Recent content by WretchedExcess

Did you ever follow up with one of those guys?

He could research at the Fender site until he's old and grey and still not have a good appreciation for what the real difference is between a C profile, a modern C profile, a 70s C profile and a thick C profile, etc.. Some cross section photos like they have at warmoth would help a lot. Even...

Didn't use your audio test, but I recently diagnosed a supertweeter failure that was crossed over at 16k, so I voted 16k.

I think that the MIM P-type pups from that era don't sound at all bad.

I just picked up an older (passive) version of the MIM Deuxe P-Bass Special. It's the standard P-J bass with a VVT setup that's passive. It uses a standard P-type pickguard, using the output jack location for the 3rd pot, and it has the output jack mounted on the side of the body. The newer...

> Why? People can't have an opinion that's opposite to the rest of the thread? It's not that people aren't allowed to have an opinion. They are. It's just that some people get caught up in exercising their freedom of speech, without bothering to consider whether or not it serves a...

people place too much emphasis on amplifier watts and too little emphasis on acoustic watts. it's the result of marketing brainwash. the weak link in your signal chain is always the speaker. even the biggest stack only has a few % efficiency when it comes to converting electrical watts into...

thanks to whoever cleaned up the second and third posts that were in this thread yesterday.

My local GC is pretty disappointing. They have some American Fender P and J basses, maybe 5 or 6, but they're hung so high that you have to ask the sales gal to grab a ladder to pull them down. They obviously don't want you playing them. When you do get them pulled down, they have horrible...

I like a rack for a totally different reason -- cleaning up the house. It's amazing how much gear you can get off of floors and tabletops if you have a 6-foot permanent rack installation.

I tried one of these out at my local GC. The preamp had an awful HISS to it. Hiss comes from the active electronics, it is not a shielding problem. In active mode it also crackled and sputtered when it was first plugged in. It sounded great in passive mode. I thought the controls were a...

I'm drawn to that FSR J bass EVERY TIME that I visit my local GC. I can't go into the store without taking it down off of the wall. I've been playing a natural ash / maple P since the mid-70s, and I'm thinking that I need a similar looking J to go with it. :bassist: One thing that has...

You're definitely getting a different species of wood in the Asian guitars, compared to what you'd get in the American or Mexican guitars. At least the Mexi basses can use the same species of woods. Some things to consider: yes, the labor rates cost less in the third world, but the Asian...

Think about it this way -- when FedEx refuses to ship your valuable bass, they're actually doing you a favor. IME all that they do is charge you to destroy your gear, and then refuse to pay out on claims. I could start a web site with a photo history of all of the stuff that I've had those...

If you want the answer straight from the horse's mouth, just email Ampeg and ask them for a schematic for your amp. The procedure is quick and easy. You provide a serial number, they provide you with an agreement, you respond, then you get the right schematic for the amp with the serial number...