AMS sells cheap, I bought a jetglo Ric 4003S a few years ago brand new for 1500 bucks. It makes me wonder why actually.
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AMS sells cheap, I bought a jetglo Ric 4003S a few years ago brand new for 1500 bucks. It makes me wonder why actually.
You could add a kill switch.
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Feeling is sooooo mutual Donnie!
Do you use any effect pedals? A tuner pedal works really well as a kill switch.
Rarely, I have an EBS Valvedrive tube OD/DI that I'll use sometimes. I had a noise gate at one time too, that does sound like a good idea though.
this was a 74 my mom bought for me when my 72 P (that i purchased for 250 bucks with my lunch money) was stolen from a locked school locker….at least you got money for yours, I got beer for mine but it was the fact that it came from my mom that hurt in later years….oh well….
If I didn't already have a tuner pedal on my board that acts as a perfectly good kill switch, I'd love to have this.
The Murder One Guitar Killswitch Pedal
The Murder One Guitar Killswitch Pedal
If you’re connected to the amp by instrument cable you could just use a switched cable. That’s what I do and it mutes perfectly at the push of a button. No bass mod required, works with every bass you have, no pedals required. Just make sure you get the latching switch vs a momentary switch.
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Couldn’t you just do a push/pull volume pot that acts as a mute when pulled out?
I was originally just kind of commenting on the Nikki Sixx bass that has no controls besides an off/on switch saying that that would drive me nuts but I wouldn't mind having one with volume and tone controls.
I use my tuner, but those PW cables are handy. The downside is I've never had any Planet Waves cable last more than a few years with light use.
I have a cheaper version of these, this would be great as well.
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I was originally just kind of commenting on the Nikki Sixx bass that has no controls besides an off/on switch saying that that would drive me nuts but I wouldn't mind having one with volume and tone controls.
The previous owner modified my BlackBird to Vol-Vol instead of the original Killswitch only setup. I modified it to be Vol-Vol-Kill because I like having the killswitch on some of my basses.
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Yes to the tuner. I have Whirlwind cables that are going on 20 years and still work perfectly. One died on me and they replaced it no questions asked.
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I play through Rumble amps. The OD circuit turned all the way down acts as a "MUTE" function that can be controlled with a footswitch. I never use OD, so that works for my purposes. However, I always run my neck pup full(and never use the superfluous pup), so I just zero the volume on breaks.The previous owner modified my BlackBird to Vol-Vol instead of the original Killswitch only setup. I modified it to be Vol-Vol-Kill because I like having the killswitch on some of my basses.
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