

GIBrat51 said:

ith a set of Roto RS77LD Monel Flats on it. Surprisingly, the truss rod did not need adjusting; neither did the intonation. I've used these strings on some of my other basses - my '78 Fender P-Bass and my "18 Gibson T-bird, in particular - with much success. Never on a hollow-body bass, though. But... they sound really good on this one. I've kept a close eye on the neck since I installed them, but I've yet to find anything amiss. And, I have to say... they work like gangbusters when I play the bass with a pick..

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Yup. I have to agree that flats on a Jack Casady with a pick are a beautiful thing. I'm using Labella flats on mine.

Makatak said:

Hi just got back on talkbass, did you get your bass sorted ? I've just pulled the trigger on another 1991 SR1000, same problem low output even though it sounds fantastic. My guitar tech said the last one had an output capacitor around the wrong way, ,apparently there was a batch of them. This one should be the same so will be the same fix.

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Would I be able to gst a photo of the wiring for the depth switch? Need a little help with mine
Thanks

New frets installed, not totally finished but well on the way. Still need to level and crown them all, also waiting on a new file arriving so i can finish the fret ends properly.

Its in the ballpark though

My Fernandes is a reverse P. I agree, that's how it should be.

For sale in the UK, this is Scott's bass from the video.

I’ve seen dot neck Deluxes from that period that were in ash with a natural or burst finish. A friend (now passed) had a natural finish 5er.

Here’s a burst 5er with ash body. Alder would be used for solid colors.

Looks like scale length on an Ibanez Mikro is 28.5 inches. Mine is 25.5 inches

I had no idea that folks would take my post seriously. Let me clarify. My profile lists some pretty cool instruments. I can find imperfections (to me) in all of them that most could not see. But they serve the purpose they were purchased for perfectly. Hope this helps.

M. M.

I joined here when I was 18 and now about to turn 42. This place is a relic of a bygone internet era that I miss. Pretty sure I still had dial-up in those early days. Besides my Hotmail email this place is the only connection I have to the old www.

I sometimes enjoy looking back at threads here from the early 00’s. Most seem to be deleted. Last year I remember looking up old threads from around 9/11. It’s wild reading folks opinions from back then as it was happening.

You may also wanna check out Lollar's pickup winding book:

Since then, commercially available pickup winding setups are available and way cheaper than when he wrote it.

piitxu said:

Yes I did, new strings and a new nut fixed the issues. The strings were "forced" into the nut that already was cut tight for 105s. The nut actually cracked when taking out the A string.
After that it sounded fine, lots of sustain from the neckthru construction. But I never got used to the shape so I ended up selling it a few weeks later. The croocked neck Squier is now my main bass after it got a new neck and some other upgrades.

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Thanks for the info! You are wise, I have too many main basses

Hello! Chase here from The Music Loft in Wilmington, NC. Excited to join this community after many years of perusing the forums as a lurker! Stoked to see everyone's rad basses and be available for questions and suggestions. Cheers!

Ferret said:

Re Geddys Ric sound, his luither then is mine - extra windings were put on his pickups which is why the sound is what it was back then.

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Zombie thread revival!!

I have never before hear this about overwound coils on his Ricks back then

Already exists. Tobias growler. 2 pick ups under one cover. Two separate preamps.

JimmyM said:

I think it's no coincidence that the sequel "Stayin' Alive" was more like Avildsen's vision under the direction of Sylvester Stallone. But it sucked.

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Any movie that features Cynthia Rhodes cannot *completely* suck.

He's not all that "new" - he's a good source on stuff from places that aren't America.