Recent content by jwasbury

The one thing I've been doing for pay nearly as long as playing bass is being an accountant/CPA. Wide spread of info in this thread, from appallingly bad advice to spot on advice - naturally worth every penny the OP paid for it. If you're having difficulty separating the wheat from the chaff...

Hey Dingwall clubbers. I did something stupid and ended up breaking a long scale Dingwall low B string during installation. I have 4 brand new, perfectly good strings (Nickels) which I imagine one of you who has a long scale 4 string model could make use of. Dingwall doesn't sell single...

I voted yes. I don't have a lot of history here and only 1x as seller (quite recently). I have done sight unseen transactions >$10K (cars not bass guitars) via wire transfer where I took all risk as buyer, but through the purchase process was able to get a positive vibe from seller. Almost...

I played through a Hartke 410XL I got new in the late 80's for over 20 years. At 90lbs, now that I'm an older guy I decided to give these neo cabs a try and ended up with a pair of Bergantino 210s. Loved the light weight and modular aspect of that rig for transport, but can't say I ever loved...

So I just took some measurements. I think this is 17.5mm but I’m no expert here. Measured from center to center of bridge saddles.

Hi Basspeople. I bought this MVP5 roughly 12 years ago from a prolific Tber rogerbmiller. Like many of us, I drooled over these Pedullas which were the first real 'boutique' basses I ever laid eyes on in those magazine ads they ran back in the day. Shortly thereafter purchasing this MVP5, I...

Following up. I was able to reduce the noise substantially by grounding the DB-680 chassis to the Stereo 800 chassis. It’s not completely eliminated though. With the Stereo 800 opened up, I found an easy way to bridge the thermoswitch to make the cooling fan run. It’s absolutely the fan...

Thanks for replies folks. I did observe the sounds changes when I move the preamp's position in relation to the power amp. i did not adjust the volume controls on the preamp to see how that effects the noise...yet. I don't remember having this problem in the past, but I can't say for certain...

here's a link to info re: fan EMI to sound outputs which I found. Electrical interference from case fan causes speaker hiss - Ars Technica OpenForum

I first noticed this at a rehearsal. Replicated the issue at home, so it’s not a venue/house wiring anomaly. No pedals or anything in the signal chain. Bass—>preamp—>poweramp—>speaker. It’s definitely something coming into the power amp from the inputs, because the noise goes away when I...

Hello TBers. I have an Aguilar DB680 going into an SWR Stereo 800 power amp. Noticed a lot of noise coming from my speakers during a break at a recent rehearsal. I’ve diagnosed the source of the noise as the cooling fan in the SWR Stereo 800, which runs intermittently. It seems that the...

I played a 'booze cruise' on Lake Champlain once (circa late 90's). The generator power on that vessel was a bit dodgy. None of the amplifiers seemed to mind, but our keyboard player's synth dropped out several times

Touché... didn't win the lottery...didn't quit my day job:) Much of my gear I have owned for 20+ years. Only in the last few years I decided to try a couple new things, fueled in no small part by coming to this place, but also rationalized by the fact that I'm gigging again and getting paid...

A bit curmudgeonly, but its cool...have your rant...feel better? I too had never heard of Dingwall before spending time here. I said to myself: "Self...what is this Dingwall thing I keep seeing?" Searched more online, found Dingwall's website, learned the what, how, and why and it made sense...

Another vote for Dingwall. I played 5ers exclusively now for better than 20 years...don't own any 4s. EBMM Sr5 is awesome, got one. Pedulla MVP 5 - also awesome, got one of those too along with a custom built 5er and a neck through 6er (6er was patterned after a Ken Smith). I've gotten great...