Recent content by bassgirls

There are great. I bought mine new 9 years ago and still use it/love it as my primary bass. I've owned several p basses and prefer this one. You can blend the pickups nicely for fat tones or more cut. Neck is thin and comfy. Everyone who plays it wants it, but I'm never giving it up.

OMG thanks! Wow it sold for over 8k in 2012. I guess I'm not getting one of those. It sounded super cool, though.

Hey guys. I saw Bill Frisel last night, and his bass player (I think his name is Luke Bregman?) was playing this bass. It sounded super woody and great. Does anyone know what make and model that is? Thanks!

With regard to #2, do those strings sound like an upright bass?

Oh yikes!

Can I buy a fretted one and pull out the frets?

That's a good idea. I've never played a fretless instrument. How difficult is it to train your ear? I have a pretty good ear now, but I'm not sure it's good enough to play fretless straight away. Is the learning curve steep?

Yes I should have specified I'm looking for an acoustic. I want to try to get that upright bass tone. How do you like the Journeyman? How is the intonation on it?

Hey all. What is the best u-bass out there in terms of intonation and tone? Nice hardware that stays in tune would be another perk. Thanks! BG

Haha. It won't be for sale. It's the Mag7 P/J bass. Love it! And the action is fine so I removed the shim and went stock. It will stay like this unless any problem shows up, but it's been stable for 3 years now. I was getting greedy and wanted more adjustment room.

Is it possible to sand the heal/pocket into a slight angle instead of shimming it? I don't know how to do this, but just wondering for the future if I ever do need to change the bass' geometry. I think I'd rather do that than sink the bridge.

It was happening acoustically without the pickups on, so it's not them. A friend heard the difference, too, and a few people in this thread said they had the same thing happen. We can forget about it because the shim is out! :D Thanks!

Yes, unfortunately! I knew that when I bought it. The shop told me ideally it would have a shim, but I liked it so much I bought it anyway. Like I said, though, with the saddles down it's 2mm action which is a good height for me. I was trying to be preemptive and "fix" this so I could have some...

.25 degree shim, Fluid, not 2mm. Thanks above, good posts!

That's how you learn!