Recent content by souportugues

Anybody wanna buy a Wishbass? Just putting feelers out there to get an idea on the value. I've got more than $1300 into one (CRAZY, right?), but it's an exceptional piece. Not looking to recoup all of that, but not looking for lowball offers either. I don't play fretless much anymore (different...

See posts (directly) above. In a nutshell, it allows me to push my mids and highs into tube overdrive, while keeping an articulate and punchy low end.

Exactly! And in my experience here, the low end works best solid state, but the mids and highs NEED to be tube. This is another solution I've looked into as well, but I lack a decent (and small enough) tube head/amp to make it practical. Both my Matchless combo (weight) and 5150 head (dear...

The goal of the 2nd channel is dirty vs clean. Rarely do I switch from one to the other during a song, so in theory I could do a pedal, but I am yet to find a pedal with a tone that says "tube amp wide open" to me. Furthermore, most pedals seem to cripple my bottom end, by either making it too...

I've looked at that amp, which is basically the tube preamp version of my GK 800RB. Good amp, and adds a bit more tweek to my EQ section. It saddens me that Bi-amping has gone away. I promise that more of my tone and feel in my live rig comes from the fact that you feel my lines, sometimes more...

While the fancy new Bassman offers a lot of extra bells and whistles that I'm sure I would find useful, it fails to meet the basic criteria above, namely, biamped or a larger than 3 band EQ. I have heard this amp onstage, and it does indeed sound good, but a bit too round to fit what I'm trying...

So, I currently run a GK800RB. Great amp, but after a few years, I've noticed some limitations that I can't quite seem to get around. Precipitous lack of a desirable tube crunch being one them. Although, I'm completely enamored of the bi-amp capability, which I didn't think I would be. So, I...

Yeah, this is a somewhat all too familiar problem. The tape-wounds on there now (La Bella) are a standard scale, and do fit, but just barely. It's an odd duck (read: Wishbass). The measurements are as follows: 1.625" from ball end slot to saddle; 30" from saddle to nut; 2.5" from nut to 4th...

Uber thanks brother; that's EXACTLY what I was looking for. Anyone know if a 150 will fit into the Hipshot triple lock-down bridges? I tried to find specs on Hipshot's site, but came up empty...

So I'm looking at putting a set of rounds on my shortscale (30"), and I've done the math based on the formulas and charts, mostly found on Circle K. If I get one their basic 4 string sets (.150 .112 .082 .061), and tune down to CFA#D#, That gives me tension in the ballpark of 40lbs... Right...

Part of the reason I got this amp is that it's small, and I can take it with me all the way up to Grand Forks, which includes 16 hours in someone else's car, and a 6 hour run on the Amtrak. I'd try to get something up there, but the market on used gear is slim at best (have you looked at the...

So, I recently picked up a bass and amp for a song, one of the perks of living in Music City. The bass ran me $40 (seperate post worthy), and the combo is an Acoustic B10. While it's nothing to write home about, per se, the amp hits all the points I was looking for: it's small, simple, reliable...

Most useful diagram EVER. +1 sir.

So, the other ends of the caps all go to the same point (input/output respectively)? Not sure if I follow you on this. TOTALLY lost me. How does adding jumpers make a 2 position switch (double throw) into a 3 position switch? Or did I mistake what you are saying...

So I'm modding a pedal. Essentially, I'm wanting to change the cap on the input and the output from stock values to a higher value, and to a lower value. As I see it: 2 caps= 4 leads, 3 positions (or options), therefore (here's the fuzzy logic): 4 pole, 3 throw, assuming the switch is...