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5 string Ricken-Musicman Bass.
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Back to the bass-ics... I'm not sure what it is about this bass, but I really want to play it hard. Not that it doesn't sound great with a gentle touch, but the snap and growl I'm getting when playing aggressively sounds pretty awesome. I've never played a bass that just seems to draw that kind of playing from me.
On the plus side, I'm pretty close to being able to put together a short recording.
On the plus side, I'm pretty close to being able to put together a short recording.
That is what my Spector 's do to me. They like to be spanked. I can picture your bass playing lots of rush.
I was playing the other day, and when I adjusted the mid knob, the sound suddenly fizzled and quit. I took it apart to test outside the control cavity, still no joy. Any ideas of where I should point my multi-meter to test things?
I've reached out to Seymour Duncan support, but I'm hoping I don't have to buy a new board.
Ask in the Electronics Forum. They'll know where to start and what to look for. They may even have a hunch of what's going on. In my mind, they're wizards.
Yup. Asked over there too. Unfortunately like most IC's there's not a lot to check out. It pretty much either works or doesn't.
The service at SD is pretty fantastic. I emailed them, next day response. The tech gave me a few things to double check, so I'll see if I can get that done this weekend.
The good news is that if the checks fail, they will replace it under their warranty!
To follow up on this, Seymour Duncan came through and replaced the board. The bass is back working properly. Required replacement of all of the control knobs and basically rewiring the entire bass.
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