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    Source Audio Zio Bass Preamp

    Hey! Got it yesterday, what a nice pedal! Seems to me that it is a pedal designed to give a limited variety of great flavors. It is a differemt philosophy compared to other preamps (like the EBS MB3 which I recently tried and returned mainly due to build quality concerns). The technical...
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    EBS MicroBass 3: Crackling sounds

    Hello! I just received my MicroBass 3 today. Noticed strange crackling sounds when pushing the chassis (ever so little that even when pressing drive footswitch is enough for it to do it). See following video: Has any of the owners here noticed this behavior? The bass needs to be plugged in...
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    Annnnnd here is my BBP34 with it's new custom made acrylic pg!
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    Nice! I like the clear pg. How was it in terms of thickness? Did it fit nice under the little black protection plastic of the truss rod? Where did you order it from?
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    I liked the sunburst as well, but noticed in many photos online that the top pieces of wood very often had grains very different from each other and that turned me kinda off. Vintage white was the clear winner for me!
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    Here's mine, I happen to have an RGB bulb on the ceiling :D
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    Just a tip to anyone, if the top half of the p pickup from emg geezer set is swapped so that the cable connector underneath is under A string instead of E string, the pickup will be possible to be set lower inside the cavity, since A side is always higher due to fingerboard radius. I swapped...
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    Hey, I swapped pickups on my bbp34 after all. Put on the geezers PJ set. Works just fine, the only thing for others to keep in mind is that the cavity depths don't allow for "colder" setups, meaning pickup clearance is about 3mm for P and 2mm for J. The P cannot go much lower meaning that you...
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    Why? What did you replace it with?
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    Would it be a crime to swap the whole set with an EMG Geezer Butler PJ, in my BBP34, just because I don't like the hum from the J pickup? :banghead:
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    I am also thinking of swapping the j only on a bbp34 but hesitate to drop the cash and then having tone matching issues with the stock p which is very good. Anyone already did this with good results?
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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    I have EXL 160BTs!
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    NBD! - Yamaha BBP34 vintage white

    I measured it, inlays past 12th fret are off by 2mm. Nothing much, to be honest. The bridge is perfectly centered.
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    NBD! - Yamaha BBP34 vintage white

    I just finished putting on some fresh slinky hybrids, conditioned the fretboard and set it up. The neck is a beast. The truss rod is almost loose and it has the perfect curve. Swapping the stock strings with the heavier slinkies did nothing to it. Very stiff. The dead spots are nothing much...
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    NBD! - Yamaha BBP34 vintage white

    Another dilemma: with pg or without pg? TBH it would be nice to ship them with pg loose so that you can put it on only if you want. I believe sire do that. I think I prefer with.