stingrayPete1977

Where is it buzzing, behind where you are playing or choking nearer the body end?

I like to get the neck as flat as possible with the bass tuned up then just let a smidge of relief in so if you hold down the 1st fret and 13th fret you can just about get the string to ring out when tapped in the middle (thumb on 13th and 1st finger to tap), once that is set you cant do anything else and most ebmm basses already have a shim in the neck pocket, adjust the saddles to what you want, I use an allen key (2mm I think) under the 12th fret wire and the back of each string across the board, tune and intonate until it rings like a bell My 2010 SR5 has a slightly high fret that needs a tiny dressing if anyone wanted it super low but its fine for me and if it rsttles I know its time to adjust the truss for the seasonal change, I see people suggesting people altering the saddle heights to restore basses back to normal but once you have it nailed all you EVER need to do is turn the wheel of fortune to make it play and intonate perfectly, brilliant.

Most combos run 4 ohms min load and an 8 ohm built in speaker (unlike the unusual one the OP has), so you can add another 8 ohm cab underneath to get a 4 ohm load (2 8s divided by 2 cabs equals 4) that will give you the full 180 watts the amp can produce hence you get more power and more driver area, double whammy upgrade! If the head can be unplugged from the combo cab you could run any combination of cabs as long as they combine to a total of at least 4 ohms (4 x 16 ohm 2x10 cabs all wired in parallel, 2 x 8 ohm 4x10 cabs, a single high quality 4 ohm 2x12, etc etc

Welcome and enjoy, mine is just the standard in violin burst so I'll bet the deluxe rocks! Or should that be Jazzes? Lol Pics when it arrives please.

Well there is only one thing better than a Bergatino cab....more Bergatino cabs!

I have confused you more thinking this was a TC product rather than Ibanez! ignor everything I said, Lol.

What I meant is they only advise it with their own cabs as they can't vouch for other brands being 8 ohms can they? I like combos that have a removeable head, 1x12 combo at the dog and partridge one night then running a pair of 4x10s at the megadome gig the next night

How brilliant is the EBMM wheel of fortune truss adjuster?!

Just to massively confuse matters don't some TC heads run 3x8 ohm cabs as long as they are all TC cabs?

I have a left hand/wrist injury and the first thing Jake did was to really go into detail about what I had done to it what I could and could not do with the wrist, he really knows his stuff and was happy that I could continue with it before we covered posture, holding the bass, the end pin height etc etc, it is worth having a lesson just for that before you play a note IMO. Funnily enough he is coming tomorrow to give me a 2 hour lesson on his way to a gig, I just have one every few months maybe even 6 months apart then I do what I can until I get stuck and book another to suit his travelling around, I learn more in two hours every 4 or 5 months with Jake than I would with a weekly lesson with a lesser teacher!

Sounds like you had fun! See I tried to shun the 5 string but in the end it just made sense and my beloved pre EB Rays went in the end too, I know where the nicest one is at the moment and if it ever comes up for sale I might be tempted to grab it back but in reality my days on four strings are done, unless its a DB, Lol.

A [i]tiny [/i]dab of super glue on the grub screw in the knob after you have made sure the whole pot is tight might be wise if it has come loose before, it can still be removed if need be but wont fall off mid gig!

But if you get a good one you can have the Logo [i]and[/i] a nice bass

Great reply there from TheRev, I live further than you do from Jake but as he is an awesome superstar touring hero I wait until his gigs, my house and all the planets align!

I like 12s more than 10s, you might prefer your Genz head with some 12s rather than the actual TC ones?

Tutor-Jakenewmanbass on this very forum? Bass-I suppose like anything depends what you want to spend? Amplification- some amps work fine, some will need a preamp like a plat pro to even get close to a feedback free sound! I've given up and fitted a mag pickup Go for it

Loving it, lol

I think EBS's light up GB logo confirms his bling over function radar was working ok when he ordered them, lol, I also know having played that bass that you can turn off the logo and the fronts (which also flash or follow patterns, sound to light etc) leaving just the functional pit work side markers on

Have you got a pocket sized metronome? I practice scales broken into different timings using one, arpeggiate 1-3-5 in 3/4 going up two octaves for example. Or 1-3-5-7-5-3 again in 3/4 across two bars and two octaves moving up R 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 as the start point.

I'd like to try a Stinger preamp, I see no reason why it wouldn't sound just like a pukka 2 eq for not much cash, drop on a used pickup off ebay and it would be even better! I still like the walnut ones but I can't justify one at all. Keep collecting Funky Dunky

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1423524968' post='2686063'] If you're gonna be a twat, then wear a big hat! [/quote] Trust Dorothy to get the left hand wrong, pah... Great pic though dude, I recall it from faeces book at the time.

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I like my FZ600nS2, it sounds great in the right hands

I play a 505 and it's a great bass, the correct number of strings too