Recent content by Alexdeth89

I've been recently experimenting a lot with effects and pedals and I discovered my favorite sound so far. Using my '86 400RB head, the hi boost engaged in combination with the cab sim engaged in my Tech 21 pedal produces the clearest and just shimmering tone I've ever heard in a bass, it sounds...

Is there a way to make my passive bass sound similar to my active one? I really like how it sounds, it has a bts control (set to 3.5 khz) At first I was thinking of just tossing another bts into the cavity but I already own a 10 band eq pedal so I was wondering if it can do the trick. In my...

How do they sound? are they as bright as roto 66, for instance? I've never tried them before so I'm curious

I love the clean bright tone of stainless strings and normally I get about 4-6 weeks of good zingy sound. I wondered if I could extend that period of time so I made an experiment of using surgical gloves in both hands (I play with a pick); I made sure to clean the gloves after each session and...

I have a couple doubts about this project of mine. I bought a BTS control preamp and want to pair it with PJ vintage squier pickups, I wanted two volumes so I got 250k pots. I wired them up just as shown in this picture: So from the preamp I have a white and a black cable with a plastic...

I just got an old 400rb in good cosmetic condition. The problem is, sometimes it turns on and sometimes it doesn't. When the amp turns on, I can play for like 5 to 10 minutes and it sounds great actually, but that's it, suddenly the amp dies again. I checked inside and everything looks normal...

Yes that is correct, the bridge is incredibly heavy too, haha

When thrash metal music became my favorite genre some years ago, I wanted to get a Jackson bass and a GK head so badly. I did tried and owned some new jackson basses, but to my ears the humbuckers didn't sound quite as good as I thought. I was a bit disapponted. Talking about amps, had similar...

Hello, I've been looking for a wiring diagram in parallel but can't find one. I'm not looking for the series/parallel pull push thing, only parallel. By the way my bass has the pj pickup config thanks!

Hello everyone, I just wanted to share my feelings and maybe receive some feedeback. Being a bassist in a thrash metal band has been my biggest dream in life, I live in a small town, I promised my parents to get a college degree and I'm very close to get it, so want to leave after that. I...

Congratulations man! Personally like the contour and hi boost a lot

Maybe this question is stupid, but I don't know really, lol. Well, the thing is there is a nice 800rb at my local pawn shop that is in mint condition. Right now I'm not gigging, only practicing in my room and rehearsing with a band. My amp is a backline 250, but the question is what...

The black box is the preamp itself, if you like active basses I suggest you to get a new preamp, there are tons of options.

I recently purschased a gotoh 201 bridge because i wanted to try something new, but the holes don't match and the only way to install it is to drill new holes. One thing i noticed is that my stock bridge weighs a lot more than the gotoh, by the way my bass is a charvel 3b neckthru and the...

I love my tone and absolutely love my rig, but whenever I play at a gig with a PA support I feel like my sound is better. I'm not familiar with those systems and how they work, but the times I've played with them, sometimes my cab was mic'd and other times they used the direct out of my amp...