Recent content by bejayoharen

I don't have this problem. It seems whoever had this bass before me put a bike inner-tube and some thin styrofome between the pickup and the bridge, and either this solves the problem or I don't notice because I'm not picky. I did this a while ago, but if you are at all handy with this sort of...

I bought one used and it had the rubber in place between the pickup and bridge. I tried a wing-nut pickup, but I couldn't get it to sound good. In the end, the two changes I made was to lower the bridge for better action and to bypass the built-in preamp because the built-in preamp is insanely...

I just bypassed the preamp. I tried another pickup (one that goes in the wing), but honestly I liked the existing pickup better. Once you bypass the preamp, the noise goes away. If you want, you can use another preamp, but mine goes right into my amp.

Those aren't washers, they are springs, so they are supposed to be "warped". Moreover, it should hold just fine without them. If the endpin is slipping, there may be several things causing the problem, but assuming you are tightenning it appropriately and it feels tight, the most likely problem...

Well I took the plunge and bought one used. Payed a little more than others on this list, but the shop let me rent it first and then applied the rental cost to the purchase price, which, for me, was the right thing because I didn't know if I was going to be able to play the thing, or if I was...

Hay gang, Just wondering if anyone knows the difference between the ve-500 and the newer ve-550. Seems like some of the most common issues with the 500 were the noisy pickup/electronics, bad strings, and rattly tailpiece. Strings can be replaced. I suppose I can upgrade the electronics now or...