Recent content by markxus25

Success success success! Thanks to all who read and responded. Once I put some muscle into it I kept checking with a straight edge until I had a touch extra backbow. I locked that in, reattached the neck, and could tell right away when I put the strings back on that I was right there. I will...

Hi all, I had in mind to set up a 64 era Pbass. Yes I was thinking James Jamerson, but being a native Detroiter I come by it honestly. MIM sunburst body with Fender 64 reissue pickups. The neck is the problem. I bought, direct from Fender, an MIA neck, a real baseball bat. The neck has a...

The Ox. John Entwhistle. In that peculiar club of British Rock Gods Who Originally Made Their Own Instruments With Their Bare Hands, along with Brian May, because Leo Fender had not been invented in England yet. When I was a kid, I thought Tommy was recorded with a symphony orchestra, but it...

I saw John Fogerty at a casino near San Diego, as a joke he did change th last chorus to "bathroom on the right, enunciated clearly. Hard to imagine another singer/songwriter who could match him for number of really solid tunes.

No with full tension on truss rod, no string tension, it is dead flat. Tune strings to one step flat, it bows, and there is no more play to tighten the truss rod. Can I shim the heel of the neck, something like that? Thanks for any advise! Usually I can set up a 6 string without tweaking the...

Hi all, I did a p bass partscaster. My level of tech, I have done four tele and strat builds, first bass. Bought a $500 plus MIA neck directly from Fender. Stupidly did not save receipt and let it sit three months before install. Brought up string tension slowly, but even at full stop...

Hey everybody sincere thanks for all the feedback. I think the tech that installed the bridge, which is a superior hunk of metal BTW, lowered the action a lot lower than I am used to, simply because he could. Other than that I think it is a combination of the roundwounds and probably the pup...

Um no. Is the tone control one of those little round shiny things on the front of the guitar? Yeah I tried rolling the tone off and it kind of muffled the clankiness. I will try some different amp settings, I usually set the guitar tone about 3/4 of the way bright and set the amp tones at...

I got a new MIM P Bass with maple fretboard, thinking classic P Bass tone, maybe like Duck Dunn intro to Dock of the Bay? But it has a real metallic tone, and if I dig into the strings just a bit it slaps real easy, which I usually don't slap or pop. I have a real light attack, from living in...