Recent content by jamesf

Edit: Moving day is almost here and this needs to go. New price $1200. This is a Romanian hybrid 3/4 (scale length 41 3/4) D neck bass, made in 2005. I bought it in 2015 from Acoustic Strings of New England. Mark Carlsen of The Setup Shop did a fingerboard plane and soundpost adjustment in Dec...

I went out today to test a bunch of basses. I wasn't going to buy any, I wanted to take my time, get a feel for what I wanted, and buy a good one instead of being suckered in by a deal. I also want to believe in Santa Claus and calorie-free ice cream. Walked out with an Ibanez SR1200E on...

It warms my heart to see so many musicians have found work as comedians :-) The "boomy" I mention is subjective sure, but it's a fluffy boomy. Turning up the mids is not something I think would achieve my objective, but I've attached an mp3 of the demo in question. It's totally possible I have...

I heard an Ibanez at a bar band show and it sounded fantastic. Clean, throaty low end growl that cut through everything in the room. I've been looking for this sound for years, I just didn't know it. The sound is the same on their recording, so I don't think it was the MarkBass gear, but maybe...

I don't know where else to post this since I didn't see a double bass forum. I just put a Full Circle (piezo) pickup on my bass, and when I play a string, the percussive sound of my finger hitting the next string is amplified and is quite arresting. It's there when I play without the pickup, and...

I didn't...I suppose if could be the room, I know nothing about acoustics... jim

The cafe amp is in a corner, and I immediately moved mine into a corner, with absolutely no difference, surprisingly. I expected _something_. At some point I figure I'll need to open it up and see if anything's loose/missing/exploded, but I don't really know what I'm looking for unless it's...

Yes, same bass. The EQ doesn't matter in my case- none of the EQ settings come close to the low end the cafe amp had. No U-L switch on mine, might be an older model, in which case, maybe that's the difference? I could *feel* the bass at the cafe. Mine just hurts my ears. Turning the bass all up...

Hi folks..I've had this Amp for about 10 years and it's been ok for home practice. I recently played a jam where there was another one, and HOLY COW, it has so much punch and low end. Like a bass amp should sound. So I'm thinking there's an issue with mine. There are no abnormal buzzes or...

DOOOHHH! I never bothered to look at the magnets, just the plastic. Nevermind... jim

While installing my new "original" or "62 reissue" Fender pickups, which do not have flush mounted magnets like the website blurb said, I was about to adjust the height and started thinking, always a bad sign. If the pickups have an overlap, that means the inner two strings are sampled twice...

Hmm...probably not worth my time to troubleshoot. Guess I'll pick up a set of those '62 reissues everyone likes :) jim

Soldered (at least 20 years old). I would think if something came disconnected, neither pickup would work... jim

Hi all...I was messing around with my MIM Fender P, trying to get the EMG Ps closer to the strings. After inserting a rubber spacer under the very compressed foam and reassembling, the treble pickup stopped working. Bass one works fine. With only two wires, I assumed everything is in series, so...

Thanks! That did the trick. jim