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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Evidently your father and mine were cut from the same slab of maple.
Mine added pipe smoking in his enclosed work van as he drove me to man the grill at Burger King, 0530 on a Sunday morning..."something about dancing and paying a fiddler"...or was it a piper? I was 16 and it was one of the harshest and best lessons for life.
Calling in to work, due to my own, umm, miscalculations has never been an option in past 36 years.
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That hard maple makes for a good fretboard!
haha...I meant my sister and the music she played when I was a kidAre your sisters married?
Yes...married....But, Damn...
Can he play pedals with his feets?Guitarist/singer of the band I play in has requested we all learn Subdivisions by Rush...oy...
Thanks @beans-on-toast . I was thinking about a new preamp with three band EQ and adding stacked knobs so I can also control mids. Maybe later if the bass performs well I'll send it out to get the electronics done and a custom brass nut.
I have no idea what kind of pickup I should use, but to my older ear, the bass sounds great as it sits. Oh, yeah, maybe get Ultralight tuners. I was told that it might shave off 1/2 a pound of weight but another TB'er warned that it may also cause a dead spot on the neck.. so.... not sure. For now, I'm really enjoying the bass for a cheapo...
If the bass has neck dive, changing the tuners might help. If they are operating properly and not slipping, there's no real need to change them. Unless you simply prefer a different type.
I recently changed a bridge and it made a positive tonal difference. Well worth it. But maybe what you have is fine.
Upgrades on an inexpensive bass can get costly very quickly.
Do you folks like strap locks?
I installed Seymour Duncan ones when they first came out and kind of went off them. They required drilling a bigger mounting hole so no going back.
Yes they are safer but also more chunky. The strap had to stay with the bass.
Didn't want them on vintage instruments.
I installed Seymour Duncan ones when they first came out and kind of went off them. They required drilling a bigger mounting hole so no going back.
Yes they are safer but also more chunky. The strap had to stay with the bass.
Didn't want them on vintage instruments.
If the inexpensive bass is inexpensive enuff, the fact you could 'mod' it to taste might make it worth it, as opposed to buying a $$$$ bass and still wanting to make changes.
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Stage presence well shy of Pete Townsend's gymnastics, yet more active than the shoe-gazers, never felt a need for strap locks. Pretty much these days I play seated, anyway.
I do wonderful upgrades to a Gretsch Junior Jet bass in my imagination. Closer to where I plant my feet, I feel a new Gibson Les Paul Jr. Tribute bass ticks all my boxes. Be nice. I can see having a kewl scratch plate made for a Gibson.
I do wonderful upgrades to a Gretsch Junior Jet bass in my imagination. Closer to where I plant my feet, I feel a new Gibson Les Paul Jr. Tribute bass ticks all my boxes. Be nice. I can see having a kewl scratch plate made for a Gibson.
The strap buttons I've replaced used the same/same size but longer screws. I have Grover 'eagle shaped' buttons on my 67 TBird with a D'Addario ratchet locking strap. All my basses(4)have a dedicated strap that stays on at all times. I had a strap hole wear out[loose]many years ago. Luckily I caught the bass b4 it hit the floor.
I get not wanting them on a vintage axe but better than a 3'/1m fall to concrete.
I bought an inexpensive kit a while back. It required a bunch of new tools. At the end of the day, it costed more than a much better off the shelf instrument. Sometimes mods get expensive.
Yeah, I see where one could get negative $ real quick(ly). I have no woodworking skills whatsoever, so the kit would be outta the question for me. Plus-personal choice-it'd hafta be a mahogany body/neck. The kits I've looked at are other tonewoods.
Sometimes an upgrade is nice because it adds a personal touch. You might have the only one in the world like it.
I bought a Les Paul with a honeyburst finish. Straight out of the box, I installed new gold hardware, tuners, pickups, strap buttons, bridge, tail stop, vintage knobs, etc. I thought that it was cool to be different. Then Gibson released the exact same configuration as the Jimmy Page model. Sigh.
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Got these on all of my basses......Recommended.....
musical instruments guitar strap strap locks - Schaeffertec GmbH - springy fastening systems
They saw yours?
I use a hole punch on the strap tabs to allow the thread to go through the tab easily.....
Very easy, very safe, very discreet....
I was put on to someone in design about it when I was wanting to order the parts. I was asking about the availability of NOS vintage parts with gold plate that they might have had on hand in their shop. No NOS was available at the time but they had reissue parts so they put together a gold kit for me.
Jimmy's vintage guitar that the reissue was based on didn't have gold hardware. It does look good done in gold though, especially with the honey burst which is kind of like a faded original.
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You have a hole punch! Wow, tools.
The strap buttons on my semi-hollowbody are very wide. There is no way any strap will slip off if I see it's attached properly. That's just kind of habit for me. The strap buttons on the Ray are standard, I guess, and I take extra time to see the strap is all the way on.
Used to use Dunlop strap widgets that are pretty clever and don't require me messing with tools. But the straps I use are too heavy to fit on the button with room for the strap lock thing. Also, I always take the strap off when I use the gig bag.
The strap buttons on my semi-hollowbody are very wide. There is no way any strap will slip off if I see it's attached properly. That's just kind of habit for me. The strap buttons on the Ray are standard, I guess, and I take extra time to see the strap is all the way on.
Used to use Dunlop strap widgets that are pretty clever and don't require me messing with tools. But the straps I use are too heavy to fit on the button with room for the strap lock thing. Also, I always take the strap off when I use the gig bag.
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