Recent content by Elvis Nixon

Thanks for the advice. I’m happy to get this done. Yeah, it sure would be nice to keep the 3 way switch… I went with the prewired setup, but if I like it enough in the SBMM short scale, I can just upgrade my EBMM Stingray and get another Nordstrand kit unwired. Hopefully I’ll heal and be able...

Thanks for the reply. I ordered the Nordstrand MM 4.4 and the 2 band active pre wired preamp. I’m going to keep my other Sterling short scale stock and use one as an active preamp test bed for better or worse. I’ll lose the 3 way rotary pickup switch knob, but I guess I’m wanting the Sterling...

Thanks for the reply. The Sterling short scale is what I have and it’s definitely passive; no battery. I would like to have an active version of it.

I have a fretting hand problem that looks like it may be very long term or forever. Anyway, I used to play my old MMEB Stingray for a long while along with the usual Fender suspects. I got two Sterling short scales and I ended getting a maple FB and rosewood FB when they came out several years...

Totally WAY Off topic but being an old guy Raider/Dave Casper fan, I love your screen name and sig. I saw the Ghost To The Post play On Tv as it happened. I also played Tight End and Casper was my idol as a kid. Back to the topic: Has anyone looked up the skirt of the electronics yet? I’m...

I’m glad it isn’t just me who hears the pickup sweet spot is much lower than stock. I’d be interested to see what these measure in Ohms. Gotta be pushing more than 15K. I agree about the Daddario nickel wounds. I put a brand new set on my maple FB one. They sound like you’re describing. I...

Oops. I can’t edit my post. I meant to say I like to get guys with crappy instruments to play one of my basses.

Kj L I’m probably the wrong person to recommend strings. I’m a studio for hire and I try to get bassists that have crappy instruments. I keep a stable of basses that I try to get the guy with the bass that doesn’t record well to use. I’ve cherry picked out the best sounding examples of classic...

I just got my second one today. Barely.....that is. I’ve had the maple for a month now and planned to have rounds on the maple and flats on the rosewood. Just my luck, the RW sounds amazing just like it is. It sounds better than the maple, and I’m generally a maple guy. Here’s the barley got it...

They framed the armed guards out of the picture. They’re ordered to shoot bassists and ask questions later.

You You forgot Mento style and cut right to ska (which is nothing like reggae bass), the Skatelites and the rest were ska. After ska came “rude boy” like Desmond Dekker doing “The Israelites” then rocksteady came next and was much slower and more musical. The Melodians were a big Rocksteady...

His son Chris Culos is the drummer for Of A Revolution or OAR. They were pretty big at one point.

I’m sure there would have been other stuff than 24/7 Motown. James (“on the one fellas!”) Brown. Reggae bass is completely different than the native Jamaican styles. Mento was first and sounds kinda like calypso, then Ska with the fast simple bass parts. Rocksteady was next. Slower than ska and...

Did you happen to know a white kid drummer/engineer from Cinci named Carl Culos (pronounced Koolas)?

Not at all post away. Keith said the other station was a country station. Dunno if you’ve ever heard of the country studio trick of the “tic-tac” bass. They would use a Fender bass VI six string or Danelectro 6 and double the upright to give it that definition and percussive click. The easiest...