Recent content by wproffitt

Ha! You’re right! I hadn’t noticed that before. The big strings are certainly further back on all of my guitars. I have no idea why this is true on this bass, but everything checks out at the 12th fret and beyond. Weird.

Thanks for the kind words, instrumentalist! What’s so strange about that your he bridge setup? The intonation is dead-on. Are you referring to the cover/mute assembly in the second photo?

Thanks, Stratovini, Jimmy M, Spufman, and 1bassplayinfool! I guess that I should have entitled this thread differently. I'm kind of an agnostic on whether or not it is a hardcase or a gig bag. I'm just looking for a good one that will fit a fully hollow bass that happens to be short scale...

Hello all! thanks in advance for your advice: I recently purchased a 1972 Yamaha sa70 bass. It’s fully hollow and awesome, but alas, the case is long gone. I’m trying to figure out if a Starfire Bass case or Gretsch hollowbody bass could do the trick. What do you think? Interior dimensions...

I only ended my own compressor search a couple of weeks ago. I voted for the Keeley Bassist because it's what I was looking for. It knocks the volume spikes out of my signal and makes my bass play better with things like fuzz and synth pedals. It does not provide any kind of "secret sauce" to...

Not super exotic, but rare in the States, to be sure. I give you the Yamaha SA-70 (1972, as it turns out). It has foam mutes built into the bridge assembly, odd proprietary Yamaha humbuckers, and baffles in the f-holes to control feedback at high volumes. I’m in love!

Thanks! Is that a speed knob on the tone control of the SA30? I changed my bridge for a Compton. It really adds some zing! As for the SA70, once I lowered the bridge, it was mostly ready to go. I just need to get the bridge pickup sorted out. Where did you buy yours? There quite rare...

Look what showed up in the mail today from Kanagawa, Japan! It’s a 1967 (I think) Yamaha SA-70. I’ll add more later, but here are some first impressions: -it’s in remarkably good shape for a 53 year old instrument . It must have sat under someone’s bed for a long time. -the neck feels great...