Recent content by MattBass87

Ibanez 1984 roadstar II rb950 No idea what strings.. they're roundwound I think, got red fabric at ends.. rotosounds maybe. Just wish I could get the damn truss rod cover to come off.. looks like its stripped I tried every size screwdriver.

I'm using reaper free trial daw with ampeg svt suite.. .. have no real intention to record yet just wondered why i couldn't select the 24-bit 192000hz

So I bought a M-Audio AIR 192x4 on sale and it all works nicely but it says it does 24-bit/192 kHz The properties in windows sound options for the speakers/headphones and input recoridng you can only choose between 16-bit / 48000 Hz dvd quality 24-bit / 48000 Hz studio quality 32-bit /...

the pots are scratchy when moving them, but they were like that before.. since im just bedroom player learning its no issue for me

I did awful job soldering messy as heck.. but it works Thanks everyone for all your help that saved me quite a bit of money. Maybe if I keep up playing bass, I'll replace the electronics they are 38 years old original parts I think.

Yeah early FNM had quite bit of slap I think they were one of the few with RHCP at the time and one of the many reason they were compared to eachother.

I'm just learning and I did briefly play electric guitar but that was like.. 2005 and for about a year. I use a USB audio interface, then either amplitube 5 or a daw like reaper and load up ampeg svt suite which sounds really good better than amplitube + headphones. They're $$$ for...

Thats a huge help thanks so much. Only problem is I have no soldering equipment, but have some on order that should get here in few days.. comes with iron, soldering wire, stripper, 2 x electronic wires (one black and one red im guessing I'll use the black one) and other bits.. :hyper:

I'm completely illiterate to these things so excuse my terminology. On the wriing digram the bottom left shows a black wire connected but mine is missing. Also that part is bent inwards and soldered onto the pot? The white wire on the bottom right is missing too, I'm guessing thats what...

Thanks everyone especially AaronBass4 I couldn't find 950, but 850 seems to be same. Google wouldn't translate the pdf, so I just removed the old German text and added it in English not that translation was really needed just wanted to know what it said.

Some more of the blend pot just noticed the white wire

Nothing related I think, but there are red wires connected to the tone and volume pot, 1 of them had some tape over it, the 2nd the tape covering the end just fell off are those wires not in use I take it or why else would there be tape over the end? That grey thing is a pad the previous...

I'm pretty new to bass and was given an old MIJ Ibanez Roadstar II 950 made in 1984 The bass worked briefly, but I noticed the knobs were loose (should have tightened them) one day the blend knob was only giving the neck pickup and turning it other way gives no volume whatsoever instead of the...