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In 2017, I purchased a used first-gen NXT 4-string, and started learning how to set up and play electric upright. Along the way, I took some lessons, fixed a problem with the stand, dressed the fingerboard, bought an Eastman CF bow and replacement tuners, got into arco a bit, and learned about...

I've been looking for a good, affordable short-scale acoustic bass. Emphasis on amplified tone, rather than acoustic. This would be a 3rd or 4th bass, so I wanted to keep it under $1K. After a lot of near-misses over the past year, I was losing interest until I saw the release notice on the new...

The website doesn’t mention in-store pickup, and specifically mentions that items online haven’t been picked over the way they would be in a regular showroom. At the same time, they have that huge retail facility… If they've had enough time to do product photograhy and post pictures of actual...

Blame it on a short attention span, but I went to Detroit to check out a bunch of full-sized acoustic basses, and came home with a pint-sized electric 5-string. 5-string Mikro's are hard to find in Canada. I’ve been curious about them for a while, but not at $367 CAD with tax, and no gig bag...

I've been "acoustifying" my guitar and bass lineup for a few years now. It started with a piezo/magnetic semi-acoustic guitar in the early 2000's, and accelerated after having to retire some heavier instruments because of a chronic lower back problem. Along the way, I discovered that I like a...

If you own or have owned a John East rearmount preamp, Bartolini BH-2 or Aguilar DCB ceramic rail pickups, please thrown in your .02... I'm waiting for a used bass to arrive in the mail, and while I'm waiting, I'm wondering whether to go for a set of Aguilar DCB's or a John East Preamp. This...

I've been looking for various new basses and guitars lately, and although life is returning to normal in a lot of places, no-one seems to have any stock. Sweetwater and Fender are a perfect example. Just look at these numbers: Between $300 and $749.99, Fender has 42 models listed on...

Cross-posted here and on The Gear Page: I know that no-one uses cheap Wi-Fi gear on stadium tours, and please don't waste my time telling me that your brand X/Y/Z wireless has never given you trouble. I'm looking for input from people who HAVE HAD issues with older analog UHF systems like the...

I am looking for a full-sized Contrabass Balalaika. Seller must be either be within a 3 or 4 hour drive of London, Ontario, Canada, or willing/able to ship or deliver the instrument to my address. If you have one, or know of someone who is selling one, I would appreciate any information you...

The title says it all. I'm an Anglo-Canadian, with no ties to the ethnic music scene. I'm looking to find a Contrabass Balalaika, but European retailers tell me that shipping issues prevent them from selling to North American customers. I understand that Lark in the Morning have sold them in...

I'm curious to see what has caught your attention over the years- those brief moments when another musician says something that absolutely captures your attention. Maybe it opens up a line of thought that you had never considered, or just solidifies something you already knew, forcing you to...

This is my second bronze/nylon-strung acoustic mini. My third mini bass, if I count the Ashbory fretless I had in the late '90's, and my third ABG if I include the full-size Epiphone El Capitan I had around the same time. I've been interested in these little guys for a while. Uke basses never...

I have two-factor authentication turn on, along with “remember me for 30 days”. Yet I’m having to re-authorize my account every, single day. First-world problem, I know, but very annoying. Especially on the small screen of my iPhone 8.

I’m old and debt-riddled. I’ve been curious about the Tonestyler for years, but the pricing puts me off. Apparently there’s a European company called BQ Music that does a similar sort of device at a considerably lower price point. V12 and V12b versions. I’m also curious about the different...

Back when dinosaurs still walked the earth, I was rocking weddings with a Baldwin semi-hollow bass and a Harmony tube combo. The Baldwin came with Rotosound tape wound strings, and delivered a pretty good upright imitation when I plucked high over the fingerboard. More importantly, the Harmony...

Due to chronic back pain, I have to stick to basses that are around 8 to 8.5lb. Hipshot licensed Ultralites got my Vintage Modified Precision V under the limit- 8lb 6oz, to be precise. Unfortunately, I just installed a Hipshot Kickass bridge. It's a nice piece, but it's 6oz heavier than the OEM...

I bought a Tech 21 Fly Rig last year, and in the end, I chose the RP5 (the original guitar version) over the Bass Fly Rig. It's always in my gig bag now. Depending on the assignment, I sometimes augment it with my FDeck HPF and Diamond bass compressor. My only beef with this setup so far, is a...

This is an early-issue NXT. It has the upgraded stand, but a regular volume control- no Jackpot. I had to drive a total of 700 miles under threat of snow flurries to pick it up from Sudbury on Saturday, but the low asking price made it too good to pass up! Busy weekend, so I haven't had a lot...

I've always wondered about this. Was it because you were so fulfilled by your other session work? Scheduling issues? Label politics? As much as I loved the singer songwriter stuff you guys were doing back in the early 70's, the first LP was and is one of my favourite examples of your work...

Mint MB800, this great-sounding amp excels at pristine cleans, with a huge, hammer-like low end. It has that characteristic G-K snap with the EQ set flat, but can get suprisingly warm and smooth-sounding with the treble rolled back to about 10 o'clock. The headroom is incredible. You can dime...

