Recent content by 5stringsofury

I will say this, every once in a while, playing a 4, I will reach for the B String and come up finding air. I agree with the sentiment that it can be less convenient, but the benefits in string spacing and easier access can be worth it.

So, I started on my dad's short scale EKO 995, bought 3 four strings in a few years, settling on a Fender Prophecy II. As I played in the Key of D, I began to really feel the pull toward 5 strings, but was inspired by John Cooper of Skillet to buy a 6 string (Ibanez SR406). I played that for...

2 topics: The 735 in the video feels like it has more growl than the 435. As far as comparison to the P35 pickups (and I have played both in store), there is definitely a difference. The tone that a p35 can produce is crystal clear, unique and gorgeous (to the extent that I had a hard time...

So I had a crazy thought this morning to replace my BB615 preamp with the guts from a 735a. From what I can tell, the pots appear to be in a slightly different location. I wanted to check if anyone can upload a picture under the back cover of a 735 (e.g. is it all wired or is any of it on a...

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Not sure why anyone would do such a cruel thing, looks just like mine now! Way to catch an easy bargain and make the bass world a better place.

Ha! That's amazing and it truly is my pleasure for whatever part I played! Well, I'm glad to see it ended up with a fellow enthusiast. For the first time since I've joined this forum, I can say from hands on experience that you scored a beauty and a beast!

Was that in Dallas? If so, I played that one (and apparently might have actually aided in your timing of receiving it)! My friend was trying it out after I beat him to mine. The tone, but the neck was chunkier than my 615.

I know this is super late on the response, but I figure it would be good for anybody asking this question in the future. Here is a video with a BB-3000s

So I just tried it without a battery. Yes it does work, but you need a serious gain boost and the bridge pickup did not sound super great. It should be noted, however, that I was playing on a super cheesy practice amp. The 735 appears to have a similar preamp, but does have the switch. The...

Hey everyone, been doing alot of research on these and I started a chronological BB Series Wiki article. I have some trouble finding out info on late 80's- early 2000's. If you have more insight on this project, I would love to have a great resource to educate the world in these extraordinary...

They started with numbers, I don't know if anyone wants to go back through 200 pages to find out where we actually are.

You chose well! It's my nightly struggle after I put my kids to bed of playing or getting sleep :D

I would say, if he's trying to upsell a somewhat wonky custom electronics change, be careful. Likeliness is though that it may be worth it. On the flip side of the discussion, I've seen 2 of these in Guitar Center's used stock in the past couple of months for under $300 (one of them is now...

Should be about $300-400