Recent content by SassyHardwrench

I was playing guitar in a jazz trio (multi-instrumentalist -Clarinet Accordion, Violin, me on guitar and Bob on piano). I was chomping cords and the piano player was chomping chords with no movement in the bass. So I bought a bass.

The source No kidding. That way you can choose the preamp of your choice.

Here's the thing about the no battery. KALA didn't have people who were skilled enough to use a soldering gun, or feed and fit the pickup from the cavity end like I just did. So over the objections of the designer of the MiSe pickup They made him put a plug on the board so they could then feed...

No, but they have frets.

Thanks for your encouragement. I swapped the pickup out while watching TV. It was that easy. No more buzz, much better sound. My low F is much punchier. No more looking at the second hand of my watch trying not to overcharge it. I also knew that someday the charger would fail. Plus the 6 feet of...

I may go with a Gold Tone solid body 4 string. Some of the gears work. The rest were airbrushed by my friend. The original design was going to be a parrot.

I got the utube video for the swap out. Maybe I'll just do it myself. Thank you. The bass is a keeper. I was interested in the longer scale 5 string Now I may get a gold tone.

Apparently Kala no longer makes the US made solid body California Ubass. I guess after this season I'll get the stupid electronics swapped out. 80 hours? more like 8. Nothing like having to say "wait I've got to charge my bass". Plus KALA refused to solder the cable to the board, instead...

So your bass was to small for the gig? What a trip! BTW I enjoyed your videos a lot.

The heel is a bit small so I drilled a hole in the body behind the heel into the neck block

Same here. Once I blew the midrange speaker and he sent me one in 2 days.

phase1 of my custom steampunk Ubass

My ears are bad enough after 46 years of playing I don't need to play that loud. That's why I like horn bands.

I took my Fretless Ubass to Florida after it was repaired. The fret markers needed to be glued down and smoothed. There are too many things about this instrument that are lacking, other than the sound, which is great. It's a very nice $270 Instrument that costs $1100. Kala should send it's...