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jimi55lp · Aug 8, 2026

sissy kathy said:
That must be the length of the grommet. If it's the width, that is 3/4"; a string ball will slip right through. Find the diameter you need and whether it is ID or OD. You probably need a 4 or 5 mm grommet (a 0.140 B string is ~3.6 mm in diameter.)
You can order them here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/356981937332

The upper lip has an outside diameter of 18.90mm which is about 3/4inch, but this is the top lip that holds the ferrules from sinking deeper into the body. The hole/orifice inside is ferrules is small enough to hold the string ball from passing thru. These size ferrules are what came on 1951-57 Precision and the CS reissue.

GTHintz · Aug 8, 2026

bass player 53 said:
I also bought years ago a Conklin 7 string Bill Dickens bass. I bought extra strings from Conklin. Even though Bill has passed, I see the website is still there. The website
shows sets and extended sets of strings
as well, under Store. I would contact them first.
Conklin Guitars & Basses

And they do get thier strings from SIT so they would be the alternative as well.

sean_on_bass · Aug 8, 2026

scrubhelmet said:
How do you deal with the performative interactions in social media? I have a feeling that when people like your comments or My Day/Stories, they expect you to like back. It's something that I don't want to deal with since I don't usually check other people's feeds. I'm also not comfortable posting the things that happen in my daily life.

i don't hold myself to any sort of standard there, so don't feel an obligation to reciprocate in these cases. i also don't post much about my personal life with the exception of music related stuff. gig pics, new gear, gig alerts, etc

Prodigus Filius · Aug 8, 2026

Empap said:
No you were right lol I had 25.7 from the data I have on pickups, and micguy has 25.6. so Ballpark theoretical 28th

I reckon I should just stick to stuff at my pay grade on TB he he.

Karl Kaminski · Aug 8, 2026

agreed. if its a matter of "pairing a cab" with an AI head. I havent found one lacking when I take my head on gigs with a club's backline cabs.

My personal favorites (that Ive owned): AI Upshot DoubleShot Coda cabs, ACME Low B 10s, Barefaced One10 and Two10 cabs.

mambo4 · Aug 8, 2026

iqi616 said:
Play phrases, rather than a continuous cascade of notes.

this
a good solo is a melody that has a structure, theme and development, a beginning , middle and end
as the song moves form verse to chorus to bridge, the solo shoudl underscore those transitions
experiment with how long you can make one note matter

it is no crime to roughly map out what your going to do ahead of time.
"I'll start around the third fret and stick to 8th and quarter notes,
at the chorus I'll get busier and play around the 7th fret"
etc

groooooove · Aug 8, 2026

Bumping a 10-year-old thread…

Can anyone confirm the location of the p pickup on these?
I’m trying to find a six string p bass, and one of these looks like my best bet. Guitar center has got used one for sale right now.

I was about to pull the trigger on another bass, and I was surprised to confirm that the precision pick up is not located where it would be on a fender.

can anyone measure from the metal of the 12th fret to the center of the plastic pick up covers? Just the front (neck) coil should be enough to confirm. If I recall its supposed to be 11 1/16”?

Dasgre0g · Aug 8, 2026

Thank you everyone for the nice comments. I'm going to keep the same pick guard, but I think I'm definitely going to put some vintage style pickup covers and fridge covers on it.. 70s glam it out!

Speedbird · Aug 8, 2026

Work trip thru Nashville airport. Once again, they have live music in the concourse. Koodos to them for making the effort... So, much more pleasant versus the hell of ATL. Above and beyond. Had about 45 minutes to spare and enjoyed a couple drafts sorting emails to this duo playing older pop/classics. Kind of like a corporate or side wedding band.

BP was super laid back, no effects, no sheet music/iPad. Just 5 string > MB > cab. Surprising how well that Phill Jones 4x8" sounded in the open area. Acoustic guitar player / singer had effects and vocals going thru what looked like an internally powered single PA speaker.

