Recent content by kineticdg

Okay, it's snake oil week at my house. My '92 Miata was misfiring badly with anything more than part throttle, I added a can of Seafoam to the gas tank and it cleared right up (I don't think correlation equals causation here, but the correlation is 1:1 so there's that) On to my Rumble - I...

The Guild Starfire 1 doesn't look like a P-bass, but it's got the pickup in the right place, buried in wood. I don't have a P-bass to compare it to, but it sounds great.

I'm getting the same with my used 500c, through speakers and headphones. Mine sometimes loses volume as well for a while with additional static, does that happen to you? I also have the problem with the return jack static, but I'm getting this noise even when I have my Zoom running through the...

Just as an FYI, I modded the Aria Pro Jet B-Tone into a Bass VI, I love it but I’m still a late-stage beginner and don’t have experience with the other two options. The humbucker is a bit muddy sounding to me, I’ll probably change it at some point: J-B'tone - Baritone - Aria Guitars - Electric...

I second this opinion.

Kubicki Ex-Factor, easily. But I'm a designer, it's the brilliant design that appeals to me (I've heard they sound & play great as well).

These are beautiful (I have a cherry Starfire I as well, and love it). What's your take on I vs. II?

Yes to tuning 'through' the capo, the material I'm using on the underside is a synthetic felt and offers little friction. Again, a super crude solution compared to a Kubicki, but a super attainable one for this stage of my playing. The Kubicki is just a brilliant example of 1980's Industrial...

"ATC"? But I agree - it's an inexpensive way for me to have the low D without relearning fingering, it's probably not got much value beyond that.

I tune it E-A-D-G when the capos are in place, when I rotate the E capo that string is tuned to D. I think (?) tuning is working well, I've done minimal setup so far so can't really confirm. I adjusted the intonation before adding the capos, it was close but probably not perfect. And yeah - I...

Hi all, I was inspired by the above experiments and decided to try one as a holdover until I can justify getting a Kubicki (which is probably years away at best). I'm a medium & short scale player due to concerns about joint injuries (I haven't had problems from playing bass yet but I seem to...

I completely agree, don’t buy for a theoretical future scenario when you’re just getting started. The Rumble 40 is always going to be a great practice or small group amp - easy to use, extremely portable, sounds great. Worst case you can always sell it in an instant as there’s such a ready...

I removed the pickups to see if I could add foam to raise them, and screwed up the foil under the front pickup. I remembered the Lobster video about shielding issues with the Guild Starfire I, so I thought I would line the cavity with copper tape and shield + ground at the same time. So, I ended...

One last thing: manhole covers are round so that giants can use them to play Frisbee. Look it up.

“Wrong - did you know that Stradivarius actually stole his design variant from a shoemaker named Giuseppe…” Beat you to it.