Recent content by Reuptake

Way ahead of you. Got a few of each brand of both .018 and .020 because it's hard for me to predict what I will and won't like about unfamiliar strings. Plus I always burn at least one set of strings during fret leveling, nut and saddle work. It's like the instrument wants me to spend money on it.

This is why I love you guys. I would have never thought of looking for plain bass strings. This solves all of my problems when in combination with bass VI strings and/or including a bass A-string (lowest is bass string tuning peg). I've even been thinking of converting a Carvin into a piccolo...

I've looked high and low and I keep getting stiff-armed trying to put together a custom string set for my 30" scale baritone. It's a hand-made instrument, so I can't provide a make/model. Specifics: - Strings need to be about 42" long (35" of winding for the wound strings) - I want the lightest...

What would you pair it with? Taste ranges from Monolord to Johnny Cash, but have always found the engineering bit of low end distortion to be the most challenging. Thinking H-H right now, but not married to it. A single coil in the mix is always nice for the option of making people double over...

On the guitar pickup end of things, was thinking of something designed with drop tunings in mind, such as a DiMarzio D-Activator, because I need the high output for the low notes, and (according to legend) some of these pickups keep the low end "tight" or "controlled", which appeals to me as one...

Planning on building a 6-string baritone (30") with a bass-VI string set in mind. I want the string spacing to be about 12mm, which makes me wonder how much trouble pickups will cause, since the strings won't line up with the pickup poles. H-H configuration. I'm open to using either bass or...

I love all you guys (and the occasional gal)! (massive beer-soaked hug ensues)

A lot is about playing technique, but you'll only get so far. Best bet, play the sounds that your instrument wants to make. The cab is part of your instrument. My personal story with your woes follows: I was 100% as interested in this topic as you are, and for a good while there was seriously...

Not quite sure what you mean by the word getting out. I’ve heard lots of great things here about 2x12 cabs, but the pickings are slim in the big box stores, which typically offer 10s or 15s. Are 12s more likely to fail for some reason? For me the appeal is the amount of surface area and power...

You are correct regarding my intentions. I do not rely on my power amp at all for tone. After reviewing the specs on my amp, however, I realised that I'm only pushing 725W per channel at 8ohms (1000W at 4). I'd rather run the risk of blowing up my cab than risk not finding its potential...

Just when I think I have some of this figured out, I'm forced to ask what is likely a stupid question: Both the New York 122 and the Ninja 122 are 800W cabs, but the former is 4ohms and the latter is 8ohms (but watts are watts). I'm not planning on putting more than one in parallel on a single...

For me, the ordinary course of rock ‘n’ roll is (at minimum) a 4-string and a 5-string for both fretted and fretless. Yes, anything that can be done on a 4 can be done on a 5, but repairs/maintenance can take weeks, and in the meantime you get to play with the varieties of feel and tone that add...

Update: Fdeck's unit en-route today. Placed the order on last Friday (late in the day) and I got a shipping notification on Sunday. Great personal experience from the start. The rest of the time is just the USPS. Test driving with the band this coming Sunday.

This is definitely the case in my scenario. My next challenge is to sneak a HPF in my guitarist's signal path. He's just doesn't belive in any limit to the bottom end of a guitar's sound.