Recent content by Bassonder

Thank you so much, that made a huge difference. I looked this up like you said and my B string especially was definitely arcing up from the saddle just like the various pictures I've seen on this topic. After setting the witness points my B string now intonates properly and I even had to move...

I just noticed that the nut was not sitting straight after re-stringing, setting it straight helped quite a bit. I then filed out the nut for the B just a little bit more to make it sit a little lower and now it's around 5 cents on the 12 fret. Is the action on these things not a bit high...

I have tuned my Ibanez GSRM20B miKro 4 string to BEAD tuning but I'm having trouble getting the B intonated properly. Per the recommendation of Prodigius Filius I have replaced the screw with a shorter one to make the saddle go back further and I have even removed the little spring (any downside...

It does look like I need a shorter screw to get it intonated properly so I ordered some today. I could have shortened the current screw but I prefer to keep it intact should I want to go back to regular tuning. Thanks for the tip!

For some reason that linked image doesn't show and I'm not able to edit the post anymore so for completeness' sake here is the missing image:

I think you are thinking of a Stratocaster. My Telecaster has a separate metal cover hat houses the controls, like this: I'm pretty sure it's a separate cavity. The bridge section with the other pickup is also a separate cavity. So three cavities in total. So that wire should already be...

Instrumental prog rock. If I have anything interesting to share I will do so. At the moment I'm looking into shielding my miKro to reduce the hum and buzzing. That should help making recording easier.

What a timely post! I just finished re-stringing my Ibanez miKro to BEAD tuning today and was thinking about trying to do something about the buzzing and a a quick Google led me to your post. I did the same thing to my Squire Fender Telecaster about a year or two ago and it helped quite a lot...

Received my set of strings yesterday evening and re-stringed to BEAD about an hour ago. I like what I'm hearing! :bassist::hyper: I could clearly see a gap between the bottom of the strings and the bottom of the nuts (light was shining through) so I used the bit of string between the nut and...

I'm not a bass player, not even a guitar player pretending to be one. I'm a keyboard player who happens to be able to play a bit of guitar and drums. So while they are not that expensive I don't think I would get my money's worth out of it. I also like how narrow the neck is on my 4-string...

Thank you so much both of you. That Ibanez set is readily available, don't know why I didn't find it before: https://www.thomann.de/nl/ibanez_iebs5cmk_mikro_e_bass_set_045.htm I will just order a set and see how it goes. Thanks again!

I have an Ibanez GSRM20B miKro bass which is a 4-string short scale bass which I quite like. However I want to be able to play lower notes, so here's my question: Can I use the lowest 4 of a set of 5 string for a comparable 5-string short scale bass such as the Ibanez Ibanez miKro GSRM25? Can...