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I've been playing bass in bands for over almost 40 years now. I've been a member of TB for about 15 years or so. I met a lot of really cool, interesting people on here that have been so great, supportive, informative and helpful with just about any kind of question I've ever had. I've learned a...

I'm quitting playing in bass so I have up for sale my fEARful 15/6 cab. This cab is one of the first ones made since GB posted the plans years ago. It was my goto cab for gigging and it has been the best bass cab I've ever owned. It has the Eminence Kappalite 3015LF and the 6" 18Sound (6NM410)...

I'm quitting playing bass so I have up for sale my Genz Benz ShuttleMax 9.2 head. I've only gigged with it a few times and it's been in a rack the entire time. It comes with a ShuttleMax gig bag, the footswitch and custom-made rack ears. Pictured you see it in my rack with my fEARful 15/6 cab...

For sale is my modded ESP-LTD 5 string. I'm quitting the world of bass and selling all my gear. This is an ESP-LTD B205-SM. The spalted maple top sucked (as in no spalting), so I refinished it to show the solid ash body underneath. I also reshaped the headstock into a more pleasing shape and...

I installed two Seymour Duncan NYC Passive Phase II pickups in my bass and wired them up to two switches (Series/Single Coil/Parallel) and they run to my bass's preamp. But I'm thinking of going passive because with the switches I can get a wide variety of tones without having the EQ of the...

A recent thread posed the question asking why would anyone choose to buy a bass with the sole purpose of modding it rather than just buying a better bass. So I thought I would start a Bass Modding Club thread. It is not an official club with numbers, but I thought it would be interesting to see...

OK, so it's not really a new bass for me, but it is newly redone. It's my ESP-LTD B205SM. Which is now no longer a spalted maple (there was very little "spalting" to it to begin with) so I sanded the extremely thin veneer down to the Ash body. I also replaced the stock ESP pickups with...

I'm going to be working on my bass and in the process it will be taken apart and stay apart for at least two weeks. What should I do with neck while it's off the bass for a while? Should I loosen the truss rod to keep it straight without string tension? Or should I even concern myself with...

I bought this bass a while back and it's been my main player. So much so that I've gotten rid of most of my other basses. I love the bass in almost every way...it plays beautifully, the action is nice and low, it balances well. It's a joy to play and I love the looks of it. But... I'm going to...

As the title explains, I want to wire up my two dual coil humbuckers to two switches so i can switch each pickup to either Series/Single coil/Parallel. I've found some diagrams for this but without a little additional explanation they leave me scratching my head. I could just wire them up...

I ordered some SD NYC-5 pups from Best Bass Gear and want to put them into my ESP-LTD 5 string (thread here). What I'd like to do ideally is wire them up to my existing preamp (Volume/Blend - Highs/Mids/Lows EQ controls) but also use two switches (one for each pickup) to be able to use each pup...

I was at my local music store and saw a black Rickenbacker on the hanger. I thought, "Cool...I'll have to check it out." It was beat to hell. Road worn is a very nice way to put it. Chips out the finish, gouges all over it, cracked pickguard, gouges in the neck, the bridge had the chrome almost...

In the spirit of the Amps Forum (which I frequent the most), no matter how much gear one has acquired or flipped, the cure for GAS will never be found. Sure some gear acquisitions may put it in remission, but this forum offers up far too much information to ever truly be cured of it. While...

OK, I got your attention. Technically it's not a combo. I wouldn't use a combo anymore, but my rig is about as close to a combo as I'll ever get. This is my Genz Benz ShuttleMax 9.2, rackmounted with a compressor and 31 band EQ, latched securely onto my fEARful 15/6 which has wheels under...

I am selling my homemade 210/6 cab. I've used this cab for a few years, but decided I only need my fEARful 15/6 and am letting this go. It is loaded with two BP102 (4ohm) drivers wired up as an 8 ohm cab. It has a Bose 6" mid driver with an Eminence 2 way x-over, crossed over at 800Hz. From...

I have a Kustom Groove 1200 bass amp for sale. It has three switchable tone controls, Pre-gain, Active/Passive switch, Master volume, mute switch, 9 band Graphic EQ, and boost switch. I don't have the pedal for the boost switch but any single footswitch will work. It has two Speakon jacks to...

I have for sale my Ibanez SR400 4 string bass. It is a real beauty that is hard to find in this color. It is a gorgeous Quilted Maple blue/purple depending on the lighting. I love the tone of this bass, but I am a diehard 5 string player and just have no use for a 4 string bass and I'd rather...

These look really interesting and promising ( Invalid Link Removed ) as a direct replacement for my ESP-LTD stock pups. I'm wanting to replace the rather thin and overly bright tone of my bass. Especially that they are passive and this >"The Alnico 2 rod pole pieces provide a tone that is...

As the title says, I am looking to upgrade my ESP-LTD 5 string's pups and preamp with new EMG 40 series size Pups and a new preamp. I'm playing through a ShuttleMax 9.2 and a fEARful 15/6. With my current bass and rig, everything is already very bright and mid forward. The pups on my ESP-LTD...

