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Wishbass Club pt. 2

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#441
49sfine said:
You know, after seeing StandUpright's new Lobe and Gubna's PJ, along with Thunderitter's Fantasy and Rollerberg's fan-fretted Hyper, we have probably 4 of the nicest Wishes I've seen so far. Of course there are many, many more I have not seen, but these are just outstanding! Gad Zooks .........

Anyway, thanks for all the kool pix. And, way to go StandUpright for actually using yours in a band setting. How many of us are actually doing that, I wonder?

Oh, and three names I am affectionately using for some of my Wishes are: "Igor", "Spawn" and "Swamp Thing" ...
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hey thanks!!! it will have it's first outing this weekend when i play a unicef benefit. i know i'm prob gonna get some :eek: looks
 
#442
jbybj said:
Well, not in a real band, but I take mine to my monthly jams all the time. Today was a very gratifying get together. I decided to go old school, and left all my active basses at home. Brought my 69 Jazz and my purpleheart Hyper with a Duncan split coil noise canceling jazz pu. Two guitars, me, and drums today, and it sat very nicely in the mix. PLaying music is FUN, nice basses make it funner. I know, that's not a real word..........

JBY
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exactly....very soul satisfying for me.
 
#443
Hey TB'rs: I know this isn't a bass guitar, but my pear wood 6 string arrived today! I love it. It's built just like a Wishbass only shorter, fretted and thinner strings. The body style is actually like the 'Standard'. I haven't had time to tune it and plug it in, but the work on this one is nicer than most. Finish is decent, so is fitment and the fret job looks awesome. It's just a kool little guitar - I'm glad I got it! Laters .......
 
#444
49sfine said:
Hey TB'rs: I know this isn't a bass guitar, but my pear wood 6 string arrived today! I love it. It's built just like a Wishbass only shorter, fretted and thinner strings. The body style is actually like the 'Standard'. I haven't had time to tune it and plug it in, but the work on this one is nicer than most. Finish is decent, so it fitment and the fret job looks awesome. It's just a kool little guitar - I'm glad I got it! Laters .......
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pics? I've considered one of his slide guitars before.
 
#449
StandUpRight; We've all done it. It's a hard thing to gauge really. On four different guitars (1 guitar, 3 basses) now I have submitted bids that were $100 (or more) less than his BIN price and once the auction ended and the guitars were still unsold, he second chance offered me at my last bid price or even lower. The only catch is that if someone else scoops it up along the way, you're done. When you have a really pretty one like your bass, it usually does not make it all the way thru the auction time unsold so one has to pounce. With the bass case and the chance that these will increase in value as demand rises after he "retires", you are still in good shape. Besides, you have an unusually nice one - I doubt this new one is quite as nice as yours even though it probably came from the same chunk of wood. (I know for a fact thoses cases run about $79 - $89 ...) Cheer up, you've got a keeper ...
 
#450
49sfine said:
StandUpRight; We've all done it. It's a hard thing to gauge really. On four different guitars (1 guitar, 3 basses) now I have submitted bids that were $100 (or more) less than his BIN price and once the auction ended and the guitars were still unsold, he second chance offered me at my last bid price or even lower. The only catch is that if someone else scoops it up along the way, you're done. When you have a really pretty one like your bass, it usually does not make it all the way thru the auction time unsold so one has to ponce. With the bass case and the chance that these will increase in value as demand rises after he "retires", you are still in good shape. Besides, you have an unusually nice one - I doubt this new one is quite as nice as yours even though it probably came from the same chunk of wood. (I know for a fact thoses cases run about $79 - $89 ...) Cheer up, you've got a keeper ...
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oh it's all good.....

so what do you think about changing the bridge out?
 
#451
standupright said:
any of you guys consider replacing the floating bridge with a mounted one?
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yeah, I did with one I had a couple years back.
then I sold it.

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Ideally, one should route the bass before doing this so the bridge will be recessed. I had the strings as low as I could go on the bridge so there was no adjusting it.
 
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#454
Gubna said:
yeah, I did with one I had a couple years back.
then I sold it.

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Ideally, one should route the bass before doing this so the bridge will be recessed. I had the strings as low as I could go on the bridge so there was no adjusting it.
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that looks like it turned out nice......how did it sound? looks like it's no longer string through body. did it affect the tone much? what bridge did you opt for?
 
#455
it was a no name brand I got on ebay, I was going to replace a rusty bridge I had on an old Toby Tobias. It wasn't string through, and to be honest I don't know if I was able to hear any difference in sound.

I was bit unsure when I did it. I eyeballed it, and hoped for the best, but it worked.
 
#456
"so what do you think about changing the bridge out?"

StandUpRight:

I have not done a bridge swap yet, although I am contemplating it. I even recently bought a bridge off of ebay that is both thru string or not. Not sure which one of my guitars to put it on yet either. I'm glad Gubna chimed in with his story - it doesn't sound that difficult to do. It does seem to change the character of these guitars though, and I am not sure how I feel about that yet.
 