FWIW: I also noticed down the concourse a ways there was a nice grand piano open for anyone to take a stab at it (Some young Japanese girl, obviously a passengers kid was just killing some very complicated classical stuff. Good on her. Parents must be very proud).

bucephylus · Aug 8, 2026

Nebadon2000 said:
Yea that is more like what what my personal preference would be: why I mentioned Jule Simone

Maybe Mesa pre with Minnie 800D

I just answered OP question but I am content with my 12" wide 7lb WD 800
and don’t see any pre/power out preforming it at anywhere near price

I have no interest at this point in large heavy or Rack sized 'Vintage' (Dinosaur) gear been there done that and yes when relevant worked Great for me and yes again still some good stuff

+1

The more recent rigs I’ve been using are more tailored for the signal delivered to FoH vs what I am monitoring on stage. FWIW

modulusan · Aug 8, 2026

Al T. said:
The BN5 I have is splitable to single coil and that is where the magic is. I believe that all the BN basses have that feature.

Thanks . I think has stack coils. The ones I know are the nordy fat stacks...

permissiontoland · Aug 8, 2026

I recently bought a 1985 Hondo P-bass with what appears closest to a 7410 tremolo, at least by modern nomenclature.

I'm not sure how to set it up though, all the videos I can find are for locking versions, and the way they set the spring tension and tune it involves locking. Do I just have to tune, adjust the tension, retune, re-adjust and so on, until it's balanced out? I'm guessing there's a better way, but I'm at a loss.

Also, the curved cam plate makes it hard to know what would actually be level. All the videos I found are 2400s which have a very flat cam that makes it obvious when it's level.

nattiep · Aug 8, 2026

DHunt91 said:
My Geddy collection so far.

Just need to find a 60’s style neck without the binding for the Seafoam, and some Brantley pickups for the Black one!

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I grabbed a Vintera III neck for mine. I'll post pics soon. Waiting to get the new USA model in before I post pictures.

Lorna June · Aug 8, 2026

Hi. I bought some Bartolini pickups from a Japan auction site thinking they were a pair of Rickenbacker 4 string 6RT's but they are not.

I need to resell them as I dont use 5 string basses, but want to give the next buyer accurate information. Does anybody have any idea what these are? They are reverse P configuration like Original Splits, but with a much lower resistance and Rickenbacker style mounting.

I have been talking with Bartolini direct and they have been very helpful (thanks!), but they can not find any record of these pickups with starting F. They think the 2nd letter is a 5 (not S) for 5 string, T is old marking for Original Splits and T and B for treble and bass. But no idea what bass these went in.

Any help appreciated. Thanks

Bridge (T marking)
Marking is F5TT
Original split reverse P pickup style
6.233 kohms

Neck (B marking)
Marking is F5...... I can maybe make out a faint T, so F5TB if following a convention)
Original split reverse P pickup style
4.198 kohms

Body size for both
~91.6mm (3.6 inch) long
~31mm (1.2 inch) wide
~17.7mm (0.7 inch) high

Brass Bracket for both
106.7mm long
13.3mm wide
0.8mm high
102mm hole centers

GotGroove · Aug 8, 2026

agedhorse said:
It might work better with a low to high Z input transformer

That's the word I was looking for but couldn't think of. Thanks

BlueTalon · Aug 8, 2026

6thplanet said:
Do you never rented it to see what your weird creation would have sounded like?

That never even occurred to me.

dannylectro · Aug 8, 2026

captainofsmooth said:
Thanks for the assessment @Bruce Johnson. I’d spoken to two luthiers who each quoted me much more than $150, otherwise I would’ve immediately gone with a repair. That’s nothing to save such a wonderful neck. I was quoted closer to what the value of the repaired neck would be (imo), so I wasn’t sure it was worth the time just to sell it off and basically break even. I own other 70’s JBs, so I don’t necessarily need this neck to build another one. They are my favorite necks aesthetically of all time, which is why if it wasn’t worth saving I was going to get creative and crafty with it. But maybe I’ll keep shopping around for a luthier with a more reasonable quote on repair.

In the mean time, I love a good trade, so I’ll probably throw it in the classifieds to see if anyone else wants to mess with it in exchange for something I could use. Probably not interested in a low-dollar as-is sale for it. At that point I’d rather keep it for an art project. Anyhow, thanks so much everyone for all the feedback, and if anyone knows a solid luthier in the Central GA area who’d tackle this at a fair rate, let me know!

Have you tried Maple St. Guitars in Atlanta? They did good work for me a few times for reasonable prices.

