Ghost_Bass

Ressurecting an old thread. I've got one, it's lovely and all that i need (the stereo Aux in would have been great so i could use it to amp my inears mixed with clean signal for live use but i can live without it). Very useable and versatile sounds and i can vouch that you would find it very hard to get a bad sound from it. I've got a question for @agedhorse though. My pedal is noisy. If i have gain past 9 o'clock i get a high freq hiss. I have the same issue regardless if i have a bass plugged in or not so it's not the bass. I'm feeding it with a 1Spot CS6, isolated, 18V if i'm not mistaken but it hisses with 9v too. The noise goes through the master out and DI out. Tested it with dedicated PSU from my zoom B3, nothing plugged in or out, just phones on aux out, and it still hisses with gain set past that point. All my EQ is at noon (flat). If i reduce highs or notch the mids in the upper setting it removes a lot of the hiss but i loose those higs in my sound. The question. Is this a known issue/fault that can be addressed or is there something i should do regarding the PSU (use a dedicated PSU, change polarity, different voltage, etc.) or any other thing? I bought it new a couple months ago so i don't think its humidity or dirt, it makes the noise from day one. I would love to get this sorted, the sound is awesome and perfect for what i play. Comming from a Shuttle 9.2 / Barefaced rig it's the most transparent preamp pedal i could find and well worth the penny. Cheers from Portugal

#3 - Headstock shape, reverse headstock and especialy tuner placement( Hate 5 in line tunners, 4+1 looks better on classic headstocks. Hate 2+3 tunners, 3+2 makes more sense on a modern headstock); #2 - Rosewood fretboards in white basses (or any bass for that mather); #1 - Anything with a Fender decal in the headstock... I'll go ahead and tie myself to that post over that big pile of wood in that square...

It was just an idea, like people use to do in the necks of high gloss finishes, it makes them smoother and with a matt look. In theory it should give a more convincing leather look. I also don't think it will atract that much dirt, it will still be washable with a damp cloth, not much diferent from a tolex cover or a very textured tuff-cab finish, a carpet cover will be way worse. Cheers

Regarding the finish, after achieving the leather effect, do you think it would be possible to remove the shine of the tuff-cab simply by scrubbing it with steel wool? @funkle, could you please try this, if you have some steel wool at hand, in one of your test blocks? If it works it may give a more convincing leather look without any shine.

You posted some nice pics. I could zoom them with good quality. As others mentioned this bass has been refinished. There are some falkes of the red paint where we can see it's original white colour. If this was my bass i would be picking up a plastic spatula with no sharp corners and try to scrape out the red paint making it a beautiful black&white bass. Damn! I would be looking for a pearl time-correct pickguard to put in it and make it shiny! Chrome pots, yes!

I would send a copy of the Nigerian Prince e-mail in response to this one.

I would take it off, remove the badge to prevent damage, place it over a smooth surface like a matt ou a rug with the concave side facing down, and walk over it until it flattens nice. But that's me

I don't think i'm eligible to the musicians hearing promotion as i'm Portuguese and in Portugal. But i'll look in to it. Another question, i've read on the comments about the mould, do you know if i can do it even in a different country? Any non-UK residents here would care to chip in? How was the process and how long did it take? Thanks guys, it's been very helpful. I've settled for the 17 ones, i do love to hear a flat response and i can't sing, i just need to be able to hear the singer calling out the songs.

Thanks for all your insights guys, very helpful. BC to the rescue, once again

Can you hear your bandmates talking to you during the gig?

I don't mind the low bass thing, in fact i use a HPF at 80hz in the mixer and the GB shuttle has an on-board HPF that shouldn't be much lower than that. thanks for the comments