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About four years ago, I purchased a late 2010 Fender American Special Precision (has the 2011 anniversary neckplate) as backup to my #1 American Standard. After a short period time the Special became my #1. Though it sits somewhere between an MIM and MIA Standard, Fender just knocked it out of...

Thought I'd share the experience of breaking two pedals in case it saves someone else from possibly doing the same :) I was actually pleased with my ability to cram so many pedals on to a Temple Audio Solo18 board. I just learned a hard less though. A couple of lessons actually. First lesson...

I did a search to see if this had already posted. Apologies if so. Anyway, nice to see a top notch Canadian pedal maker, SolidGoldFX, save the Diamond brand and all the designs (especially the Bass Comp)! :hyper: SolidGoldFX buys fellow Canadian pedal brand Diamond following its closure last year

Picked up this gem - a 1984 Peavey (Reavey) Foundation - earlier today for $400 Canadian , which is a hair over $300 $USD. That included the original case and owners manual :) For context, after 52 basses (including some priced over $2,000), I finally found my two "holy grails" with rather...

Hello from the Great White North (actually hasn't been much white stuff in the Toronto area this winter though ... so far). I just wanted to share my thoughts on the Godin Shifter Classic as I learned a few things with this one. My first decent bass back in the day was a Godin BG4. It was...

I was searching for a used 5-string online. My very first thought when I saw this posted locally was, "man, those Reverends look odd.” At the same time, I kept coming back to it. Glad I did :) I now own it. It's a US-made Reverend R5L (Rumblefish) from near the end of their run I think. Only...

Hi all, I've searched everywhere to a solution to my problem to no avail. Hoping someone will see something obvious that my tech might be missing (given that I admittedly have no clue). It's a Fender PJ with 3-way switch, master volume, master TBX tone. In the dual pickup and bridge position...

Wordy thread title I know, but here's the story behind it ... I have a used Traynor YBA300 tube amp on loan from a retailer for a week. I've played Traynor gear for many years and love their stuff, but this is my first venture with owning a tube amp (have played many Ampegs as part of supplied...

This turned out to be a bit more of a journey than originally planned, but it worked out beautifully :) I have two MIA Fender P's that are my main gigging basses, but I also had a 50's P Classic because it sounded great and I've always had more basses than I need (eight basses at one time is my...

Hi all, Before I go opening up my B3K with little knowledge, I'm hoping another B3K owner can tell me whether the pedal (US version) has a trim pot that adjusts the Attack control (i.e. boost on, boost off). My switch does nothing. At first I thought I could hear a subtle boost, but it was...

As the songs says, "You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave ..." :) A couple of years ago, I went through pretty much every pedal (within a limit of $250 approx.) and eventually got it to where I was very happy with every single pedal on the board. BLISS! Then, due to the...

Hi All, I recently obtained a 1990 Fender Precision Plus. P/J pickups, 3-way selector switch, series parallel switch, 1 volume, 1 TBX tone control. It's a quirky bass in several ways (especially compared to my other. more traditional, P-Basses). It's very cool and a keeper. There's just one...

I have been gassing for a blue bass for quite some time. It's my favourite colour and for whatever reason, after owning 36 basses over the years (including the 4 I still own), I've never owned a blue bass I really connected with. I've been searching for a blue Fender Aerodyne Precision locally...

Ok, I did my best to find an existing thread on this but only found conflicting information that skirted around my key question, which is ... If you are considering a Class-D amp, is there a relatively easy way to determine if it's also digital or analog? The manufacturers of many lightweight...

"Random" selection is the only explanation, but I thought it was kind of neat all the same. Quite a few months back, I submitted for both the "Dig My Rig" and "The Real World" sections of Bass Player Magazine. Of course, it's just something you do and then sort of forget since what are the...

New year, new bass :) A bit of an impulse trade here. I already have 5 basses - two MIA Fender Precisions that are my main gigging basses, a Gretsch Electromatic G5440 Long-Scale, a Fender PJ fretless, and a Squier P. Happy with them all and certainly didn't need another bass. However, I...

$100 (Cdn) + shipping. Only selling since I have sold almost all my other pedals. Keep your guitar to pedals to amp signal as strong as possible with the Radial Loopbone. The Class-A buffer helps prevent "tone suck" from a long signal path. Shows cosmetic wear but built like a tank and has no...

Caveat right off the top. I'm one of Traynor's biggest fans. I also own the Traynor SB115, Yorkville (same as Traynor) XS400H and XS800H heads, TC210 and TC115 NEO cabs, and until this afternoon owned a Traynor YBA200-2. I have also owned many Yorkville cabs at one time or another (XC410...

This past Saturday, I left my house to buy a new suit for work. The two hours after that are a blur. I arrived back home without a suit, but with a new Gretsch Electromatic G5440 LSB :) More expensive than a suit, but I'll wearing this bass more than a suit (work is mostly casual these days...

Note: I edited the thread title after my first question was answered rather that start a whole new thread. My "new question" is post #7. Hi all, After trying to solder in replacement pickups on my Fender Jazz and failing miserably (replaced all the pots as well so I had several opportunities to...

