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25 years or so. One of them mid 90s "Fender (Squier series) MIJ" Jbass with the single ply pickguards and the strat knobs. Never have owned or played a bass that sounded as good as that one. I have some that play better (e..g the Ibanez ehb is a joy to play) but none of them come close to what...

I had the amber matte one. Gorgeous. I agree on your description. I wouldn't describe it as lifeless or dull at all. My description of it would be "smooth". If you want smooth creamy bass tone with massive bass and mids, the TRBX605 delivered and then some. Jazz/RnB would be right up its alley...

I was finding that my intonation was still slightly off and I could see that the screw was already maxed out (the saddle was being held forward by the last few turns of the thread). So I emailed Ibanez and got the proper spec for the original screw (philips pan head M3-0.5 30mm), got me a M3-05...

And after a trip to home depot and 75c later, replaced the E and A string intonation screws with a M3-0.5 35mm screws and am now able to properly intonate the 1st gen EHB1000 I have. For the E saddle you will want it to go so far forward it pops out of the guide slots at the base of the saddle...

From Ibanez USA support: Thread: M3-0.5 Drive: Phillips Head: Pan Total length: 32mm Head diameter: 5.3mm Finish: Black Our part number for the screw is 2SCREW0092-B ($3.00/ea.)

Does anybody know what are the specs of the Ibanez ehb bridge intonation screw? If like to procure one that has the same thread/thickness/head but slightly longer Thanks! Sotua

Happy (ish?) ending! I was looking at the structure of the monorail bridge closely, and I realized that if I removed the string I was able to make it move a bit more - there's enough space for the saddle to move towards the neck as long as the string height grub screws don't hit the recessed...

Thanks, I'll check that. I really like the bass but it kinda bugs me that I can't get the intonation 100% correct. I'm currently using a .100 E string. I'll see if I can intonate it with a .095 or something like that (time to finally try the Vic Wooten signature strings I guess? :) and if not...

Reviving zombie thread - @Jhass did you take your bass to the tech, and did you get this issue sorted out? I just got a EHB100 and I'm having the same issue, intonation is still about 7 cents flat at the 12th, and the screw is bottomed out, can't shorten the string anymore. Checked everything...

I just installed EMG Js on my JB2 and I cannot believe how simple it was. I'm not really good with a soldering iron so all the pickup replacements I've done have been super painful. For this one I had to use the soldering iron only to remove the old electronics and to solder the jack (the JB2...

EMG Les Claypool? It's still a P shape, but oh so shiny... Invalid Link Removed

My joints are all zingy like fresh rounds. You can gear the grind!

To close out this detour - I finally returned the TRBX605. I really wanted to like it, and I really dig the absolutely massive low end it puts out, but the zing just isn't there, at least not with the stock electronics. Turns out I'm a single coil guy at heart. If it was a simple drop in I'd...

Older warwicks def fit the bill - very chunky necks front to back, kid of a U profile rather IIRC (it's been a while since I owned one).

Melody is melody, regardless of where it came from. Also I'd bet a dollar that there's no music lawyer.

Using the right amp simulator (Brainworx SVT VR Classic) and really barging in on the strings (like, well, Geddy) I was able to get somewhere near where I wanted to: I also just measured the pickups[1] and I'm going to do some inquiries on replacing them. The thing is that I love the...

Dude! I'm right in the middle of hating every instrument I own, and not knowing if the new bass I bought sounds awesome or I should return it. BTW I will gladly dispose of that crappy Sadowsky bass that is causing you grief, no questions asked :D

I recorded a quick comparison - first the Ibanez, then the Yamaha. Both in passive mode, centered balance, played fingerstyle. First both basses dry, then run through an Ampeg amp sim. Dry: Wet: I think the DR steels are helping, but you can still hear the ibanez has a thinner and sharper...

Thanks, and it's a good question. It actually arrived with no battery so I used a fresh one. But even passive (it works with no battery:) it still has this larger than life bass that actually takes over the treble.

Thank you for your reply! The "Rush clank" is an aggressive, zingy tone that is usually produced by way of some drive + a bright bass (Rick or JBass usually) + aggressive technique. Useful for Rush as they were a power trio and often the bass had a lot of room to fill under a soloing guitar...

Resurrecting necro thread for more TRBX605fm discussion. Recently got one. It's gorgeous, it's super comfy/ergonomic, well built, but: I'm having the opposite problem as this thread. The tone is too thick, not enough snap. I just replaced the stock strings with DR steel lo-riders, and still I...

The SBMM Short Scale Stingray is a legit bass. Great tone (I was pleasantly surprised at how much tone variation is offered by the passive controls too), reasonably well built, super easy to play due to the short scale, and great looks. The only things I didn't like was the surprising weight (as...

the only question I have is why are you still in that band?

Genz Benz shuttle 6.0

I don't regret a lot of things gear wise, but one of them is for sure selling my Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0. That amp was *everything*. Punchy and clear yet fat and full. Paired with two 1x12" neo cabs it was a single trip loadin/out: Bass in gig bag on my bag, amp in the gig back pocket, one cab on...

It's all about the setup and how the neck fits with you. I have a bass that plays consistently easier than all the others I have, it doesn't matter if it's strung with flats or rounds (I've tried pretty much everything with that bass, nickels, steels, light 30-90 gauges, round core, hex core...

Piano.

Have you checked that you don't have latency issues? I had the same problem as you, and turns out a lot of them were due to incorrect latency offset/correction in my DAW (I had changed interfaces but had forgotten to reset those settings). When I fixed that I found I was mostly in time. Still...

My Jbass with TI flats and series/parallel switch gets a really nice big fat tone when in series, but still a bit more articulate than a pbass.

Yes.

No. But then I remember I can actually add dot stickers (like I did to my ibanez EHB - those "luminlay" ones are actually garbage and invisible most of the time) so if I love everything except the lack of dots I'd say yes and buy stickers.

Unless it's to play with Nate Smith on drums, hell no.

I'm a music whore. Guitars, basses, drums, vocal mics. I play of them badly, so I guess cheap whore? :-D

I prefer dark fingerboards. For some reason I have a slightly harder time seeing the strings over a lighter fingerboard wood (which is a shame, because I think birdseye maple boards *look* gorgeous). I somewhat prefer the feel of smooth nice closed grain ebony under the fingers, but for me the...

I've had a Sterling 34HH, a Sterling Short Scale Stingray, and still own a Sterling LK100 guitar. The HH was good, sounded good, but the truss rod was wonky and I couldn't quite get the setup to the height I wanted it to. Even though it did some sounds *really* good (modern slap and modern pick...

That Overload sounds amazing. And Nate Navarro is soooo good at this bass thing.

I'm always on 100% or 0% for pickups on the JBass, so I eventually changed vvt to vt+rotary switch for neck/neck+bridge series/neck+bridge parallel/bridge only. YMMV.

Not sure if it qualifies, but I went from German built Warwicks to a beat up Fender japan. It just fit me better at that time of my life. Nowadays all my other instruments are Indonesian. And yeah, I do miss the build quality but that's secondary to sound quality.

Three things I've found help: 1.- Steal licks from wind instruments (sax, trumpet) 2.- Know the chords that you'll be playing over, then: Safe choice would be to use chord tones. Better choice is to use tones that would make the chords you're playing over more interesting chords (e.g. play the...

Words to live by! I wasted so much time when I started to get serious about guitar (after playing bass for 15 years) - my favorite artists all played PRS live, so I went looking for those set neck mahogany guitars with HH configurations. And I got some really nice guitars (not USA PRS nice but...