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Swerve · Aug 13, 2026

tonym said:
Love it. You've inspired me. I have a date with Scotchbrite tonight.

Sounds painful

JimmyM · Aug 13, 2026

I bailed on this band, too, and I’m not even in it. Sounds like he’s developed it into something where HE can make money as long as he doesn’t pay anyone else much.

SteveCS · Aug 13, 2026

Les Fret said:
What is that about?

Various methods of tuning the bass. - using the included record; to a piano/organ/keyboard, relative using 4ths and relative using harmonics. Odd that it appears half way through and even more odd that it requires 5 whole pages.

rojo412 · Aug 13, 2026

2saddleslab said:
Learned that lesson the hard way.

As did I. Which is why I certainly hope to impart better luck and wisdom to anyone I can now.

sunbeast · Aug 13, 2026

parlezpas said:
Hi everyone,

I recently acquired a 2019 Strandberg Boden Bass Original (equipped with Nordstrand Zenblade pickups).

When testing the bass initially, everything sounded completely fine and all controls/EQ functioned normally. However, I’ve recently moved and currently don't have an amplifier set up to do further testing.

While replacing/checking the battery compartment, I noticed an extra black wire running alongside the main battery harness through the route into the battery cavity.

Here is what I've observed so far:

The 9V battery snap connector itself is fully intact, with its own red and black wires connected properly.

This extra black wire is unconnected in the battery cavity, with about 3 fine strands of copper exposed at the tip.

The battery cavity is made of plain plastic with no shielding foil or metal contact plates, so there are no signs of a snapped solder joint inside the battery compartment.

I opened the main control cavity to inspect the harness: all solder joints on the pots and jack look factory-clean. The bundle of wires includes a sleeve/tubing end that appears to be unused/empty, matching this wire's path.

Since I can't plug in and test for noise or active/passive output right now due to the move, I wanted to ask:

1. Is this extra black wire simply a factory dummy/spare ground wire from the harness for this model?

2. Should I just insulate the bare copper tip with electrical tape and leave it inside the cavity?

I've attached photos of the battery cavity and the control cavity for reference.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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As someone else mentioned, I'd suspect a bridge ground wire that came disconnected either under the bridge or from its ground connection in the control cavity. Can you point out which of the wires in the control cavity this is?

monsterthompson · Aug 13, 2026

kcducttaper said:
Would love to pair this with a Big Baby 3 (or a PAIR of BB3's if there were to be a stereo option....? maybe....? hint...?) for the 'ultimate' FRFR rig to swap between bass and guitar stuff. So far, I haven't been super impressed with anything on the market and would otherwise probably go for a Crown DSP rack unit.

As someone who ran a pair of BB2 cabs and a rack power amp for a stereo PA with synths and samples and some vocals, I think you'd enjoy that

31HZ · Aug 13, 2026

Man how did I miss this?

logdrum · Aug 13, 2026

As they say, , once you go loop switcher you'll never go back.

jjk2007 · Aug 13, 2026

Not bad....about 17 years since this thread started. I remember all the Xotic hype years ago....seems you don't really hear about them these days unless you go looking. I enjoyed some of the tech they used to cancel hum and liked some of the cool touches like the wooden p/u covers. All of this IIRC.....good luck on your search.

Karl Kaminski · Aug 13, 2026

10emmanuel said:
The reason why I ask ius because everytime I come up with soimething like that, I only go up and down the mother scale, like straig up or down over Gm on the 12th fret ( g string ) down to the 10th on the A string when the cord is Gm , which results in sounding always the same ( at least for me ). Its like, it doesnt sound "surprising ".

yes this cat kills it!

If you're looking to enhance your phrasing and Melodicism trying including slides/hammeron/pull offs between the b3-4-5 and the b7-root scale tones. It may help adding a vocalistic singing quality to your soloing—thats exactly what he does in this music clip.

Im not sure what you mean regarding the 10th and 12th frets; keep in mind the song/groove is in Bminor mostly in 2nd position, and he crushes it with minor pentatonic/blues scales fills at the 9th, 14th positions.

