Recent content by nickonbass1

Enjoyed that. Majority of my basses Tokai, Greco, Ibanez, Yamaha & Aria, along with my GK amplification are from this era, and I'm still using it. Thanks for this video :)

Some lovely Ibby's in this thread Here's my couple of 1983 RB920's. One is fretted & one fretless. Had them for nearly 30 years.

I really hope so.

Thanks @BassmanNate. Just did this really easy mod in about 10 mins. Makes the visual metering more useable on this great budget comp :)

Here's my 1981 Greco PB450 'Spacy Sound'. It's a lovely player. Quite a deep chunky 70's style neck profile, which I prefer on P-Basses. Nice weight too at 3.8kg/8.4 lbs. It already had a Seymour Duncan SPB-1 'Vintage' installed when I got it, which is actually fortunately one of my favourite...

Yeah, try & barter with the seller, get the price down if you can. They seem to sell for £450 - £500 here in the UK when they occasionally come up for sale. I found all three of mine cheap from pawnshops & Craigslist when out on business trips in the states years ago & carried them back in my...

TBH some people are a bit loathe to take things apart, or are not confident to do so. I know I am, unless something's not working or needs tweaking/fixing. For me personally, that wouldn't be a deal breaker as long as the amp works OK. Guessing the amp's too far from you to have a look at? If...

Not sure short scale strings will be long enough mate, maybe they will.... As the Vistas are string through body like a Mustang, most use medium scale (32") strings on these. Though I've managed to use cut-down long scale Labella black nylon tapewounds on one of mine.

Hi, I've had two 800RB's & a 400RB which were on US (110-120V) voltages converted to UK (240V) with no issues. I brought them back to the UK from US. These old classic GK's are not that common in the UK. Swapped out the original transformers for more efficient & lighter toroidal versions -...

Hi there, looks like a lovely bass you got there, great in white. I've had all the other three colours but not a white one (yet!) The tuners look OK to me, but maybe my ageing eyes can't see what the string alignment issue is? The stock bridges on the Vistas are OK (IMHO) & do the job fine...

Yeah, the 'Mini Chorus' is great isn't it. Guess it's a clone of a clone of a albeit modded clone (EHX) I found the 'Super Symmetry' to be close enough to my original Darkglass. Interested to know which two controls you found inactive on the Demonfx clone? I steered clear of the Demonfx Cali76...

I have one of their Super Symmetry clones. A-B'ing it - it's close enough to the original (discontinued) Darkglass original I also have. IMHO it's quite good.

I put an Aaron Armstrong MB-1 replacement in a 'Batwing' SB-700 recently as the original had died. Managed to A-B test against another '80 SB-700 with a functioning original pickup, exactly the same bass. Couldn't hear any difference in tone - sounded just as punchy & articulate.

Hi all & festive greetings :) Some lovely Grecos in this thread.... Just treated myself to a Christmas present, a nice '81 'Spacy Sound'. These don't seem to be that common here in UK, compared to the equivalent Tokais from around the same era. It's in great condition, and plays like dream...

If the truss rod nut is maxed out, with no more thread turns left, you could try the old washer/spacer trick under the truss rod nut. I did this on my old Tokai Hardpuncher and it worked.