Recent content by Gary Adams

I was in the same boat as you. I ended up selling my 4 string electric and got myself a 4 string ukulele bass just to have a very portable option with that upright sound. I love both basses now because I use the uke bass in situations where I want that mellow acoustic upright tone and then the 5...

From what I've read, noise that goes away when you touch metal on the bass is a shielding issue, not a grounding issue, but it's also possible that with a single coil pickup that you'll never get it to go away completely. Using only the neck pickup eliminates the noise but I always like playing...

I know this post is really old but I own an Ibanez SR755 with your pickups and I get a lot of noise out of the bridge pickup. If I switch to the P neck pickup the noise goes away. If I touch metal sometimes the noise goes away. It's a continual buzz. Ground lift seems to make no difference...