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- Thread starter FroggyOne2
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Beautiful! Sonic blue is one of my favorite solid colors.Is the body alder?
yes. I prefer darker blues. My PJ5 is In lake placid blue, but this has a charm.
It definitely is - swapping 2 wires should do it. It can be a little frustrating working in tight spaces like a fully wired push-pull pot though.
There should be a Dingwall "modder's bass". Everything has screw terminals or little connectors. Boop boop boop - new pickups. Boop boop - new rotary with different options. Boop - Series parallel switches. Instead of holes through the bass you have a single route that is covered with a small plate - they sell blanks and you just drill the holes in the plates - bam (yes, connectors go boop and metal plates go bam haha). I'm sure the engineering would take a bit and everyone else probably wants a 6 string P-Tone or a headless first.
I've heard Sheldon refer to the Combustion line as a modding platform. That's what I've been doing with mine, anyway.
Pickup swaps are simple - I put FDV's in my NG easy-peasy. Well, I did have to file the bottom of my neck pickup as it was just a tad too wide. It wasn't too much of a challenge to mount a Payson bridge on it. I wanted a Dingwall quality custom pick guard, so I did not attempt that myself - much better to hire the skills of @johnk_10 - his work is perfection. I think I'm done modding now - I put a set of black HB6 tuners on to stealth-out the head stock a few minutes ago. I'll share a pic when the light is better...
Since you're up on modding any idea where you can purchase a simple white pickguard for a combustion style bass (ng3)?I've heard Sheldon refer to the Combustion line as a modding platform. That's what I've been doing with mine, anyway.
Could you describe for us, in intricate detail of course, the tonal differences you noticed between the FD3 N vs the FDV &I've heard Sheldon refer to the Combustion line as a modding platform. That's what I've been doing with mine, anyway.
also any differences with the Payson bridge ? If you have already posted something, please redirect me.
I have listened to the comparisons on the web site but was unable to distinguish the more subtle differences ,
presumably due to the media shortcomings. Thanks in advance.
No tonal difference with the bridge swap, I wanted the action a bit lower. I'm terrible at describing tonality. It really is like tap-dancing about architecture. AlNico seems to be warmer and less 'in your face'. The midrange sounds more open to me. I have AlNico V pickups in three of my four instruments and can say that combining them with round-wound nickels brings a sweet tonal palette to play with.
I've heard Sheldon refer to the Combustion line as a modding platform. That's what I've been doing with mine, anyway.
Re: Combustion line as modding - True - I've done a little bit so far as well. Had a two pickup Combustion. Put in (2) FDVs, then I put in P-tone and one FDV. I have a 3x rotary a DB rotary, a middle FDV and not enough time. What I've done so far hasn't been difficult - I'll agree with you there, though I haven't replaced the rotary yet... I dream of a system so easy I don't even need to take the strings off.
Thanks for that.No tonal difference with the bridge swap, I wanted the action a bit lower. I'm terrible at describing tonality. It really is like tap-dancing about architecture. AlNico seems to be warmer and less 'in your face'. The midrange sounds more open to me. I have AlNico V pickups in three of my four instruments and can say that combining them with round-wound nickels brings a sweet tonal palette to play with.
I too am inclined towards Alnico. Neodymium seem to be harsh & not musical or sweet, particularly more noticeable the higher the frequency range. I feel the same way about the neo speakers that I have tried.
I am keen to try other pups but I cannot find sensible, unbiased & balanced opinions or detailed descriptions of how they sound, the only thing I am certain of is that they won't be neo.
I suspected that you might say that about the bridge, provided you have a solid path from the saddles thru'
to the body, a bridge shouldn't affect the sound very much, if at all. However, solid engineering certainly
is more appealing to the eye & that is something I can appreciate.
I would like to install SF2 pickups in my Combustion, I even enquired about a price but it was nearly £400, that is enough to buy another bass so I'm still thinking about it.
I assume you know about this page?
Pickup Audio Samples
I assume you know about this page?
Pickup Audio Samples
Nifty new tuners. Looks a bit more Canadian, eh? 
Looks a bit more Canadian, eh?
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I totally dig that! Looks great! I'm wanting to do this to my NG, as well. I'm wondering if it's worth the extra dough to go with official Hipshots as opposed to the licensed version...
Thanks.
I didn't have a problem with the stock tuners, it was a visual thing. I don't have a black pick guard, but I do have a black bridge and knobs on this one. I like the contrast between the black and blue. The main difference that I noted between the stock "licensed" tuners and the regular Hipshot is that the string 'well' in the center post is deeper on the regular Hipshots.
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johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
Yo! Anyone here use Scott's Bass Lessons? Now that I'm retired I have time to work on my playing. My real question is, will these courses work for someone who can't read music or tablature? Just chord charts.
Thanks!
Thanks!
