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    Adding a speaker to a 1x8 combo amp

    I've never heard of anyone doing this and am wondering if it is even possible: Is it possible to add a speaker to a combo amp while keeping the same preamp. To be more specific, I want convert my Hartke B30 1x8 combo to a 2x12 combo. I have the means and materials to build a whole new enclosure...
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    Fender Jazz Bass Preamp Problems

    So during this fine quarantine, I decided I would finish one of my partscaster projects. I have a set of dimarzio model j's and a Fender jazz bass preamp from the stratosphere on reverb. (NEW Active Jazz Bass LOADED CONTROL PLATE KNOBS POTS for Fender J Bass Chrome | The STRATosphere | Reverb)...
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    Seymour Duncan STC-2S-BO troubleshooting

    I have a pj bass with a single volume and 3 way toggle. I wired the SD tone circuit and triple checked all the connections and their respective locations. When I played, there was normal volume, but the preamp did nothing no matter were the knobs were turned. I have an active/passive bypass...
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    Is my pickup fixable?

    I have the SD spb-4 installed in my partcaster bass. Yesterday I was playing it for a bit, put it down to eat dinner, and came back only to find out that something was wrong. The pole for the D string stopped working, for lack of better term. The only reason there's sound for that string is from...
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    Orange Amp not as good?

    So for my birthday a few weeks ago, my grandpa got me the Orange crush 25 as an upgrade from my old hartke b30. For whatever reason the Orange crush make the tone more muffled. The b30 has clarity for days and I can't figure out why. Whether the eq is flat or tweeked a bit the orange just...
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    Modtone XL bass preamp dud?

    So I just got the mt-xl bass preamp off a deal on reverb. I plugged in into my amp and put all the EQs flat and turned each one to here the changes in tone. To my surprise, the entire 3 band eq was doing virtually nothing. The compressor worked fine but the preamp just didn't do its thing. The...
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    Short scale strings

    Does anyone know of a manufacturer that sells shortscale cobalt strings. I haven't had much luck finding one. I really like daddarios, but of course they are long scale. If there isn't, will long scale be fine on a Short scale?
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    Custom pickguard

    I'm building a partscaster bass and am needing a special pickguard for the pickup configuration in using. The pickguard itself is a MM stingray pickguard, and the pickups being used are mm and jazz. I don't have the necessary tools nor the skill to cut precise cutouts.....does anyone have any...
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    Jazz pickup volume dropped

    I just replaced my precision pickup on my mustang to the sd spb-4 and left the jazz stock. When in the middle position, the volume drops drastically. Has this happened to anyone? Sorry about the title, Idk why I put jazz.
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    Fret buzz on 8th and 9th fret on A string

    So my I just changed my strings. I tested every fret to make sure there was no buzz. To my surprise, there was buzzing but only on the A string's 8th and 9th fret. There was no buzzing before I changed them. Is this something what will go away, or do I need to adjust something? I've got the...
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    How to Freestyle

    So I'm a relatively new bassist. This is my tenth month there of. My cousins and I make a vareity of genres of music. Every now and then we do a funk track, I find myself struggling to find something to play just off the bat for a bass solo. Even with jazz tracks I'm can't figure out good fills...