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#40,463
theFixer said:
If you were thumpin' out quarter or eighth notes or whatever, you'd never notice... but try to hold out a whole note
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Oh, you mean crotchets, quavers and semibreves, why didn't you say? Jeez you speak foreign!

I haven't played an Epi bolt on, let alone specifically a Goth. When I'm in shops I tend to go for basses I don't have (in descending order of playing time an Epi EB3L, Casady, Steinberger XT2 and an Orange OB1).

The Cataldo has a 6 bolt neck and my former Italia had a 4 bolt neck and neither are lacking sustain. It's worth noting that the neck pocket on the Cataldo is very snug and I would expect that to be a significant factor in coupling the neck to the body and consequent vibration transfer.
 
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kat888 said:
Oh, you mean crotchets, quavers and semibreves, why didn't you say? Jeez you speak foreign!

I haven't played an Epi bolt on, let alone specifically a Goth. When I'm in shops I tend to go for basses I don't have (in descending order of playing time an Epi EB3L, Casady, Steinberger XT2 and an Orange OB1).

The Cataldo has a 6 bolt neck and my former Italia had a 4 bolt neck and neither are lacking sustain. It's worth noting that the neck pocket on the Cataldo is very snug and I would expect that to be a significant factor in coupling the neck to the body and consequent vibration transfer.
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This Epi bolt on I now have has sustain for days, I like it that way.
 
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ProgressiveDoom said:
Drop C tuning eh?, sounds about right!. What kinda noise are you making?.
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Mainly genres of rock, but most songs we play with this tuning are usually punk, grunge, or modern hard rock, stuff like that. We play quite a variety of genres, but 90% of them are some sort of rock.

We've been unsure about playing some Eb songs because we all look a bit funny tuning all our strings back to E standard. I used to have my bass tuned to Eb all the time, but I used to confuse myself playing songs that I learned playing on an E Standard tuned bass. Now I'm designating basses for certain tunings now. It's just better for me when playing, plus I get to show off a new look onstage.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Not speaking from first hand experience but from everything I've read here and other places...

The Gibby and eppi three point bridges are interchangeable with the exception that the Asian made basses use metric stud anchors in the body along with corresponding metric bolts and the USA ones don't. But supposedly the two actual bridges are interchangeable.

So if I understand it correctly, if you have an Asian made Eppi and for some reason wanted to use a USA bridge on it you could as long as you still used your Eppi studs. If you wanted to use the USA studs you'd also need to replace the metric stud anchors in the body.

Besides the metric thing, I think the only other differences in the two bridges is that some of the Eppi ones have a shoulder on the anchor that rises slightly above the body, whereas the USA anchors are flush with the body. Depending upon how low you like your action that might or might not be a problem.

Again, no experience on this issue, just parroting what I've heard. I'm sure others will chime in with confirmations or corrections.
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Correct about the studs, there are some slight dimensional differences between Gibson and Epi 3 points, they're interchangeable but the Gibson(s) are (there are at least two different) less chunky, rounder at the corners and made to sit lower. Long ago when I was finishing up the restoration of my Purple '76 I had a rash of trouble with broken E and A strings on an Allparts bridge that had been put on the bass before I bought it. Nothing seemed to cure the issue, so I sought replacements including an Epi, comparing it to the Gibson bridge on my Green '76 was quite surprising, they look the same but really aren't. Wish I'd shot a pic, but it would be lost on Photobucket anyway. The problem was solved by repeated efforts through Mike Lull to get a chrome one from Gibson, he installed and set it up - perfect ever since, not even a truss rod adjustment in more than 8 years, it's the best player of my '76s.
 
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kat888 said:
Oh, you mean crotchets, quavers and semibreves, why didn't you say? Jeez you speak foreign!

I haven't played an Epi bolt on, let alone specifically a Goth. When I'm in shops I tend to go for basses I don't have (in descending order of playing time an Epi EB3L, Casady, Steinberger XT2 and an Orange OB1).

The Cataldo has a 6 bolt neck and my former Italia had a 4 bolt neck and neither are lacking sustain. It's worth noting that the neck pocket on the Cataldo is very snug and I would expect that to be a significant factor in coupling the neck to the body and consequent vibration transfer.
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Crotchets?!, thats friggin' magnificent!.:roflmao:
 
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#40,473
kat888 said:
@RedVee

When the Epi had the 2 x Chinabuckers, I set the bridge pickup height then adjusted the neck pickup for balance, but that took away a lot of the growl, so I put the neck pickup back close to the strings and forgot about balance. This will be less of a problem with a proper neck/bridge pickup set.
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Thanks.
To be honest I haven't noticed any reason to move it. But haven't played out this year or even practiced much due to group disintegration and now reformation in a new form.
Yesterday felt a bit better so powered up the amp, turned the mids up (:thumbsup:) and had a play around on the Goth to get the fingers and brain moving. Just worked on moving from G to D using all strings as an exercise.

Anyway had a quick look around and the neck pickup just seems a bit too low. Don't think it's moved. I'll take a pic myself later.
 
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theFixer said:
WOW!!! Nice job! I like that flash of natural wood around the perimeter!:thumbsup:

I think it's RedVee that has a wide necked Goth as well. I'm constantly watching for them online. Every example I see for sale either has the 1.5" nut, or doesn't specify and is hard to tell by the photo. Based on the (possibly inaccurate) info on the Epi website... I'm guessing that, if I bought a brand new Goth, it would have the wider neck. I just have no way of knowing that for sure. I'm not in a position to do anything about it right now anyway... so I'll just keep my eyes peeled & wait for the right opportunity I guess:bassist:
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I do, its wide at nut (1.75") but 'slim' not 'fat'.
 
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kat888 said:
After more messing about, try -- as a starting point -- all eq @ noon, character and drive @ 10.30ish with bite and speaker sim off. It seems better with the drive backed off and the blend full up, than with the drive at noon and the blend dialled down, although without proper headphones that's far from definitive.
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Will do. I have copied your above "tricorder coordinates" into my notepad app, as this page and message will be buried by tomorrow, given the prolific nature of postings here!:thumbsup:
 
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Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
TalkBass is clearing that up I believe. Started with 2007 posts going up. Last I heard the other day 2007 was done.
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Really? I hadn't heard anything. Interesting.
 
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