Recent content by Bikes_n_Bass

Hey all, I need to replace my bridge on my Spector NS-2A. I emailed the awesome folks at Spector and PJ pointed me to a company that I could by a replacement bridge from. The problem is, those bridges are now made from aluminium instead of brass like the one I have. I LOVE the tone of this...

Check out any online videos of Remco Hendrix. That Brother has some skills with index/thumb. Great tone, funk, and talent! Granted he does use his other fingers as well sometimes, but mainly index/thumb.

Legend has it the Lute was created by a lefty who felt fretting with the dominant hand was easier. Subsequently the guitar was made in the same fashion and then on to the bass guitar. So it happens that, what we call a "right handed" guitar/bass is technically a left handed instrument. My...

Outstanding for her and Kudos to you for being a good supportive parent! It's awesome to see parents that let their child express themselves so freely. I mortified my mother when I did my thing growing up.

I don't like the tone from EMG MM style pickups they sound sterile to me. I have EMG pickups in 4 other basses so I do like what they make just not the MM. Personally I like passive Seymour Duncan / Delano / Bartolini for MM pickups. Then its just a matter of picking the active preamp you...

My experience is that Spector has a thinner front to back feel than Schecter. Some Schecters use the same pickups as Spectors i.e. EMG 40hz. I think Schecters are great but I just can't get on with the neck feel/shape. I've played a Schecter Stilleto Studio 5 that was cool, sounded great, just...

OK I am convinced Richland123 can indeed find anything.

You can pick up Korean made Spector neck-thru such as the really early NS-2A in the $500 range or Rex 4 / Rex 5 models for $550-650. On a different front, USA made EBMM SUB are amazing as are the Indonesian made Sterling by Music Man Ray 34 /Ray 35. If you like a narrower nut width, The Ray...

Wow, that's odd. I've got nothing on that one. It must be a chemical reaction of some kind maybe the retainer bar scratched off some coating or scuffed the string just enough to expose something the alcohol could react with. It can't be an actual burn since flame would have cooked your...

I know that alcohol can corrode some metals under the right circumstances. Overnight seems a bit quick to have done that much damage but I am not a scientist so maybe it can. Is an overnight soak something you have done with this same brand/style of strings before with no ill effects? Where...

NO! Any manager asking that is trying to get something over on you. I have friends in the industry and they all say that this is crossing the line.

Local non-chain shops are where I try to do most of my business. Online is great for deals and all but these days for me it comes down to service, I am willing to pay for good service and knowing that if I have a problem, I have someplace I can go back to with ease and not have to worry about...

Happy wife, happy life. Buy some stuff the wife thinks takes up too much space in the house and she won't kill me so much as make me wish I were dead. The looks, the comments, dang, just makes my eye twitch thinkin' about it.

You could try a position that is less like Robert Trujillo and up closer to where Ryan Matinie plays his bass. Slung low is not the only cool way to play anymore. That said the only way to keep it low that I found worked for long periods of time was to position the bass almost like an upright...

Since this is an opinions thread; I'd leave that bass be as it is. It's a gift and she clearly had the thought that she was getting you something that was bang on what you wanted and would make you happy. By trading/selling/heavily modding (more than a simple pickup swap) you are sending a...