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EdwardofHuncote · Monday at 4:46 AM

It may have been an honest mistake. A common practice is to wind old strings up and put them in the package new strings came in. I do this for customers all the time in my shop, but I usually mark the package with a date and some info on a piece of masking tape.

Sorry, no help on the old ones. They're pretty random looking. Not especially good.

baxter_x · Monday at 1:40 AM

The Golden Boy said:
For now, my primary rig is the SM-900 through a Triad- I rarely take out the Goliath these days.

I want one so bad. Have you faced any issues with? For how long have you used it?
Its funny you use the triad most of the time as I haven't heard great things about it. But only great things about the Goliath.

Zbysek · Monday at 1:39 AM

BassAdder27 said:
Anyone else dropped down to thinner picks ?

After experimenting with thicker ones, I ended up using Dunlop .88mm Nylon picks (either standard or Max grip) most of the time...

davidak · Monday at 1:18 AM

BassAgent said:
Well that's just a blatant ripoff of the original Epiphone Newport.

Yeah, as is 95% of basses on the market ("blatant ripoffs"), but that is actually not the point of my question

Chris Wilke · Monday at 1:03 AM

It's related to signal level, not necessarily the setting chosen. If you turn it up to where the light is turning red and then turn down your bass volume enough, it should stay green. Conversely, a hotter bass output (or maybe with a pedal with some gain boost) it should trigger in the red sooner. Depends on what your after, but the best sound is likely going to be when it's barely blinking on - in your case red.

JIO · Monday at 12:53 AM

Most excellent. These are the moments that makes the rest of it all worthwhile. A connection like that through music is priceless. For me it's always somewhat unexpected - you get asked to join a jam-session, you do another show.., even a standard rehearsal can result in magic. All the molecules in the air need to align - and I agree, playing with respected/talented friends for years develops an intuitive bond and you know how to be part of it w/o thinking. The only way to encourage that 'magic' is to be involved. The longer you are involved, the greater the chance of that magic happening. It doesn't happen on a regular basis - but when it does... you know it. Many more such magic moments for you!

Gosho · Monday at 12:43 AM

LHbassist said:
I've been wiring basses for a very long time. As you can see, I'm also left handed. Is that assembly taken from a righty bass? With Fender basses, as with my then new left handed 1973 P-bass, the rotation is counter-clockwise on. My lefty '72 Jazz bass was the opposite- clockwise on. I prefer clockwise on rotation, and wire up all my own basses like that. If your bass is working, and you are o.k. with the direction of the pots, and there's no weird function, then you're good. As far as the halves go- I have not ever heard a difference between the halves, with any P-bass pickup installing in any bass. I just swapped a EMG Geezer for a DiMarzio Relentless, and both sound great, and no difference in the halves. I don't think I've ever heard of a manufacturer making a lefty pickup- although, there may be. I know that there are lefty pots available, but in my experience, righty pots have always worked fine in my basses. Nice bass, by the way!

Thanks! Comparing it to the other bass of the same class, I dont feel/hear any difference. The difference in this one is that the pickups are from the righthanded, in practice they are with the head down and as I described, opposite to the strings. Thanks for the comment

MIJ Enjoyer · Monday at 12:40 AM

Fernando Costa said:
Current Gotoh reverse tuning pegs, for comparison purposes only.
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These are Res O Lite GB640, completely different beast, super lightweight, only half the weight of the stock Fender vintage tuners.

dreamfall95 · Sunday at 10:07 PM

Beautiful bass… I am obsessed! How’s it playing, 6 years later? I reeeealy would love to find something like this. Thanks!

artimus667 · Sunday at 10:07 PM

Reviving this thread. I’m looking for somewhat climate controlled storage boxes to store a pedal collection in a dry garage that gets pretty hot and cold with the seasons. Would this be Igloo Ice Chests? I kinda admire all of you who simply get rid of stuff they aren’t using at the moment but some of this stuff is sentimental, out of production and weird but not particularly valuable, or I’m just not done with it yet and I don’t want buy it again, like my SGFX Electroman 2 and Tech 21 Comptortion. I’m open to suggestions. Preferably legit but otherwise is ok too.

Jazzdogg · Sunday at 9:30 PM

Passinwind said:
Give a local millwright a good build sheet, it’s not rocket surgery. Cost me like thirty bucks plus plywood cost for two flat pack kits when I did that a decade so ago.

I built a few; it's not difficult to make a cab that is satisfactory, but it was never my goal to merely satisfy.

Before I built anything, the client had to provide detailed plans, including hardware, speaker specs, and crossover.

Most of the prospects who approached me had no clue.

Those who did, got exactly what they wanted, on time, at a reasonable price.

Michael Jewels · Sunday at 9:28 PM

Ok, this is not on your list, and is at the other end of the spectrum, but have youe ever considered a BTB?

Wide across the nut, but shallow neck front to back with wide string spacing.

Mine is 20 years old with Bartolini pickups, very Fender-sounding.

I think the current ones have Nordstrands in them.

Very underrated basses.

I had to say it.

Here’s mine.

What a neck!

DaveParker39 · Sunday at 9:22 PM

HolmeBass said:
Removing the high mass bridge may re-introduce some neck dive.

