Recent content by mizedog

Thank you!

After listening outside of a band situation, it seems pretty conventional. But, the tone pot is not very linear. Also, about half way up, it seems to bring up a honky mid range first which Gives it a push. Then, the treble comes on top. Here's a quick video. Pardon the "Brats-on-the-stove"...

Great insight. I was shopping for him canceling pickups, but it's rather save these if potting helps. The tone of the bass is pretty good. It's a bit beefier than my late 90s Fender Am Std jazz bass was. Awesome sustain.

Thank you. I will probably just buy new pots and start fresh. Not sure I can fit a preamp in there. I haven't pulled the pickups yet but will check for or add shielding. Might convert this to a top plate and route out the face surface of the body. It looks like the wood is cracked from a hit and...

Also, the pickups appear to be about 3 1/2" wide. I'm struggling to find direct replacements. I'm hoping that adding foam behind the pickups will reduce the microphonic character. Any thumb, bang, tap on the base comes through like it's miced. Also, there is significant 60 cycle him, and a bit...

Thank you for the insight. I opened it up and now think it has been tampered with, and most likely includes some wiring error. The small pot is in the neck pickup spot and you can see the wires from the neck pickup going to it. The middle spot appears to be for the bridge pickup based on the way...

Hey all, I recently picked up an old (guessing 2000-2001) Tradition five string jazz shaped bass. The knobs are not stock. The bass is passive and i think has small pots in there. The pickups volume knobs seem to do what they should and have a nice gentle resistance to turning which makes them...

Yep, I feel your pain. It seems that if the BL is a keyboard player, it's going to be in Eb, or if I complain, D#. ;) And, most of the songs the country band does are in Db or F#. Thank goodness I know my chords on the guitar and have a low B when playing bass!

Last week we played an outdoor Fall festival at a country club just east of Denver. I am typically the rhythm guitarist but with the usual bassist double booked, I got to stand in on bass!! Just a simple set up with the BTB straight into the Rumble 800, then out into the FOH. Plenty of power and...

Well, it's almost TWENTY years and this will help me greatly. I bought a beater project Tradition 5 string jazz bass only to find that the bridge was mounted horribly from the factory. The screws are tilted, and the bridge it both pivoted in orientation, and skewed to the treble side. I will...

I bought a cover from best amp covers made for the 500. Works great and is nice and thick. So far, the 800 works for country music and seems to handle a B string fine. For my quiet church gig, I lower the low-mids to take out some if the bloat. Wish it had a level knob for the DI out. Can't...

I play guitar in a country band but the bass player was double booked for last night's gig at the Cowboy Lounge in Evergreen, Colorado. Yes! I finally got to play bass in a non-church (read lively) setting again! 5 strings are often needed for current country and all I have is the BTB. The '84...

I could probably bring my Aguir TH500. I wonder a music store would host. It would be a good opportunity for a shop to host an evening, or weekend morning. When I was in motor sports, dealers did that all the time.

Hey YourGuitarist, I'm in the Springs area and have never been to a meet up, but would enjoy it. I can bring a Fender Rumble 800 for comparison, and a few basses, including a 6 string.

Don't get me wrong. I was really impressed with the 58R head and 58R 3x10 cab. If were doing louder gigs again, and the new MB head got quiet enough, and didn't shut down three tines in the first few minutes, I would have kept it and enjoyed everything about it. Just couldn't risk it for my...