Recent content by Jack Torrance

I was a diehard passive pickup user until I received a beautiful American P bass in a trade. Played amazing but sounded like poo poo even with the special “vintage” pickup. Dropped an EMG in there and transformed the sound to superstar status. I was floored…🤣

If you go springs route, I got mine from a couple of ball point pens 🤣 perfect size and worked like a champ!

I recently started playing GHS flatwounds on my Mustang and love them. I have a p bass and jazz bass I may switch from LaBellas to GHS. I love the sound but suspect the string tension on the LaBellas is causing discomfort to the point I don’t play them. It could just be that the Mustang tension...

https://www.vintagebassvault.com/fender-precision-basses No affiliation and hadn’t seen anyone post this link. Good luck in your search interested to see what you end up with!

I was able to catch one on sale a week ago. I thought the price was suspect to say the least. The input jack had to be bent because after playing it for 5 minutes it kept falling out. Not really a big deal because it’s only 3 screws. The other issue was the tuning keys have a small screw and...

I hope my mom didn’t read this post…

Update: I apparently ordered the wrong item. From Oscar: “The satin nut on the left is for Licensed Ultralite an the nickel nut on the right is the18mm USA Ultralite adapter nut. Licensed tuners are made in Korea and are metric while the USA tuners are made here using SAE threads. The 18mm...

The hardend bolt trick! Brilliant I’m gonna give that a shot! Thanks I appreciate your help!

Yes I ordered them directly from Hipshot. Unfortunately they didn’t have a selection for ultralite nuts. Nylon spacers are a great idea!

Hey guys I was wondering if I’m being too picky about replacing these ultralite tuners. I ended up needing adapter nuts and was pretty disappointed when I received them. Visually I noticed there was a huge difference in how the adapters are machined compared to the originals. The replacements...

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I as recently in a Guitar Center and saw a Markbass 410 cab advertising lighter weight. I believe it was marked 32 lbs. I picked it up and was surprised how light it was, although it felt like it was made of styrofoam with some sort of spray on tolex. Think tolex coated styrofoam ice cooler lol

Exactly!

I have received the amp back after repairs from @agedhorse. He was correct that damage occurred during shipping causing high levels of distortion. One of the pots had to be replaced and the housing had to be straightened. The amp operates as it should with both passive and active basses and...

@agedhorse is right we don’t know. What makes me suspicious is that I contacted him the day after I received the amp and explained the issues. Two days later I realized I should probably just get a refund and he denied it, claiming his return policy is only two days. May as well have been two hours