NBD (Hadean EB-511)

[dabbler]

Came yesterday. The pics on Rondo are accurate, but I know the rules:

This is my first Hadean Bass. I got it to see what 2 P pups would be like, and when they dropped the price on the white ones to $99, I had no reason to wait any longer. I still haven't replaced the strings, I just tuned it up (the strings were pretty slack) and started playing. Setup was OK, except for the fact that there is some backbow, I'm working on that.

Each pup alone sounded OK, but when I played them together the E and A strings got soft. You guessed it, one of the low side half pups was miswired, turned out it was the bridge one. A few minutes with the multimeter and a screwdriver told me which one it was, and another 5 minutes to resolder, and I was good to go again.

I'll probably have more comments after I get the backbow out and change the strings, but it's definitely worth $99, even if I did have to fix a pup.

 

[lownoteBb]

Good score-been eyeing tnat one myself for same reason ( double-p) anxious to here some sound clips!

 

[dabbler]

Update:
OK, I changed the strings, which improved the tone (as I knew it would) and had to shim the neck. When I took the neck off, there was a piece of a shim in there, but it didn't go all the way across the pocket (what's up with THAT!?) AND it wasn't thick enough. I needed 2 credit card thicknesses worth of shim (one if the thickest I've ever used) to allow me to get the action I want while the saddles are at a height such that the intonation screws are about parallel with the body. The saddle height thing is my way of making sure that I have reasonable downforce on the saddles, I honestly don't know how much it affects anything, but it sure looks better than if the intonation screws are angled down towards the neck, so this is what I aim for when I have to shim.

I'm liking this thing more now. Only one thing remains and that is to shave a high second fret that is causing buzzing on the A string. Every other string is good up and down the neck except that ONE fret on that ONE string. I can see that the fret has popped up a little, and I did try to knock it back down, but that didn't work, so I'll have to do a little fret work on it.

The jury is still out as to what I think about the PP configuration compared to a PJ, but I know this is not going to be a main player, neither are my PJs.

 

[kodiakblair]

Congrats on the Hadean dabbler.

Do you get a Christmas card from Rondo for all the business you give them.

$99 is crazy cheap,has to be worth it.