Recent content by L2ATJR

I took your advice and swapped-out my strings and replaced them with D’Addario 45-100 flat wounds. While I was at it, I lined the body cavities with copper foil tape, changes the mini-Alpha pots to full size CTS 250K pots - audio for the P/J pickups and linear for tone control, and installed...

My 4-string therapy during this pandemic.

Stock is more than good enough.

I took your advice and swapped-out my strings and replaced them with D’Addario 45-100 flat wounds. While I was at it, I lined the body cavities with copper foil tape, changes the mini-Alpha pots to full size CTS 250K pots - audio for the P/J pickups and linear for tone control, and installed...

I took the advice of some of you that responded to my admission to being new to the bass and wanting to try flat wound strings. I purchased a set of D’Addario XL Flat Wound regular light gauge Chromes, 45-65-80-100, as these are from the same manufacturer and are the same string sizes that came...

Bass player... non-professional, but I have always had an appreciation for the technical side of most things.

The carbon fiber has a nice feel all to itself.

This is what I needed. Thanks!

Thanks. I have a complete set of SAE and Metrix hex wrenches (I believe the Yamaha BB434M is metric). I'm going to go for it.

Did you use the same string sizes (45-65-80-100)?

I am VERY new to the bass. I figured that I have some time during this pandemic, so why not learn something new. This is my BB434M. I changed out the knobs for StewMac Speed Knobs, replaced the pickguard, and added a Levy’s strap. Together with some open-back, over the ears headphones, my...

I am VERY new to the bass. I figured that I have some time during this pandemic, so why not learn something new. This is my BB434M. I changed out the knobs for StewMac Speed Knobs, replaced the pickguard, and added a Levy’s strap. Together with some open-back, over the ears headphones, my...