Recent content by lbcsrw

This is taken from a poor angle, but I think you can get the idea: This was 8 years ago, btw.

I played a gig not long after attending my first NAMM show. I was proudly sporting my newly aquired Bass Player magazine t-shirt, worn under a rather sporty leather jacket. After the show, the owner of the club came up to me with tears in his eyes, laughing. He pointed to my shirt, and...

I had one of the original Lytes, with a beautiful Pewter sparkle finish. It got stolen from my car while I was at a gig. I don't remember it being noisy, though. The American Zone basses are much nicer, I think, except for the preamp. RE the Zone, I'm not really sure what kinds of pups it...

Thanks David & Ben! I like the instrument. It was developed to compete with boutique instruments at a time when Fender felt their high-end sales were flagging. As such, it has many really nice qualities, including two soap-bar humbuckers (actually two sets of two j pups), a bridge that allows...

Thank you for the replies. Sorry for the lack of specifics. I will do my best to answer your queries. First, the bass was set with all the tone controls at their detent positions. The volume was full up, and the pick-up mixer was in the middle, between the two. The noise seemed to remain...

I just purchased a used, but very good condition, Fender Zone Bass, made in the USA, which features a figured maple top, two active humbucking pickups, and a Fender proprietary 18 volt preamp. As soon as I plugged it in, I noticed that the pre-amp seemed quite noisy to me. I was wondering...