geoffbyrne Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 [quote name='clauster' post='1172699' date='Mar 22 2011, 10:28 PM']My god! What an awesome sound Actually, what an awesome range of sounds. I was worried that 27 year old pickups might be past their best, but jeez, they're hot with loads of punch in humbucker mode, but clear as a bell in single coil. My favourite is front HB, rear SC and slightly towards the front on the pan pot, tone fully open - deep and punchy bass but with just enough edge without being strident. I really want to do my idea of having the pickup switches as toggles so I can put in series mode - that's going to be incredibly hot.[/quote] Why don't you rewire the neck pup straight in as a humbucker, use one switch to put the bridge pup parallel/serial & the other to do serial/parallel mode? That would seem to suit you. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjörn Hk Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 On 19/03/2011 at 20:19, clauster said: I've been on an urgent lookout for an inexpensive bass the last couple of days (suddenly found myself bassless with a gig in three weeks time). The second shop I visited today was a tiny second hand guitar shop - maybe 15 guitars top, and half a dozen amps. The basses were at the back of the rack. Nice refinished 70s Jazz, but way over my immediate price range by many hundreds of pounds. Behind that I spotted an 80's Ibanez, had a look at the headstock - Roadstar II. I remember them from guitar mags back in the mid-80s. Checked the price - comfortably within budget. Asked to have a look at it. Grubby as hell, but seems to be all original. Checked the neckplate - made in Japan. At the price it was up for, I wasn't expecting to see that. Long scratch/crack in the lacquer on the back but no signs of it going as deep as the wood. Quick, quiet play through a guitar amp just to check everything works - yep, it makes noise. Neck seems fine, comfortable, one fret (fifth) buzzes a bit, but it's about 25 years old and obviously not been looked after in a while. A fret dress won;t put me over budget. 5 Minutes later and for the first time in my life I own a bass made by Ibanez, even though, beyind the range I haven't a clue what it is. Happy, happy, joy, joy http://basschat.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/%3C#EMO_DIR%23%3E/biggrin.png Nice story, even now some 11 years later. 🙂 Do you still have it? I bought mine back in 1985 for approx 370 pounds (4500 SEK) and it mostly hangs on the wall, but every now and then I bring it to the rehearsals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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