Recent content by Dirk McQuickley

Well, this story has a partially happy ending for me. The Cortobass was located and is back home. A big shoutout has to be given to Spectorbasslad who found the Ebay auction and notified me. I didn't catch the notification soon enough and the bass was sold. The Ebay seller's ID is "mrg2" who...

Hello Talkbass.com, Unfortunately, one of my former close friends has ruined her life through crack addiction. I couldn't figure out that this was her issue because she was mixing the use of crack with Klonopin (Note: I've seen people wigged-out on crack but not blended with Klonopin)...

The guy in Texas that you are looking for is Bud LeCompte: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Dirk McQuickley

Here is a video clip on Youtube of a guy demonstrating a Guild B-301AF: I have no affiliation with this seller. Dirk McQuickley

Go over to YouTube and run a search using the term "Ibanez Mikro Bass" and you should find 8 posts. The first two that are called "Pop & Slap" sound the best but overall, none of the posts have great sound (technical issue with how they were recorded, not the fault of the bass itself). Dirk...

Yes, at least one member has put a Dark Star on a Guild B-301. Take a look at message #177 in this thread: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=266574&highlight=guild+dark+stars&page=9 He later added two more for a total of 3 Dark Stars on one bass. Dirk McQuickley

The Mike Lull version is a bolt-on neck. Dirk McQuickley

Well, "The Guilds of Grot" is not too active on Talkbass so I'll chime in for him and let you know that he currently owns 86 guild guitars & basses. Dirk McQuickley

Well, this is the only video clip on YouTube that has a Guild B-300 series bass that has minimal modifications plus is well recorded: The Guild B-300 series Bass uses the BT-4 bridge which is also found on these other Guild basses: B-400 series, SB-200 series, SB-502E, and the X-700...

The key word here is "usually". The Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Bass is a 3/4 scale instrument that is an exception to the rule and only costs ~ $170; well worth checking out. The Mikro will only fall short on reproducing the very lowest frequencies which is typical of all 3/4 scale basses. The...

PM Sent. Dirk McQuickley

It may be tough to adjust the action to make it "low" on the SB-202. The BT-4 bridge does not have the ability to match the crown of the fretboard so what often happens is the A and D strings can get low but the E and G strings will be moderate in height. The real reason to get this bass is...

Is that a Guild B-402 in the upper right corner? Dirk McQuickley

I opened that picture showing the serial number with Windows Paintbrush. After inverting the colors, the picture clearly shows the serial number is 893883. Dirk McQuickley

Tony made a replacement pickguard for my Guild B-302A about 2 weeks ago. This is a very big pickguard in 5-layer black-white-black-white-black with drilled for 4 pots, one jack, one switch, two pickups, 17 screw holes and outer perimeter edges beveled. The job was excellent and Tony's charge...