Recent content by flomaster

They're already about 5 months old. Should have been enough time by now. Still hate them.

Now that you mention the brand, I 'think' I may have had LaBella flats on this bass before the swap (should have kept the packaging). It's a completely different animal with these on it. Going to have to dig some up and give it a try.

It's been a while since I posted, and I figured I didn't really offer any real closure here. In the end everything worked out. With some effort, the bass has been re-assembled. In retrospect it would have been easier to just get another neck. But, with the mods, this bass has turned out to...

I've got an LTD B-154DX and I normally keep Flatwounds on it. Last time I changed the strings out, I replaced whatever was on there with Fender-brand flatwounds. I don't know why--can't seem to put my finger on it (pun intended)-- but for some reason I absolutely HATE those strings. Before...

100% That nut is likely why it wound up at the Good Will in the first place. Lucky for the bass, it fell into my hands and can continue its life. Unfortunately for me, it's a lot of consumed time.

Yet another (self-induced) setback: In gluing the fretboard back, I experienced a bit of glue creep. For those non-woodworking types, this means that during the clamping process, the two parts that are being glued together move a bit. As a result, the fretboard was a bit more than 1/32's of...

That part took the longest. Nothing inside any of these cavities is what I'd consider a "regular" shape, so all of the pieces had to be cut to fit. Furthermore, it curls up when peeled off, and in placing the foil in, the foil tends to stick to everything BUT what you want it to stick to until...

Yes Sir. Adjustments are necessary. Even if the bass doesn't travel much, there are variations in humidity that will make the neck grow and shrink throughout the year. These are typically not much of a problem, even when bound up a bit, IF the user used the correct tool to make adjustments...

Well, since I had the neck apart already, I decided to upgrade (almost) everything else in this bass while I was at it. Because I liked the sound, I kept the existing pickups. --new CTS top-of-the-line potentiometers --lining and grounding of all the cavities (had already done this prior to...

Fretboard came off pretty easily with some heat and patience. In the pictures you'll see the high-tech equipment I used to remove it. (note: If you don't have a dedicated ironing board and iron for non-laundry purposes, make sure and clean up well before your wife finds out you used her...

They are not, and are relatively easy to replace "IF" you have the type that is replaceable. Unfortunately for me, mine is not.

Unfortunately this bass has hit a snag. This bass came from Wisconsin, a state with much higher humidity than Colorado, where I live. Even here on Colorado, the humidity varies enough that I need to make truss rod adjustments (albeit very minor) to my basses roughly every 6 months. Normally...

That's a good point, and something I didn't even think about. I'll have to measure the deflection with the heavier strings to see if it's worth the risk. If it's too great, I'll just stick with the "Reuglar Slinky's". Might be OK, though. My ESP has flat-wounds on it, which take higher...

Who's "Lyon" now.... Still waiting on knobs... I don't know much about these, but I can tell you the easy things that the company "cheaped out" on, and it's on basic setup and shielding inside the bass itself. Nothing that can't be remedied with a little patience. Turns out that after a...

I recently bought a used bass guitar from Good Will for 30 bucks. Since I bought it from their site, I didn't get to see or try it before it arrived in the mail, so I was expecting the worst -- what can you really get for 30 bucks, right? But I wanted a spare hanging on the wall that I can...