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Here's the situation, I'm reconsolidating gear at the moment by trimming the fat and moving into gear I've always really wanted. At the moment I have two Avatar T153s and a vintage Acoustic 470 head. I absolutely love the tone I'm getting out of the Acoustic with the Avatar, but I'm selling one...

Didn't know whether this belonged in amps or over here, but I'm working on making a footswitch for my new to me Acoustic 470 head. I went by an antique mall the other day out of boredom mostly and found a pretty cool Guess sunglasses tin that I thought might make a pretty cool looking footswitch...

Alright, so I figured if they do this in the bass and amps sections then there's no good reason I couldn't do it here, so here goes. A smidge over a month ago I left the beautiful commonwealth of Kentucky in order to attend The Leadership Development and Assessment Course out at Fort Lewis in...

I just picked up a GK MB210 off the Craigslist for 200 bucks. Seemed to be a pretty sweet deal since they look to go used for 300-400 used, and went for 5 or 6 hundred when they were new if I remember correctly? It sounds pretty stout though and is nice and light, anybody else have some love for...

I picked up this thing off CL tonight for 75 bones. Sounds alright and looks cool. Tone wise it reminds me a lot of my old Acoustic B200. Pretty growly sounding. Anyway, it's a kustom kb200h. I didn't really need it, just picked it up because it was a good deal and maybe as a backup for my PF500

Picked up this fine pair for $400 today. Couldn't be happier. One of them seems to have a crackle in the mid driver, so I figure it's either the driver itself or I've heard it could be the crossover. Avatar's closed today, so have to call monday. Oh well, onto the pics!

I was at work tonight, checking out the new Pawn Shop series Greta amp from Fender. I've been away for a couple months, so I hadn't had time to sit down with it and really try it out. My buddy at work told me that he had been using one for a few months now as a tube pre-amp, just running it in...

Alright, I'm on the verge of pulling the trigger on an Ampeg PF500. I haven't had an opportunity to play one, but I'm getting a good deal on it and I've watched enough videos and read enough reviews to where I feel that it would be a good purchase. Right now, however, I'm sort of lusting...

I'm tried looking on Ampeg's site and searching, but I can't find any info on replacement drivers for my SVT 215 cab. Any advice?

Have you ever gotten to the end of a pickup change, and then had the oh crap moment of thinking you may have put the neck pickup into the bridge position, and neck into the bridge position? Well I just did. The trouble is that I can't remember which case which pickup came out of. Is there an...

I recently acquired an Ampeg SVT 215e cab from the mid 80s. The speakers in it were replaced two years ago, so they have plenty of life left in them, but it' seen better days aesthetically. The tolex has several tears, the piping is discolored in some areas and even the grill cloth has a small...

For some reason the tone knob on my P is causing a significant volume cut. It cuts the high end, but by the time it's rolled all of the way off, it's at about a quarter of the original volume. Any help here guys?

I picked up a set of Hennessey strap locks tonight. I liked them because they have a similar design to Duncans, but there's still a usable strap button under the lock. When I got them home tonight, I opened them up, and I noticed that the strap buttons that came with the locks looked similar to...

I sold the old precision to pick up a Warwick, because Warwick makes a fine bass. However, after putting a set of the old reliable XLs, it's not giving me the sound I like from XLs. There's plenty of low end, and low mids for that matter, but it's just sort of muddy sounding. Is this an issue of...

I just got my Crown MT-600, but I can't figure out how to hook my cabinets up to it. The outputs are binding posts for banana lugs, spade plugs, or bare wires, but I assume I'll need some sort of converter to hook my cabinets up to it?

I'm planning on picking up a Crown Micro-tech 600 in the near future, but I've noticed that it doesn't have level controls on it like most power amps. Will this be much of a problem, or will I be fine just controlling volume with the pre-amp? I tried to search for any insight, but I couldn't...

I received an EHX Small Clone recently, and had it open to do some tweakage. I put the thing back together and it doesn't work :eek: I opened it back up and 3 wires had broken at the solder joint. I stick them back in, easy enough. Today, I notice the depth switch is no longer working. I...

I recently received an EHX Small Clone, which I am enjoying very much. However, it seems that when I use my P-bass, is clips at lower notes. I tried using it with my jazz bass, which is lower output, and the problem disappeared. Is there any way to correct this problem by swapping out something...

I've noticed recently that there's a big urge to "save pedal board space" and companies are responding by making smaller pedals. I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but I really like the way big pedals look on a board. Maybe it's because I'm of the "less is more" mentality, and my...

