Recent content by geoffwaite

Nice! Well I paid $75 and $25 in parts, but then hours troubleshooting and fixing, so you probably got a better deal :-) Anyway, I gigged with mine for the first time on Saturday and was really pleased with it. I ran it bi-amped into a 4ohm 1x15 and an 8ohm 4x10 and it sounded great. I ran...

Ha. Snap. My own two favorite instruments are a Fury P-bass I restored in a sunburst and an early 90s SR820. Love those thin necks!

Great deal for one in that condition; I spent $80 on a total beater for a restoration project. Fine basses, thinnest fastest neck on a P bass, and the stock pick up is surprisingly good as well. Only complaint is the neck diving balance - fixed by a set of ultralites. Grab a can of contact...

Question for the York/Tray-wise: I've been playing through a BM400 for a while (with either 1x15+4x10 or a single 4 ohm 15). I've always thought it was a little quiet (e.g. compared to a Fender 300W I used to use), and also quite bright. I recently picked up a Peavey Megabass (2x200W) and I've...

It's not worth the cost of shipping back, but they've been very helpful troubleshooting. It's nearly good to go now; just this pre amp out issue. Hoping some other DIYers on the thread might have an idea...

I just joined the megabass club. Woohoo! But I have one problem. I picked up a beater and replaced a few broken pots, then spent a week chasing down bad solder joints and a really tough noise problem which turned out to be a floating ground on the pre-amp out board at the back (I assume it...

Leo Lyons, right here: , for example

I'm really interested in this thread. demoed the micropog against the pitch fork in the store, and agree with the pitchfork less synthy verdict. I'd buy it tomorrow except for one thing - no dry out (a la micro-pog). I'd really like to take the effect and mod it while keeping the pure bass...

so I had a good poke arounf the pedal. Here is what I found: three sources of noise: 1) moderate noise from no grounded case (buzz, gets worse when you touch it) 2) large noise from poor power filtering (mains hum) 3) small but acceptabe (IMHO) electronicsnoise when active Cause of...

I just aquired a bass drive plus too, and took it off my board because of the noise, but I did kind of like the pedal - nicely subtle and keeps the low end solid. However, my feeling is that this problem should be solvable and I'm about to try. I think most of it is shielding ground loops and...

So...thought experiment: if the bridge-into-the-body colors the sound by taking energy from the strings at certain resonant frequencies of the non-string parts, has anyone messed with capturing those (e.g. with a contact mic) and mixing them back in? I see a number of bridges available with...

One of my guitarists just started using a fender blues deville. It sounds wicked and it's loud. One complaint that I've heard from other guitarists though is that it's hard to get a good sound when you have it turned down low - so if you play quietly, you may want to consider this.

First - My apologies for awakening this zombie Second - my 2c worth as a physicist, engineer and bassist: The problem is WAY more complex than the mass of the bridge. The sound "lost" to the body will depend upon the acoustic impedance match between the strings and the bridge (two contact...

Ibanez SR820. Bridge is (was) an Accu-cast B-IV - the type with the milled recess for the saddler plate. The outer frame bent and cracked, in case anyone happens to have a spare....

They get hugely variable reviews on forums. I have one as a spare: standard P bass copy which I paid $25 for. It's bang on straight, sets up well and actually plays really well (bit slower neck than my Ibanez, but very light action). It has awesome sustain - much better than my other basses...