#457
standupright said:
oh it's all good.....

so what do you think about changing the bridge out?
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So far, with all 5 of my Wishbasses, I have, with very little effort, managed to achieve the action and intonation that suits me, with the corian bridges. Since Wish feels strongly that the bridge is an integral part of his "sound", I would only swap bridges is there was some compelling reason to do so. Such as, achieving the set up that eludes you with the corian bridge. Certainly people have done it, and I can't imagine how it could significantly diminish the sound of your instrument. Then there is the issue, more important to some than others, of putting new holes in your bass, and if you decide you don't care for the bridge, you've got holes to fill. That though, is part of the beauty of the price of Wishbasses, it makes experimentation a little easier to handle, when it fails. Have fun! JBY
 
#458
49sfine said:
"so what do you think about changing the bridge out?"

StandUpRight:

I have not done a bridge swap yet, although I am contemplating it. I even recently bought a bridge off of ebay that is both thru string or not. Not sure which one of my guitars to put it on yet either. I'm glad Gubna chimed in with his story - it doesn't sound that difficult to do. It does seem to change the character of these guitars though, and I am not sure how I feel about that yet.
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jbybj said:
So far, with all 5 of my Wishbasses, I have, with very little effort, managed to achieve the action and intonation that suits me, with the corian bridges. Since Wish feels strongly that the bridge is an integral part of his "sound", I would only swap bridges is there was some compelling reason to do so. Such as, achieving the set up that eludes you with the corian bridge. Certainly people have done it, and I can't imagine how it could significantly diminish the sound of your instrument. Then there is the issue, more important to some than others, of putting new holes in your bass, and if you decide you don't care for the bridge, you've got holes to fill. That though, is part of the beauty of the price of Wishbasses, it makes experimentation a little easier to handle, when it fails. Have fun! JBY
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the reason that i am curious is because the action is a bit high for me, and it seems to be increasing. every time i pull it out i have to tune it up (which is about every other day).....and not by a little......it seems that maybe the instrument is just "settling in" to the right tension....i don't know......this being my first single cut non truss rod non adjustable floating bridge bass......but the action is starting to get a uncomfortable to play.

the good news is.......i just made love to it on stage in a live setting during our first gig together......the looks on peoples faces when i strapped it on......was great.
 
#459
"the reason that i am curious is because the action is a bit high for me, and it seems to be increasing. every time i pull it out i have to tune it up (which is about every other day).....and not by a little......it seems that maybe the instrument is just "settling in" to the right tension....i don't know......this being my first single cut non truss rod non adjustable floating bridge bass......but the action is starting to get a uncomfortable to play.

the good news is.......i just made love to it on stage in a live setting during our first gig together......the looks on peoples faces when i strapped it on......was great."

StandUpRight; The only time I have noticed my strings going out of tune a lot was when they are new. I always swap out the rounds for something else (flats!) and there is that adjustment period the strings go through as they stretch. Also, depending on the climate of your area, your guitar could be settling in due to changes in humidity, etc. I live in New Mexico where it is extremely dry and I always pick up a few cracks/separations on my Wishes after they have been here a a while. So far I have caught those during the refinishing phase and just filled them in and so-on. None have ever been a problem structurally, just cosmetic. Too, perhaps your neck is settling a bit still.

One thing that is always good to do no matter what else you may/may not do to your Wishbass is re-level the fingerboard (after the guitar has acclamated to your climate). This is not difficult and can easily be performed without effecting the finish of the body or neck, since it gets oiled with something much different than what you would use on the rest. I have re-leveled four (4) so far, and every one of them needed attention to some degree or another once I got into it. It makes a big difference on how your bass will play and sound. (I found various little dips and some inconsistencies in all my FBs that benefitted from being sanded out.) Once you know the FB is really good and level, you can go to work on the bridge (and nut too, sometimes) and 'whittle' it down to lower your action. Heck, if you screw the bridge up, you can always get another from Wish - he's really good about that. I know, because I screwed one up royally a while back and he sent me 2 replacements in a flash (I used an SASE though).

Perhaps 3StringPete could comment on this issue since he knows Wish and his work personally and has been to his shop, etc.

Anyway, that's exciting about you gigging your Wish - we can imagine the facials!!!

Laters ...
 
#460
standupright said:
...the action is starting to get a uncomfortable to play.
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You should check your neck's straightness by placing the side of a metal yardstick along the length of the fingerboard. If there is a significant gap between the yardstick and fingerboard especially between the 1st position and 15th position, you may have an issue with neck bow (very uncommon with Wishbasses but possible if your neck is thinner than most). If this is the case, you will need to find strings with less tension (i.e. Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats) or send it back to Wish for repair/replacement. Wish claims that he's only had 2 Wishbasses returned for neck problems.

I would not install a standard metal bridge. It's not going to affect neck bow, if that's the case.

If your strings are simply going out of tune without an increase in action, then your strings need to "settle in" or be replaced.
 
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