Recent content by low on toner

Did anyone go to this set of shows? If you did, it was impossible to ignore that the sound at the main stage was, for the most part, TERRIBLE. It was really sad. I'm not a sound person, so I don't know why and wonder if anybody here could explain. It seemed like the sound was beaming in very...

This is an old thread.... I finally replaced the crap MEC pickups with Delano JC5 HE5 pickups from Best Bass Gear, who convinced me to use these rather than the JMVC 5 FE, which are apparently characteristically bright colored, since I told them I wanted a pickup that would get out of the way of...

I had already replied to your craigslist ad, I'm in St. Paul!

Bump. What was the verdict?

So yesterday, I finally put the chromes on, and spent over three hours playing because it sounded so damn good. My guess is my bass, a bubinga, wenge neck, wenge fretboard Warwick was already prone to accentuating harmonics. I have been battling the eq to try to emphasize the fundamentals. I've...

How dare that arrogant bastard not take time out of his day for you to can his sorry ass? Of all the nerve. It is too decent of you to give him a week after you have waited for him this long already. I say just text him, if he doesn't like it, he obviously doesn't understand how patient...

Agree. Do what you want. He'll decide if you are a friend or not afterward. It's all good.

Let me just get this out of the way. Dude, you are awesome. Frankly, due to this thread, I have a whole different oulook on how to create the sound I want. So I thank you, bowing to the east. I've been trying to get a powerful bass sound (like my hero John Wetton, but I won't bore...

Oops. I'm sorry I posted here. This is just yet another "please tell me how right I am for doing what I'm planning, and as many reasons as possible for why, if my friend doesn't like it, he's the jerk, not me" thread. It then breaks into two camps, the "yes you are right" camp, filled with...

Who said anything about old people necessarily being mature? Not me. I said young people are, by nature (if not also definition), not yet mature. They may become mature as they age, they may not. Their personality is still developing at that point. It's biology, not something I'm pulling out of...

Yes, you absolutely should "make him see it from your perspective", that will do the trick. I'm sure once he is made to see it from your perspective, he may even thank you for pointing out how crap he is. :rolleyes: The next paragraph you are just rationalizing. Obviously, the guy is not a...

When you rewire, you should shield like crazy. I used thin, adhesive back copper to shield the pickup holes, the control cavity and then also the lid on the control cavity. Huge improvement, my bass is dead silent. I also replaced the crusty pots and put in a Aguilar OBP-2 preamp to replace the...

I have a neo 8b. I bought it over a year ago and really never had a chance to crank it up in a large space, but yesterday that changed. I brought it over to a barn-like shop (90x40 with 18' ceilings). The rig I use to drive it was a Yamaha PB-1 and Carvin DCM2750 so no shortage of power...

I pulled everything out. Shielded the tone control cavity, pickup cavities and pickup lead paths with copper film (fun! not....), it really looks nice and clean in there now. Probably overkill, but once you have everything apart, might as well take the extra hours to do it. I'm using the...

Wow, Well I was wrong and thank you, thank you for the knowledgeable responses. What a disaster I had. The blend pot is the original MEC part, the on/off volume pot is a cheap replacement without the push/pull on/off, the preamp is the EMG BTC control and none of it was properly wired (as...