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[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='592422' date='Sep 7 2009, 08:21 PM']Necessary isn't fun [/quote] mmmmm yes then...

do you have a clip indicator on your preamp section

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[quote name='bh2' post='591556' date='Sep 6 2009, 06:23 PM']I've a MiM 2002 P bass... they make great modding platforms. Sounds great and plays well. I swapped out the machines as the stock ones were a little loose, I also prefer the chunky vintage style large mounting plate ones. Also pimped it with bridge and pup covers and a tugbar. It's my main fretted now that the Ray's gone... I'm very pleased with it though. Have fun![/quote] thanks... the proper serial number is MZ3 178 360

nice nice nice...etc price price price...etc interested in this ?? [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34963887@N02/sets/72157621683978205/show/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/34963887@N02/...683978205/show/[/url] jon is selling it

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='582637' date='Aug 27 2009, 04:49 PM']Just ordered this off Rondomusic: I'm thinking off adding a Gold anodized plate as I'm not a huge fan of black/white combo. While I'm at it I may as well spruce up the bridge to a Gotoh 201 unless someone on here has a s/h badass II they want rid of! Should look like this: Any other suggestions? I'm kind of torn on the gold thing, maybe a mirror finish one or a black pearl might be better.[/quote] what does it sound like...as it is i may buy one ...dont mind a pup switch but anything else ....maybe a badass II

[quote name='retroman' post='592391' date='Sep 7 2009, 07:39 PM']Rickenbacker? I love my 4001 to bits, and it has the loveliest low action Horses for courses I guess [/quote] i loved my 4003 as well...and the action was swell...but so was the action on all my basses..i set them up myself when you mention horses do you mean one trick pony...like my P no offence but really there are far more advanced designs around which are used...and i dont like the look of the rick thats why i sold mine

[quote name='ahpook' post='591751' date='Sep 6 2009, 10:29 PM']i've had a tinker with the neck pickup on my jazz bass, and the only way i can seem to stop the e-string from being much louder that the other strings is to really angle the pickup. is this normal ? the rake of the pickup is a lot more than i've seen on pictures of other jazz basses. /ponders/[/quote] hi mark...that is the drawback of the jazz as opposed to the split P setting string heights most jazz pups are set flattish with some tilt...not excessive...mine werent the recommended distance is 1/8" with the E fretted on the last...highest fret that should work...iirc and the G is set at slightly smaller...just under 1/8" best of luck old chap...cant think of anything else cheers geof

[quote name='cytania' post='591375' date='Sep 6 2009, 01:26 PM']Well in an effort to tame my Ibanez SRX400, which has a big active MusicMan style pickup I restrung with flatwounds. All very good, allows a slidey jazzy touch an just right for old school rock sounds. However... I find I prefer the amp gain turned right up and the volume almost at the point of cutting out. Nice, fuzzy, sustaining sound for use on Oasis' 'Roll With It'. Trouble is the vol control only needs one kock to be silent or OTT deafening/speaker-blowing. A bit of tape over the control works, sort of... My thoughts are; 1) Get a passive vintage styled bass. 2) Treat the Ibanez as a project and fit a Precision split pickup with simple passive circuit. 3) Am I just hiding my imprecise technique behind a fuzzy sound? Now my wife was in the audience last night and says she didn't notice any difference when I switched basses. Is this a case of she'd have noticed if the sound was wrong for the song or am I just getting tone-itis and should just play everything on my bright 70s rock type bass and be done with it (swopping instruments between numbers is another on-stage complication)?[/quote] i think you are growing up...its what they hear what matters how much of your audience have bass hero's and the CD at home concentrate on musicality...you will generate your own tone.... flats arent the answer imho. i set my combo gain to clip...the do the vol slightly loud and cut it back on the bass...gives you headroom and smooths the highs without tugging them low notes take care of themselves by vibrating rather than bending ears

rickenbacker nostalgia ...vomit! this also includes any oldies which seem to GAS to death our sensible brothers

how much do you add to a 20th anniversary squire when you put on a fender precision bass decal and varnish it over [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330357375173&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]the business[/url] is this anyone here's ebay item...

no totally unneccesary

[quote name='V4lve' post='591677' date='Sep 6 2009, 08:59 PM']Comparing it to a cheapy with P pickups. Played again this morning with the mids down and it sounded OK. Certainly cuts through. I guess I need to get used to it.[/quote] i fed my stingray through a sansamp bddi...it put more lush into the sound and the middle can easily be cut..i like marshmallow tone

[quote name='AM1' post='591028' date='Sep 5 2009, 10:07 PM']Help! All my basslines are starting to sound too similar! How can I break out of the arpeggiated fill style and become more creative?[/quote] do your basslines help the rest of the band to keep in a groove and not overlap into the 'solo' arena R5 is sometimes the rock on which a city can be built dont fret...or fretless not letting it be a problem will bring swifter thoughts of new ideas dont copy...its someone elses brain you are playing

have you had frets replaced otherwise i would be guessing

in short supply what is missing on this to be 599??....is it a gift horse

[quote name='Leftbass' post='591390' date='Sep 6 2009, 01:41 PM']True. But its a common thing nowadays. Cheers[/quote] thanks BC men i like the colour and if the price is good i think i could use it successfully and being in the fender genre...open to all sorts of improvements and easily obtained spares etc hell i bet my local supermarket have fender jazz parts in stock..

i also started more over the neck but as i got to liking burpy tones in the main i found i was migrating further back my ear did it and eventually my shoulder adopted the correct attitude so my arm dropped over the bridge area i now have to think my hand towards the neck to get the softer and fuller tones

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='590775' date='Sep 5 2009, 04:25 PM']I can play it not fast enough yet, and i have the music for it, its not bad, but i have plenty of mtime to get it up to speed. Also to help with the crescendos and decrescendos i was going to get a volume pedal of some sort, just to help there.[/quote] this is the criteria for good music...and i paraphrase mozart timing is critical...notes come next the speed is in the interpretation...as you have pointed out dynamics are essential in any classical work...elsewise its a series of complicated arpeggii and modulations finger style gives some control over dynamic and attack...hope you get it to go ok cheers geof

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[quote name='XxBassMastaXx' post='588953' date='Sep 3 2009, 06:33 PM']Its really anoying when you try and keep your equipment in good condition.[/quote] use some sealer

the line is definative...frets are set so that you dont have to crush them to a pulp to get the intonation on the line...the money is yours

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