I have the opportunity to pick up an MIA Precision for 350, but I just want to be sure it's authentic. What should I look for when I go to try it out to know if it's a fraud or not? It's supposed to be an MIA from the early 2000s, serial number starting with a Z.

The horn on my Acoustic B115 has been crackling on me. It doesn't do it when I'm playing normally, but on occasion it decides that it wants to. When I run an active bass through it and I turn up the lows, it will do it on occasion. When I run my synth sounds from my laptop through it it does it...

As I've been getting more and more into metal music, I've noticed two common things among bass players. 1. The majority of them play 5 strings, or more 2. A lot of them end up doing these ridiculous stretches to try and span five frets at a time in a passage. I recently have begun tuning...

I'm contemplating paying 80 bucks for an Acoustic 106 cab, but the only catch is that the drivers have been replaced with Peavey Black Widows. I don't know how much the guy that did it knows about cabinet tuning, but from what I can tell he just slapped them in there. Does anyone know how it...

After falling in love with the Magnum after listening to Sonic Youth, part of me wants to stick one of those gigantic neck pickups in my p bass. The only problem is that I can't seem to find just the pickup anywhere. If anyone could point me int he right direction, it'd be appreciated :help:

I just spent the afternoon modifying my Boss RC-2 loop station to have the functions the foot switch offered on the box itself. All it took was some solder and drill press work and about 4 bucks worth of material. It was so easy that it got me wondering, could you do this on any pedal that has...

I purchased one of the Ampeg SVT210av cabs for Christmas. I stuck it on top of my Acoustic 115 and plugged them both in, and the clarity was absolutely mind blowing. All of a sudden I can crank the low end without it going muddy. I decided to go the 210 route due to most people's opinion that a...

Volume pedals are everywhere, why don't we have tone pedals? I mean, it functions the same as a volume pedal, but it alters tone as opposed to volume. It seems doable, and pretty useful in my mind. Would it be as simple as taking apart a EBVP and slapping a capacitor on the pot?

I have a Precision bass. I have a trimmer pot. I want the trim pot inside of the bass, but don't know exactly where to put it? I bought a 100k trim pot, I was assuming it was a suitable value? It's the kind that's apparently meant to be wired into a circuit board, but I also assumed it would...

Would I be able to convert my jazz bass from VVT to a stacked knob layout? Is it just a different control plate? Or were the bodies routed different?

Exactly what lengths/diameters should I get of these things? It's for a Precision bass if that matters. Also, is there anyone on here that sells them?

I've seen people posting all about their uber modified basses. They seem to have the idea that they have to change a bunch of stuff about it as soon as they get it, like new pickups, a tort guard, BAII bridge, CTS pots and orange cap, etc. I seem to be in the opposite school. I'll drive it...

I know you're going to say search, but I know what I want! :hyper: It's finally time for me to put some new pickups in my Precision. I've held off for a long time because I didn't just want to ask for a random recommendation and try some new pickup without not knowing what it was exactly that...

My Ampeg SVT210AV came in today and I decided to plug it in to make sure it worked, being as I bought it used. All I can say is holy crap, the harmonics jump out of this thing. I used the same amp head with the same settings as I had been using with my 115 cabinet, but all of a sudden they just...

I've been considering buying a compressor lately, more specifically the Markbass Compressore. I may be buying into the hype, or I may just get giddy at the sight of tube pedals, but I've wanted this pedal since I saw it. I know the function of a compressor, but I'm not too familiar with the...

I love the sound my bass gets when I have coil tapping engaged, but it's annoying at times because I have a significant volume drop when I flip the switch. Is there any wiring tricks I could use to counter this?

Santa Claus told me that he will be bringing me an Ampeg SVT-210AV cab for Christmas, which I'm quite excited about. I do have a question though regarding wattage. That cab is rated 200 watts and is an 8 ohm cab. My Acoustic B200h puts out 200 watts at 4 ohms, what would the wattage be...

I have the two band blackout pre-amp installed on my bass. When I use the bass knob, it seems like there's a significant jump at the end of the knob, without much increase from the start. After the middle detent though, it works as it should.

I have an OLP Stingray copy and I love it, but there's this darn dead spot right around the 7th fret. Is there any way to remedy this?

Hey guys, my band just hit the studio recently and they've finished our first track and we have in posted on our myspace at Link Removed Let me know what you guys think, I'd welcome you to check out our other recordings to compare to my less matured playing but the quality isn't fantastic. Keep...

I was at one of the local music shops today talking to the sales guy about strings they had. He recommended the rotosound swing set, but I wasn't so sure on switching from my beloved Daddarios. I asked how it'd sound on a fretless and he pointed me to the fretless Squier VM in the back that was...