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The three way switch acts like three pickups. “500” is the clearest, single coil sound (without the hum or thinness), middle “200” gives a fat punchy p bass sound, “500” is like adding an overdrive pedal, giving a boost and adding some grit to the signal. The pots aren’t intuitive — they don’t...

Typically travel light for wedding season. P-Bass straight > a EHX Black Finger to add a little warmth > DI (thanks soundguy!) & IEMs. I can pack up before the horn players.

…and the back… 😏

New to the thread… got a couple to share! 87 pages? tl;dr… is there a LP Signature Club? These two basses are totally different animals. And I mean animals. Coming from playing a P Bass for more than 12 years it felt like learning stick shift after only driving automatic. I have an old EBO...

Is/was Wiedoeft a Kolstein product? I remember reading a lot of speculation about that earlier — and having both of them out of stock at the same time is certainly is another data point — but was that conclusive? Or just an open secret like Kolstein Heritage strings being D’Addario?

Just to be clear, this is a forum created in search of the closest rosin to Kolstein’s Soft, not what your favorite rosin is, or any other fresh tea about the matter.

Thrown on and off a short-term-rental bass. Somewhere between fresh and broken in. A & D unraveling in the pegbox, usual stuff, no kinks. Includes flat-rate shipping.

I’m sure some, (most?) of you know the pleasure of “breaking-in” a DB (or acoustic instrument, e.g. flattop guitar, violin, or cello… since this is TB I’ll use “DB”). A new DB or refurbished DB can be a wild ride where it finds its voice over the course of a few hours, days or weeks of heavy...

Not sure if it’s your case, but one thing to look out for: tight nut slots. You tune it up and the slot grabs the string so the tension is higher between the nut and the tuning post than the tension between the nut and the saddle. Once the string sets into equilibrium it tunes sharp. Same...

^bump A seasoned local jazz player tested it out for a week and says it’s awesome. Loves the easy playability, the growl has beautiful swell, and the tone is really mature for its age. Says it’s apples to oranges vs. his 100+ y/o German bass. He thinks it could easily be someone’s main bass and...

When I first threw a set of 3885 Weich’s on my bass they had that electric bass sound and feel, almost no envelope and flavorless. A soundpost adjustment warmed them up and gave them more character. Still has the sustain, growl and articulation of Spiros, but are darker than any Spiros I’ve...

Maybe your bass could use a fresh set up! Action isn’t simply the string height at the end of the fingerboard: •if you have a high nut, it will be harder to press the string down with your left hand. •if the camber in your fingerboard is scooped too deep, it’ll take more effort to push the...

For your consideration: a gig ready Eastman VB305. This is a repaired bass. The date on the label says 2001 and it was fixed January 2024. It’s been play tested on gigs, backlined at a festival, and has even gone on a small tour. Totally solid. A list of repairs on the bass: •reenforced neck...

I thought it was so the silks don’t wear each other out in the pegbox?

Mine initially sounded like a compressed electric bass — immediate attack, endless sustain, sorta characterless. A soundpost adjustment opened the whole thing up.