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Hey TB, I recently purchased a Brubaker Brute JJX 5 String bass in Olympic white... (Drooling yet?) The bass has been heavily routed from J/J to MM/MM and finally a J was stuck in the neck, and an MM in the bridge. It has these current Specs: Lakland American MM/J pickups EMG 3 Band Pre Amp...

I know these threads exist ALLL over the place, but my question is fairly specific. Right now, I've got an early 2000s OLP ray (black and maple) and a new bridge, and a newly ordered Kent Armstrong MM pickup. It's currently passive, but I'd love a 3 hole preamp configuration to beef it up! Of...

First of all, TB, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A BASS SOLO AT A POP MUSIC AWARDS CEREMONY! I have to say, I was thoroughly impressed by her chops, taste, groove, and well.... booty. Prince's performance was fantastic tonight, and by far the most musically relevant thing I've seen in pop! But...

Hey all in TB land, I recently purchased a bass big muff deluxe and already have the regular model. I figured I'd make a comparison video- anything you all want to see or hear between both pedals? Literally, anything. I'm taking requests, so if there's anything you've been curious about- ill do...

Well fiirst it's story time. I recently acquired a Made in Korea Fender Active Jazz V 24. It's a rockin bass and I like the active and passive tones, but I want a bit more. First step is to upgrade the preamp, but now the pickups. I'm a stingray guy as well, so I love that chunky, growly, in...

As proud builders of your own instruments, whether for your personal playing or to be sold to others, I have a simple hypothetical question.... If offered a job at a company to build instruments, would you take it? Is taking a job as a pro luthier at a multi national company either large or...

I've been Messing around with synth sounds for a while (using my BEF pro and some fuzz) and an realizing with more tweaking that I could really use a dedicated synth pedal and an octaver..... (as opposed to using the filter and stuff) I know the Markbass does both, but how well? From what I've...

As my first bass was a rickenbacker, I learned all the fundamentals of finger style, pick, and slap playing on it.... While not the greatest bass for funk, I can get a decent slap tone out of my bass with some bright strings and the highs/lows boosted and the mids cut. (I use a markbass head, so...

Hey all, recently I bought an Ampeg HLF 4X10 rated at 400 watts at 4 ohms, which im running with my LMIII (300w @8 ohms and 500w@ 4 ohms) I also connected an old Hartke B900 90 watt combo amp (8 ohms) to the Ampeg for a bit of a fuller sound, the problem is any time the gain or volume passes 12...

Hey tb, I recently decided to build an instrument (its going to be a 24 fret jazz style bass). Anyone have specific things to keep an eye out for that you only learn about otherwise through experience? All of your guidance would be much appreciated as I go through the wood selecting process and...

Hey TB, just wondering if anyone has experience with upgrading the pickup in a musicman stingray to a Basslines SMB 4DS pickup with tone control... How does the wiring work here? What about the slap knob pull function? I would like more information because everything I've seen is very vague...

Have a newish squire jazz bass that I'd really like to upgrade to better parts on to really he a handle for instrument repair but also for sound as well. Essentially it sound like garbage. The pickups are clacky and dull sounding and terra no resonance to the sound. I also believe the nut Is...

I'm sure this is an old thread but I haven't found it... Who has some good jokes about bassists? Because sometime a laugh at our own expense is still a good one!

I recently purchased a Digitech Dual Band Bass squeeze and have been less than happy with the results. I've heard little of the infamous hiss everyone talks about... but the pedal allows for very little dynamicaly even with the compresson very low. Essentially, I'm wondering if I should learn to...

I've recently been looking into upgrading my amp from a partially busted Hartke B900 combo amp to a small to midrange sized head and cabinet. any suggestions on what would sound good together, tubes versus solid state, and overall value?