Recent content by 4 String Fetish

Pete Barnaby is a great guy. Has set up my basses for jazz playing and even made me a great homemade transducer in the past. Will probably be going to see him again in the near future…

Just bought a second hand soundclip. Was sp thin and scratchy that I was convinced something was terribly wrong with it. Spent hours on my 4 basses trying to make it sound decent. The strip of inner tube trick (and some heavy eq) made it sound fabulous. Cutting up the inner tube has made my...

Gen X here. Been moving steadily towards P basses as I’ve done more electric bass playing. Been mainly an upright player playing mostly jazzy stuff, but been playing more electric since the pandemic. Back in the day had a jazz and then a 5 string Overwater. Tried a few basses since. Acquired...

So where do you think gen X are or are they all boomers to you?

Thanks for that, very helpful.

Bought a bass with these strings on. Enjoying their tone and the way they feel. Would like to know what they are! No silk on either end. Quite light and easy to bend. Get a great range of dynamics from them.

If you like your your Sandberg, you could try a TM. My go to bass is a TM4. It has a split coil on the MM, so with them split is basically a jazz with the correct pickup spacing. If it’s sounding thin in any situation, just flick in the second coil of the bridge pickup, it beefs it up nicely...