Recent content by ArKay99

I started out on accordian...Lawrence Welk and company, notably Myron Florian, were my parent's musical icons back then...so, one day I came home from playing baseball in the street to having an accordion placed in my lap. I took lessons for over 4 years, and it gave me my foundation for the...

So, here I've gotten through the process and finally had some time to get the pictures up. The untouched bass: Before B-String Height: Before G-String Height: Neck Backplate Contour: Scribing the shim: The Shim after shaping... I used my Dremel with a sanding wheel on very slow...

Wow! I am blown away by the number of responses, the content of them, the helpfulness and the opinions. I've taken a few days to let the USPS do its work and came back here to review and saw all the responses. Along the way, the G string saddle was so low that the height adjustment screw fell...

I have the first iteration of this bass (about 2.5 years old). Maple fingerboard in Plasma Red. I'm a guitarist and bass is my second instrument. For me, hands down it's the best 'player' bass I've played. My only issue is, and probably because I'm a guitarist, I'd like to have a lower action...

Jaco played a Jazz Bass, Carol Kaye, James Jamerson, and Chuck Rainey played a P-Bass. If you're just starting out, it doesn't matter what you get. I would look at a Mustang P-Bass...inexpensive and if set up right will intonate, and sound really good for about 1/3 what a P-Bass will. One thing...

Thanks for the tip! I mostly play guitar but have had an Ibanez FG-375 with medium gauge strings for a while. I had to go to mediums to make it sound good. It was hard to play and was mostly a chore. Since I bought the Ultra, it's a whole new world. I'm loving playing the bass and have a new...

Thank you gentlemen...

Hmmm...I do like the sound in passive.

I've been looking for an answer to this and don't want to waste 2 good batteries to find out if not. Does anyone know if switching to passive shuts the preamp off? I'd rather just leave it plugged in between sets or when away from the recording console. To preserve the battery life and also to...

Ron Carter used to have that extension to 'C' I believe...still a 4 string though.