Recent content by guidobassman

I got a used OLP single humbucker from Guitar Center online. It came from another state. It was pretty dirty but I cleaned it up. Mainly, here's what I had done to it. I had it re-wired in Series then I had the Basslines Blackouts Tone Circuit added with the two separate knobs and the bass now...

Thanks everybody. (Blowing up and catching fire? Brutal)

Anyone have any experience with the Bugera BVP 5500 head? I have a Behringer BX4500H head and it's got great tone. I've had SVTs, Markbass, Marshall, GK and the Behringer has great warm tone compared to them. Just not the headroom. I was wondering if the Bugera head has great tone but a little...

LOL. It was Guitar Center Greensboro NC. Small world!

After many years of having an OLP bass in the back of my mind I finally bought a MM3- 5 string from the used section of Guitar Center online. It was $150. When I got it, it was a little beat up, set up horribly and the front volume knob didn't work. I was worried let me tell you. I looked inside...

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for an OLP MM3 or MM5 5 string bass. I think they'd have the same wiring.

Just got the Little Mark III about a month ago. This head defies logic. With my new Geddy Lee Jazz with Duncans Quarter Pounders and an EMG BTC control, I can almost blow the windows out of my house with the volume at about 3. How Markbass got this super tiny head's 300 watts at 8 ohms to sound...

This Geddy now has Duncan Quarter Pounders and an EMG BTC control installed.

Thanks for the info everyone. Guido

Anybody know what brand of strings come on an Ibanez BTB575FM? They're putting my D Addario pro steels to shame. I e-mailed Ibanez but no answer. Thanks, Guidobassman

I've been playing over 30 years so I know about bending the 130 at the nut and the bridge and stretching it like crazy:) But like I said, my Spector 34" scale 5 handled the 130 no problem but then again that bass was over a grand.

Maybe flop is the wrong word but for sure I couldn't intonate the 130 and I couldn't get the "piano" tone but the 125 fixed that. I can intonate it and get the piano tone again.

To all those out there that have 34" scale 5 strings that suffer from B strings that are impossible to intonate and have bad tone, use a 125 B string instead of a 130. I just did that to two fivers that I have that are 34" scale. I had a Spector 5 that was a 34" scale that could handle a 130 B...

Anyone know what model Bartolini Jazz Bass Pickups still made are the hottest output? I was reading some reviews and some players thought the 9J's are slightly hotter than stock Fender pickups but is a 9J different from a 9J1 though? It gets really confusing with Bartolini's model numbers. Thanks.

I read in Dr. Dimento's ongoing pickup experiments that the Bartolini 9K set had above average output. I also saw on The Bass Place site that the CBJD3 set will replace the 9K set. Does anyone know if the CBJD3 set has a higher output like the 9K set? Thanks.