As you should be. What a beauty. Congrats!Welp … I’m speechless.
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Dang... So metal - well done!
Did you order it in pink because I once wrote you're looking manly enough for sporting a pink bass? Looks awesome!
Edit: Disregard that. You replied back then that you ordered a shell pink NYC. I can't tap any points for that.
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The Roasted Figured Maple necks are da Biz.
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That turned out great- hope you’re as happy with it as I am mine!
Mine is a light roast with Bird’s Eye. I wonder if it has more caffeine?
I've had this NYC for almost 20 years now. I didn't order it this way. I went in to see Rodger and place an order and this one was just finished with no ones name on it. So I grabbed it and was and still am very happy. Mahogany body with a thick walnut top. 7.5 lbs.
Interesting event recently with my 4 string Verdine MetroExpress. Was doing some three string triad chording study, playing along with a YouTube vid, and was gettin this incessant rattle on specific notes….C on fret 8, and then when chording an Fmin triad on the same fret. Was driving me crazy. As per my fret checking tool the frets were all level at the location where I was playing the notes, relief was fine, (but I added some additional just to rule that out). Turns out, as I had just switched to flats , the strings were rattling BEHIND the fingering, between the nut and my hand. Was crazy. I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to bring the nut up 1mm or so, and boom. Gone. Clear as a bell.
I was thinkin I was gonna have to take it to a tech and get the frets leveled, or that something was rattling inside the neck. What a “relief”. “Nut” -tin to worry about anymore”……. (Sorry….was too easy)
As we’ve now been together for 4 years, she’s earned the name “old faithful”……
I was thinkin I was gonna have to take it to a tech and get the frets leveled, or that something was rattling inside the neck. What a “relief”. “Nut” -tin to worry about anymore”……. (Sorry….was too easy)
As we’ve now been together for 4 years, she’s earned the name “old faithful”……
Can any of you straplock experts assist? I have a NYC and Metroline Sadowsky and they have straplock pins installed but I can't find the button to put on a strap. Curious if you can ID what these are as they look the same to me. Additionally I think my Wilcock has the same, so I have a picture of that one as well. Are these basic dunlop straplock duals or which should I get?
Also I have some italia leather straps and I am not sure if I can get the buttons on them since they are so thick. What straps do you all suggest? I just want to get one and swap it around my instruments.
Also I have some italia leather straps and I am not sure if I can get the buttons on them since they are so thick. What straps do you all suggest? I just want to get one and swap it around my instruments.
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Yes, looks like the Dunlop Dual Design Strap Loks. Unfortunately, you can buy the buttons for mounting on the body by themselves but not the unit that mounts on the strap.
The entire set seems to start around $19.
The entire set seems to start around $19.
Thanks! I grabbed a nickel set of Duals and will probably get a Mono Betty strap. I just want one strap that I can use between basses. I can put the spare pins on my pbass.
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Can any of you straplock experts assist? I have a NYC and Metroline Sadowsky and they have straplock pins installed but I can't find the button to put on a strap. Curious if you can ID what these are as they look the same to me. Additionally I think my Wilcock has the same, so I have a picture of that one as well. Are these basic dunlop straplock duals or which should I get?
Also I have some italia leather straps and I am not sure if I can get the buttons on them since they are so thick. What straps do you all suggest? I just want to get one and swap it around my instruments.
Dunlop Duals! My favorite!
Dunlop. If your strap seems too thick, assemble the strap parts, minus the C ring. Lay the portion of the strap that has the button onto a piece of 2x4 or something similar (nothing too hard, such as steel, or you may scratch or dent the strap lock front parts). Use a short piece of steel tubing with diameter wide enough to fit over the protruding button end, but not wider than the diameter of the large strap lock washer. Tap the tubing firmly to crush down some of the strap material so that the channel for the C ring is exposed. Slide the C ring into the channel (I use a slotted screw driver head to push the ring on). Be careful that the ring doesn’t fly across the room while you are pushing it into the channel. Done.
Those adjustable nuts are a great idea! I never needed to adjust the one on my Warwick Thumb but it’s good to have that option.