Hi all, Hoping someone can help me out here. Try as I might to understand wiring diagrams found online, my mind just goes blank looking at them. I recently bought a used 2011 Fender MIM Jazz bazz. In terms of feel and playability, it beats the 2008 MIA Jazz I used to own. The tone...

Cusack Tap-A-Phase boutique phaser / phase pedal, with lots of twists. Some minor signs of wear but in excellent shape. No velcro. Originally sold brand new for $300. Selling for $135 + shipping. The signal is analog, but the pedal has many functions and presets that offer up a ton of...

Any Radial Loopbone users out there? I am typically a big Radial fan based on my purchases of their J48 D.I. and Big Shot EFX Loop. Since their stuff has always seemed virtually indestructable, I never thought twice about buying a used Loopbone (http://www.tonebone.com/tb-loopbone.htm). I...

Hi all, Hope some other M87 owners can help me figure out something here. Based mostly on my positive experience with the 5 other MXR pedals on my large board, I bought not one, but two M87 Bass Compressors (also have a smaller board). Now when I first got them, I could have sworn the the...

I posted about my experience with MJS pickups a couple of weeks ago, when I had a Jazz bridge pickup installed in my P-Bass. But I posted in the basses forum instead this one by mistake. Have a legitimate update though, replacing the original P-Bass pickup as well! I recently picked up a used...

Quick background … I already owned 5 Fender basses which I could actually justify somewhat (’09 MIA P-Bass with rosewood, 50’s P-Classic, ’08 MIA Jazz, Jazz V, Jazz fretless). I’m a Fender fan through and through no doubt. About 2 months ago I got seduced by a...

Hi all, Just picked up this Gretsch G6073. Got a great deal on it, and definitely fits the bill of being an altenative to my Fender basses. Like a 180-degree turn, but I'm enjoying it so far (my Fender P-Bass will always be my #1, but I digress). The only issue I have with the bass is with...

OK ... caveat right off the start. All these clips sound way better coming out of my amp and I'm not experienced enough at recording to know how to simulate "air", but hopefully it gets the idea across :) Bit of background ... my only direct experience with bass fuzz, up until know, has...

I was going to happily buy the Swollen Pickle regardless since I've been over the moon with my Pork Loin for over a year (and have given up on my Bass Big Muff Pi). I was surprised to see it only cost $124.99 online on most US sites, and even more surprised to see it for $119 at a major...

Hoping some current SX Ursa Short Scale (or similar) bass owners can help me out a bit. I'm very comfortable doing setups on my own (long scale)basses. I just got delivery of a SX Ursa Short Scale bass for my son. Considering the cost (and there are some obvious indications of it being an...

I have always used 2X10 and 1X15 8 ohm cabs. Unfortunately the speakers in my current 2X10 cabinet are crapping out ... is a Yorkville XC210 with two 10" 150 watt 16 ohm speakers. I thought 2X10 8 ohm cabinets were quite common, but neither Eminence or Celestion have 10" 16 ohm bass...

Hoping someone out there has actually used the SCN Jazz pickups passively with standard 250k pots. I have searched high and low for information here and elsewhere and while they are lovers and haters of this pickup, it's hard to figure out why since many of the commenters don't say how they...

OK, I actually thought about this a bit, quite experienced on bass, but just recently been opening myself to all sorts of effects and just having fun experimenting. I'm in various cover bands, cover all sorts of styles but mostly classic rock / pop rock ... and even if I have no practical use...

If you're on TalkBass, you'll find out what you need to know in other threads, but here's the gist: Genz Benz GBE600: 625W @ 2 ohms, 425 @ 4 ohm (what it delivers with the Dr Bass cabs), has been "babied", no protective case included (but I always kept it in one). I still have original...

So up until about 18 months ago, I always used a pick. I now play finger style 90% of the time but always have a pick in my pocket ... and I'm always losing them. A while ago, my dryer went on the fritz ... took out the main drum, and found all my picks along with various trinkets that fell...

Lot of threads here extolling the virtues of D'Addario Chromes I know ... for that reason you think I would have latched on to them before now. After spending the last 8 months burning through Rotosound Jazz 77s (too much tension, inconsistent sets, dead E strings in my experience), Fender...

Hi All, Will just clarify right off the top that I do regularly search for answers and I do know "fret buzz" is a very common question that pops up many times. But I'm at my wits end with one particular bass and neither I nor the "pro" at the shop I brought to can figure it out. 2 out...

I need to replace a scratchy pot on my Genz Benz GBE600 , personally have no business holding a soldering iron, and will need to bring it in. I can manage to spray a can of something to clean the pot, but I'd prefer to replace it now since it's inevitable it will need to be replaced sooner...

Ok, just waving the whilre flag here to start ... the "search" function does not allow words less than 3 letters (e.g. VT) and the main VT Bass thread now stands at 27 pages making it a bit unwieldy if someone has a specific question about the pedal ... :hiding: ... so with that said ... Does...