Recent content by lowbass68

They make quality parts in the US, but good quality costs especially at low volume production. Here is the link: https://www.rwbprecision.com/ They also make the Fulcrum self clamping individual guitar bridge/tuners for NS Design (expand the specs section), so they do work with Ned...

Thanks. Those are an old set of Ernie Ball flats that I used for testing and are for a Hofner Beatles bass so they have a lot of silk. I'll be using a fresh set of rounds when finished with no silk. I have other fretless basses with rounds and have no issues with the rounds tearing up the...

My latest headless, just not quiet finished. A 30.5" scale (Gibson short scale). Guitar sized Tele limba body, Honduran mahogany neck, ziricote fingerboard, RWB steinberger replacement bridge (brass version) and DragonPlate carbon-fiber D-tube. Need to route the pickups, bridge route to sink...

Sweet looking bass

Yea, that's a big can of worms too. Lots of myth and tradition vs truth.

I'll have to play one to see how it compares to the Squier CV and the Fender Player II. My guess is a little more refined than the CV and hit or miss compared to the Player II and the MIM instruments seem to vary in QC, but seem more consistent now than a couple years ago. From a spec point...

I don't have much experience with any of the light weight tuners, even though I've been playing for around 45 years. Of the basses I have with headstocks, only 2 have compact mini Gotoh tuners, and they are the non-lightweight version of the tuners. The rest have either vintage Schaller M4...

Bummer on the dead spot. I had mixed expectations for the Guyker headless unit. It is clearly a direct clone of the Hipshot unit and doesn't pretend hide that in the looks. The inconsistent quality control bugs me. I'm actually glad that the first unit was missing the steel insert. That...

Nice. Those Guyker Carbon Fiber look nice. Bet you can feel a difference in the overall balance. So amazing how these days everyone wants lightweight tuners (and for good reason) vs the early 80s when weight was added to the headstock with a brass Fathead plate to the already heavy...

The original Steinberger bridges were on the heavier side for sure, but considering the L2 or XL2 design the weight was fine. The one design feature of the original Steinberger design that helps improve functionality is that the jaws are at an angle. The Hipshot and others should have...

I get it. A bad experience can last a long time.

The Rumble series are nice. The 37 pound weight for a combo beats toting around an Ampeg SVT head that alone weighs 80 pounds without any speakers.

Tubes amps are more expensive and too heavy. If you find a used one that is cheap, it probably has issues. I haven't owned a tube amp for 25 years and don't miss it.

I probably spend 80 to 90 percent of my bass playing is using fingers with 10 to 20 percent pick. I do use picks for guitar most of the time. So I have tried lots of picks over 40 plus years of playing. And I use conventional and non-conventional picks. My favorite regular pick is the Dunlop...

I'll have to check your thread out. It's so clear that the Guyker is a copy of the Hipshot but without the understanding of how it needs to function. I like the Hipshot unit but it is not my favorite design, plus I would prefer a heavier metal than the aluminum that Hipshot uses. I am a...