Recent content by bluecab

I put a set of Thomastik 324 which I did't really like on my 30" shortscale on my old California Solid Body. Very nice. Changed the Bridge postion plus 10 mm backwards for good oktaves. Be careful cutting the E-string not to unwrap the outer layer.

I installed Schaller M4B-2000 mechanics, very good and nice. Strings I recommend are GHS Pressure Wounds. Pickup EMGHz and a Wilkinson Bridge, didn't like the chrome monster on such a tiny instrument.

Pyramid told me, that Kala got two sets of the Black Tapes at the Frankfurt/Germany-Musikmesse in March. Maybe they tested them in the meantime... Attention: the solid bodies - through body stringing - need a bit more length than the acoustics. There should be no thick part of the string at the...

Of course the Pyramids have a metal core, the wrapping is also metal, don't know if it is silver plated copper or any kind of steel. The outer wrapping is nylon tape. They work fine on the Cali4 and produce a nice woody tone without the mud of the Pahoes. The action has to be lowered. I tried to...

Sorry dougness, I can't tell you...Best you ask the company itself.

I think the Pyramid Black Tapes will be in the market more or less soon. I tested several versions and gauges and after many weeks I think they got it right, Suppose they will sound extremely nice on fretless basses, I got a fretted Cali4 and I will pull off the frets some day to get that dog...

Thanks Dave for your photographic efforts. A really nice piece of work. Kala should think about it...

Hi Dave, you 'discarded the fixed bridge pins'... Detail pic appreciated.

Hi Davewave. Read PM.

No Form, I just mailed that I wanted a set of four for the Kala Solid Body UBass. They know the length and calculated the gauges. But be careful: only after replacing the bridge about 8 mm towards the bottom of the body, the intonation is more or less okay. Strange...I didn't hear of...

I payed 49.- € for this experiment. Expensive, but I got really tired of the well known rubber issues... Thomann sells the long scale version of those strings for 36.50 €, therefore I think they will get significantly cheaper if Pyramid starts a serie production. Who knows?

Metal inside, flat nylon tape outside. Gauges: E 0.102 A 0.089 D 0.071 G 0.056 Each string 6 kg tension according to Pyramid. Washers needed. Outer diameter 8 mm, hole diameter 4 mm. Pictures of the instrument and maybe a sound clip later. The work is in patient progress.

Got a custom set of Black Tape Nylons by Pyramid, which I'm not affiliated with, for my Cali4 yesterday. Nice defined sound, really woody without the low end boom of the Pahoes and more treble than I expected. No finger noise, no plastic quak. Nice light touch and a very sensitive reaction...

Ask Max to increase the input impedance to 10M, should be no problem for this skilled guy, who is very open for specific needs. My fdeck stays with the roll off at 35 Hz, for higher frequency adjustments use amp EQ without killing too much bottom.

Maybe this: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] or contact the man with the hat...