I like it better with the black guard.
If I had a passive bass I would definitely try a Tonestyler. Options for a passive bass.
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If I had a passive bass I would definitely try a Tonestyler. Options for a passive bass.
Edit- read further and saw it’s an older tonestyler.
I’d be interested in buying it, if you sell. I’d put it in one of my own. I’ve put one in a customer build recently and he and I both love it!
Played with it some more this evening and it really brings the passive P to a new level. The B string still gets choked out on a number of the settings so I’m going to try and tweak some string/pickup heights tomorrow to see if it’s just overpowering the circuit.
If I can’t sort it, I might hit you up…or put it in my 4 string Fender.
The P51?! Oof. I don’t know if you’d ever play anything else ever again.
The P51?! Oof. I don’t know if you’d ever play anything else ever again.
Maybe
Maybe not!
JJ did mention something about a "selective tone control"
We discussed it... For a looooooong time
Yes sir. It was an option that you passed on.
Doug is like me… he loves many basses for many different reasons. I’m just glad the 51 5er gives him a sound he didn’t already have in his collection.The P51?! Oof. I don’t know if you’d ever play anything else ever again.
the black Geezer is in the house. we're getting acquainted. I needed something dark in my life.
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a personal thing for sure.
I try to give myself 30 days or so, but sometimes you know its a "keeper" right away (and vice versa).
I try to give myself 30 days or so, but sometimes you know its a "keeper" right away (and vice versa).
Sometimes they’re keepers and we just aren’t going to realize it until much later, like when I used to cycle through all kinds of amazing 4 strings because I thought I had to have 5s for my bands. I wish I could get them back!
Hindsight. Sigh…
For me, a 5 ‘er is a luxury, not a necessity; and I prefer 4. The most incredible music of 3+ decades made it just fine with 4, as has the upright bass stood the test of centuries of orchestral, Jazz, rockabilly, etc.
Any lower sonics than that I can get with a pedal. YMMV
For me, a 5 ‘er is a luxury, not a necessity; and I prefer 4. The most incredible music of 3+ decades made it just fine with 4, as has the upright bass stood the test of centuries of orchestral, Jazz, rockabilly, etc.
Any lower sonics than that I can get with a pedal. YMMV
I used to only play passive 4’s for everything I did. Then I found Lakland and joined a country band and, well…
I used to only play passive 4’s for everything I did. Then I found Lakland and joined a country band and, well…
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Snowball effect!
Great family pictures BTW!I used to only play passive 4’s for everything I did. Then I found Lakland and joined a country band and, well…
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For me a fiver is more of a need than a luxury.
Playing in a PW band we do many songs in Eb Db etc.
The fifth string allows me to play on these keys without insane movements around the fretboard or down tuning
Playing in a PW band we do many songs in Eb Db etc.
The fifth string allows me to play on these keys without insane movements around the fretboard or down tuning
