Waddycall

Do all those magnets give the g string a chorus effect when played above 12th fret? My fretless jazz had a MM pickup between the jazz pickups but I had to take it out as all the magnets were affecting the intonation!

Do you understand what a bright sound is? It’s the opposite of that 🙂. hope that helps 👍

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Thats awful - what a disappointment. Hope you get it resolved 👍

Thanks everyone. Sounds like my unlined Jazz should do the job ok. Might change the strings as it’s on cobalt flats at the mo. Might go back to rounds. I’ll hold fire until they actually arrange something though.

Sounds like we might be getting the old band back together. Trouble is I’ve recently decided to focus on fretless so sold both my fretted basses. I don’t really want to get any more gear especially as they’re an unreliable bunch. so who plays fretless in a rock/pop band and how do you find it in the mix?

I only play fretless currently and my board is - tuner (Boss) Compressor (Seymour Duncan studio) reverb (HOF mini) looper (tc ditto as of yesterday) i have a bass clone but don’t really like using chorus as it messes with my intonation. I want to sharpen up not mask my mistakes 🤣 i got the looper from another basschatter yesterday and within a few hours my intonation was getting better. had great fun just looping a c major scale and noodling around over that. for strings I really like cobalt flats. Plenty of mids, no finger squeak, no fingerboard marks.

Just bought a looper from Tom. Exactly as described, great price, great packaging, prompt postage, excellent comms and a pleasure to deal with. Thanks Tom 👍

New pick up cover day (sorry I’m bored). I fitted a Nordstrand MM4.2 between the stock pickups of my bitsa fretless jazz some time ago. Since the last band broke up I’ve sold my other basses to focus on improving my fretless technique. I have been really struggling with intonation on the g string above the 10th (fret). I realised I was getting a chorus effect on the strings from the excessive magnet pull. I tried adjusting everything to get rid of it but in the end decided to pull the MM pickup out which left a massive foil lined hole. I considered making a ramp, changing the body, buying a new bass but in the end decided to try and find an empty no hole pickup cover. Couldn’t find any available in stock on the web but Aaron at Armstrong pickups sorted one for me for very little money 👍

Just found it on hipshot website - 1/16

Anyone know what size Allen key is needed for the screws in the bottom of these hipshot tuners? They work loose and rattle so I need to take them out and put a bit of loctite on them. I have both metric and imperial Allen key sets but nothing fits! If not I might be tempted to change them as they’re a bit graunchy in places and I don’t like the shape of the posts as it makes getting a tidy winding tricky.