Recent content by BobKos

Keep your guard up but don't overthink this. We are becoming a cashless society. LOTS of people are used to paying by app. I just sold an amp to a TB member a few weeks ago and he paid me with PayPal for a local sale. I have done that for others too and have paid PayPal also. F&F means no...

Kind of similar - I have noticed a significant uptick in the number of grocery store 'pickers' where I shop. These are the store employees or other service providers who are doing surrogate grocery shopping for internet / app customers. I used to see one every once in a while. Now I see...

I never realized there was a market for $30K production Fender basses. I say more power to the seller if somebody actually ponies up that kind of money for that bass. Me personally I think it looks too good to be real. I also think the serial number looks wonky in the photos and he never...

I just sold (2) fully functional Eden 410XLT cabs for $350 (for the pair). Fantastic cabs but 100 lbs each. GOOD 4X10 cabs are out there cheap. Don't mess with the broken cab.

There SHOULD. be an official name for the 50 year old Fender white that turns a bizarre orange-ish yellow. My 78 Musicmaster did the same thing. Nicotello?

I bought a Warmoth body used that was advertised 4.6lbs. It came in at 5.6 lbs. Given the very precise advertised weight and the fact the real weight was written in the neck pocket (illegible in ad pics), I felt miffed and reached out to the seller. He was pissed that I felt the need to...

Nice playing! Well done!

I owned an SR500 and an SR1300. I liked the SR500 better. They are out there used at very reasonable prices. There is lots of talk about upgrading the preamp but despite a decently spacious cavity the bores for the pots were very odd and did not allow alot of flexibility in choice of preamp...

Dimarzio Model G if you can find a set. I would also contact the folks at Wilde https://www.wildepickups.com/collections/humbuckers/products/l500 and see which of their humbuckers they recommend.

Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats. No pickup change. String change.

I honestly don't think the cutaway view above is to scale. If it were, the bars alone would weigh 2-3 lbs! And I can say from experience that standard configuration warmoth necks weigh around 3 lbs. I have owned exotic wood with steel bars over 3 but under 4 lbs. The link below solves the...

The bars touch the fingerboard and drop from there. I can't imagine shaving off so much that you would hit the bars. https://warmoth.com/bass-neck-constructions

Different strings? Maybe that will yield the result you want without electronics swapping. Every bass I own has a specific set of strings that just brings it to life. Sometimes it's easy to figure out; sometimes it takes some effort. The popular strings are popular for a reason....

I too bought Eden 25 years ago. Good stuff. Ironically I just sold my (2) X 410 XLT stack last week for a whopping $350! But they really sounded great and IMO they can run with anything out there. They sounded especially good behind the Markbass LM II I replaced the WT500 head with. I now...

I have a couple Mono Betty straps that are VERY comfortable. Not sure if the back length will be enough for you but worth a look. I also have a number of the aforementioned Levys straps which are great.