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Dave is such a great guy ,and wicked bass player , his shop is by my house, gave me some great painting and build tips for my short scale tele bass build last year . Since then that bass has gone on tour a few times killing it , - with a little help from its forever home owner.

I put those La Bella classical base strings on a Ibanez short scale acoustic bass opn14 and they sound amazing after they settle in.

I have not found my ba-30 hissy at all. And when I tweak the settings it is far too loud to play with making my main floor rattle lol.

Awesome. Dave is friend of mine his shop is 5mins from my house, he gives me building and painting tips anytime I ask:) Really really great guy and a an absolute killer bassist with fantastic stage presence .

Actually the sonic series for Bronco was quite an upgrade. Better bridge, 38mm jbass sized nut and 21:1 ratio tuners that work quite well and only weigh a 8 grams more than hipshot ultralites. Plus more colours

affinity tuners were 17/1 ratio the sonic broncos are 21/1 ratio and only weigh 8 grams mores than hipshot ultralites.

Yup the sonic tuners are just fine. They have the same ratio as hipshot ultralites and only weigh a few grams more . After a lubing and tightening the key screw they work great. In fact I use them on other builds now that I found a source for them.

Hiya all , I recently picked up a new Ibanez opn14e bass and found some people are using the labella CB40be strings. All the threads mentioning the strings inclduing some warning from labella(which I can't find actually)?? are now old now. My question is directed at people who still have these...

No, the sonic broncos have real 38mm (1.5inch) nut and slimmer neck.

I stand corrected :)

Hi has anybody found a source for s decent bronco or mustang bass neck ie chinese ebay neck etc? looking for recommendations...

The picture in the case did not do it justice. The clear came up silky and glossy after 1000,2000,3000 and buffing paste and the color ended up like aged sonic blue which was the request of the new owner.Finding a nice padded leather strap in an almost perfect colour match at 50% on amazon was...

Also just shielded and grounded the poles via the magnets on the bottoms of the pickups. It is now a noise/hiss/buzz free bass in any switch position. Here is my wiring final with measurements from all 4 switch positions to confirm proper circuit function.

Thanks, the new owner my spouse had it out for a band rehearsal yesterday and it was a big hit, the band loved how it cut through the mix and then became-the-mix and loved the different tones it can do and looks etc.Worked really well with the mosky mini muff pi pedal I had just (diode modified...

Ok so after much lateness and my father on the verge of passing( I used this to distract me ) I finally finished it. more pics to come but as you can see it fits in a telecaster case and weighs 6.5 lbs soaking wet.