Mr. Foxen

Depending on how the bass is set up, some have individual volumes for each pup (like a Jazz bass) and some have a single volume and blend. Some just have volume, tone and switch. Rewiring it to whatever config you like is fairly easily doable.

[quote name='umph' post='645139' date='Nov 4 2009, 12:31 PM']also the ones with the good tracking like micropogs etc have a high pass filter on them to stop you blowing your cabs.[/quote] And not blowing cabs is for pansies.

Tried a different bass? Establish whether its the bass or the amp. Crackling from screw touching says earth problem. If its the amp, that might be harder to fix.

[quote name='NickH' post='644861' date='Nov 3 2009, 11:35 PM']Normal 5-string bass. Set of strings for E-C tuning. Raise a semitone and get a good octave pedal. Use some of the cash you just saved to buy me a beer at Christmas![/quote] A good octave pedal that makes a solid octave down from the F would cost you more than a custom set of strings and a file. I spend enough time fiddling with them. The problem is the amplification.

[quote name='jmsjabb' post='644791' date='Nov 3 2009, 10:28 PM']Mr Foxen, thread hijack briefly, have you a pic of the rest of that bass?[/quote] [url="http://www.gwbasses.com/gallery/DanBii_DC-1.shtml"]Porn site[/url]

If someone is after some I might order a bunch from dude in america and distribute them. He has to order the ones I'm after, but is happy to ship.

Probably, but I just put a generic in place of a badass II, and the holes were slightly off, guessing its the metric/imperial of American/Eastern sizes.

A while back I got a morley wah with a bust switch. I bypassed it so I could use it without, by attaching the two pairs of wires together, worked fine. Now I have got a new switch and have lost the picture I took. Anyone got a gut shot. Its a switch with 6 terminals, as was the old one. How should it go? Anyone got a gutshot of one?

If its on a volume pot casing, its probably an earth, but there might just be a mess on the pot and it was attached somewhere else. Usually a loose earth wire is lots of unwanted noise rather than failure.

I think its often solder tags instead of screw connectors on the terminals of the speaker. Cause they are cheaper and suited to manufactured cabs.

[quote name='bumnote' post='643998' date='Nov 2 2009, 11:20 PM']did you sell your 126? I just picked one up at the weekend, its quite nice, not as nice condition as yours though but i got it cheap[/quote] Still got it. For some reason, it agrees best with my EMG loaded BC Rich. Guessing the clanky toppy sound upsets the oldschool speaker less that my mudbuckers. Fairly sure stacking them is pretty Doom.

Think its same idea as the Schroeder cabs with the sideways speaker. Cuts the highs from one, so you get a bassier balance, cause the speakers were kinda poor. Doubling up surface area, if they were all front facing, would give you more highs than you want. If you put modern speakers in, could probably block up the other hole, and port it.

Which has lost its stick? The velcro to velcro, or the gluey back? Degrease pedals with meths or something before you stick velcro tape on them, sticks loads better.

Ain't that Richard Bona chap from Cameroon? That guy has an awesome name.

[quote name='philw' post='643872' date='Nov 2 2009, 09:14 PM']Only issue with the Vintage Modified is an unremittingly dark (but very ballsy) tone thanks to the single neck position humbucker – at the right price I could be convinced.[/quote] Dimarzio model 1 will sort that, but the spacing is a bit wrong so you'll have to get a narrower bridge (one on it is a weakness too).

[quote name='mrjim' post='643866' date='Nov 2 2009, 09:08 PM']Have you played the signature strings??? Is there much difference from normal strings?[/quote] Yeah, just taking a set of my Warlock, Dean Marley steels, very bright. To the point of horrible when they are brand new. Also don't like being wound and unwound from tuners when I stick them in the meths bath, two have snapped at the bit where the cut tip goes into the middle of the tuner, careful when I wind them back on, only got enough length for 4 more washes.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='643759' date='Nov 2 2009, 07:35 PM']The cleaner your bass sound the more you can go for huge amp headroom, the dirtier the sounds you use the more speakers you need to prevent expensive mistakes.[/quote] This is why you biamp, I'm putting a high pass filter in my dual mono bass bridge put so I can absolutely rag my 8x10 with horrible noise. Do fuzz and distortions add lows? Am I better off rigging one after the pedals?

Sounds like a big muff and agressive playing with bright strings. Those misfits sig strings are grotesquely bright.

Been a bit of a battle between grindy drive and retaining bottom end for me. Think I'm nearly there, but need to play everything proper loud again to see if it all does what I expect.

Probably best making 2 1x12s then, one ported and big, and one smaller and maybe sealed, although the delta speakers might not be ideal for the latter. You'd have to downlaod and learn to use WinISD to be able to tell really. A 2x12 ported box should give you plenty of bottom if its big enough, maybe 4x10 sized would be ideal. Then do a seperate 2x12 with guitar speakers in it for the drive. That would own. If you are determined to have the 2 in the same box, with different signals, make sure they are isolated from eachother by a divider. This is not a very practical way of doing things though. Best plan is make a good cab using them, and get another cab for a dual setup.

I'm trying to get hold of some Ken Smith strings, favourite ones I've ever used, but had to get someone to pick them up whilst on a trip to America.

What DI are you using? Do you use drive pedals? Using a big valve head means a fairly important chunk of your tone is fromt he amp and speakers, and the DI is before them. Totally not worth lugging a Mesa about if you are DIing before it. If you are using drive pedals, then a DI, that can also be a problem, they produce lots of nasty highs the speakers in a bass cab won't reproduce, but will come out of the PA, meaning the treble has to be cut, which might be the muddyness to your sound. Mic up, and give angry looks to a sound man who refuses, or get your own bass specific DI, plenty of Sansamps going.

The Firebass is happy at 2 ohm, its so heavy due to the huge head sinks for this purpose.

[quote name='longtimefred' post='642225' date='Oct 31 2009, 10:49 PM']Sounds like you had fun with it! hehe[/quote] Was handed a trashed one to try and fix. They are no longer supported it seems, can't get a new transformer. When I phoned the dude who owns it, he ca';t talk long because he is busy conducting his orchestra. Some people are far from up on the technical side of things.