Recent content by Heisenbass

I always wanted to suggest this one as our company anthem

Just wondering, if anybody ever used something like this: Invalid Link Removed Just came to my mind while cleaning my bike.

Added its sibling to my herd lately. Couldn‘t be happier. I always loved these Aerodynes. But then again, I find PJs aesthetically unpleasing. Fender Japan has heard me at last…

Bummer! Send an email to Sandberg with pics and the serial number, even if you return it to Thomann. Their customer service is excellent and they care about their reputation.

I owned quite a number of Washburn basses. Still have an 82 Force-8 and an 84 Force-8 BBR (Black with red binding). Those early 80‘s Matsumoku-made Washburns were great basses in terms of build quality. The Force-8 is like the illegitimate offspring of a relationship between a Fender Precision...

1999 flamed amber burst maple top on swamp ash w/ birds eye maple neck. Don’t think it can get much better than that. Bought it in 2013. Features a strange mod: when you pull the volume pot, all the tone controls seem to be bypassed and the full signal goes out. Anybody ever come across this?

I can‘t recall anyone stating late 80‘s Washburn serial numbers follow the format you mentioned. As far as I know, the only thing you can take for granted is that the „8“ means 1988. As a general rule, don‘t over-interprete Washburn serial numbers. I used to own an 82 Force-4 featuring a 7-digit...

Aerodyne FTW!

I‘ve got both varieties. One from 82 with split coils, upgraded with DiMarzios and retrofitted perloid PG, and a 84 BBR (black-black-red) with humbucker. I doubt that you can find a drop-in replacement for the stock humbucker, as the dimensions are pretty nonstandard. And, yes it is...

Clips 2-1-3. #3 Sounds somewhat duller to me. Only marginal differences to me between #1 and #2, but to me #2 sounds a tad more dynamic. Basses: I vote for the Moollon. But I’m a sucker for bindings and slab bodies.

Gotoh GB-528 look pretty similar. Look here: GB528 - G-GOTOH Unfortunately, after double-checking, the ones on my 82 and 84 Force 8‘s are a tad smaller. (Overall length 79mm vs. 80.5mm, hole distance 1.6mm vs. 1.7mm), but it may be a starting point.

Nice score. Don’t Know exactly, but if your bass is from the early ninetees, I would bet it is identical to the wiring used in the Access (XS-4/5) and Mercury (MB-4/5) series basses. Maybe this helps.

Looking at dude‘s facial expression, I think it‘s a matter of applying the correct technique

Congrats on your B2. I had one of those years ago. IIRC, also an 86 model. It was different from yours in that it had a reverse P and those brass block bridge saddles you normally find on late-seventies WB Vulture basses. So, I guess it was an early or pre-series model. Sold it on eBay to a guy...

A thing to bear in mind tho (but this also applies to rounds): the silk wrapping might conflict with the bridge saddles on a top loading bridge like the Sandbergs have. At least that‘s what happened with my TI Jazz Flats G string on my TT4. Had to cut off the silk somewhat. Don‘t know if it...