Recent content by drwv

Hypnogogic hallucinations, they’re quite common. Mine personally are reds, greens, and deep blue on black.

Low Mass Bridge (patent pending)

I play the open strings so at least a few of my notes are in tune!

People argue about P versus reverse-P, 60’s vs 70’s Jazz spacing, the sweet spot for whatever instrument… And the individual string pickups here have been arbitrarily mounted where they fit. So does 1/2” matter for pickup placement, or does it not? Does it affect the tonal balance across...

I think that every ABG with a pickup and/or preamp should come with a phase-reversal switch.

Hofner CT Verythin 500/7 weighs 7lbs. https://www.hofner.com/en/shop/hct-500-7-sb-hct-500-7-sb-verythin-bass-ct-3175

The original MP3 player WinAmp shaped the metadata used for describing digital music. Their list of genres, which became standardized in the MP3 ID3 format, included “blues”, “rock”, “jazz”… and “Primus”.

Similar experience with a short-scale Hofner. The La Bella Beatle Bass 760FHBB flatwounds are 50-100 in the “standard” set, but felt like fat, stiff, steel cables. I switched to the 760FHB2 "light" set 39-96, which completely changed the feel of the instrument. They should rename the...

Killer album, thanks! What's that bass guitar on the cover photo?

Thank you for your post and for your reply, but - for the record - that is not what the instructions say nor what the photo shows.

How do you keep epoxy from dripping back out of the hole after you remove the syringe? And does this significantly improve the balance of a semi-hollow bass? I've got a Hofner VeryThin (short scale) that balances acceptably but could be improved. The NoTreble link you provided doesn't work, but...

I agree that La Bella 760F-MUS should be your first pick of strings. What's the story with your great-looking Mustang? It looks like it's wearing a Precision pickup; what's the switch do?

The level coming out of your analog mixer will be line level. The front-end preamp of your combo bass amp expects instrument level, so running into this input will require tweaking the gain on the preamp and/or the master level on the mixer. If your combo amp has an effects loop, then plug the...

I use La Bella LTF's on a 34" Tacoma Thunderchief and on a 32" Fender ABG and really like how dark and round they make the plugged-in piezo tone sound. Less acoustic volume than roundwounds, but sounds more like I want an "acoustic bass" to sound, both acoustically and amplified. They sound more...