I make that mistake everytime I go to sell a bass and now I have too many basses and I've not sold many at all.
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I make that mistake everytime I go to sell a bass and now I have too many basses and I've not sold many at all.
Thanks, I was thinking of putting Pahoehoes on as they have been recommended on here. I also find the strings to be sticky. I have very small hands so I should be good.
Yeah pahoehoes are the way to go. You're in for months of waiting for stabilization but it's worth it.
Got to renew my membership but in the same boat, let it lapse and with the health issues I was dealing with, not high on my list. LOL, got basses, books, accessories etc... I need to clear out a bit.
Better do it now, bought this as a bass to use when my arthritis and my spine and shoulder made it too hard to handle my others, so don't always know when I'm going to have issues, hate to need it and not have it stable.
Do the pahoehoes sound more 'electric' or more 'upright' than the Thunders? I've listened to a lot of youtubes on them and sometimes hard to tell if it's strings, amp or eq affecting the sound.
Pahoehoes more or less sound the same on any ubass or micro bass or whatever. It's a deep, tubby thump that the thunderguts or whatever else can never reproduce.
I've not gone back through the whole thread, but anyone tried any regular round wound or flats on one of these? Just a curiosity.
Ok I've tried most of the strings available for Ubasses etc... except for the new kala metal wound strings and the Thunderreds. Well I broke down and got a set of Reds for like 25.00 shipped and I've got to tell you I finally found a string that I may like better then the stock Paehoehoes found on the ubass! They aren't as thumpy, or bottom heavy but they have a nice low mid presence to my ears anyway. They actually sustain pretty well too and have a bit more tension also. But the most important thing for me was the annoying stickiness of thunderguts and silver rumblers and the sound of rubbing your fingers across a balloon squeek they had. At first they were a bit sticky, but I hit them with a billiards chalk bag as well as my fingers, and that cured it! Its been about 3 days and I've played it for at least 1/2 hour a day and they aren't sticky at all! No need for any more chalk which I had to do with the tguts and rumblers every few minutes. So far I'm very happy with them and I'll report back if I start having issues.
I was corresponding with GT in mid 2014 trying to incite them into doing a five string Microbass with no luck. I haven't really given it much thought since then, but I'm feeling inspired to try a set of long scale Pahoehoes I have left over from my old Kala Cali series five string solidbody on a Microbass 23.
Has anyone tried stringing a MB23 BEAD since I last asked in 2014?
Has anyone tried stringing a MB23 BEAD since I last asked in 2014?
No but I had good results with EADG pahoehoes.
You may have to expand the bridge holes though for BEAD.
I can't see a reason why you couldn't string it BEAD. Like Gorn said you would have to open up the holes you pass the strings through in the body, and possibly figure out a way to fit the B string through the tuning post and file or replace the nut with one with wider slots. After that you should be good to go. Oh yeah and maybe some difference in string tension so tweeking the truss rod. Actually one issue did just pop up and that is intonation. Its set for EADG so it could be a problem. The way around that would be fretless and play by ear or cover the fret lines somehow and put dots on the side of the neck that correspond with the proper intonation.
There was discussion back in 2014 of a new bridge with (I think) individual saddles. Did anything happen with that?
This is how I fixed the intonation issue on my kala. Fender style bridge, cork underneath and under the saddles. It works perfectly for intonation and sounds good. Different than with the wooden bridge but still good.
That's very interesting Glenn. I tried a set of reds, but found them to be too sticky, so I took them off, but if doing a single coat of powder worked, I may have to try that. In the mean time, I'm going to put on my fretless custom acoustic bass uke the new formula Thunderguts Mimmo sent me to evaluate (I finally found my nut made for them). They're definitely less sticky than the originals, but I have to play them for an extended time to determine if they stay smooth enough and don't sausage.
Still very happy with my GT and black Pahoehoes, but I do have try that suggestion of separating the four parts of the saddle because the amplified balance is off (I think that's what HeavyDuty is referring to).
Still loving the Reds! I don't find them sticky at all! In fact it has become my new favorite! I hardly played the Ubass at all, but these strings have renewed my interest!
Ugh, I did it again. I forgot you were all talking about the acoustic, not the solid body, sorry. But, yes, if you look at Steve Swallows bass he has an adjustable bridge that looks like it could work on an acoustic. Sadly the bridge alone costs more than the microbass itself. But I bet there is away to do it. Of course, the bridge could be angled and get the intonation much closer, but I think that would be hard to retrofit.
Well, I ordered a fretted MB23 today - let's see if I can nut up enough to make it BEAD. Pray for my poor little bass.
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