Recent content by Nubeman

No I never got it figured out. I ended up returning the bass to Sweetwater. I think it was a case of me having OCD and that split coil neck pickup was not completely noiseless. It was a killer bass for the time I had it though!

Mint condition Mesa 2x12 cabinet. amazing piece of gear. Very much wish I didn’t have to let it go. Alas I have to liquidate much of my gigging equipment. this cab was gigged once and lightly practiced. I am open to reasonable offers, but no trades please. Local pickup in the Wilmington, DE...

Hi all. I’ve got a concern about a Spector Doug Wimbish lx. It’s a beautiful bass and sounds awesome, but I’m noticing a lot of noise coming from the preamp. It seems that when I roll up treble on the tone pump, it’s picking up some kind of droning interference or something. It’s like a...

All good. Going down the rabbit hole trying to diagnose the hum. It’s not really that bad, but I have pretty rough OCD. The hum isn’t really present when I bypass the preamp. Only when it’s engaged is it noisy. Thanks for your input!

Gotcha. Well I do have the four string version so there is no parallel/single/series mode for the J pickup. Just the MM.

Did you find you had any hum coming from the spilt coil J pickup? I just bought one and the neck pickup has some hum like a true single coil. Trying to figure out if it’s normal. I’ve had some split coil jazz pickups before that also were not completely noise canceling.

Yep. Also when blending with the MM pickup.

Hey Guys. just picked up a beautiful metroline m/j bass. It’s a killer playing and sounding instrument, but the pickups are super noisy. The split coil Jazz pickup in the neck position to be exact. I thought it would be totally hum canceling but it’s got some hefty 60 cycle hum. The MM pickup...

Hey Guys. just picked up a beautiful metroline m/j bass. It’s a killer playing and sounding instrument, but the pickups are super noisy. The split coil Jazz pickup in the neck position to be exact. I thought it would be totally hum canceling but it’s got some hefty 60 cycle hum. The MM pickup...

The bass is passive. tried other basses too and soloed each cab. Seems to only happen when running them together. It’s not a huge sound, just a crack. In fact, it seems to only happen when I hit an A on the E string. I play rather aggressively as well. Mesa input was at about 2 o clock and...

I have a sans amp DI and keeley compressor that are always on. Bass, lo mid, high mid and treble all at noon. Deep switch on. Voicing at about 10 o clock. Sans amp is at unity with everything at noon except the presence knob which is slightly boosted. I have to check the speaker cables. Not...

So I’ve been trying to nail down my Mesa gear. I started with the 800+. Loved it but wanted to try something different. I bought the WD. Didn’t quite like it. Too much midrange for my taste. Still had the 800+. So I went ahead and sold the WD and got a TT. I absolutely loved it and sold my...

Thanks again everyone. Update. I did not purchase a US Spector. I made a lateral move and bought a used Warwick Pro Series thumb. (roughly saved me about 4-5 grand). After much consideration(and with the help of all of you good peoples), I figured I’d add something to my arsenal that is very...

Man. Thanks everybody for the input. I love this place. I’m still about 50/50 on a mint 2020 Wimbish Ns-2 for under 5 Grand.

8.3 lbs. 2020 Wimbish model.