The Reverend Club (part 8)

[FellowBass]

Anyone gonna jump on this bargain?

Reverend Rumblefish, J-bass style bass, USA, not import. Forest Green. Excellent

I will say, while unreasonably priced, that white looks WAAAYY whiter than mine does. Very clean old Rumblefish there.

 

[RevWood]

Just take a little Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to the white frame and it'll look like new.

I will say, while unreasonably priced, that white looks WAAAYY whiter than mine does. Very clean old Rumblefish there.

 

[RevWood]

While I'm on here, does anyone have a set of OEM Rumblefish JJ pickups that you would like to sell? I've got a Rumblefish project bass I'm working on.

 

[FellowBass]

Just take a little Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to the white frame and it'll look like new.

Even for yellowing? You may be my new favorite person.

 

[RevWood]

Yep, cleans that yellow right up. Saw it on this thread many moons ago and tried it. Worked pretty good.

Even for yellowing? You may be my new favorite person.

 

[chris4001asat]

Yep. That's what we use at the shop.

 

[Rezdog]

I have no decent photos of my Mercalli 5, but here's some videos I've made with it

this is the first one, with stock strings. There was no youtube demos of Mercalli at the time so I decided to make my own

After playing on roundwound strings for a while I've decided to try flats. And that's where the character of this bass really opened up!

Wow you are truly one BadAss Bass Player! I think you must've grown up in Detroit in your previous life because you definitely have got the Funkin Soul Groove in you ;-)

 

[Chris 'Wighat' Jordan]

While I'm on here, does anyone have a set of OEM Rumblefish JJ pickups that you would like to sell? I've got a Rumblefish project bass I'm working on.

FWIW, they are standard-jazz-sized pick-ups. Lots to choose from unless you just have to have OEM. I did not care for the OEM pups in the R5L.

 

[gillento]

...FWIW, they are standard-jazz-sized pick-ups. Lots to choose from unless you just have to have OEM. I did not care for the OEM pups in the R5L.

So what did you use?

 

[Chris 'Wighat' Jordan]

So what did you use?

This was in 2000 and I didn't know squat. Picked up some EMG's locally as I recall. They were an improvement but if I were doing this today I would do a WHOLE bunch of research before I made a purchase.

 

[RevWood]

I kind of like the stock pickups. They give me a nice old school sound when paired with my TH500 amp. Did some some research and found they were Kent Armstrong pups. Checked out their pickups and decided to give the lipstick tubes a try. Pairing it with an Elek-Trix Vari-Tone jazz bass wiring harness. We'll see. I'll put up some pics once I get my new pg from Pickguardian.

FWIW, they are standard-jazz-sized pick-ups. Lots to choose from unless you just have to have OEM. I did not care for the OEM pups in the R5L.

 

[gillento]

As I own two R5L I am planning to have "bigger" sounding PUs in one of them. As the cavity is big enough I'd like to drop in some Nordstrand Big Singles and cut a different PG. The mod is going to be fully reversible.

Question: What is the string spacing on the R5L? My attempt at measuring this gave me 17 mm (core to core). But I am not sure I did this right...

Any help is appreciated

 

[Chris 'Wighat' Jordan]

As I own two R5L I am planning to have "bigger" sounding PUs in one of them. As the cavity is big enough I'd like to drop in some Nordstrand Big Singles and cut a different PG. The mod is going to be fully reversible.

Question: What is the string spacing on the R5L? My attempt at measuring this gave me 17 mm (core to core). But I am not sure I did this right...

Any help is appreciated

I know the Brad Houser 5 is 19mm. I used to have an R5L. Can't remember exactly but I know the spacing was considerably more narrow than the BH5. Does @Chef know?

 

[gillento]

I had two BH as well, and my experience is the same.

 

[Chef]

I think BH is 19 (20? It's wide!) and 5L is 18?
Been a long time since I had either, really.

 

[Chris 'Wighat' Jordan]

I think BH is 19 (20? It's wide!) and 5L is 18?
Been a long time since I had either, really.

Yep, 19 on the BH5 for sure. I was thinking 18 on the R5L, too. That would be pretty standard.

 

[Chef]

Sorry to not be of more help.
I used to know all this junk at one point.

 

[FellowBass]

I was reminded this weekend how amazing my Rumblefish 5 sounds with new Cobalt Strings. If you haven't found a set of strings that make you LOVE your 'Fish, give the Ernie Ball Cobalts a try. It's seriously irreplaceable tone.

(I'm not endorsed or anything. Just can't believe how much better the bass sounds with this setup)

 

[gillento]

I was reminded this weekend how amazing my Rumblefish 5 sounds with new Cobalt Strings. If you haven't found a set of strings that make you LOVE your 'Fish, give the Ernie Ball Cobalts a try. It's seriously irreplaceable tone.

(I'm not endorsed or anything. Just can't believe how much better the bass sounds with this setup)

Those are really great. I didn't try them on my R5L, but they do sound great on my Nordy VP5.
It's a shame they are offering only as single set for 5 string

 

[FellowBass]

Those are really great. I didn't try them on my R5L, but they do sound great on my Nordy VP5.
It's a shame they are offering only as single set for 5 string

Yeah. Funny thing is I hated them on my Music Man. Maybe a passive/active thing, but tremendous on my R5L and awful on my Sterling.