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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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#3 and they don't know how to wire the bridge pickup so it only works in neck or both on. So I know it works and can haggle, but what's a good price?
I thinking so but kinda did the same thing when I put a set of 110-55 ernie balls on my white ric. Sounded great before the string change. I have a set of lightly used 105-50 off my 74 that now has flats so maybe I'll try that and see what happens at next practice.
That could be it but I don't have many local string choices and I hate havin to order strings. I don't have much toom to talk with your situation but it sucks. It's supposed to sound "better" after a string swap. But like I just said kinda did the same thing with the eb's and ric.
I was looking on Reverb and the asking prices seem to be around the $1000 mark for the earlier body style and $700-$900 for the IIIs and IVs. If you can snag it for a good price and are confident you can do the work to fix it up (I don't doubt you!) then go for it, but haggle for sure. What are they asking on the CL by your folks?
Is this the only set that has seemed "dead"? They might just be bad strings.
The longhorn looks cool, but unless I find another sub $200 one, I'll probably hold out until my other bass stuff is settled, as I'm still planning out the dankenbacker.
-4001/3 body shape wits dano ply/Masonite construction.
-rick neck,
-maple board with creme binding and shark teeth
-low output RWRP lipsticks in ric positions
-series parallel
-on/off/on with filter cap switches like all my basses instead of pots
-ric o sound
What I'm unsure of is bridge style and scale, be it ric 33.3" or dano 29.75". Also metallic red with white pearl guard, or white with red Pearl guard. And dang 4 string or bass vi hard tail?
-4001/3 body shape wits dano ply/Masonite construction.
-rick neck,
-maple board with creme binding and shark teeth
-low output RWRP lipsticks in ric positions
-series parallel
-on/off/on with filter cap switches like all my basses instead of pots
-ric o sound
What I'm unsure of is bridge style and scale, be it ric 33.3" or dano 29.75". Also metallic red with white pearl guard, or white with red Pearl guard. And dang 4 string or bass vi hard tail?
Asking about half that mark 3 price you mentioned. I won't link the where and what in case a TB'er local to that random craigslist in that way is creeping here lol.
No like I said kinda did the same thing with a ric and a p bass with some eb's 110-55. B I remember now I took that eb set off a p bass after in jam in favor of the ric so put them on the ric and didn't jive with either bass. I kinda knew it would be bad since don't care for balls but figured the daddario a would be better.
Those ss strings? I try to stay away from steel since I have a heavy fretting hand. I play heavy flats and never notice a tension issue with theses meat claws.
Not SS, their catalog goes down to B, too. I have them on my Chinabacker & Warlock, will add them to my real Ric, T40 & Tbird eventually. I've been very happy with them but some of that may be switching from finger to pick, too.
I feel like I have a mistress now that I put Chromes on the Jazzguarbird. It feels so good and like almost too easy to play like I am doing something I shouldn't be doing...
I diddled your bass a little last night....
