Thanks for the heads up! I gig mine frequently and I will be sure to reinforce the strap just in case.
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Unfortunate, but easy to fix. Replacement hooks are available from most leatherworking stores.
That photo screams of cheap metal failing...there's no other reason for that to happen.
I think you'd be well to replace those hooks with some that you source yourself from a place like ACE Hardware. And I suggest massively overkilling on the rated strength of the replacement hooks.
Yeah.I am smiling.
As you can tell from @GonePlaid 's face, I must be REALLY fun to hang out with.
I'll try not to take it TOO personally.
Not crazy about that preset. The Ric itself has that baked in tone already. I just use a flat setting on the Rumble for the neck pickup and the SVT preset for the bridge with the default settings. Minor tone adjustments on the guitar and I can get close enough. One of these days I’ll have to record myself and post it here...
You can always tell The Plaid One by the hat! Surprised he didn't bring his own placemat. Hahaha, beyond ludicrous!!!
Cool. Again, I'm not criticizing at all. It's interesting to see how people get the tone they want. My two main basses (G&L MJ-4 and G&L L2000) couldn't be more different in tone. I started with the L2k and it's EQed differently from the MJ-4. But when you get that tone you have in your head, it inspires your playing. At least it does for me. I've also learned to respect what tones each bass to offer. You can't all tones out of just one bass.
Don't. That's about as cheerful as I ever look.
Found out tonight that tomorrow nights venue is small enuff to use the TBird and the R40 w/o pushing it. Easier set-up/teardown. Yay!
Then for Sunday I think I'll use the EpiBird 5er*>R200c/R112. This gig is outside at the Stuart, FL, H-D dealer, noon to 4[weather allowing].
*prolly too hot/humid to take the 67 TBird-it likes the AC.
Then for Sunday I think I'll use the EpiBird 5er*>R200c/R112. This gig is outside at the Stuart, FL, H-D dealer, noon to 4[weather allowing].
*prolly too hot/humid to take the 67 TBird-it likes the AC.
I just noticed your post, you could check the link in my signature, people have done similar mods with the 500C.
I don't think companies can afford an Atari scandal nowadays...
A rather compulsory business strategy. Using the 500C without the amp as a cab was my suggestion as well.
So what does Fender think of all the mods that have been made to their (bass)guitars over all these decades? From simply replacing pickups, pickguards, electronics, necks to the more extreme custom paint jobs, relicing, drilling holes to remove weight?
The bags are complete crap. Mine has two broken zips and a keyring to replace the shoulder strap hook.
Do I use it? Absolutely not!
Bought a double kick pedal bag for the amp and leads.
That’s probably true. Landfills are a very outdated and wasteful form of waste disposal anyway, and I doubt that a company like Fender would use it. That does not automatically mean that they handle unusable equipment in an environmentally responsible way, though, but we have no way of knowing.
The replacement of parts, as well as paint and relic jobs on instruments, is unproblematic. All parts of a bass are user-replaceable, and the worst thing that can happen is that you void your warranty, unless you count the shock and horror of some of the mods we’ve all seen on Craigslist and the like.
Amps are very different, as tinkering with the insides of an amp potentially exposes you to dangerous voltage levels. Fender can’t stop you from doing this with your own equipment, but they do put a stern warning on the back of their amps. Basically, if you try it, you’re on your own, and Fender wash their hands of the matter. When it comes to equipment returned for service or repair, of course Fender will want to make sure that faulty units do not somehow make make their way back into the hands of consumers, and rendering them unusable is a way of doing this. Hopefully, it’s done in an environmentally responsible way.
No, but I've matched a Rumble 500 combo with a Bassman 115 Neo cab and it sounds great! Is that any help?
Yes this is helpful. The combo has ceramic 210s, and I was thinking of going with the Bassman 410 Neo and then pairing it with a Rumble 115
