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Hey guys, I decided this project should have its own thread seeing that it is moving in the right direction and I am getting pretty close to a functional final product. I started by making my own clear silicone mold. After a few failed attempts I managed to make something close to what I...

Hey guys, I'm in the process of truing a couple of spirit levels in order to use them as leveling beams. One of the levels had tool marks all along, most of them are gone now after sanding with a 240 grit dry and then wet. I'd like to know if I need to go all the way and remove those last few...

Hey peeps, I know this is a niche thread, I don't think there are many of us who regularly slap on flatwounds these days, but there must be a few so if you are a slap enthusiast and a diehard flatwounds lover, I'm interested in knowing : what flats you use on what type of...

Hey peeps, In my effort to make my Cort B4 the best of what she can be, I am now getting close to starting working on the fretboard. I just need to buck up and start removing the barely visible cream side dots so I can install Luminlays. But since I will remove the neck to work on the...

Hey guys, I recently started a quest to find the perfect pick and in doing so I found a few that I really like. I just recorded 10 of them in a row so I can compare them without playing. Here they are in case anybody is curious. Bass: Cort B4 AS RM Pickup: EMG J neck position, tone, and...

Hey guys, I finally decided to change the pickups/electronics of my Cort B4RM. This comes with a few challenges. Most noticeably the fact that the original pickups (Bartolini Mk-1) are significantly bigger than the EMG J set I've chosen to give new life to this wonderful bass. Let's get down...

Hey guys, How would one go about connecting a dummy coil directly to the coil intended to be silenced? I got a very cheap J/P and the J-pickup's 60-cycle hum drives me bonkers. I am not looking to invest any money into it right now and I have a bunch of strat pickups gathering dust in a...

Hey guys, I recently bought a Harley Benton JP-45OP (very nice instrument, especially considering the price tag). I mainly bought it for the choice of woods and the Precision pickup which I will replace with an EMG Geezer Butler PHZ. Now, the EMG comes with its own solderless electronics...

Hey guys, I love my Cort B4 but the lack of a passive tone control bugs me. I find myself playing almost exclusively the passive mode because I don't like the hi-fi sound of the Markbass preamp. It's a very decent preamp but it sucks all the wood out of the tone when activated and I don't...

Hey guys, let's play a little role-playing game, shall we? So, you are an intermediate bass player with just a very nice cort b4 plus fretless in your arsenal and the thirst for frets hits you. You want thump and you want growl, you enjoy maple or ebony fretboards (and really dislike porous...

Hey guys, I am very seriously considering buying a Spector legend standard 4 (2019 model) and I am in need of some first-hand information about this bass. There isn't a single brick-and-mortar (or even online, for that matters) shop that caries Spector basses in my whole eastern European...