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Official Elrick Bass Club Thread...part 2!!!

Mine are the Medium-Light set. He just sent me a bunch of sets so I know he has them in stock. Normal long scale should work fine. If yo want thinner than .125, you could check out SIT Powerwound strings. They can be ordered in custom sizes. I get a .120 from them for my MTD.
Thanks again for the information. I figured that the body wood on my bass was Swamp Ash, but I found out today that it is Sassafras.

2025-2026 NBA Thread

Locking in a guy who consistently underperforms in the playoffs, for the next three years (when he'll be 40), doesn't seem smart to me.
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Modifying a German Hofner Violin Bass

Yes, I was pretty interested in them before they actually came out. However 2 years ago I suffered a torn left rotator cuff, roughly the 5th or 6th time. I can no longer comfortably play long scale basses. One reason I bought the Hofner was to experiment with a 30 in scale. Its definitely a lot less uncomfortable to play the shorter scale, so the Casady is out

Fir Audio anyone?

Zombie thread, but at least you'll get a reply. My NEON 4s arrived today. First impressions:

Best fit I've *ever* had in a custom IEM. The seal is incredible (I had 1964s quite some time ago, and the seal was garbage)

Much more definition in the low end. Notes on the B string are clear, and bassy, without getting muddy.

Isolation is superior to any IEM I've used before.
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NBsD - Stingray Edition

A few years ago I had a 1990s Stingray, but I didn't really gel with it. At the time I was very much a P-bass with flats purist and I couldn't make the Stingray sound enough like a P-bass.

Fast forward to June of this year and I see a Dropped Copper Stingray Special for sale locally for a reasonable price so I go check it out and I love it. The weight is right, the roasted maple neck and finger board feel great. I buy it, take it home, and I can't put it down.

Then I see another Stingray Special for sale in the classifieds in Candyman (red), also a good price but this one has an ebony fingerboard. I like that even more than the roasted maple. Then, again through the TalkBass classifieds, I pick up a '96 Stingray (I had to see how the originals compare to the Specials...), then my lowball Reverb offer on a BFR Slugger is accepted, and just today I received an old Smoothie.

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Clockwise from top left...
  • 2019 Dropped Copper Stingray Special
  • 2024 Candyman Stingray Special, I swapped the tort pickguard for white
  • 1996 Natural Velvet Stingray
  • 2016 40th Anniversary Old Smoothie
  • 2022 BFR Slugger Stingray Special 4HH
I guess you could say I'm a convert to Stingrays. Also I think it's time to stop buying them for a little while :)


If you contact EBMM customer service, you should be able to purchase a mute kit for that '96.
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Double Bass Sonores Gut Strings by Gerold Genssler

For the curious here is a solo from a recent show using Gennsler's B-Roque set with a gamut Pistoy D switched in. I think after my shows this weekend I am going to finally put on the BoM set that is sitting my closet. After 5+ years this set is still doing great. Especially with the bow.

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Sick playing as always!!
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Legit 1960 Fender bass cabinet, and worth $99?

Here we are years later. Glad I never got rid of this. Just wanted to say I have ported the cab and it is tuned to around 39-40 hz as far as i can tell from doing some low level testing at the port exit using vibration and visual inspection of the material being vibrated (trying to word that correctly). All I can say as this cabinet is sounding great. I reinforced the inside a with some corner bracing. Added two 4 inch diameter ports and I have to say it sounds beautiful. Playing this through a fender Bassman 100 for the last 3 months now at 8-10 volume. Play 3-4 times a week for 2-4 hours. With hearing protection :). No problems and it sound glorious.
Remember that for bass guitar with a 35Hz HPF, those drivers are good for no more than ~150 watts RMS each. They are also very expensive to recone.

Do I need to replace this nut?

I've never bought a nut but that makes sense. you can always cut down, you cannot raise up. Well, you can raise an adjust-a-nut.
A nut can be shimmed. On the whole though if the nut's as messed up as the one in OP's photo it's probably better to start over.
Then go with the black Tusq - BLACK TUSQ XL - NUTS
OP should double-check dimensions before ordering. Nuts for Ibanez Soundgears (the GWB series is kinda-sorta Soundgear) are different than Fender nuts.
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Headless hardware

Another Nova-inspired feature which I despise: The entire assembly is bolted to a mounting plate. To adjust intonation, you have to slacken / remove the strings, loosen the bolts, jostle the assembly into what may be the correct position, re-tighten the bolts, tune to pitch, check intonation. Lather, rinse, repeat. Nova actually revised the design so the saddle "slug" moves independently within the the channel a la ABM.

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Unfortunately a lot of them seem to work like this, especially the less expensive ones.
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Pro vs Amateur

...I'm not real likely to take a weekend gig but for a few exceptions..... I'll do week night gigs because I'm in town all day, but weekends come a premium for me.
Around here weeknight gigs are super rare. No bars clubs have bands during the week, or very rarely.
Good point. This topic has veered a little from my original observation, which is: IMO, if you want to play the kind of high-profile gigs that are booked by professional event organizers and booking agents, you need to be available....
Oh, no doubt about it. Also here is the added fact that several musicians are in multiple bands, or sub with multiple bands. I'm in two bands but there was a time when I was in 5.

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