Recent content by NozmoWatt

The headstock doesn’t look like it’s been sanded or modded.

No, looks like a clean stock neck. Doesn’t look like it’s ever been sanded or modified. I read online that Matsumoku made their own for awhile and that sometimes they would only put the logo and serial on the neck plate. It said 6 numbers indicated it was made btwn 1971-1980, 7 numbers then it...

I just got this bass from a woman who couldn’t tell me a lot about it. I thought it’d be a nice project bass. I’m gonna test out the pickups this weekend and see if the electronics are still good. There’s no label on the headstock and the only thing I find is a Matsumoku neck plate with the...

I used to have a Model T, which I loved playing. I think it had the SD pickups, but I was still very happy with the sound through my Ampeg SVT rig. It was butterscotch and had the center dots along the fretboard as opposed the the offset ones on the newer models. I was just talking to a friend a...

Thanks, I tried both ways and didn’t notice much of difference, but was playing alone in the house. I’ll try again when I’m playing with the whole band and see how everything sounds going through the pa. Mahalo for the reply!

Aloha and good morning from The Big Island of Hawai’i. This is my first post here. I just purchased a Rumble 500. I also have an Ampeg SCR-DI, which I love using for its ultra low and scrambler functions. The Rumble so far sounds really nice on its own, esp the Vintage and Contour settings. I...