I'll be receiving a ShuttleMax 9.2 head via Fed Ex Saturday. First time ever hearing or playing through any Genz Benz products, and obviously I'm a little late to the party. I've just been out of the gear loop and haven't looked to buy or try anything in quite a while. I've read every post on...

I'm in the market for a new amp to replace my heavy Kustom Groove 1200, which I will keep as a backup. I'm using a fEARful 15/6 and/or my own 210/6 cabs and I'm either going to pull the trigger on a new Carvin BX1600 amphead or a used ShuttleMax 9.2. I also use a Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe...

I'm in the market for a new amp and I always find myself liking the features of the Carvin BX line. It has been quite a while since I've been in the market for an amp so I'm not even aware what is all out there now. I'm going to run it through a fEARful 15/6 for most gigs and my own 210/6 at...

As the title says I'm looking to replace the pups and preamp in my ESP-LTD B-205SM. It's a 5 string. I'm looking for a versatile, modern sound with a lot of bite and punch. I'm also looking for it to be a relatively low cost replacement. It needs to have two soapbars, a pup blend control...

Finally (after all these years) I snagged a used VT Bass Deluxe pedal. Not sure which forum to post in as I really plan on using as more of a preamp, so if you're a user of it as a preamp and not as an effect, please feel free to post here in this forum with your experiences, good or bad and...

Finally (after all these years) I snagged a used VT Bass Deluxe pedal. I was getting some pretty damn good tones through my amp (Zoom B2 into a Kustom Groove head) into my fEARful 15/6 but was still looking for a little extra. I was also looking for an easier to way switch between some pretty...

I'm in a very good originals band. Our music is not run of the mill 3 chord rock crudely put together, struggling to get gigs, play for the exposure kind of garage band. We have two CD's out already (professionally recorded in a studio in Nashville, produced by a Grammy award winning producer)...

With one of the new bands I play in, there is an awful lot of drop D tuning, and even on the ones that aren't I'm finding I use the low B string of my 5 string quite a bit to carry some of the lower notes, or just for positional ease. I REALLY hate drop tuning. It's always messed with my head...

From my ongoing thread on the artwork I'm going to put on my ESP LTD (with a barely noticeable"spalted" maple top). Completely redid the headstock on my ESP LTD. For one thing, I hated the pointy end on it. While wearing it, I could not see the end of the headstock and would constantly...

So..what is it about all tube amps that trips your trigger? For over 35 years I've owned and played through a variety of all tube amps, but I've also been mainly a SS guy. Mostly due to weight and cost, but I have owned an SVT in the early 80's and I've also had a Mesa 400 long ago, but I've...

I'm going to get a new Peavey VB2 and I just wanted to check with guys on TB who have played one or still play one and what your thoughts are on them like issues, reliability whether you love them, hate them, volume with them, what cabs you use with them, etc. ? I'm getting a brand new one...

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I'm thinking of doing up a very detailed design and using a woodburning pen on the spalted (lacking) maple top. Something that is a very intricate, pen-and-ink-like design. Before anyone puts out a warning to me...I'm a professional artist (I have luthiers commissioning me for murals on...

After joining an all originals band I found I needed to have some basses that are more aggressive sounding yet can also cop some tonal variety. I recently got the Ibanez SR400QM 4 stringer on the floor stand (the bluish-purple with mahagony body and quilted maple top) which is lightweight...

I just picked up this Ibanez SR400QM 4 string bass for free from a friend (although I'm going to trade him some artwork just to be fair to him even though he just told me to keep it). I've been playing for over 35 years and have played every kind of bass made with the exception of high end...

A non-musician friend of mine who has acquired all kinds of musical instruments just so his kids can pick from any kind of instrument if they ever felt compelled to play (they are only 6 and 8 years old and he has keyboards, guitars, drums, bass, etc. just so his kids have access to them just in...

Just recently pulled out the frets on my 5 string Yamaha (which has undergone many changes over the years) and I've been playing fretless going on almost two weeks now. I've gotten to the point where I can play everything I did before on fretted without struggling finding notes, and also...

So what is everyone's favorite string for fretless? Thus far I've had Circle K's rounds, D'Addario rounds, Sunbeams (rounds), Chromes (flats) and I'm digging the D'Addario rounds so far. I'm really looking for a nice roundwound, preferably nickels. I'm not too concerned about fingerboard wear...

I converted my 5 string Yamaha to fretless. I pulled the frets and redid the fingerboard, making sure it was straight, true and silky smooth. Admittedly, this was done out of boredom. After 35 years of playing in bands, I spent the last two years trying in vain to put a quality...

What are the Pros/Cons of a Blend pot versus Volume/Volume pots arrangement with two pickups? I have a bass with a P-Bass pup and a single coil Jazz pup. I currently am using two volumes to control/blend the two pickups, but when either volume is all the way up, it sounds weaker and quieter...

Since my Jazz pup on my Yamaha is shot I decided to replace it with a new pickup. I don't have a lot of cash to work with, so I ordered a Guitar Jones 5 String BRIDGE Pickup for a Fender Jazz Bass because dimensionally it fits the existing cavity though I'll need to make a new pickup ring for it...