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Musicman Big Al Club

#103
Melvin7822 said:
Ironically, I'm the least bit enthused at the moment about my Big Al. It has a serious dead spot on the 7th fret G-string that no amount of tweaking or weight addition will seem to fix. Bummer, I really loved that bass.

If I sell this one and reorder another, do you think it's still safe to go with a maple fretboard (seeing as I live in CO now) or should I play it safe and get rosewood?
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I was wondering why you weren't handing out numbers anymore.

Sorry to hear about your dead spot issue. It seems like all bolt-neck basses have that problem to one extent or another, and the type of fretboard wood is a minor factor. Whatever you decide to do, I hope it works out better for you.
 
#109
muggsy said:
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Winning!
 
#113
muggsy said:
You'd win that bet. :) Though I have three EBMMs including the Big Al, and I haven't found any dead spots on the other two, either. For me the roasted maple was an aesthetic choice -- it just looks gorgeous.
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Looks like I was just unlucky. If I can't make it workable, I guess I'll just sell mine and gamble with reordering the same configuration. Although, if roasted maple was a standard option, I don't think I'd worry as much.
 
#118
Melvin7822 said:
Looks like I was just unlucky. If I can't make it workable, I guess I'll just sell mine and gamble with reordering the same configuration. Although, if roasted maple was a standard option, I don't think I'd worry as much.
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Just checking, I am sure you thought of this, but have you tried EBMM customer service? Have not had your problem, but understand customer service is legendary.
 
#119
I received several complements on my bass tone. However, this bass seems to have some shielding issues.

My Sterling is dead quiet on stage and in the studio. But the Big Al buzzes in the presence of things like TVs and LED stage lighting. I ended up playing in passive mode with the tone rolled back more than halfway to reduce the noise. Active was totally unusable, and selecting different pickups made no difference. Fortunately I found a couple of ways to stand where either the bass was turned away from the RF source or my body acted as an additional shield.

Has anyone else here had similar problem with their Big Al?
 
#120
Oblong Desoto said:
I received several complements on my bass tone. However, this bass seems to have some shielding issues.

My Sterling is dead quiet on stage and in the studio. But the Big Al buzzes in the presence of things like TVs and LED stage lighting. I ended up playing in passive mode with the tone rolled back more than halfway to reduce the noise. Active was totally unusable, and selecting different pickups made no difference. Fortunately I found a couple of ways to stand where either the bass was turned away from the RF source or my body acted as an additional shield.

Has anyone else here had similar problem with their Big Al?
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Call customer service, these basses are and should be dead silent. Something is wrong with your bass or a component of your rig.
 

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