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Ever since my 10-piece party band retired last December, I have not had that many bass guitar gigs. What I have had more of, and gigging regularly, are gigs with Uke66, my 3-piece ukulele band, playing my U-Bass. It has, well at least for the time being, become my primary gig instrument. Anyone...

OK, here we go. I want everybody's opinions on the comparative tone of conventional nickel-plated steel round wound strings. I think two traditional makes & models of sets of strings define a good variation and therefore two reference data points on this theme. 1) D'Addario XL Nickel Rounds: to...

This is to show everybody on the forum that I practice what I preach. But first, let us all repeat the mantra: 1) measure from the string anchor to the tuner side of the nut. 2) measure from the string anchor to the middle of the lowest string tuner post. 3) purchase a set of strings that the...

I have a small bottle of Roche-Thomas fingerboard/fretboard oil. Where I live it gets very dry in the winter and so I apply it occasionally to my rosewood unfinished fretboards to keep them cleaned and conditioned. I came across another use for it yesterday: I have a knife block full of raw...

I got on the D'A website today to do some comparison shopping. The string tension specs are gone. I tried various links and pages that are supposedly there to help a person choose strings, and all it did was ask inane questions. WHERE ARE THE STRING TENSION SPECS? Thanks.

LEFT-HANDED Ursa/SX Mid-Scale Jazz Body Loaded. Never played. Bought the bass for the left-handed 32-inch scale neck for another project. All protective plastic is intact. Also included is the neck plate and four neck screws. Notice the neck pocket is narrower than Fender standard. $50 includes...

Folks, I have spent a few hours searching the web with all sorts of search phrases and can't find what I am looking for: chrome plated Jazz bass pickup rings to use on basses that don't use the traditional pickguard or covers/ashtrays. Does anybody know a source for a pair in the traditional Am...

Change is not pleasant. But change can help growth. But growth can leave a person outside his/her comfort zone. However you grow, just don't be the guy on the right: .

Here's what's left, from picture 11: Solid top Precision-covers $10 Abalone P-knobs $20 Pair P-2 size covers $10 SOLD! Thanks. As a package deal, I will sell what's left for $30 $25 $20 including shipping CONUS. PM me if you don't want everything that's left, but one or more otherwise. Lots...

Hey @Jon Moody : La Bella has discontinued their 760FL-M set. That leaves a big gap in the availability of medium scale sets. Please, please, please consider issuing Balanced Nickels in Medium Scale in the same gauges as the short scale set. I have a Jaguar H that needs them desperately! Thanks.

Route 66 played by Uke 66, yours truly on U-Bass. The event is the annual Japanese Fall Festival for the Sister Cities Association, Springfield, MO (birthplace of Route 66). Thanks for watching/listening.

Ibanez BTB845V – Modified I’m going a different direction in my bass playing. OK. I buy instruments to gig, not collect. Here’s what I have done to it to make this bass a comfortable, quiet, dependable gig bass, and Ibanez has engineered the headstock so even though 33-inch scale, the bass...

Two sets used U-Bass strings: 1) a stock used set of Road Toad 2) a gigged set of Silver Rumblers Yes, they are used. But if you want to try them, $5 for the postage. New, the sets are comparable in price to large manufacturer sets of electric bass strings. And unlike a few years ago, there are...

Ibanez SR/Soundgear naked neck. $125 includes shipping CONUS. With the angled heel, it is difficult to find necks to fit Ibby SR/Soundgear basses.

Yes, we all get G.A.S. Including me. When I get G.A.S., then the first thing I do is go through all my instruments and equipment, which after 45+ years of playing is quite extensive, and make sure each individual instrument or piece of equipment is set up, including repairs if indicated, in the...

This is the recording of a new song, "Makin' Biscuits," that my friends, a/k/a Uke66, wrote for, and submitted to, (minus the "bonus ending") the Hawaii International Ukulele Contest, of which Rick is a two-time winner for his compositions. I have the short-lived Bubinga version of the Kala...

Single coil pickup out of a Squier Tele VM bass. Yes, as you can see, even though it measures good, the bottom bobbin flat is warped. So, the $4 is for the postage if anyone wants it to experiment with it. Thanks.

Flats, flats for sale, flats: New: Two (2) DR 105 Legend Flats - got shipped the wrong strings, told to keep them. $10 for both strings. Used: set of La Bella LTF cut for Fender 4-in-line $20. Prices include "slow boat" USPS CONUS. Buy them all: $25 plus a bonus 126 GHS Precision Flat, used for...

