Recent content by CheshireCatFun1

Indeed. I'm a big fan of ERBs and ERGs, especially Warr Guitars. I have several builds planned for 13 string touch basses. I'm particularly a fan of Jean Baudin's collection, especially the Joust Bass and the Hideous Claw. I was all about 5-strings until recently when I was having a nightmare of...

Ironically with the subtitle "Tony Levin: Three Strings Are Enough." O.o Quite the mercurial character he is. ;)

Indeed. ;)

Well, to be honest, I wouldn't have necessarily thought that he was shy of going high, as evidenced by his use of the Chapman Stick. ;)

I just recently learned about the Fender TBX tone control. Does anyone have any experience with it and how does it compare to a regular tone control? Also, this a video demo of the Fender TBX tone control, and about 2/3rds the way through he mentions a special mod or upgrade to the TBX...

Excellent! Thank you! I will definitely go and check it out right now.

The same way I would explain a piano. Different people using different tools for different jobs to get different results. A pianist can, and often does, play basslines, but we would never necessarily refer to a pianist as a bassist like we would never refer to a pianist as an altoist or a...

Well, Tony Levin, for one, had a custom 3-string made for him. During a trend of bass players expanding into 5, 6, 7, and even 8 string basses (8 separate strings, not four double-courses of strings), he felt that it was the primary role of the bass player to hold down the bottom end, and not...

Well, that's just it. I never even knew it was a thing until now and considering that I'm deep in the design and planning stages I just wanted to make sure I covered my bases, but honestly I'm not seeing anything stellar that would point me in one direction over another, other than the series...

My current build involves doing something Wife-like, and using a subwoofing pickup deep in the neck area, a la The Wife, or more accurately the The Yamaha Attitude Bass 30th Anniversary edition. However, instead of doing a typical humbucker design, I want to do a sidewinder like an EB0 or EB1...

So I've seen some discussion on the idea of running the two halves of a P-Bass pickup through a series/parallel switch. In fact, I think I first learned about it on here. I've heard various sound demos, and either there wasn't much of a difference, or in a number of cases the series (standard)...

Excellent! Good luck with that!

Well, I thought it was brilliant what you described with using trimpots, measuring the setting, and then hardwiring in a resistor. Very clever. :)

(Definitely digesting and processing everything!)

So, a few thoughts. What if I have some lo-bats so I'll know well in advanced if I'm having battery issues or if the battery is dying? Also, the CAL Redeemer preamp has a default passive mode if power dies. I'm looking at installing that. Also, I was wondering if there was anyone who has...