Wasnex · Aug 8, 2026

Richard Lindsey said:
for any of several good reasons; it's a note that you (at least according to some norms) shouldn't play, because it will sound "bad" or "wrong."

I understand what an avoid note is. The rules for the examples you cite are generally fairly static. But this is not the case for all avoid notes. Given the same chord symbol, a good chordal player may avoid one note in some circumstances or play the same note in other circumstances and avoid another. The choice of how to voice the chord and which notes to avoid does not change the underlying chord structure.

There are conventions for chord structure, there are conventions for chord notation, and there are conventions for chord voicings/avoid notes. They are all valid, despite some inconsistencies between them. I don't have any problem with the inconsistencies or your position because there is no grand unifying music theory. You're entitled to your opinion and approach. I will stick with the standard conventions, because IME there are certain situations where these standard conventions actually matter/make a difference.

timmus · Aug 8, 2026

erikteichmann said:
I just finished my homemade guard for my Tribute L2500, and wanted to thank everybody in this thread over the years for the inspiration!

I have some material in white pearl, going to do another one soon…

Nicely done and it looks great!

I posted here about 6 years ago :wideyed:

right after I got my Tribute L-2500 and I still have it. I love the tones I get out of that beast! I can't believe It's been that long ago! I was thinking about a clear PG over the blue burst but decided against it. That burst is too pretty to cover. Under certain lighting, it practically glows.

600 Ohms · Aug 8, 2026

I ended up ordering a Bloom Doom nitro-finish body to go with it. Will report on fit etc.

The experience with Musikraft was very good. They did exactly what I had hoped and the oiled finish is really nice. Quality finishing and frets seem well done.

Gervais Cote · Aug 8, 2026

2saddleslab said:
This.
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Agree

sunbeast · Aug 8, 2026

La Faro said:
So there one has the technical noise advantage at the pick up. He mentions assuming there is a decent low noise preamp, but my Jazz is passive. I'm really referring to the noise that is picked up after the pickup, such as the instrument cable noise, if the signal is louder from Series or Parallel plus preamp, then it has a good signal to noise ratio.

Yeah that's valid for sure. Many active pickups like EMGs actually use parallel coils specifically for the wider frequency-response and for the lower noise level, but of course they are directly paired with a preamp in that case.

sunbeast · Aug 8, 2026

Gearhead17 said:
Good point, @sunbeast. I am not sure the product you are talking about actually exists. Maybe something similar exists. On my pedal board, I send the V3 Blended signal to my Radial JDI, then to the FOH. Simple and wonderful sounding.

I think there are number of passive options like this (sans headphone amp): https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1669398-REG/sescom_ses_3mix_3_input_1_output_passive_xlr.html/?ap=y&ap=y&smp=y&smp=y&store=420&smpm=ba_f2_lar&lsft=BI:514&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=229307642&gbraid=0AAAAAD7yMh0F5WQ2W539wSm3cG58BkZr2&gclid=Cj0KCQjwp9vTBhCWARIsANaUrjuUNxO1uehyDBrhHTdAJjHFFI1zRllyAoep6H5IkN8BhJVn1dAG6-0aAnLqEALw_wcB

And an active option with headphone amp: ART ProMIX 3-channel Microphone Mixer | Sweetwater

Or a passive combiner without mix-adjustment capabilities: Rolls MS20c Microphone Splitter / Combiner / Isolator | Sweetwater

Or just a simple cable option: Hosa YXF-119 Y Cable- XLR Male to Dual XLR Female - 6 inch | Sweetwater

Craig Orndorff · Aug 8, 2026

RedHotFuzz said:
When the bass guitar part simply mirrors the guitar part minus one or two octaves? For example, Whole Lotta Love (Zeppelin) or almost any 80s hair band rock song?

Doubling, or unison if you’re nasty (yet trying to come across as erudite).

GTHintz · Aug 8, 2026

Crossing into infinity

On August 8, curiosity takes center stage on Inter

www.bing.com

I feel like Conklin basses belongs here too. Yes he did manage to get large enough to start a production line overseas with cortek but I barely realized these basses were a thing until recently. His designs were really cool and he built some crazy basses. As many strings as you could think of he built.

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