Good demo of how location is massive. As much as the pup itself if not more so IMO. But it all comes down to preference. There's no right or wrong. Unless it's my bass, in which case the correctness is transcendent and unarguable!
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Good demo of how location is massive. As much as the pup itself if not more so IMO. But it all comes down to preference. There's no right or wrong. Unless it's my bass, in which case the correctness is transcendent and unarguable!
I was liking what I was hearing for the most part. But I thought my hearing went out when he had all four going. Way too much mud to my ears.
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Good demo of how location is massive. As much as the pup itself if not more so IMO. But it all comes down to preference. There's no right or wrong. Unless it's my bass, in which case the correctness is transcendent and unarguable!
As much as I agree with the importance of pu placement 100% - pu type/brand, electronics, pu's position's - in that order. You can have the best pu position's w/a sub-standard harness and well.., it'll sound, ok.
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Speaking of Beatles, I watched McCartney: The hunt for the lost bass" last night - really enjoyed it!
What’s the old proverb?You're no lawyer that's for sure. That wasn't compelling at all! I started getting funny (queasy) feeling with "alive."But I'm happy you do enjoy them. My multi has plenty of zinc.
“Twas a brave man indeed,
That first ate an oyster”
Those would be the EMG 40's (approx. 4 inches wide) but I'm curious if they were of the split-coil reverse P configuration which are currently available as a passive or active option. I have a couple of basses with the active 35's (3.5 inches wide) three of which are single coils and one of which is in a traditional side by side dual coil humbucker configuration. By the way, the HB's are in a reverse-P split coil configuration.
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No idea - Steve Klein answered his emails (he's a nice person) so he should know.
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My Saundersbird started out wanting a carbon fiber J neck (Moses IIRC) - the NOS late '80s Saunders P-neck came up and was "won" for a crazy cheap price so that's what was installed. No regrets - but I still like the way carbon necks sound and maybe someday...Carbon fiber Friday it is! Status neck and CF guard:
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I'll admit to despising the Steinberger L-series as a judgmental 20 year old when they first appeared in popular media in the early-80's based on their looks and the fact that they were apparently a fad at the time. I mean there were pop bands on Solid Gold featuring them. Even David Bowie played one of the guitars at one time. I liked more traditional styles. But then in the mid-2000's I saw a Youtube demo of an XL-2 and was quite impressed at how good it sounded. So I figured that I might purchase one someday, but half-jokingly told a luthier friend that only if it were an unlined fretless five. What are the odds? Six months later, and the rest as they say is history ...
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So, just out of curiousity...
...anyone know if there is a world record for longest single full-thickness drop fill repair?
The previous record, I mean?
Found a bubble under the gold, pretty much the full length of the front lower "wing step."
Found it by it collapsing when the corner of the sanding block poked thru it.
Crunch.
Crunch, crunch, crunch...
Trying to fix it.
Cleaned it out. Dropping clear as a seal/base. Then will try to brush gold...
Just in the crease.
Then more clear.
Luckily, the pickguard will cover 2/3 of it...
... and the other 3 creases are fine.
...anyone know if there is a world record for longest single full-thickness drop fill repair?
The previous record, I mean?
Found a bubble under the gold, pretty much the full length of the front lower "wing step."
Found it by it collapsing when the corner of the sanding block poked thru it.
Crunch.
Crunch, crunch, crunch...
Trying to fix it.
Cleaned it out. Dropping clear as a seal/base. Then will try to brush gold...
Just in the crease.
Then more clear.
Luckily, the pickguard will cover 2/3 of it...
... and the other 3 creases are fine.
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I judge every/any individual bass on its merits - it either speaks to me, or not and I judge it accordinly. Been that way for a while...
I could not find that Solid Gold TV clip that made me a confirmed L-series hater- but I found this interview of the band on the Dick Clark show-
Mind you I'm not casting aspersions on bassist Alfonso Carey or the musicianship of the band, but as a classic rock and jazz/fusion fan in the early-80's, the All Sports Band put the nail in the coffin in cementing my visceral hate of the Steinberger L series-
How ironic that forty years later, there's one sitting within arm's reach of my music workstation!
Mind you I'm not casting aspersions on bassist Alfonso Carey or the musicianship of the band, but as a classic rock and jazz/fusion fan in the early-80's, the All Sports Band put the nail in the coffin in cementing my visceral hate of the Steinberger L series-
How ironic that forty years later, there's one sitting within arm's reach of my music workstation!
Good demo of how location is massive. As much as the pup itself if not more so IMO. But it all comes down to preference. There's no right or wrong. Unless it's my bass, in which case the correctness is transcendent and unarguable!
I consider them both vitally important to tone.
Harness?!? What harness? PTP, baby! (But yeah, wire & soldering matter, though they don’t usually impact tone, just noise type & levels).As much as I agree with the importance of pu placement 100% - pu type/brand, electronics, pu's position's - in that order. You can have the best pu position's w/a sub-standard harness and well.., it'll sound, ok.
“What have the birds got into now?”
