Recent content by The old guy

I didn’t start playing bass until my 60’s so the years will limit how much skill I can acquire. Despite this I have been fortunate to get work and experience the joy of sharing in the creation of music. I really don’t care what it is I play, I just love playing. Even thought I never played an...

Thanks Lokki. I got redirected to this thread form a post in youtube. I am all in.

Yes that is so. The pick up has 8 wires, one Brown, red, green and blue coming off each side. The way the pickup is wired is one of the brown wires goes to the ground and the other brown goes to the pickup selector. The various taps are created when the red wires are connected together (or...

I love them both and would love to join them but I am told that the low impedance of the Recording Bass pick ups will not work with the Audere Pre amp. Can anyone shed a little light on why this would be so and offer a possible solution. Also I read in one of the posts that the Recording Bass...

In reading over this entire post I have been impressed with the number of people that have come to Mr. Schwab’s defense, many expressing the view that problems with SGD should be a private concern and that this may not be the best place to resolve them. Mungi correctly states earlier “. Yes...

Thank you very much!, you captured in words exactly what I was trying to create. Almost polar opposite of the EB3. It sounds almost identical to the Gibson Triumph Recording bass. I created the wiring directly from the Triumph recording bass schematic on the Gibson website. The tone can be...

Thank you! I got the schematic off the Gibson website and recreated the wiring. The knobs are off of ebay and I hand cut and routed the control panel. It shows close up though LOL

Finished up my EBO Frankenbass based around a set of Triumph pickups I purchase on Ebay last year. The main advantage for me is the almost 3lb difference between my Triumph bass and the Frankenbass. It feels good! Sign me up to the club please.

I started this project a little over a year ago. I just began playing bass and as a result of stature and trying out a variety of instruments it seemed the Gibson SG’s were the best fit. I did not like the sound of them nor their earlier EB counter parts and I felt perhaps I could...

Please close this thread. I will post this on another forum and I don't want more than one thread open on the subject at any given time. Thanks in advance.

Thanks HaMMerHeD I understand what you are saying. But my lack of skill in creating such plus the fact I only have $15 in that neck and will never have another use for is why I was inquiring. I guess a better way to pose my question would be "Is it possible and would it be effective to graft...

Yes, that would have been the ideal solution and why I purchased the maple neck a while back. But the maple neck is set up for a 34 inch scale bass and the Triumph Recording bass is a 301/2 inch scale. The Maple neck is too long to work.

A few months ago I purchased a damaged Gibson Triumph Recording bass with the hopes of putting it back to right as my second bass with some fun additions. The biggest issue was a neck break. If it could be easily repaired by my Luthier for $150 – $200 it was worth it. Any more than that it...