New Schecter Short-Scale Banshee bass

[Kevin Doyle]

You may be right. It seems to me that if the hum is gone when you touch metal on the bass it means it's being grounded through you instead of through the cable.

I don’t know. I’ve looked into this a lot of times and there definitely seems to be a consensus among people with more experience than me who say if the noise you hear when you plug the bass and goes away when you touch the strings that means the grounding is working correctly. Now certainly some bases are noisier than they should be which is when you can look at shielding. This is how I understand it, but it’s also possible I’m wrong.

 

[deadline_]

How many mm is the string spacing @ the bridge? The usual 19mm or tad smaller? Cheers!

 

[hazmatt]

Just pulled out the calipers on the new bass and looks like 19 mm from center of string to center of string

 

[4Mal]

Seems like the pickup is very hot. The Banshee is much louder than say my Acinonyx. No hum or geounding issues. Played it last evsning in a bar with a ton of neon. If something is gonna buzz, it will there.

I think that pickup is going to get replaced. Either an Alnico III standard wind from Pete at Vintage Vibe or a 62/64 Lull spec Fralin if I can pry one loose from Spencer Lull.

Has anyone done a custom pickguard and switched to a mustang pickup ?

 

[4Mal]

Well... I backed the pickup down i to the body and noe the Banshee has a more Jamerson, Duck vibe the uber Hot feel it had. Large improvement. Still going to replace the pickup with something Alnico 3 or 5, std wind when I get there.

Just ordered a set of the LaBella 760F-MUS strings. I expect those will be a marked improvement for my use. Has TI JR's on it now. Near dead. Feel is nice but lacking the thump I want for my early R&B, Swamp 'a billy thing.

I would say that the Banshee is a very good companion to an Acinonyx. Both are great players with very different vibes. Complimentary parts I think.

 

[OldNARDGuy]

I don’t know. I’ve looked into this a lot of times and there definitely seems to be a consensus among people with more experience than me who say if the noise you hear when you plug the bass and goes away when you touch the strings that means the grounding is working correctly. Now certainly some bases are noisier than they should be which is when you can look at shielding. This is how I understand it, but it’s also possible I’m wrong.

I’m a little late to the party, but does anybody use a wrist ground strap? I dug out one that I used for my last computer mod, similar to the picture, and it worked great for my Banshee’s hum. I attached the clip to the E string below the saddle. Mobility could obviously be a problem, but it shouldn’t be too hard to work out a more elegant solution.

 

[3rdcurve]

Now have a pair, one with stock rounds and one with Labella mustang dtfs. Love them

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Now have a pair, one with stock rounds and one with Labella mustang dtfs. Love them

I've got one, and it's got the La Bella 760F-MUS DTFs on it. Agree 100%.

 

[OldNARDGuy]

I’m a little late to the party, but does anybody use a wrist ground strap? I dug out one that I used for my last computer mod, similar to the picture, and it worked great for my Banshee’s hum. I attached the clip to the E string below the saddle. Mobility could obviously be a problem, but it shouldn’t be too hard to work out a more elegant solution.
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Okay, time passes and I learn a thing or two. This is definitely a shielding problem, as evidenced when I applied copper tape to the pickup and control cavities. I went from having to play with tone extremely low or off, to no hum/buzz whatsoever after the mod. Took me a couple of hours, mostly due to being extremely cautious, but the improvement was amazing.

 

[John Stephen]

Well done!

 

[OldNARDGuy]

Well done!

Thank you. The neatnik in me wasn't happy ( it never is ), but the wanna-be bassist in me was ecstatic.

 

[T McClure]

I’m glad you solved it. I never could eliminate the hum in mine and sold it. I hated selling it because I otherwise loved it. I’ll probably end up buying another some day in hopes of getting a quieter one.

 

[G Aichele]

Just received my new Banshee yesterday. I replaced the Erie Balls with LaBella DTFs (top load). So far liking it very much. No hum. Looking forward to getting to know it better

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Just received my new Banshee yesterday. I replaced the Erie Balls with LaBella DTFs (top load). So far liking it very much. No hum. Looking forward to getting to know it better View attachment 5260944

Have fun! Carbon gray like mine.

 

[G Aichele]

Does anyone know how the string tension on La Bella DTF top loads compares to the tension on La Bella through body (Mustang) strings?

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Does anyone know how the string tension on La Bella DTF top loads compares to the tension on La Bella through body (Mustang) strings?

I don't know if it's an accurate test of tension, but the Mustang thru-body flats on my Banshee are easier to bend than the top-mount DTFs on my Gibson SG.