I bought myself a Squier VM Telecaster Bass as an after-Christmas project. Here are the results: 1) The bass has a 32-inch scale. My hands don’t like 34-inch scale anymore. This raises issues with strings. The GDA strings are my favorite Fender 9050 45-60-80. I like them even better on...

I have seen a few threads recently, and not so recently, decrying the "lack of innovation" in some of the major manufacturers' basses. But this is a normal cycle of business. Exacerbated currently by the COVID-19 pandemic, yes, but all still part of a natural cycle. The steps are roughly: 1)...

Two (2) EB Cobalt RW 65 D-string singles - never installed. $15 $10 $7 incl USPS CONUS.

For sale: SD 5-string J-neck pickup SJ5 70-74 unopened $40 incl USPS CONUS. No longer available. La Bella White Tapes unopened 60-115 $25 incl USPS CONUS Sold! Thanks! Fender Tapes unopened $20 incl USPS CONUS Sold! Thanks!

I have a P/J that has a narrowed string spacing such that I don't want to use a "standard" double-pole-per-string J-style pickup. I would like to use a rails type pickup. No, I don't want a JBE. Has anybody out there used or heard or have anything to say about the Seymour Duncan 5 String Stack...

Be a Musician, not a Technician. In this excerpt out of the film, "All the Mornings of the World," an aspiring player applying to take lessons is dismissed by the Master as being merely a technician, not a musician: Note that for his audition he plays a technical exercise, fairly well, but...

EMG EXB with knob and battery lead.

Fodera Custom Set Nickel Rounds 45-60-80-106-130. Regular long scale. Cut for 3+2. Put them on, practiced on them around the house for a couple of days, took them off. $20 OBO incl USPS CONUS "slow boat."

EMG BTC Balance Control (for passive pickups) - $20 - SOLD! Thanks. (4-string Cast Bridge 18mm string spacing no longer available) (4-string Plate Bridge no longer available) All prices include "slow boat" USPS CONUS

Bartolini/Ibanez MK2 pickup set. $40 incl. USPS CONUS.

Bartolini USA MK5J-T bridge pickup price drop: $40 incl. USPS CONUS. Used for one gig. Specs, dimensional drawings and description on the Bart web site.

Overheard at a music store: Customer: "I'm thinking of putting new pickups in my bass." Store Clerk: "Great! What kind of bass?" Customer: "Ibanez." Store Clerk: "Good brand. Who is going to install the new pickups?" Customer: "I am." Store Clerk: "Great! If you have any questions, or need any...

EMG BTC $40. I got a BTC System HZ, and decided to use an EXB instead of the stacked BT control. So this is an uninstalled BT stacked control with the knobs, mounting washers and nut, and V+ buss lead, and knobs, since it takes a proprietary stack knob. See picture. Street price is $99, but I...

Fender Split-Coil J-Bass Set includes leads. $75 includes "slowboat" USPS CONUS.

Ibby BTB Preamp. It may or may not work. I missed my EMG-EXB in my other bass, so I switched everything out in my new bass. It tried to cut out at my last gig, which happened to be the first gig for the bass, so I don't know what is going on. I clipped as few wires as possible to get it out, and...

GHS has discontinued Super Steels in a 75. They have 70, 80, but no 75. I would like to purchase a few 75's. Does anybody out there know of any place that might have a few 75's new old stock, maybe forgotten behind the counter or in a box of singles? Edit: Found some. No longer looking.

Brite Flats, cut 2+2, plus extra never installed 98 E string $15 $10 includes USPS CONUS. Gauges: 40 56 79 98 as measured with my micrometer.

Shadow SH SB 2 $25 incl. "slowboat" shipping CONUS

WTT: a never-installed reversible Hipshot 3/8 Ultralite black for an Ibanez black bass (B-E) side tuner. Please, as-new or recent take-off, as I need an extra for a project. I will pay "slow boat" postage CONUS both ways.

Celestion BG10T-150 10-inch 8-ohm speaker for sale. $60 $50 $40 $30 price includes economy shipping CONUS.

ALL SOLD! THANKS! Strings and Things - all prices include USPS CONUS: 1) La Bella Gold Tapes, a couple of gigs of use Reg Long Scale Reg 60-115 Gauge Top-Load cut 2+2 $20 $15 SOLD! Thanks. 2) DR Flats 5-string cut 3+2 through-body $20 SOLD! Thanks. 3) D'Addario Chromes 45-60-80-105 new still...

From all accounts, the Ibby BTB33 from a few years ago and the current BTB845V are great basses. But like the original Fender Bass V from the mid-'60's, both are tuned EADGC, not the now-typical BEADG. Has anybody taken one of these two basses, recut the nut, and set either up for BEADG tuning...