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What's spacing at bridge?

New Clement bass that I couldn't be happier with. Sold my Fodera Imperial 6 days after this came in, a bass that I was otherwise extremely happy with for years but it just didn't scratch the itch like this Clement does. Particularly happy with the impeccable neck and fretwork, and how Tom...

I think it somewhat depends on what your reference is. If you have a specific recording that embodies that sound, then it's an unmoving target unless/until you change your goals, or change your reference listening system. If it's a memory of a performance then there's a soft-target that might...

Heh. When I was younger, I grew up spending my summers in an exotic automotive shop. The higher end the vehicle, the more likely that there was some ultra-shoddy work done below a well-buffed shine. I would expect that times are different now, but my 2 recent experiences in an upper echelon...

I expected there to be a divide between primarily gigging and primarily studio musicians, but it's pretty interesting how set the opinions seem to be. When I was primarily a gigging musician, I didn't care about anything except reliability. I played the same Squier P-Bass for about 15 years. A...

I think that once you receive a product that's not what you expect (assuming reasonable expectations), then you've already begun putting up with the issues. I know how difficult it can be to build an instrument, and how often small mistakes are made then fixed in the process. I can only speak...

Somewhat topically, there's a point where I lose trust in a builder to provide an adequate solution. If these relatively simple tasks were unable to be carried out, even if it was on the worst day of their career, I've lost significant confidence in their ability to rectify the situation without...

I originally neglected this purposefully because I did not want to accidentally or implicitly reveal the manufacturer on TB. I had discussed these issues in a manner which might imply the manufacturer on a smaller forum. I've scrubbed that information best I could, so I'll post details of the...

There is for me.

Title is the question. Spurred by my ownership of a boutique instrument that sounds incredible, but I've experiences numerous issues that I'd normally consider unforgiveable on an instrument of $500, let alone 18x that. But... I put up with it, because in 30 years I've never heard a bass that...

I've played a few of these in shops, and it only takes a couple minutes to adjust (which never ceases to surprise me), but I still have zero interest in them. If Gibson made a fanned fret there'd probably be no instrument on earth that I'd be less interested in.

Can you reiterate what each knob is from neck side to bridge side please? The OP didn't make sense to me.

I have a full Aguilar DB751 rig, Markbass Classic 300 rig and a new UL901 rig. The UL901 has a low level hiss through the cabinets regardless of the gain/master level, I measured it at about 29dBa at 1m. The UL901's hiss is much lower level than the DB751's fans (ugh!) or the Classic 300's...

Some people take the "from" literally. I would like to know where he is.

Where are you in florida?

I know this is a necro, but this is the first and only relevant search result for this problem, so I wanted to update this with a solution. After many various electrical solutions tried (mostly variants of debouncing), I found that the issue seemed to slowly be going away the more I messed with...

No more saddle movement is the situation I'm solving. The neck pocket is slightly sloped inwards (checked with dial indicator relative to body). Tapered shim is the most reasonable fix for this that I'm aware of.

I've always made full pocket shims, because... I've seen 2 older fender bolt-ons with shimstock in the back of the neck pocket that made an indent in the pocket over time. I've seen multiple instruments with 'cave in' between the shim and the sole body/neck joint. Required fret work and left...

This is 34" like other emperor standard specials correct?

What are the pickups in it? Thanks

$250 building my own winding machine... wasting a lot of wire, unhappy with the results. $500 buying a winding machine... wasting a lot of wire, unhappy with the results. $500+ making a variety of bobbins and cases from scratch. $800 in materials to make an instrument to test my ideas in...

Do you know the specific pickup models in the SKB 3005? Thank you.

I'm curious why you recommended what appear to be '62 replicas (can't say for sure, their website has been down) when I asked for modern options. I'm not trying to be snippy, I'm legitimately curious about the idea behind the klein recommendation. Thank you everyone so far!

I have a Fender Elite 5-string, and I love the build and acoustic sound relative to other 5-string Elites I've played. The neck on it is slimmer than other Elite V's and slightly asymmetric. My problem is that the stock noiseless pickups have that hard low-middy fender sound that I'm just not a...

Yeah, I'm waiting on another instrument that's coming in. I still might grab that Roscoe, since finding an instrument I like is a relatively rare event (relative to the number that I buy/try). I'll just have to frame it in my mind as paying a premium for the opportunity of finding something I...

So I've been playing this Roscoe SKB Custom at a local shop on/off for a year, always turning away from it because it's rather dark sounding (Bartolini Quads). The instrument has been sitting on the shelf for a good time, while many other similar basses are sold. Yesterday I finally "got it"...

Thank you. I actually didn't think of that. I know what Scott's issue is (early on I thought that was my problem as well), but it's not particularly similar. I will send them an e-mail regardless. Every little bit of information helps. I don't have a single short scale bass. That is an...

I want to make sure that I'm clear: I have a brilliant team of doctors that I've been working with for 7 years now. I currently see one of the US's top specialists in neuropathies, and I have a fantastic team of specialists for dealing with specific symptoms (specifically cardiology and...

I lose feeling in my fingers. I can be touching something (or cut, or burned, or... whatever) and not be aware of it. I did get by with looking at my plucking hand for a while (took a while to get over the embarrassment as I've been a professional player for 15+ years), and it does help to a...