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Scarborough Fare - Simon and Garfunkel

Yup. I got one for 599 some time ago, pick up only. Hefty thing to pick up from Halesowen

It was already in there when I bought the bass. I can say I had a VM that I didn't really get on with sound wise. It was a bit too clean and polite sounding with the Delano's it had in it and the p pickup was in the wrong place for me. I was so used to the Fender sound. The 3 I now have all seem to work for me by contrast.

I have an Ibanez SR 700 Bass and I am trying to put on the GB7 Bass Xtender Hipshot D-Drop and it almost fits but touches the other tuning peg. To me it seems like if we made the holes a little wider where in insert the tuning peg it might fit. Has anyone had this issue and what is the fix for this?

I lived and worked in Texas for years, and arrogant is not something I'd call them.

Trouble is, they bring few in and the people who tend to buy them aren't flippers, so the second hand market is sparse to say the least. I have searches for many of these sort of models, eg GVB36, BTB1826 (prefer early ones) on the major sites and check general searches in case one finds it's way into a store I'm not familiar with, but nada.

Deliberate manufacturing process to accommodate differing fret combinations but maintaining neck profile across different ranges. Why did this not occur to me. I mean, it does make perfect sense. This was just an observation of mine. The neck pickup soloed sounds just great, as does the middle pickup. The middle + bridge sounds great too. I've not tested my theory yet, but I do think my playing position is what caused the sound imbalance. I'll test this at some point and report back. In the month it took between me placing my order and the bass arriving, I tried to consume all things Triad 5 that I could. Sadly, there was very little, I guess because it was all mostly said for the Triad 4, so I consumed a lot of that material too. I remember reading your thread right at the start, and it did provide ideas. I don't know that I want to go modding this bass just yet (if ever), but it has provided me with ideas reading about your 10 way switch. I'm not sure I'd need exactly all those options, but at least I now know there are there and available should the desire ever arise. Thank you, and yes, I'm so happy I held out for this finish rather than go for the natural finish. I've put my Yamaha 1025x back into its case for the time being and the Reverend is on the stand getting almost nightly use at the moment. Such a joy to play. Mark

Without a doubt, one of the most incredible instruments I have ever seen, heard or played. The bulid quality and feel is well above many Custom Shop basses I've tried (IMO) and it juat looks incredible too. The stock preamp has been pulled in favour of a Bartolini one and it absolutely sings now. Sadly I dont have a second one lol. But the chap I bought it from had both this IV and the V strong version. I did own a Victor Bailey sig acoustic bass years ago but completely different of course.

you like the Victor Bailey? did you have a second one of those??

These basses are made in Korea apparently.

The bridge pickup is already higher than the other two. I've come to the conclusion that this may be down to my preferred playing position. I like to play at the end of the neck, in the space between neck and neck pickup. Mark

Excellence. !!!

Magic Bus - The Who

Bus Stop - Tin Machine

Another pair of pairs: Late 90s: 98 American Standard Jazz 97 American Deluxe Precision Passive US Jazz goodness 22 American Pro 2 98 American Standard

My common-or-garden 2015 US Standard, which I picked up from FB marketplace about 6 months ago. It has its fair share of dings, but you know what? It's absolutely great. Fit & finish is incredible, feels amazing, sounds amazing. These things are a lot of bass for the money.

Thanks Bill. I think I said somewhere earlier, a fast attack peak limiter does fix the problem. But it does also really hobble the sound I get. I've been through a fair few dynamics control devices and the soft knee / fast attack setting on a Keeley compressor pro is the best compromise I have found so far. But I still prefer the sound with it switched out entirely. So I was wondering if a valve output stage would handle those transients more gracefully. I guess the best way is to try it and see. I'm sure I know someone who will lend me an Ampeg or HiWatt head for a few hours.