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[JEDI BASS]

Those are part of the "don't lose high frequency as I turn it down" circuits.

...... aaaaaand my lady crushed one while tugging on it while I was heating the solder joints :-/ . No worries, I ordered a bag of em off eBay a few minutes later.

 

[JEDI BASS]

I assume the plan should be to have those capacitors back in place when the push/pull pot is installed???

Also, the CTS pot is mostly plastic. Dumb question: but, I assume I can still solder grounds to the sides of it where the metal case is showing, right?

 

[bigtone23]

Yes, the metallic sides of the pot casing are all fair game for grounding.

 

[bigtone23]

Shawn
Still doesn't answer the question "Why". The old T40 "folks equate big sound with heavy basses" myth doesn't really work with 9.5lb basses,not when jazz basses were still hitting 10-11lb. I've P-basses heavier than any of my Foundations.

I read in a Chip Todd interview that the intentionally made the T basses heavy as that was the style of the late 70s. He and Hartley knew better, but had to make what was selling.

Copied and pasted this from Chip Todd's website (T-60mafia.com) regarding the heavy T series instruments.

On Body Woods:

The natural-finished T-series guitars, and most of the sunburst ones, were made of Northern Ash, a very heavy wood with a beautiful, contrasty grain. We used this weighty wood because Hartley was afraid of bucking commonly-held beliefs, of that time, that heavy bodies sustained notes longer. It wasn't my money that was being gambled on a new product line and extremely innovative manufacturing methods, so Hartley had the say.

Later, when the market had finally realized the heavy didn't equate to sustain, and we were comfortable with production, we came out with opaque colors, which allowed a wood change. The lower-priced woods of Alder, Poplar, and Maple were tried and Poplar, the cheapest, lightest, and most easily carved, was chosen for all opaque colored guitars.

 

[JEDI BASS]

Poplar can sound as good or better than “choice” woods.

 

[bigtone23]

So very true.
90s MIM Fender was poplar. The weak link on those was the pickups, not the body!
I also have a set of early 90s German made Sonor drums that are made of poplar. They sound really nice, kind of a modern spin on the classic 60s Ludwig and Slingerland recipe (thick poplar core with thinner maple or mahogany outer plys).

Hmm... I'm noticing a lot of poplar use in the 90s.

 

[Runnerman]

Poplar can sound as good or better than “choice” woods. My Bongo is a great example of that!

Bongos are basswood though.

 

[Runnerman]

I also have a set of early 90s German made Sonor drums that are made of poplar. .

F2000's. I have an F2000 snare which tunes up well and sounds quite nice. I have a F3000 birch kit which I love. The German Force series are great drums and affordable for Sonors. I'm partial to birch with drums....also own a Sonorlite kit.

 

[geoff_in_nc]

.. I'm noticing a lot of poplar use in the 90s.

It got very "poplar".

(sorry, had to)

 

[58kites]

Poplar can sound as good or better than “choice” woods. My Bongo is a great example of that!

As many of us probably know, Leo chose Alder because it was cheap, readily available in California, and easy to cut, sand and finish.
Poplar has the same traits, except the color is not good for translucent finishes.
Alder is 590 on the Janka hardness scale and Poplar is just slightly softer at 540, so they "sound" the same.
Poplar is slightly heavier than Alder also.

 

[jmlee]

Poplar can sound as good or better than “choice” woods. My Bongo is a great example of that!

Yup, my Guild Pilot being an example. Lovely and light too.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

My MIK Squier Jazz is poplar, i am a big fan.

 

[jmlee]

Try adding about 1/8" of washers under the nut. This will get you 4 more full turns of adjustment. Washers need a 3/16" hole in the center.

@mech, you’re a continuing jewel of a resource. I bottomed out setting up the neck on my new $80 Foundation, but added a couple of washers and Bob’s your uncle! Thanks as ever!

 

[bigtone23]

F2000's. I have an F2000 snare which tunes up well and sounds quite nice. I have a F3000 birch kit which I love. The German Force series are great drums and affordable for Sonors. I'm partial to birch with drums....also own a Sonorlite kit.

Yep, F2K! German Sonors are where it's at! I'm shocked at how well they cut a 45 sharp edge on those softer poplar drums. The German Forces are really great, but once you go Delite and up, wow!
I had a couple F3K orphans, but since I have a huge set of F2K, (16" 18" 20" basses, 13" 14" 16" floors, 12" & 14" snares and 8" 10" 10" 12" toms all in yellow) I kept them. My 16" bass and 13" floor tom with snare du jour get 95% of my gigs anymore.

 

[JEDI BASS]

Bongos are basswood though.

Dangit! You are correct sir! My bad!

 

[JEDI BASS]

@mech, you’re a continuing jewel of a resource. I bottomed out setting up the neck on my new $80 Foundation, but added a couple of washers and Bob’s your uncle! Thanks as ever!

I must know the story behind “Bob’s your uncle”. I laugh every time I see it!

 

[Runnerman]

I've wondered as well.
From urban dictionary....

It's a catch phrase dating back to 1887, when, in a blatant case of favoritism, British Prime Minister Robert Cecil (a.k.a. Lord Salisbury) decided to appoint his nephew Arthur Balfour to the prestigious and sensitive post of Chief Secretary for Ireland.

So "Bob's your uncle" is another way of saying "your success is guaranteed."
You just put these parts together like this, and Bob's your uncle - you have a working model!

You want to go to the stadium? Go straight on until you reach the park, take the first left, and Bob’s your uncle - you're there!

 

[JEDI BASS]

It’s my goal now to bring this phrase to east Tn USA. I’m just weird enough to do it haha.

 

[MNAirHead]

what if Bob's my creepy uncle

 

[JEDI BASS]

Well then... Bob’s your creepy uncle. See, it’s easily modified to fit the situation LOL