Baloney Balderdash
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Don't spread knowledge! Everyone knows ignorance is bliss! And you just ruined it for me, you monster! -
Well, thumb picks are normally used in the context of classical guitar finger picking style where you would usually only do downstrokes, so I suppose thumb picks are usually not designed with upstrokes in mind. Of course that doesn't mean that you can't do it, but as noted by songofthewind it won't be straight ahead and probably cause some issues. Some types of thumb picks might work better than others though. In any case can't harm to give it a shot.
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This! Always expect having to do a setup on any new guitar or bass no matter what price class or which store you bought it from in order for it to play optimally for you. In other words: Do yourself the favor of learning how to do a proper setup, it's not exactly rocket science and there are tons of great guides only one Google or YouTube search away.
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What are you listening to right now?
Baloney Balderdash replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
Danish jazz band, Baryl : -
I thought the Helix had an XLR line out, is that not the case, but if so why then use an additional DI box?
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Nice. I have had a keen eye on the regular tiny Warwick 200W@4Ohm/130W@8Ohm Gnome, and if it wasn't because I rely on an "amp-less" setup I would likely already had acquired one. I am not really in need of more power than that would be able to handle, but I applaud Warwick for coming out with a more powerful alternative for those who does. As is I am going to soon snap the Harley Benton GPA-100 micro poweramp, which is just about the same size as the regular Warwick Gnome, and able to handle just about the same kind of power, but for about half the price, for my ampless setup, to replace the way too heavy Peavey SS poweramp that I use currently that weight about a ton. This would of course only be viable for an "amp-less" setup, or at least if your main tone comes from a preamp in some form, for a full preamp + poweramp amp in a tiny package the Gnome does seem quite amazing though, and as said had I been in need of such I would likely already had owned one.
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Not only do you have ears, but apparently you got whole 3 of them. Must be what this 3D tone talk is about.
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I have never had any issues with returning stuff to Thomann and getting a full refund, whether it has been due to something not working as it was supposed to or me just getting second thoughts and regretting my purchase, and I've returned quite a few items over time. And they have always provided excellent customer support whenever I have been in need of such. Though it does sound like either a currier or a Thomann employee snapped the amp for themself. Edit!: Ah, just discovered your update. Good that it got sorted. But very strange. Indeed one wonder what actually happened. Might be for some reason the Thomann employee that handled the parcel for some reason forgot to register the amp, and they somehow finally found it after looking actively for it thanks to your inquiry. Things like that shouldn't happen, but wherever humans are involved mistakes are bound to happen sometimes anyway.
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Do U-BASS? - A ukulele bass appreciation thread
Baloney Balderdash replied to SamIAm's topic in Bass Guitars
I love my 28.6" scale 4 and 5 string Ibanez Mikro Basses, so much that the 4 string has been my main for the last past 10 years, and at the moment I am exploring the 5 string, which otherwise haven't got much love. But that's also about where I set my limit of how short a scale a bass can be for me to feel comfortable playing on it, and for it to sound proper, though I am aware that you will have a different opinion on this, but I like my tone to have some zing and snap, and those Uke basses just have a bit too fundamentals dominated and smooth tone to my liking. In fact I even string my Mikros with relatively thin gauge strings and tune them both, yes also the 5 string, to F# standard tuning, the is 2 half steps above regular 4 string E standard tuning, to avoid thud. I should probably make clear that my point with this was not to be that guy who budges into threads/topics where they don't belong to tell everyone that they are wrong, it was really just to say that I have a love for sub short scale basses too, just not that short. To each their own, and more power to you folks for loving you Uke basses. -
The finish/wood grain of the body looks no short of astonishing. Genuinely beautiful bass! A late congratulations to you for this find. And definitely the yellowish hue/cream pearl pickguard fits it perfectly!
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As explained above you just need a stereo jack socket, and I too recommend the one suggested above.
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And my 5 string, just 28.6" scale, Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, made in Indonesia on the Cort factory January 2019, with a Poplar body and Maple neck with Jatoba fretboard. I wired its 2 stock J pickups in series directly to the output jack socket, and strung it with Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings of the gauges .080 - .062 - .046 - .036 - .026, tuned to F# standard tuning, that is 2 half steps above regular 4 string bass E standard tuning, or like the bottom 5 strings of an 8 string guitar. Here is is: This is an older photo though and the fretboard has somewhat darkened a bit since then and taken on a browner hue, which Jatoba is known to do.
