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SBMM Stingray Short scale
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Should be easy to do. The capacitor is just bridging two lugs on the push/push switch and is easily accessible. You could remove the capacitor and solder a bridge wire direct. Not sure how it would affect the tone--likely darken the tone up a bit and slightly change the resonant frequency peak of the signal. Maybe worth a try, though, because it is easily reversed if it doesn't sound good.
Just to be clear, there is a separate resistor and capacitor in that loop. Someone can correct me if I'm seeing this incorrectly, but the resistor is acting like a volume pot rolled off to whatever degree and the capacitor is doing what a treble bleed circuit would do if it were hooked up to a regular volume pot. So without the capacitor, you're essentially getting a "volume pot" rolled back to whatever value that resistor is. Correct?
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hello everyone, I wanted to ask and feel out what everybody thinks I could sell my Joe Dart Jr. for? It is #17/50. Not entirely sure I wanna sell...
Ah'll give ya twenny bucks for it!
Seriously, I have no idea. It looks pretty cool, and I like the no-knobs front.
Much nicer looking than in the stock photography! Congrats!
Which black tuners and bridge replacements did you get?
Were the tuners and bridge drop-ins or did they require drilling new holes?
Just ordered a Toluca Lake Blue one from Sweetwater as soon as they restocked them and I'm considering doing an all black hardware replacement on it as well.
One thing I hate about the Sterling is they didn't downsize the control plate to better match the downsized body, like Music Man did with theirs. It just looks crammed in there on the Sterling, nearly touching the pickguard at the top and the bridge at the bottom.
That's correct, but that's why the larger diameter pots fit. The electronics cavity is bigger. However, this doesn't seem to apply to all Sterling SS Stingrays. But it does to both of mine. I prefer it that way; I don't like the small pots.
I never noticed that. I'll need to put my SR and my daughter's shortie side by side when she gets home from her band practice later.One thing I hate about the Sterling is they didn't downsize the control plate to better match the downsized body, like Music Man did with theirs. It just looks crammed in there on the Sterling, nearly touching the pickguard at the top and the bridge at the bottom.
Yup. I can't unsee it now. That is, indeed, irksome. There should be some space between the control plate. Had you not said anything I wouldn't have noticed.
I put our SRs together a few minutes ago and was surprised I hadn't noticed it before. Probably because I never see them from the front, our basses are all in a multi-guitar rack.
