Recent content by kustomculture

  1. kustomculture

    Good source for gold anodized aluminum pickguards....

    i make my own hardware, but the brass aint cheap these days!!
  2. kustomculture

    after 10 years of looking!!

    .... so this thing showed up in one piece.. it came from a collection and never even got plugged it in the whole 25 years.. necks straight as a chiefs arrow. after takin off the old string i was surprised to discover this things a short scale 21 fret!! was a wee disappointed in that but its...
  3. kustomculture

    after 10 years of looking!!

    LOL.. Thanx! thats funny you say that. Cause I've been playing pretty much only P basses for ever.. but i grew up during the thrash metal and bmx era.. this thing does lend some class as well as the obvious choice of metal maniacs lame and brutal alike.. haha which isn't me.. I'm more a Graham...
  4. kustomculture

    after 10 years of looking!!

    well after it goes thru this it may not need any
  5. kustomculture

    after 10 years of looking!!

    I've never once seen em referred to as a black lightning myself in 10 years. Its a H2 death dagger model guessing 80/81 the seller sent a nut with it and the pickups goin in the garbage unless you want it.
  6. kustomculture

    after 10 years of looking!!

    Lifes is funny.. for everyone thats been on the hunt for a rare bird heres some hope. so im sitting having coffee waiting to go in late to either A. quit my boring job or B. take a layoff, and so I'm surfin Reverb.. not even looking for thee bass I've been searching for OVER 10 years!! cause ive...
  7. kustomculture

    Help!! old seymour duncan apb1 vs new apb1 wiring concerns

    might just have to be the way.. these parts in question are cheap, several configurations could easilybe pre fabbed and tested yes... that may be the answer
  8. kustomculture

    Help!! old seymour duncan apb1 vs new apb1 wiring concerns

    Hello everyone. so i apologize in advance but the mental mania ensues when it gets to these decisions. Ok, I have 2 P basses with the older dipswitch active APB1s and i they called for a 10k pot for volume and 250 for tone w a .06mfd cap but in the new APB1 they're calling for 100k on both tone...
  9. kustomculture

    SOLD Aguilar AG4P-60

    hello, how far from detroit are you? im in ferndale.. do you get down to detroit? interested in the pickups for a new build..
  10. kustomculture

    New cab, sour note?

    hmmmm. i have a 4x12 acoustic 105 cab that buzzes in B .. i figured it was the inner bracing needed reglued possibly...
  11. kustomculture

    How can a "bedroom bassist" like me be ready to create a good live tone?

    its a consideration in my journey.. ive never used a pick but i love the sound they get.. its led me to chasing that tone w out ever using a pick, because ive always felt that picks are not for bass but whatever. what you do over the pickups definitely affects your out put. i coat my fingetips...
  12. kustomculture

    How can a "bedroom bassist" like me be ready to create a good live tone?

    Once upon a time i was using a acoustic bass stack w a 87 p bass.. initially i liked it.. over time i found i wanted more.. i was buying pedals/ multi effect modules ect and trading weekly.. after a year of that i had saved up some cash for a better head.(as advised by everyone). it was 1989 and...
  13. kustomculture

    Bass Cabinet Speaker size and why?

    same ole story.. depends on what you want to sound like.. i use 1 or 2, Electro voice B215M cabinets.. best cabs ive ever had and ive used ampeg 8/10, acoustic 215 406, and a 1/18 an 2/10 config to name a few but it all depends what your trying to get. only way to really find out is spend some...