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I shaped and polished my new prototype bridge a little. It works even better than expected! Loosen one screw to adjust intonation on two strings. Loosen two, and use the same wrench to crank the action up or down on either end. High mass, stainless steel saddles, and solid contact with all parts...

I designed a prototype of a sweepable semi-parametric eq, and wondered if anyone has ever tried this in a dual preamp configuration (one for each pickup). Looking to hear your experience. It seems like it might work pretty well, since the phase shifts are much less than a resonant low pass...

I turned on my Walkabout today, and after it clicked on, it works for about one minute and then clicks off. I took off the cover, and I can feel the relay on the back board click ON, and then click OFF. Happens even if there is no signal coming in. The heat sink is cold to the touch. Any...

Do any Zenith owners out there know exactly what the two switches on the [Shadow] preamp do? I just got a Zenith, and I'm playing with the setup and electronics. As far as I can tell, the switches affect only the magnetic pickup. The lower switch seems to be a gain control, and flipping it...

A year or so I was looking for a preamp for a low output bass (that I don't want to modify with an onboard), and I found a solid state pedal that was a simple class A preamp with variable input impedance (I believe it had a gain knob, and a pot to adjust the impedance). It was exactly what I was...

So here's a real coil [hair] splitting question: If I have a humbucker, and want to switch out one coil, what is your favorite way of switching it out? I.e. do you prefer to ground both ends of the coil (seems to "pop" a little less when switching), or leave the + end floating (not connected...

I'm thinking about using a carbon fiber or carbon/kevlar strap or cord instead of a steel truss rod. It would run in the same type of channel as a one-way truss rod (tension only). The idea would be to eliminate the separate mass of a steel rod so the neck would vibrate closer to a solid piece...

So I was really looking for a G&L L1000, but couldn't find one in town. This is my version, and my first single-pickup build. - Koa/maple/mahogany neck. - Mahogany body, small Fender J style. - Ebony fretboard - 22 frets - 3/1 angled headstock in mini Fender shape. - Custom made ETS...

Has anyone had good luck with laser printer decals? I have been using them, but the film is quite thick, and takes a lot of finish build-up around the decal before I can level everything out. And I am finding years later that they occasionally bubble or separate.

I'm new to this forum, but a few months ago I got a TonePort UX8, and I've got to say it is great. I don't really use the modelling/effects much, but it will record all 8 tracks, I can practice with a guitar and bass and several mics plugged in and the output going to powered PA speakers, and...

I was trying to figure out why G&L uses a large (.1uf) cap on one coil of a humbucker in series mode, and started playing around with it on my bass that has dual-jazz pups. It is REALLY COOL! I never used the series setting because the sound was so muddy. By putting a cap across one coil, a...

I've been obsessing about where to put the pickup in my next bass, and I've been looking at a lot of basses and measurements in the prosound reference. I have noticed that most pickups are placed at around 10-11 inches (from the 12th fret), and then around 13-14 inches. Does anyone know why...

Hi Folks, I just did a re-fret on a mongrel Jazz bass, '69 neck and '74 body from what I can tell. The neck heel was shimmed up with a popsickle stick, and I was interested in eliminating that as well as a lot of other problems. When everything was finished though, the neck sits so low in the...

Hi Folks, I just did a re-fret on a mongrel Jazz bass, '69 neck and '74 body from what I can tell. The neck heel was shimmed up with a popsickle stick, and I was interested in eliminating that as well as a lot of other problems. When everything was finished though, the neck sits so low in...

Does anyone know where I can buy a Bartolini TC6 (or TC4) dual preamp/buffer? And does anyone know how much different the AGDB-18 dual buffer is from the TC, in terms of gain, imput impedence, noise, etc.?

Here are some pictures of my first bass: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Notes: This bass was built in about two months, with much of the time going into templates and fixtures. The profile templates were made from 1/4" acrylic sheet (Lexan next time!). All of the profiling...

I am going to build some Jazz pickups, and the split-coil design looks like a good way to go. Since the impedance should be really close to a single coil, I am having a hard time figuring out why there would be any significant difference in sound. So the advantage of humbucking makes me ask...

Has anyone tried wiring the outputs of humbuckers in series? Then with ser/sin/par switches for each pickup and say a push-pull for switching the outputs from series to parallel, you would have 18 possible coil combinations, including ones which have 1, 2, 3, or 4 coils in series! To use a...

I have had a Fender Roscoe Beck IV on layaway, and I just picked it up today! Brand Spanking New, I'm psyched. The plastic stuff on the pickguard was really hard to remove, I had to use some solvent (after testing it!) to get the adhesive off. I cleaned up the ends of the frets a little and...