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Upgrades, what works? Some links

Kev1955

Kev1955

Dec 12, 2012
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Decided to just summarize some of the upgrades I did to various basses, what worked? Lessons learned. Here's some links, hopefully helps somebody.

Epiphone Rumblekat The Official Rumblekat Club

Gretsch 5442 The OFFICIAL "Gretsch Bass Owners Club"

Sterling SUB4 The Official Sterling by Music Man Owners Club

Gretsch G2220 The Official Short Scale Bass Club -- Part 4

Epiphone Embassy Pro Epiphone Embassy Pro Upgrades

Gretsch G2220 The Official Short Scale Bass Club -- Part 4

Gretsch G2220 The OFFICIAL "Gretsch Bass Owners Club"

Ibanez Mezzo Ibanez Mezzo Upgrade Path

Epiphone EB0 SG & EB Bass Club

Fender PJ Mustang Bass Fender Mustang PJ upgrades

Squire CV Mustang Bass "in progress"
 
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Fender CB-60SCE Acoustic Bass Tuners Hipshot HB-6 3/8 drop in replacement
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Tried something new for me, put Long Scale strings on my Short Scale Mustang. Was curious how it would work out. Really liking coated strings so tried the Elixir Nano Web strings, really nice, sounds great, little more bite to them but still very warm.

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(Updated List) Decided to just summarize some of the upgrades I did to various basses, what worked? Lessons learned. Here's some links, hopefully helps somebody. (Several are short scales)

Epiphone Rumblekat The Official Rumblekat Club

Gretsch 5442 The OFFICIAL "Gretsch Bass Owners Club"

Sterling SUB4 The Official Sterling by Music Man Owners Club

Gretsch G2220 The Official Short Scale Bass Club -- Part 4

Epiphone Embassy Pro Epiphone Embassy Pro Upgrades

Gretsch G2220 The Official Short Scale Bass Club -- Part 4

Gretsch G2220 The OFFICIAL "Gretsch Bass Owners Club"

Ibanez Mezzo Ibanez Mezzo Upgrade Path

Epiphone EB0 SG & EB Bass Club

Fender PJ Mustang Bass Fender Mustang PJ upgrades

Fender PBass Show me your modified/custom basses!

Epiphone Viola Bass Official Epiphone Viola Bass Club

Fender SC60 Acoustic Electric Bass Upgrades, what works? Some links

Squire CV Mustang Bass "in progress". This is going to be my last project, will post when done. Tuners are done here's a link for that part. Upgrades, what works? Some links When finished will link the rest
 
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I have grown to dislike the term upgrade; it's come to mean tinkering and swapping out bolt on parts in attempting to transform something into a far superior product than what it actually is. Unfortunately, many people shell out money for these hardware items rather than putting the money towards what the instrument really needs. You can polish a POS all you want, but it just creates a shiny POS. Ranting over with.

I would suggest that the best thing anyone could do to upgrade their instrument is to get the fretboard levelled and professionally setup. This will do more for playability than any bolt on hardware.
 
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byacey said:
I have grown to dislike the term upgrade; it's come to mean tinkering and swapping out bolt on parts in attempting to transform something into a far superior product than what it actually is. Unfortunately, many people shell out money for these hardware items rather than putting the money towards what the instrument really needs. You can polish a POS all you want, but it just creates a shiny POS. Ranting over with.

I would suggest that the best thing anyone could do to upgrade their instrument is to get the fretboard levelled and professionally setup. This will do more for playability than any bolt on hardware.
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Respectfully disagree, setup yes, POS no.
 
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