Recent content by mattorduncan

Did you end up selling this?

Cool cool. I'm afraid I'm in Lexington, KY. Not exactly a music Mecca. Is there a forum section with tech recommendations? I could also take it to Nashville if I really needed to, it's just 3.5 hours away. And Louisville and cincinatti are just an hour or so away. So how does this Bass Strings...

Wow, you guys are way more helpful than the gearslutz, haha! I really appreciate all the string advice, looks like some very promising leads... Glad you guys like the song, too. It's kind of my baby (at least until the next record comes out). So, based on your advice, this is what I'm...

Thanks a lot for all the input guys. Yeah, I think I will take it in... and I'll mention the pot/cap adjustments if necessary (I don't think it's all original, the knobs definitely aren't). You got me on the strings... they're old as hell, and I believe they're Ernie Balls, but it's been a...

I suppose I should add that it doesn't sound bad, really. Just not right for every situation. I suppose the ideal thing would be if I could get both tones out of it depending on preamps/tone knob/eq. Right now there's just not enough there in certain frequencies to easily boost them.

Ha, no, I didn't take it to GC. Just one of the 2 or 3 local music shops that specializes in guitar stuff. It didn't make it to the tech though. The resident bass player on that shift thought it sounded like it should, and pretty much turned me away. But maybe I'll take it to another shop and...

I have adjusted the pickup height and action a bit myself, and that helped, although I am (obviously) not a guitar tech. I feel like the volume is pretty consistent across all the strings after my adjustments, but not the tone... which kind of sounds like it could be the pickups... maybe the EA...

Hey guys, I've used an old P-Bass for nigh on a decade now, and I'm very attached to it, but it's not really working for my recordings anymore. Particularly on the low strings, it puts out a ton of subwooferish bass, and even with lots of EQ I have trouble get enough "presence" (?) out of it...