Recent content by Mad Mux

For the last couple months I've been loving the 760FS set on my Franken-P with Fender Original pickups. Gigged this bass this past weekend and now I know for sure, these are my fave flatwounds. I put a set of Sadowskys .40-.100 on another P a month ago, and they are weird....The E is nice...

I kepp all strings as low as I can without buzz or "attack clack", no special favors to the E. I do it all by sight...a little bit of relief, then adjust height with at the bridge.

Also been playing my P with the la bella 760FS set, and they are very balanced as well. I took the plunge and tried Sadowsky 40-100, but they are weird; out of the box the E and D are very good, thumpy but with good harmonic depth, sound good, very easy to play...but the A is too brite, too much...

I have discovered a similar effect with ghs precisions. I like the medium to heavier set with a 50 or 55 G, but the 105E is dark and thuddy...so I swapped it for a 100E and it is much better, brighter but still thumpy, very very close in character to the A and D. I will do this for both P basses...

New/Used, most E's are inconsistent, regardless....IME...I don't practice or play out nearly as much as I'd like, so it's possible the E on some sets I've been disappointed with could "settle in" with time and play. I would LOVE to find a set that has a consistent E out of the box, that would be...

I have tried all except Sadowsky and TI. All the flatwound E strings are inconsistent, most are thuddy or tinny with metallic overtones. LaBella 760GS are most consistent E to others, IMO. In a live setting most cant hear it, but come on, I can hear it. Spent 3 hours trying different E's with a...

I'll try it, thanks. I agree, don't think the break in binding would look good, never seen it done and hard to imagine. The best looking option is just a straight flattop with binding all the way around. Although, Warmoth's "Droptop" binding, where they bend the binding with the forearm cut...

Thanks! I made it, 3-piece alder back, maple tops, semi-chambered. I just traced a 330 guitar body from a picture, then "blew it up" about 10-15% to accommodate the 34" scale. Luckily, the Navy base in town had a full-on wood shop with band saw, planer, the whole works....made the...

Like many, I'm in deep for the Fender CS Dusty Hill Gold Top, only I can't justify the multiple thousands....I could, however, build a reasonable facsimile for around $650....except I have a couple variations in mind and need your thoughts: I've never played a flat-top for more than 10 minutes...

Anybody ever seen a Ric 330 fake? I been working on this body for many years, finally put a rattle can "Fireglo" on it, it's not great....debating whether to try again or just go "Jetglo". Body is 5 pieces of alder, chambered in the wings, then glued 1/8" maple tops on. Peavey neck as you can...

OK, getting close to finished on this what I call "Prototype" Ric 330 bass. Body is chambered alder with 1/8" maple tops. Made the pickguard from scratch, and used the pickups and wiring harness from my Jazz bass (until I can get the time to do a 4-pot build). My first attempt at a rattle can...

Klondike - it turns out most of it was just dust, it wiped right off with a soft cloth! I did end up wet sanding the whole thing with 600 and then 1000 wet, to get rid of some drips, so of course now I have to respray the burst to get it back to right (fingers crossed), but I'm relieved it was...

Hello all rattle canners, new to the forum, and new to forums in general, so not sure if I'm doing this the right way.....but need some advice. Finally getting around to rattle can finishing my homebuilt Ric 300 lookalike, chambered solid with maple tops. I dyed the maple tops amber first...

FUN THREAD! 1. in high school, ran through the PA, an old Kustom rig with padded 4x12 cabinets. What did I know? 2. Carvin 160w 115 combo (don't remember model #)....good enough rig, kinda heavy but not really...could run extension cab, which was nice. 3. GK400RB + various cabs A. Amepg...

I'd say yes, if you have a lot of speaker area. I use a 400RB Gen II I've had for maybe 15-18 years, can't really remember. I play through either 1 or 2 115 cabs (homebuilt, Eminence-loaded). For recent bar gigs, I've had the Master at 12:00 and the volume at maybe 10:00 (about "4" if there...