Recent content by Dave McCall

Update 1: Soldered everything, buttoned it back up, and restrung it last night. Everything seems to work. It was late enough I didn't do a normal volume test. I'll do an update 2 once I get a chance to do that today. Initial thoughts running at barely audible levels on a interface and practice...

It's an odd one. Thanks for your help Leo and Crater. I think I know the first thing to try now.

I'm wanting to try a super-minimalistic mod for my G&L SB-1. I'd like to try directly wiring the pickup to the jack and bypass all electronics in the bass. I'd control tone with pedals and volume with my right hand. Has anyone ever tried this? Did it work? Did you like it? How would I go...

I grew up in a tiny town with a single, tiny music shop. I remember starting my bass career thinking to myself, "Well, which bass strings should I get, Boomers or Slinkys?" because those were the only two options.

I once had a G&L L-2000 that had super weird overtones that you could hear acoustically and through the amp at specific pitches. I could NOT figure it out. It drove me nuts. I was certain the truss rod was vibrating. It wasn't. It turns out the SPRINGS under the pickups were resonating. The...

Scam - Steves Music at www.stevesmusic.co.uk is a Fraudulent Website That's definitely a scam site. The photos that they're presenting of their showroom clearly show from signage and labels in the photos that those are actually Sweetwater's retail spaces.