Recent content by smithatude

Thanks. Obviously I have a brain and contacted the manufacture/distributer first. Having no success there, I reached out to this community. I can safely say if anyone needs advice on bass electronics I'll give it freely, do nothing, but I won't be so condescending as to give the address of the...

It's clearly some sort of "quick attach" strap/door latch. Looks like the patent didn't work out. The real question is why would anyone discrace themselves and leave that on when they go to sell the bass, and why it the regular strap hook still there as it's clearly not needed with this prototype.

Its been a while, 2011 actually when my Fender Jazz 24 Korean made bass preamp died. At the time I spent a lot of time researching fixes for this, and got a lot of advice. Back then I purchased a SD 2 band EQ preamp as the solution. The repair never happened as I moved onto other bass guitars...

The 24 fret Fender "Jazz Bass'' that is made in Korea, and looks nothing like a Jazz Bass, is the best sounding Bass I have, that was before the Duncan Designed pre-amp fried. I'm working on replacing the electronics. If it sounds good, then it's a good bass.

Thank you to everyone that put up with my rants. Another year has passed, and I have long since figured out how to solve alot of problems, with the help of the members of talkbass. After another year I will be further ahead in knowledge, from listening to others, reading and trial & error. I...

Thanks for the feedback. I'll check them out. I'd like to get this bass back into the mix, as it was the best sounding one I had. I'm going to try to insert the wiring diagram for this bass. Previously the answers I got were to replace with an SD designed wiring harness, basically the...

What do you suggest as a replesement for the BEQ-3 pre amp and/or bickups for the Fender Jazz 24 Korean made. This was one of my best sounding basses until the board fried. I have researched for days. I cant get a real good answer from any source. :hyper:

Thanks! When this Bass was working it just blew away the other ones I own, so I dont mind spending money to get is up and running. Im sure there are cheap fixes, but SD is a great company in my opinion. Like you said, also a great time to get shielding installed, I have that on hand, so by the...

Thanks, First, just wanted to mention that I also had masking tape holding wires together. It was black masking tape however! I dont want to waste too much time on it, but it looks to me that the electronics were planned out well on paper, but in actual production, some rigging occurred by...

Thanks, thats what I figured would be the case. If you could let me know exactly what to buy. I saw this on ebay (which I try to stay away from if possible) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300509111445#ht_1238wt_1141 Also, do you think that it would make sense to put in...

I've done a lot of reading on this bass last night. But I havent gotten any definitave answers. I'll keep it short, I have three MIM J basses, and I bought a 24 fret Korean made J Bass recently in basically brand new condition. Looks aside, I was blown away with how great it sounded compared...

Does anyone know the standard size for bass guitar knobs. I have an ibanez that came with an Allen key (very small and I lost it) and I ordered some aluminium knobs for a fender p. These came with an Allen key that worked on the fender but not the ibanez. When I looked closely it appears that...

I'm putting together a 210 cabinet using 4/4 soft maple. It seems like a good fit, soft maple is light in comparison to other hardwoods and plywoods. Its also FSC certified from a woodlot right here in western NY State. Markbass uses Italian Poplar, which I believe is the same Tulip Poplar that...

I understand that this has probably been discussed already, but what is the consensus on this "interface/pre-amp" that made waves for guitarists when it came out last year. Is D going to come out with a more sophisticated software dongle for bass, or is this monster a good addition. If it is a...