I bought a G-K MB110 combo earlier this year.. I didn't need loud or low, because it would mainly be used in a church basement with a terminal case of "room boom". In the end, I decided that the restricted bass response was too much of a good thing with my 5-string slabs, and went looking for a...

I just received an Am Std Precision V pickup from another TB'er. Being a long-term user of aftermarket pickups from people like Kinman, SD, Dimarzio and EMG, I was surprised to find that there were no identifying marks on the bottom. No s/n, no date, no model description- nothin'. If you have...

Have you seen this demo yet? If you've ever had a keyboard player torture you with embarrassingly clumsy attempts to make an acoustic guitar sample library sound like a real acoustic guitar, here's your chance for payback. EHX announced it yesterday. Going to sell for around $300 with a...

Looking for something to warm up my modern-sounding rig (Dingwall ABZ 5-string, G-K MB800, AudioKinesis horn-loaded cab) and my DI feed. I have opportunities to pick up a Barber Linden EQ, or possibly a Markbass Compressore. My idea of "tube warmth" is not the fuzzy, fat overdrive that a lot...

I'm looking for something to put a bit of a motown spin on my Dingwall on occasion. Not looking for fuzz or even moderate overdrive. Just a slightly compressed, tubey, rounded fatness. I recently played through a borrowed Joe Meek ThreeQ, that had been extensively modded with a tube front end...

I ordered this on Thursday, and was told it would arrive in about a week. Long & McQuade called Friday, to say that it had arrived already! First, if there ain't any pics... [ With a bass, for perspective: [/URL] Construction and finish are very tidy: This is a great little low-volume...

In the middle of a shielding job for TB'er Jamie Funk. Part of the problem appears to be house wiring, but he has two EMG-equipped Yamahas. The one with a single 40DC is nearly dead silent in conditions that have the dual 45JX-equipped bass sizzling like mad in the upper mids. The buzz is...

Trying to raise funds for a Dingwall ABZ5, so my "retirement guitar" has to go! This is the "50's vintage" tribute PRS, inspired by Paul Reed Smith's friendship with Ted McCarty, the president of Gibson from 1950-1966. Truly mint, as-new condition. Zero fret wear, no nicks or scratches. It's...

Empress EQ pedal w/Boost, plus Dunlop 18V power supply. Mint, no scratches, w/2 strips velcro on bottom. Have a grand total of about 10 hours on the pedal, always kept in a bag. Great-sounding, quiet pedal. Easy to set, thanks to switches for medium/narrow/wide Q. Paid over $300 w/taxes and...

Clean Late-model CS with the solder less connector, trade for a J...

Looking at getting a digital wireless. The Line 6 G30/G50/G90's have had the field to themselves for quite a while, but there appear to be some new guys on the block. Looking for any user comments on competing systems. I'm fairly familiar with the pluses and minuses for the G30 vs G50, and...

Here on TB, we tend to focus on audio clips as the litmus test for the impact of a pickup swap, fingerboard wood, Ash vs Pine, etc., and whether these things make a discernable difference. But this video has me wondering about other "intangibles" like feel and heft. I mean, we all know...

After 19 years, I just completed major revision #3 to my number one bass. When I built it, this neck-through singlecut had a simple slab body, with Fender style tummy and forearm cuts. With my latest work, additional tapering and re-shaping has dropped another pound and a half, bringing it...

Just wondering how many people buck the trend, and put P-bass necks on their Jazz bodies... I just scored a fretted Precision neck, in trade for the fretless neck off my Jazz. I'm really loving the beefy feel in my hand, and the extra room to maneuver. I can get a more expressive vibrato than I...

I've got a friend with a bad truss rod in a G&L L2500 Tribute. He's been trying to contact the out-of-warranty repair contact at G&L for two weeks. Does anyone have a good alternate contact, or know how to get a replacement neck for a G&L?

Fell hard for a G-K MB800, looking to sell/trade my Genz. Great sounding, lightly-gigged amp, mint, with original packaging. Interested in trades for a Genz Shuttlemax 9.2, 12.0 or 12.2, or possibly a REDDI. Asking $675 shipped OBO, Continental US and Canada.

Squier Vintage Modified Fretless Jazz neck, lined phenolic fingerboard. Very little play. Professionally leveled, fingerboard looks like ebony, no wear, no dings, straight, truss rod works well, loaded. Want to trade for a loaded, fretted P-bass neck, with rosewood board. A nice wide nut...

Did all these gigs with the EMG P5-equipped 5-string in my Avatar (fairly fresh nickel rounds), and an AudioKinesis Thunderchild 112AF cab. So, I started out strong with a church gig- 200 people in a movie theatre, modern-sounding 5-piece band, QSC active speakers as floor wedges, full PA...

I recently acquired a Squier VM fretless Jazz (anniversary present from my wife), and there were a couple of little things that needed attention. One was a light fingerboard leveling, another was a pickup swap (I'm allergic to buzz and noise), and the final one, was string misalignment over the...

I'm looking for suggestions re: taming a rumble I'm hearing/feeling with the Streamliner through my AudioKinesis Thunderchild. This seems to be the cause of a lack of clarity that I'm hearing with this rig, and it's still there even when I run an ART Tube MP or my little Mackie mixer straight...