Recent content by RichT

Almost all the retailers which stock the JF324H set include a disclaimer with exactly the same wording: "They WILL fit any of the original series German made basses. They do NOT fit the Asian made Icon & Contemporary series. This is due to the tuning machines used on those models; the holes...

Sorry if this is something that's been answered before, I've tried a few searches and can't find anything definitive. I have a HCT Club bass, and prefer the sound of rounds on it. I prefer bite and growl in my tone rather than thump, but I'm not averse to using flats with a brighter tone. Up...

I emailed John East yesterday evening and he got back to me quickly (late on a Friday night - that's certainly going above and beyond!). With some pointers from John I've been able to diagnose and completely resolve the issue. Essentially it boils down to the original wiring from the pickup to...

In case anyone ever gets a similar issue, I'll just record here for posterity that with a pointer from John East I've been able to diagnose and resolve the problem. Essentially the original wiring from the pickup to the pre-amp had been done incorrectly. It turns out the wiring colours in the...

No, in the control cavity at least it all looks like very tasteful red-brown stained wood grain. I've got other basses with the graphite paint so I'm familiar with the matt black look of it, but the short scale Stingray doesn't have anything like that at all. That's a great tip about the...

Thanks for the input, much appreciated :) I don't dispute that shielding may be what's needed, but before I look at doing that, I'm having a hard time logically squaring all the pieces of the puzzle with it just needing to be shielded. As I mentioned above, the only - and I really do mean only...

I've posted a very similar message on the Stintray club thread, wasn't sure which one would be more appropriate :) I've recently bought a 2nd hand EBMM Stingray short scale (2020 model in vintage sunburst), fitted by a previous owner with a John East MMSR 3 knob 3 band preamp. It's great all...

edit: tl;dr - What are the wiring colours of white, black, green and red for on the stock MM neodymium pickup in a EMBB short scale Stingray? ;) Hi there Stingray people. I've recently bought a 2nd hand EBMM Stingray short scale (2020 model in vintage sunburst), fitted by a previous owner...

I have a parallel fret standard scale 1505 which weighs in at 7lbs exactly. edit - As it's been mentioned as a potential differentiator, I can also report that the contrast of the side dot markers on mine is pretty poor as well. Even with the darker panga panga neck it's easily the worst on any...

I need to thank whoever first posted about the BEQ mod, it's been an absolute game changer for my 1505 DEF. I first got it about a year ago and loved it for the ergonomics, finally a low weight 5 string I could get on with! But I never loved the tone... The Nordstrands are far brighter than my...

I bought a G2220 about 6 weeks ago, and it was obvious from the moment I got it home that it behaved exactly like it had single coil pickups. All my other basses and guitars have humbuckers, but some of them have very decent coil split options so I know how the SC hum operates in my music room...

It's marginally louder than playing a solid body bass acoustically, certainly noticeably so but nowhere near the volume of a proper acoustic. Bear in mind the body is only about 5.5cm deep. The hollow sections of the body are more for contributing to the airy, woody tone it produces in...

No don't miss it at all. As the_sauce says, the edges are rounded and with the forearm cutaway I find it a very comfortable instrument to play for long periods. 10 times more comfortable than say my SubRay5 which does have a belly cut but weighs a ton! I really can't emphasise enough how light...

I have the SRH500F and it's really not as ugly as it looks in photos, it's actually quite lovely in real life, has that kind of 'acoustic guitar' look. It's my first fretless, I absolutely adore playing it and it's gone down very well with other band members and audiences alike. Ibanez added...

As others have said, you have to go and try some out just to get a feel for what you do or don't like. I've been playing for over 30 years, but only seriously came back to it about 18 months ago after barely touching my bass for over a decade. It occurred to me this year that I'd bought my one...