Recent content by NickKer

Adding my 2 cents… Just got a DG212N this week and played out with it last night. I started using an Alpha Omega 500 about a month ago. Holy crap, I love this rig. My band loves me more now too LOL. For reference, I'm coming from an 80s Ampeg SVT classic with a 410 (sometimes 610 or 810). My...

Is this still for sale?

I've been really happy with D'Addario EXL160S nickel wound rounds that have a .105 E string. The fatter E was totally necessary for me - I play with a pick most of the time and lighter strings on the SS were a bit too floppy and the E lacked sustain with .95. All good now. They deaden sort of...

No I did not. I think whoever wrote the post I read tried it and said that didn't work. So I trusted the interwebs because I am too lazy to try it both ways.

Truth! I happen to like the way Danelectros look. But then, I also love those 1960's space-age guitars with like 6 or 8 mysterious rocker switches and sliders. Roadworthy - I don't think it is like those bomb proof P-basses (I've seen people drop, throw, and brutally assist bouncers with a P...

Yes - forgot to mention the light weight. My shoulder and back are much happier than they are with a P-bass or even my '84 Squier Bullet, which is a good bit lighter than a P.

I used a bar magnet similar to the one in the write up in AltGrendel's sig, which I found on Amazon for about $7. Seems like round ones should work, but may be tricky to put in place. I put the bar between the plastic cover and the actual pickup. It does look a little weird and I had to remove...

I know some have expressed doubts about actually gigging with a Squier Jag SS. I did it over the weekend. Yeah, it's super-simple punk rock & roll, but the bass fit just fine alongside our fancy-pants Gretsch guitars & drums. If you are concerned about brand-snobs scoffing: Backstage was kind of...

Definitely a hard to explain "fun factor" with this thing. I am still mucking around with the set up and figuring out what strings I want to keep on it, but every time I have a spare minute or two I pick it up and enjoy the hell out of it. It just feels right. Usually when I get a new...

Joining the club (just joined TB, too). Just got a silver one. First short scale since I was a kid. Recently got back to playing bass and discovered that a lifetime of working on computers and age (arthritis?) has kind of limited my already not so good reach. My '83 Squier Bullet bass served me...