Tim2291

To be fair, perhaps he likes the feel of playing on a Jazz pickup at the rear and this gave the same feel... looks odd though. And that defretting job is simply breathtaking...ly shit.

I have never changed the strings on my Steinberger Spirit... I have had it since I was 8 or 9 so thats 25/26 years without being changed :D... you can probably guess it doesn't get used very much!

I use the cheapish Alpine ones available in most music shops. They do muffle the sound but having worn that style since I started gigging at 13 (20 years ago 😵) i've got used to them now and can't gig without them! Whilst the ACS plugs will without a doubt be far superior, the trade off in cost is a no brainer for me! The ones I use protect my hearing and have done through years of heavy metal touring bands, function bands and pub gigs without any issue!

According to Bartolinis diagram, the battery negative should be connected to the ring and the ground to the sleeve, this is the opposite of what I had so I have switched them over which will hopefully solve the issue...

Hoping someone can help, I replaced the neutrik jack plug on my ibanez btb recently. Being lazy, I took a wire off at a time and replaced it on the new one without checking... guessing they changed the pin layout 🤣, the bass works but is constantly live so the batteries drain. I have a feeling I have the ground and the tip the wrong way round. Can anyone confirm if it would still make noise if this was the case? Also, if anyone has a wiring diagram for an ibanez btb 1205e with the bartolini pickups and preamp at all they could share I'd really appreciate it!

This thing is hideously ugly and completely unsuitable for any gig ever... so I want it to be my main bass! Tbf, being ESP custom shop it is probably built really solidly!

This is similar to how I tuned my 5 string when I was touring with a metal band... we were a semi tone lower, my E string was a B and the B string became an F# (F#, B, F#, B, E). When I used the lowest string below 5th fret I usually doubled up with the octave above so the note had a bit of clarity whilst also causing the crowd to empty their bowels.

Left in a shed... such a shame because those RBX270 basses are great and apparently the purple sparkly finish is quite uncommon!

I used to have a Marshall 2x15... great cab, absolute pain in the arse to move anywhere though!

There is a Fender in the background... can't work out if it has a west ham logo on it or not though!

I personally love the random hole in the middle of the headstock, the bridge is also a masterpiece of engineering!