Recent content by basscatman

Hi all; I've gone completely fretless with my SX basses, and that's all I play or intend to play. Selling all my other basses and some extra parts. Among the parts are three SX short scale necks. Two are maple/maple fretted from standard short P-basses, and one is from the ash-bodied jazz...

I now have 5 SX short scale basses, so I can offer some things to think about: First, as to the short scale Jaguars: I fixed the balance problem by using a heavy bridge, namely a Schaller gold roller bridge, available for $40 on ebay. The mass and adjustability of the Schaller is great for...

Here's some quick pix of the little blue Pbass with the Kent Armstrong pup and Schaller bridge. It's rainy and dark here, but I'll post new and better shots when I have the new pickguard. I played it in the church's main hall today and the sound was indeed deeeep! I'm a former upright...

Howdy one and all. I've got two SX short scales: An SPB 57 3/4 LPB lake placid blue P-bass with maple/maple neck and An SJB 62 3/4 LPB lake placid blue Jazz bass, rosewood on maple. I had a brainstorm for the little P-bass, and it turned out beyond anything I could have hoped for...

Thanks for the replies, but I don't think we've got to the problem yet ... It is not happening on one neck, it has occurred on four. I've used at least 4 different types of strings. It can still occur even after a professional setup. It has happened with MusicMan, J-pass and P-bass...

The fact that it happened the same way in the same place on 4 different basses from 3 different manufacturers makes me suspect that something different is going on.

I have gone through several low-end basses recently because they have all done the same strange thing ... when you put on big flatwounds or tapewounds, the B and C tones on the G string go weak and dead-sounding, and the D reverberates forever in an unpleasant fashion. One bass was an OLP...

... is pieces and parts for building and/or upgrading short scale basses. If I could get short necks or pickups for smaller basses, I'd spend a lot of money there. For example, an item that would sell would be a replacement neck for EB-0 basses. The originals were legendary for being...