10emmanuel said:
Hello ! I will show you a video of a bass player from Brazil who I follow on instagram. He overlines a tune with his own lines. The groove its just so cool. My quieston is: what scale does he use when he goes up the second time, to the 15+ frets area?
also the other two times he goes up .

all three fills are based off the B minor pentatonic scale
*note im trying to write shorthand in text instead of notation so its assumed you know a 1oct minor pentatonic scale in position

±1:06 Starts in 9th position—7th position

descending minor pentatonic hammer-on lick includes #4 on [G string] 4-#4-5\4 b3, [D str] 8 b7 [A str]5 4 [E str]b3 1

±1:14 Starts in 14th position

starts with a [G string slide or hammer-on] @ 14th fret b7–8 4 5 b7, 1 b3 4 5\3b 1

±1:22 Starts in 9th position

descending minor pentatonic pull-off lick includes #4 on G string 5-#4-4\b3 1, 4 b3 1 b7, [A string desc] 5 4 b34 5, 1

Good luck hope it helps. He's a great player to follow!

bassbrad · Aug 13, 2026

Old man said, Now listen here son,
Best you avoid the Crossroads midnight full moon
and don’t you never ever take Mr Scratch by the hand
Didn’t I listen? Oh no this fool didn’t understand
Until I lost my soul to that Dark Soul’d Midnight man.

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RL5 · Aug 13, 2026

brokenfinger said:
I don't know how many basses they made but it can't be that many; it's the only one I've ever seen in the wild!

I'm going to reach out to Dean to see if they have a number. I looked for years for this one. I've only know of 3 that have been for sale (including yours and the one I just bought).

sissy kathy · Aug 13, 2026

Som ja get the cover off? If not, why not? Wus da hold up? If ya got the cover off, how'd ya do wit the saddle screw?

Bassgeer · Aug 13, 2026

Element Zero said:
Thanks for the help folks. Lots of other cool options. Ordered a Source Audio EQ2 and I’ll see how it goes.

Great choice!

Earl · Aug 13, 2026

lurk said:
Are you using the solo version of the Innovation Braided G as well, or the orch version?

Orchestra and it is loose enough. You do have to be careful with the innovation strings, though, as the windings are not so robust. I have had a few unwind, and I’ve had a few rattling from loose windings.

logdrum · Aug 13, 2026

It can work for Electric Bass with the tone stack. I have A series III Coda R combo, Series III Focus R supposedly 1000 watt head and yeah, no issues powering a 810 or 610 ( not my cabs ) and I also have a Series 4+ Clarus Head that I've used at an EB gig with a DoubleShot -- but I get better results for EB with the EA Whizzy 12's. Best to use an EB oriented preamp though although you can also preamp stack if you want.

Gilmourisgod · Aug 13, 2026

Hurricane Jimmie said:
And at some point today, I will comment on someone's greasy, grody hands.
Probably from a distance.

Why wait? It's never to early (or too late) to talk about Personal Filth.

JJP_1984_LB50 · Aug 13, 2026

Initial impression from my tech is it was stained darker. He's going to work his magic and then we'll see...

tdvt · Aug 13, 2026

Kevlanco said:
This is the deal I got when I ordered at Alto Music a couple months ago. Looks like you can still get it with the SUMMER15 code. I had to pay taxes as well, but still a great deal!

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8/13/26

This offer is still current as of 8/11. Have one incoming in the next day or so.

600 Ohms · Aug 13, 2026

Interested in this topic. I notice that you can still get the occasional XJ-1T with Fralins, new.

600 Ohms · Aug 13, 2026

Tong Cherd said:
I have the XTCT with Oxalis pick-ups! I'm not if I can control the mids with the in cavity mid control, I don't see one like what I found online the little blue circle. Found a big blue circular thing right above the low frequency control though but too scared to touch it

I became a bit of an expert in the XTCT and TCT recently and have installed both several times now. Don't fear the "mid trimmer".

Jeff Farley · Aug 13, 2026

I'm sure Joe Macho is playing on It's All Over Now Baby Blue. There is a very melodic upper ocatave bass part kind of buried in Dylan's rather boomy rhythm guitar part. There's also a youtube video of the song broken down into the separate tracks but it seems like the guitar & bass ended up on the same track for some reason.

LowWay · Aug 13, 2026

I loved my sonic research tuner. It was lost in a move, and I’ve been using Peterson since. I’m going back to SR as soon as the new pedal drops.

Reedt2000 · Aug 13, 2026

Flying B said:
I've traced the vol pot issue to a faulty pot, the eBay seller I got it from quite some time ago has kindly agreed to send me another one. Still examining the treble issue.

Treble pot should only connect to the preamp. Maybe re-flow the solder connections to it. And/or look to see if a wire is broken. That can happen stuffing the setup into a cavity if the wires get strained where they enter the epoxy encased preamp board.

BassicJazzy · Aug 13, 2026

Pep said:
I prefer a blank fretboard with no inlays or dots, just side markers.

I agree on a fretless but on a fretted bass I want something at the 12th on the face. Just, something.

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