krispn

There’s a black one going on the for sales now not too far from me too!

Would a generic fs work as in a TRS cable hooked up to a simple fs?

A massive mini rig of doom

If you want to incorporate the b string but don’t know ‘where to begin’ I’d suggest taking songs your band play (especially if you’re doing some original material) and take the lowest notes or the patterns and ply them off the B string. So if you’re doing a blues in E use the 5th fret B string as your root. By shifting patterns to the B string especially for D E and B (and the flats and sharps in between of course) it’ll get you using the B sting but not having to learn new patterns for songs you already know. There is a difference in an open e and a fretted E on the B string and a low D played in a 5’er takes on a lot of ‘weight’. Just have fun with it and if you can play the 5er exclusively for a few weeks to really get the feel/comfortable for it. It’s a surprisingly quick period of transition!

Yeah but if ‘market research’ or player feedback was showing that it wasn’t delivering a tangible difference then all that cost, expense etc would only make it prohibitive and like you point out not worth translating to a higher priced bass for a non perceivable ‘benefit’ As you know I like that Yamaha innovations make it into their lower priced models as done with the angled six bolt neck fitting previously only found in higher end artist models and the sandwich design in the 734/735. But I think we’re a bit off vibration treatment across the entire range just yet.

I understand both processes were to replicate the vibration ageing of wood as if played for many many years and the drying of the woods as one would find in a vintage bass so ‘played in’ feel might be a slight misnomer - rolled edges on a neck would more easily create the ‘feel’ of an older well played bass. These processes treated the wood to ‘respond’ like an older ‘vintage’ pieces of wood. It’s interesting they stopped one of the treatments...🤔

Congrats! I hear good things about them.

I was really hoping it was a puppy.

I’d like to thank everyone who bought the stuff I was gasing for. It’s all been snapped up and the temptation is gone. Phew! Thanks to the bc community once again😀

I love a festive thriller 😀 * I hope it’s a puppy 🐶

Spill the bean. I’m guess there’s a hint in there somewhere.

Those Dingwall’s are fab. And some folks say a P should only be a four string 😃

The suspense 😬

Yup I’m another pull/push/twist all controls and dials ever since getting a coil tapped guitar in my youth. Always worth a fiddle and a twist I say!

So new toys incoming already 😀

As I mentioned I’ve some NJ4’s in my jazz and they’re good. I was after Aguilar 60’s winds but very happy with Nordstrand’s. They made a very affordable bass sound great and for not very much money used via the for sales on here. I’m in no rush to change them for anything else.

The Fender CS 59 I’ve used before and it’s just a really solid pick up. As with most decent pick ups depending on the tone control it does all the classic p sounds from thump to clank. Heard the Schecter in the MA bass - The Circle record ‘live in the room’ and while I known there’s gonna be amp and eq etc the bass sounds great and on paper at least might do the trick. Final one is a bit of a punt but again has some good press but again on paper has potential. Sometimes it’s good to take a chance as some of the words used to describe tones can end up being ridiculous! Try reading a Nordstrand blurb about their pick ups. Complete nonsense and this is from someone who has some NJ4’s in a jazz! 🤣

Bring the amp with you and I’ll offer a swap for either of my fender heads 😀

The beauty of trying out p pick ups is that Tm you can always easily move them on/find alternatives to try out pretty easily.

Who’s your agent!!!

To be honest I’m quite excited to try out some different pick ups in the particular bass and I’ll know form testing and listening which will work best. Plus the bass can accommodate a reverse p so even more fun to be had.