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- Thread starter woody357
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dam. damdam. IIRC it was a "no bottom" or "some bottom and TONS of mods and highs" kinda thing?
totally, now in this one amp setting it's reversed and is pretty beefy, but wooly / woofy, which is working much better for me but still far from perfect cos there's very little range of sonic diversity. at least now it sports a favorable personality, and a unique one at that. I'm suddenly having fun with it so there's some hope left that I'll find the real remedy without rad mods.
Look at what Paul McCartney and Chris Squire did to their Rickenbackers. I've got a feeling neither one of those guys jeopardized the value of those basses, nor do they care (or did, in Chris' case).
I just modded a Squier P-Bass with a new pup, pots, wire and jack. Not only does it sound tons better to me, it gave me a good feeling to know I did it myself. And I still did it all for under $150 including the purchase of the bass.
I just modded a Squier P-Bass with a new pup, pots, wire and jack. Not only does it sound tons better to me, it gave me a good feeling to know I did it myself. And I still did it all for under $150 including the purchase of the bass.
if that's the P/J model I have one too and dig it, but no doubt could be even better. I don't have the Duncans that some came with and these are a bit wonky in the fit dept., what PU did you swap in?
No I don’t think my $2000 bass is expensive, I was in the market for a Ken Smith, but felt the sound of a Jazz fit my playing better, but I still have GAS for that Ken Smith, and May still get one, but now it will have to be used.
I scored the electronics out of a 535 bc the guy that bought it finally figured out that he hates PS.
That's the sound of that bass, reverse Ps with a low impedence setup.
He is much happier with his all Nordstrand swap.
I guess he could have just let $4500 sit in a case after the new bass glow wore off.
That's the sound of that bass, reverse Ps with a low impedence setup.
He is much happier with his all Nordstrand swap.
I guess he could have just let $4500 sit in a case after the new bass glow wore off.
I'm one of those people that modded my elite J. I loved the way it felt but wasn't totally crazy about the pickups. Don't get me wrong they sounded good. And I didn't love the preamp at all though it's passible. I swapped out the stock for the Sadowsky preamp and the Lollar J. It's definitely not as bright has more midrange and girth in the lowend. It was a really good bass before it just sounds a lot more like what I think vintage jazz bass should sound like which I prefer.
You make sense to me. I guess I should have been more specific. Why buy a bass that cost that much just to change it after you get it. I understand you’ve had the bass for some time and decide you want something different out of it. I’ve done it myself but to buy it today, then next month change the bridge or PU that’s what I don’t understand.
And that's why we're saying 'to each their own'. Just because I wouldn't do it doesn't mean the owner of that bass needs to give a rat's behind what I think.
I'm not a huge fan of people using words that may unintentionally signal what they're selling is a different or +$msrp model.
This bass highlights what a lot of people have doe to a MIM P tho
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I have fixed so much rotten subfloor from 30+ years of leaky wax rings.
Had to demo concrete shower floors in a building from 1926.
Run around with a clipboard full of write-ups from health and/or building inspectors while my aunt's that inherited portions of those buildings freaked bc their idiot husbands had opened load bearing walls to update kitchens or go open floor plan without permits.
I don't miss any of it.
But yeah, if you want to own a house or multi unit residential building I really hope you have the stomach for it when you have to bring some service up to code. I'd rather do it as owner/operator than pay full retail.
This bass highlights what a lot of people have doe to a MIM P tho
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I have fixed so much rotten subfloor from 30+ years of leaky wax rings.
Had to demo concrete shower floors in a building from 1926.
Run around with a clipboard full of write-ups from health and/or building inspectors while my aunt's that inherited portions of those buildings freaked bc their idiot husbands had opened load bearing walls to update kitchens or go open floor plan without permits.
I don't miss any of it.
But yeah, if you want to own a house or multi unit residential building I really hope you have the stomach for it when you have to bring some service up to code. I'd rather do it as owner/operator than pay full retail.
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I think that their celebrity status has counteracted any depreciation of value done by any modification.
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This showed up on Les Claypool's Instagram a while back. The guy who plays it actually plays it right handed, and even had a luthier build an accurate replica of it.
