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That's one of the hard parts with shopping online for something like this. The threading on these are definitely tight so I'll have to see. I have the bass and bridge back together, just letting it settle for final adjustments and intonation
I spent some hours with it last night and figured some things out. Modding is always an option but i like taking the time to get to know my bass inside and out first. Having the volume knob maxed out seems to make the tone more sterile and less open sounding. Almost like having too much compression. Also i finally think i have pickups set up where i want them. I try to set all my basses up so they sound thick and rich but also can cut through as i try to avoid so much bottom its mud. This bass was either sterile or straight to mud until i adjusted it to as close to happy medium as i have been yet. Never had a problem with fatness from this bass. It was dialing in everything else and figuring out that preamp that took longer than usual for me.
I've got Ti Jazz flats on my '89. Sounds crisp and clear almost like my old Spector.
I wish thomastik wasn't so expensive. That alone has kept me from ever wanting to try them.
I was the same way for 30 years. Then I tried them. Now I have 3 basses with Ti's. They are that good. (for me)
I keep finding good prices on strings and i keep buying those. Some are really nice. Dunlop regular stainless. Really nice strings especially when i can get them for about 20$ for a 5 string set. I picked up 2 sets of fat beams for 30$ recently too. Finding great deals allows me to try different things and ive found some real nice strings that way. I have a list of strings ive bought i really like and that I'd buy again. Its made things much better with matching string to bass and even makes me better at helping others when they want an idea of a string before buying.1 string i used to find awesome deals for but not any more is Ken Smith Rockmasters. Seemingly word got out or something but i know what im getting for 45$ since i got to try them for like 15$ last time i bought them. The way i price shop i know i limit myself but it also gets me trying things i otherwise wouldn't. The next cheap string im thinking about are BAM strings. Ive seen a couple of gospel bassists giving them praise. Those guys are some of the busiest players ive seen. A few of them are guys i really like the tone of. Guys like Justin Raines and Andrew Gouche.
Me too! Three basses, and my third will have TI flats on it in the next few months. Nothing feels or sounds like them. Plus, if you figure you're easily going to get 10 years out of one set, they're way cheaper than rounds.
The Stealth headlock support can accept any 6 string bass neck just fine, but there's a problem of it's not being thick enough to compensate the tiltback style headstock of a Soundgear bass. When you put any SR bass inside the Sealth and close the zipper, the Stealth neck and headstock section will be bloated. Thus, in the event of the Stealth falling where the back of neck and headstock section hits the ground, the bass neck and headstock won't be completely protected as good as Mono's other gigbags, the Vertigo or the Classic, which have thicker headlock support to accommodate tiltback style headstock.
I also have GruvGear's Gigblade 2. AAMOF, I use it outside way more often than any of the Mono's I own, with the exception of the Classic Dual Bass Case since it's the only bag that I have that can carry 2 basses.
How dare ye post a picture of BTB in here! Sacrilege!!!
I don't have the exact figure, but AFAIR, the Gigblade 2 felt quite heavy compared to Mono's (though I could be wrong). Still, I took it out often.
I purchased several extra foambar paddings for the same reason. Moreover that they are also functional inside other brand gigbags.
Just saying that the CAP's on the BTB7 are dual coils, individually, despite being slim candy bars.On a serious note it looks like you got the earlier/better model of the 7 with the CAP candybar pickups.. That bass has been on my radar for a while, but I'm trying to fund a Wal bass order so I'm not buying other basses right now, in fact I should probably move a few haha .... anyone want an SR5XXV or an ANB205?
Yes to both, but I think you'd be insulted by what I'm capable of offering for them...
Wow, then how are they constructed internally? Like a linear P?
