Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

Good deal for D'A XL fans.
Flash Sale on D'Addario Bass Twin Packs - Strings and Beyond

 

[Gaolee]

BTW, it's all I can do to get up.

I'm getting to that point lately.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

BTW, it's all I can do to get up.

I'm getting to that point lately.

Ahem

 

[Gaolee]

I need a sanity check here please. Are the pickup wires here as simple as the neck and bridge wires going to the respective middle lug on the pots, and both soldered together to the top of the neck pot? And can I assume the silver braided cover is conductive and the black not?


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Yes you can assume that. Gibson uses the braided sheath instead of a separate ground wire. The black wire that comes out of the sheath is the hot wire from the pickup. I don't know what the other black wire is all about. The brown wires appear to be hot. The yellow wires appear to be grounds.

 

[GonePlaid]

Good deal for D'A XL fans.
Flash Sale on D'Addario Bass Twin Packs - Strings and Beyond

Good prices('cept I need two sets of D'Ad tapewounds).

 

[bylar13]

Good deal for D'A XL fans.
Flash Sale on D'Addario Bass Twin Packs - Strings and Beyond

Thanks for the heads up. Grabbed me some 105-45. They were $23 at my local store for one pack.

 

[dagrev]

Good prices('cept I need two sets of D'Ad tapewounds).

Boom! Any string can be now!

I know what you're (justifiably) thinking right now.

I've never tried D'A tapes, but do like the LaBella Black Nylons. They aren't exactly cheap, however.

 

[dagrev]

Thanks for the heads up. Grabbed me some 105-45. They were $23 at my local store for one pack.

Excellent! I wasn't really sure what prices are on those, but it sounded like a good price to me.
I'm not a fan of D'A strings, but it was almost tempting me to buy some!

 

[Stealth57]

Boom! Any string can be now!





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I know what you're (justifiably) thinking right now.

I've never tried D'A tapes, but do like the LaBella Black Nylons. They aren't exactly cheap, however.

And LaBella quality control and customer service sucks. I’m not holding a grudge

 

[GonePlaid]

Boom! Any string can be now!





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I know what you're (justifiably) thinking right now.

I've never tried D'A tapes, but do like the LaBella Black Nylons. They aren't exactly cheap, however.

Might be interesting to have the strings match the ball ends.

 

[dagrev]

And LaBella quality control and customer service sucks. I’m not holding a grudge

I only had one bad experience with them 15+ yrs ago. Ordered some 2 sets of flats from Eldery's and the D strings were rough--you could really feel the windings. I called LaBella and mentioned my problem to a nice lady (the one relating to strings...) and she transferred me to an older man. We talked a good while about bass. He mentioned that he was talking to Chuck Rainey the previous week about where our conversation had wondered. Come to find out he was some kind of high up Exec. I was sent a new sets via Elderly's. That's my only experience with them and that's been a while. Maybe it's because I'm known in the bass world.

Yeah, likely not.....

 

[GonePlaid]

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I only had one bad experience with them 15+ yrs ago. Ordered some flats from Eldery's and the D string was rough--you could really feel the windings. I called LaBella and mentioned my problem to a nice lady (the one relating to strings...) and she transferred me to an older man. We talked a good while about bass. He mentioned that he was talking to Chuck Rainey the previous week about where our conversation had wondered. Come to find out he was some kind of high up Exec. I was sent a new set via Elderly's. That's my only experience with them and that's been a while.

I put a set of DTF's on my EB-0. The E string sounded like carp, so I put an old EBCF E in its place. Worked fine. I have D'Addario tapes on my Ibanez semi-hollow. They've been on there ~9 years and are getting . Time for new ones. I need 2 sets of medium scale. Both basses are "short" scale, but the Ibby has to have mediums 'cos it has a bridge/claw set up and shorts will put silks on the bridge and the nut. The EB-0 is right on the borderline between short and medium since I put a Hipshot bridge on it. I'd rather have extra than not enuff.(that applies to a lotta things in life)

 

[GonePlaid]

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I only had one bad experience with them 15+ yrs ago. Ordered some 2 sets of flats from Eldery's and the D strings were rough--you could really feel the windings. I called LaBella and mentioned my problem to a nice lady (the one relating to strings...) and she transferred me to an older man. We talked a good while about bass. He mentioned that he was talking to Chuck Rainey the previous week about where our conversation had wondered. Come to find out he was some kind of high up Exec. I was sent a new sets via Elderly's. That's my only experience with them and that's been a while. Maybe it's because I'm known in the bass world.

Yeah, likely not.....

Ya never know. Ya know?

 

[Stealth57]

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I only had one bad experience with them 15+ yrs ago. Ordered some 2 sets of flats from Eldery's and the D strings were rough--you could really feel the windings. I called LaBella and mentioned my problem to a nice lady (the one relating to strings...) and she transferred me to an older man. We talked a good while about bass. He mentioned that he was talking to Chuck Rainey the previous week about where our conversation had wondered. Come to find out he was some kind of high up Exec. I was sent a new sets via Elderly's. That's my only experience with them and that's been a while. Maybe it's because I'm known in the bass world.

Yeah, likely not.....

My third set had the ball end silks on one string that was twice as long as all the others. It was way past the saddle even with a mod bar. They told me that was within their process control. So, in other words, they have zero SPC.

 

[Gaolee]

Boom! Any string can be now!





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I know what you're (justifiably) thinking right now.

I've never tried D'A tapes, but do like the LaBella Black Nylons. They aren't exactly cheap, however.

Once you put Black Nylons on a bass, you can leave them there for pretty much ever. How much they cost disappears into the mists of time.

 

[dagrev]

Ya never know. Ya know?

I think we can say it with a high degree of certitude on this one on this one.

 

[dagrev]

My third set had the ball end silks on one string that was twice as long as all the others. It was way past the saddle even with a mod bar. They told me that was within their process control. So, in other words, they have zero SPC.

Yeah, definitely not good.

 

[dagrev]

Once you put Black Nylons on a bass, you can leave them there for pretty much ever. How much they cost disappears into the mists of time.

Very true. I have read the pick playing will wear the nylon, but have not experimented that. But I have too many basses and it's not played all the time. But playing finger style, I can't see how they would not last well over a decade. Like a flat, basically.

 

[BklynKen]

Very true. I have read the pick playing will wear the nylon, but have not experimented that. But I have too many basses and it's not played all the time. But playing finger style, I can't see how they would not last well over a decade. Like a flat, basically.

Imagine Jeff's fingers.

 

[MCF]

Boom! Any string can be now!





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I know what you're (justifiably) thinking right now.

I've never tried D'A tapes, but do like the LaBella Black Nylons. They aren't exactly cheap, however.

They came on the TV Silver LE Custom Shop IV. They were hacked up. I liked the sound for a change of pace so I replaced them with the same thing. $55 including tax. But I like them for a lot of Beatles songs.