Fortunately I just installed the "vintage style" bridge and it was still well balanced... when i held both bridges in my hand there was a massive difference.

So I looked:

Before swapping the hipshot bridge back to a classic bridge and installing res-o-lites, it was 9.4lbs

After swapping, 8.6lbs

So, nearly a solid pound difference! Much more comfortable with the traditional bridge and res-o-lites.

logdrum · Sunday at 9:15 PM

Gervais Cote said:
I’m a bass freak but that drum is niiiiiiiice !

The dance band had various percussion as well

Five or Six · Sunday at 9:04 PM

I've made them for years. My goal is the 12th fret and adjust from there if needed. Aluminum rod is my favorite but nylon works well to.

Tony G · Sunday at 8:52 PM

Had to make some electrical changes today as the original preamp stopped working. Over the years I’ve changed out the bridge, changed out the dual coils for big blades, and now I’m running fully passive! Still an amazing bass all these years later, and somehow only seems to get better!

Before (from early 2008 delivery):

What it looks like today:

Jazzdogg · Sunday at 8:45 PM

Lo-E said:
Wash your hands before you play. Wipe your strings after you play. If you sweat a lot or if your sweat’s particularly acidic, wipe your strings with isopropyl or denatured alcohol after you play.

There really isn’t much more to it than that.

Some people swear by boiling but I never had any luck with it, personally.

I've seen students ruin their Fingerboard, very slowly over a period of months, by slopping alcohol all over their fingerboard while attempting to clean their strings.

I'm sure experienced bassists, like you, already understand the risks. I am hoping a beginning bassist may see this post and prevent unnecessary damage to their fretboard when cleaning their strings.

Bent77 · Sunday at 8:37 PM

Mrs B and I took a drive through the burn scar today.
Heartbreaking
Absolutely wild to see in person, even through I have visited a half dozen other burn areas

Interesting aerial photo from a local photographer

Dr. Cheese · Sunday at 8:33 PM

chris lykins said:
I had two USA moderns and hated them in real life. Really flat and one dimensional sounding in the room. I feel bad being negative but preferred my WL by a wide margin. I think Im just a jazz bass guy at heart

I own a Modern, but I thought the Jazz Basses sounded amazing!

drumvsbass · Sunday at 8:04 PM

The OP might not be crazy. I sold a bass at that fits that description at a Long & McQuade and it was a Fender (or possibly squier or Japan) I am currently running through old sales to try and find the model because, as I am sure any one who has tried to google this, it simply doesn't exist. However, I KNOW that it does as I have seen it, played it, and sold it to an older gentleman to play in his wife's organ trio over 10 years ago. It was green, had 3 silver lipstick pickups and a 5 way toggle and an outright strat pickguard and body shape. It wasn't the post modern thing either, it predates that by a few years. This would have been mid 20teens. I'll let you know when I find it if no one beats me to it.

WayneP · Sunday at 7:47 PM

WayneP said:
TheShape101 said:

If anyone has a black 19mm 5 string bridge for sale let me know! I’d like to swap out the gold hardware to black!

Click to expand...

I’m in the same boat. I’ve searched far and wide for “stock” black 19mm replacement, and it appears they don’t exist in the wild. See my recent post and the ones following.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

Well, it took a few months, but I finally got my Thunderbass outfitted with black hardware. It wasn’t all sunshine and lollipops, however: I had some problems with the only bridge I could find. More on that here. Love the way it looks though!

While I had my bass out at the luthier getting the bridge put on, a Thunderbass with black hardware came up for sale here on TB. I've been looking for one for years!!! The plan was to "pirate" the hardware for my bass, and then re-sell it. Had it been put up sooner, I'd have bought it and either swapped the hardware or sold my current one. Oh well...

https://www.talkbass.com/classifieds/pedulla-thunderbass-et5-bubinga.1682854/

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

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scubaduba · Sunday at 7:14 PM

It’s a big meh for me. Not focused enough for me.

Plake · Sunday at 7:12 PM

Glad you found something that worked for you. :thumbsup:

lowfreqguy · Sunday at 6:43 PM

shirojiro said:
One of the nice things (in addition to the light weight) about the Bass safe is that the two halves fit in a regular car trunk or small hatchback so you don’t have to rent a larger car when you get to your destination.

This isn't an issue for those of you who are getting picked up in a black Escalade SUV.

And once you arrive at the hotel/venue/whatever you have a gig bag to move around locally.

Al Kraft · Sunday at 6:41 PM

I'm with everyone else so far in that for an outdoor gig with any signifiant bass that you need to generate on your own, a single 15" cab is unlikely to be enough. With PA support for FOH the audience will likely be happy, but your own stage bass level is likely to sound/feel weak...it's just teh nature of being out in the open. Double up on the cabs and I suspect you'll be much more pleased.

When you really push any cab (and outdoors it happens without even realizing it for me) you may be hearing some port noise. While there could be other things going on with the cab, your experience here sounds like what I've found when I need more speaker area to get me what I need and a single cab is being pushed too hard.

Adding that second cab is going to surprise you with the difference it makes.

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