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It is 5 string pickups, they are just the same size as 4 string J pickups, or that is the length of a normal 4 string neck J pickup, but with the screw mounting ears in the same position as of a normal 4 string bridge J pickup, as I wrote in the OP. But yes, strange why Ibanez chose to use completely non standard dimensions for these pickups.
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Well, yes, the body of the 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mirko Bass is that same size as the body on the 4 string GSRM20 Mikro Bass, but I don't see what that has to do with anything? The neck and neck pocket is obviously wider on the 5 string Mikro Bass, but it also features 2 J pickups, whereas the 4 string Mikro Bass feature a neck P pickup and a J bridge pickup, and not located in the exact same spots either.
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Well, I kind of needed to know which would fit before it would make sense to look for one. I figure then my best option would probably be to find a 4 string blade/rail J pickup, just not a lot of those on the market. Any suggestions for such?
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That would be the stock covers? So the inside of regular 5 string J pickups will usually fit inside covers the size of regular 4 string J pickups? I am not sure I understand your reply, and how exactly it answers my question? If your answer simply means "if it fits inside the covers it will fit" then I figured as much myself already.
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Will the inside of a 5 string J pickup usually fit into a 4 string J neck pickup cover? I am asking because I am not entirely happy with the stock J pickups of my 5 string Ibanez Mikro Bass, and both the stock bridge and neck J pickups/pickup cavities are the length of a standard 4 string neck pickup, but with the screw mounting ears on both being located where they would normally be on a regular 4 string bridge J pickup. So I figure if the inside of a regular 5 string J pickup, that is the actual pickup, would fit into the existing stock pickup covers I wouldn't have to worry about neither having to mod the new pickup covers or having to do additional routing to make the new pickups fit into the existing pickup cavities.
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So what you are basically saying is that you sacrificed music for money? Did your wife (I assume), and apologize if I am getting too personal here, force you to make this sacrifice in the name of "love"? (Really I am not being personal, just kidding playing the Devil's advocate /👹)
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So what you are basically saying is that you sacrificed tone for money?
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I keep hearing these horror stories about soundmen apparently only taking up the responsibility of being in charge of the sound cause they love to and have made it their screwed up life mission to ruin everyone's live music experiences as much as possible. And my faith in humanity by now is sufficiently low enough to actually believe this to be true, but that said I only have had good experiences with all the soundmen I've ever encountered when playing live.
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If he is serious about and love his job, and not just do it as a sour chore because no one else wanted to, he ought to appreciate you telling/showing him. Really it would be as much about taking interest in and showing appreciation and respect for his job, as it would be about you and your sound.
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Carefully push the spring of the jack socket that is supposed to connect to the tip of the jack plug inwards so that it will grip the jack plug tighter, sounds like the tip spring of the socket might have been pushed a bit outwards and become sloppy over time, this should fix it, if I understand your issue right. Edit!!: Just noticed the last part of your post, and yes, this type of jack socket along with the barrel type ones tend to eventually fail, even higher quality ones, replace it with a regular simple one of proper quality, like a Switchcraft, much more reliable, and if they fail, which they are not really prone to like those other types of jack sockets, it is usually a simple easy fix.
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Chasing sound - new pickups vs preamp vs bass
Baloney Balderdash replied to Fishfacefour's topic in General Discussion
Entirely depends on the bass in question. If it sounds great acoustically, unplugged, I would say new pickups with a tone profile that fits your personal preferences better than the stock ones would probably be your best bet, perhaps new pickups plus new preamp, but I'd go for the pickups first, as that part of the foundation of what makes the basis of the amplified tone of your bass, and if you don't like the basic tone of the stock pickups it is doubtful that swapping the preamp will fix that. Personally I only have great experiences with swapping stock pickups on my basses for something more to my liking, can potentially make a huge difference and take a decent sounding instrument to a great sounding one (that is of course again depending on the specific bass, and that you swap for pickups with a tone profile that actually nails what you are looking for). -
I love the look of these basses, and have only heard great stuff about them. Would wish Yamaha made a short scale version with a reverse orientation P in it, if so I would be 100% certain to buy it as soon as I got the money for it, but I suppose that is likely to remain but a wish unfortunately. They ought to make a short scale BB really though, with how popular short scale basses has become in recent years I am sure it would sell great, and in that light I think it is odd that Yamaha offers no current production short scale basses at all, seems to me that they are missing out big time on getting a share of that market. I am pretty certain a short scale Yamaha in just about any form would be a hit and sell great.
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Yeah, I very much doubt anyone would be fooled to thinking it was an original Fender by someone putting a dymo label on the headstock saying so.
