Recent content by alpho

I've had my HB30 for 5 years now. It has become my main bass. When I bought it I installed TI Flats because I like their sound and feel. I just replaced them with new TI Flats and the magic is back. There may be other strings that sound better to some players. I had initially tried D'Addario...

Alice Cooper, Pretties For You

q1aOTE="Killed_by_Death, post: 21871694, member: 272436"]bottom drawing is better, because suspending a cap between pots is a no-no Also, use 500K Ohm pots if you want to capture the full timbre of the instrument. If you don't want more high end & more perceived output that 500K Ohm pots would...

I have a Peavey Axcelerator 5 Bass, with active VFL pickups and an active Bass/Treble EQ. A short in the wiring overheated the electronics and the battery. The bass stopped working. I wanted to fix it fast by replacing the circuit board. Peavey Support doesn't have any more parts for this...

I should recheck my settings. I might like the sound even better with correct settings. Thanks!

I assumed the chrome cover was the top. I like the sound at th specified height.

I owned and loved a Peavey 215BW years ago until it became too big. Then I had an SWR Goliath III, but it got too heavy. I'm left with a Goliath III Jr, which has become too heavy. I was shopping for a modern lightweight replacement until March. If or when we are set free to play out again and...

My Studio 40. Club membership?

NBD PB-Shorty arrived a week ago. I was going to change strings first thing, the strings don't sound bad enough to want to immediately chsnge them, especially since I paid only $115 delivered to my door. At that price I'm not very interested in better pickups or pots, or a heavier bridge, or...

The TI SS FLATS are a little too long for all four 30" SS basses I put them on. Some of he red silk gets wrapped onto the tuning post, but they work. I'd like to hear what you think of the Optimas vs. the TI Flats. I tried Pyramids (found them at decent sale price) on the Lakland HB30, but...

I'm so used to playing short scales that I might be comparing the low-F growl to my MEMORY of the sound of a long-scale. I'm sure an objective comparison would show the long-scale to be...wait a minute! I'm not going to do a comparison. My ears are happy, so I am happy. I don't want to hear any...

I've owned the EBMM SS Stingray with the maple neck for a few months now After two months of playing blues, rock, and country at various rehearsals and jams, and playing a few gigs, I'm finding this bass to be the only bass I want to use. Here are a few, sometimes disconnected, thoughts...

My new EBMM SS Stingray (just like MuttThud's above) and my Lakland HB-30 are my co-favorites. The two them cover every situation. My Jag SS is no longer getting any playing time.

Rotating the shaft under my thumbnail, I counted 7 clicks on each of both sides of the gap. So that accounts for visible 14 splines. If you assume that the width of the gap is the same as 2 splines, then both ends of the gap account four 4 splines. 4+14=18. After doing that imaginative...

The pots are metric, I believe. Here's an original pot: