Recent content by TheTiptonian

Well I fixed the bridge pickup problem, took out the pickup and saw the black wire attached by a single thread. Rolled the end together and soldered it back on and it works fine now. And by the looks of it, the third wire from the pickups is a grounding that runs from the pickup cavity to the...

Oh, no. There's like some yellow mess around some of the soldering. There are 3 wires from each pickup, though. A white and a black in a cloth-like covering and then another black/grey one in a different smooth wiring. Poking around with the DVM, it seems like all the pots are below 1 along...

Ok, if I did this right (red on bridge, black on jack ring) I'm getting readings from below 10 to over 100. And I'm not sure I understand your 2nd suggestion. Between the black/white wire and the jack ring?

I've been wanting one of these for a while now and found one used on ebay for a good price. It's a beautiful instrument but I'm having some issues. When I turn the tone knob, the closer I get to full the more hum I'm getting, to the point where it's unacceptable. The noise does not let up when I...

I developed my ear for bass tone playing on a maple fretboard. I just got a new toy with rosewood and the difference is night and day to me. As others have said, rosewood gives a more "woody" darker tone while the maple seems to give more of a natural tone without the "woody" undertone to it...

I just bought a Kingston.. I really, really wish I could get a USA model, but it's just..slightly out of my price range at the time.

I use an Ampeg SVT-350. One of the best sounding solid state heads in my opinion. Coupled with a Sansamp pedal/DI, it sounds pretty sick.

When I went from 4 to 5, I got a Schecter Stiletto Custom 5. It was a good bass and it only cost me around 560-580. I can't remember exactly. Not bad looking either. Here's the link to it on Guitar Center's website. [This invalid link has been removed]

Never seen anything like it before..looks pretty cool though!