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Hi iKay. Sorry I assumed too much. I should have explained that the DiMarzios are four conductor hummbuckers, so the series parallel is between the two coils in each pu, hence the need for individual switches. I hope that clarifies it. What do you think ?

I wish to add series /paraiiei switching to my DiMarzio P+J set. I have a wiring diagram but the notes accompanying it say I require an ON/ON DPDT switch for each pu. I have a couple of ON/OFF/ON DPDT switches in stock. If I follow the diagram using these will I obtain the correct switching, albeit with the respective pu being switched out in the centre position. Thanks in advance for any advice.

Thanks for the replies; How do people feel about the B3n being upstream of other effects and tone shapers if these downstream items are bypassed? I ask because I am trying to implement the Zoom along with a Yamaha FX500B and a Yamaha PB1 preamp. The 500B bypass I think cannot be true bypass as the gain control still works, and I can only set the PB1 controls to flat response. Do you think the B3n can be considered truly bypassed on an "EMPTY" patch setting ? Why am I doing this? Well there are certain settings on all three items that I would like to remain at my disposal, plus there are some settings when the 500B & ZOOM are are together in the PB1 FX loop which I also like. If you think I am being a bit of a "richard-head" feel free to comment !

I already posted on the quality of the B3n amp/cab sims, but I have another specific query, as follows. Has anyone got useful advice on the use of the ZOOM B3n, particularly with regard to signal path pros and cons of before amplifier preamp versus being in the FX loop. Any other observations and advice would be good.

Hi Phil, Bill, Luke, Barkin, Thanks for the useful replies. If one of you gentlemen could help an old duffer to find the Basschat 12" design that would be great. I have searched the site for it but obviously not well enough.

Can anyone advise me if there are any commercially available 12” drivers with a performance comparable to those used in BAREFACED enclosures, for home-build? I am assuming the BAREFACED type drivers are superior to the EMINENCE DELTALITEs specified for the GREENBOY builds. If I am wrong about this, or there is any advice on high performance hi power enclosures and drivers, I would be grateful to hear from anyone with experience in this quest.

I think this might be resolved, so I will post when this thread is dead

Does anyone want to comment on the quality of the amp and cab sims on the Bn3? How close they are to the originals.

I have made a very extensive search for this item, it is the cream rubber grommet for the toggle of an Ibanez RS924. It is not available from Ibanez and secondhand ones are likely to be perished. I do not have a photo but the above reference should pull up an internet image.

Hi; Is there anybody out there in the US of A able to help me ? I am a retired UK bassist living in France on a meager UK pension, (AHhhhhhhh...........) I am in need of a spare part (rubber toggle switch grommet) for a renovation project . I have trawled the net and only found one source of supply, great! Not particularly cheap (7.50$) not so great; Postage 13.50$ Terrible !!! The supplier says he cannot ship any cheaper, but I have just received two sets of bass strings from USA for 8.00$, (the grommet only weighs about 5grammes.) So, question is, is there anybody in US I can have this grommet mailed to who is prepared to forward it by the cheapest letter post ? I know I ought to be posting on the oppositions site, but I am a staunch supporter of BC !! Any proposals gratefully received and any reciprocal favors can be discussed. Happy new Year Brian

Yes , You are both correct, the two basses have nothing in common, apart from being dead trees. I go with the consensus, weight is not a requirement for good tone, whatever that tone may subjectively be deemed to be by anyone. I can let the boat anchor go and drift into the the sea of light ( as in "NOT HEAVY') Thank you all for your observations

I find all these views of my initial post interesting. The reason I posted in the first place is that I have a 3.6kg and a 4.9kg bass. I love 'em both, I eq them for "my tone", they are great....however they are different, niether can emulate the other. I accept that there are all the usual variables at play, but the heavy one seems to have a more focused, fundamental "presence" in all registers. But this is most noticeable when I switch instruments, after a minute or so the notes played become more important than the tone. So, those of you who traded down in weight, did you A/B the released heavy against the received light weight in a prolonged and meaningful way ? Please excuse the verbal you-know -what, got to go now Matron says it's tea time...............................

I didn't realize that this site was licensed premises ! Mine's a shandy ( I'm driving)

This has probably been covered many times already, maybe indifferent forums, but what is your experience, tonally, of heavy weight basses. When I stated playing, 57 years ago, weight was never thought about but now my generation, and the one after, are in the aches and pain zone it seems to be an important parameter when evaluating an instrument , especially for gigging. I don't know if I am deluding myself but I feel my heavier basses have a better voice. Discuss

Hi. I am being offered a G&L Tribute L2000 carved top 2005. The owner tells me it is limited edition, nitro lacquer, offered in 43mm & 44.5mm nut widths, 1000 produced of each. I have trawled the net to verify this but have come up with nothing. Anybody who can shed light on this out there? I tried the guitarsbyleo site, but it is so complicated to navigate (at least for me) that I gave up !

Thanks for your quick reply, itu

No need for apologies, just got the wires crossed, which is a very apt euphemism. Why? Because I have the bass all wired up, exactly according to the published Ibanez diagram, working perfectly ok EXCEPT the passive tone and volume are working anticlockwise. I assume that reversing the connections to the outer legs of the pots should remedy this ?

Hi itu. You've lost me a bit there. What I am hoping to do is use the Tonestyler as the basic tone shaping and then use the passive tone as "depth" of tone , all as suggested by Stellartone. The Tonestyler has a bypass setting, so the original wiring (passive tone only) is achievable. What I want it to know if the passive tone is basically "out of circuit" at ten, delivering Tonestyler only, or do I need to switch it out to achieve this. Oh what a tangled web we weave !!!

Thank you all for replies and advice. The reason I was doing this mod was to enable me to add a Stellartone Tonestyler without having to drill more holes in the body. I am now considering an alternative circuit by replacing the passive vol. & tone with a dual concentric (which I already have in the correct values). The Tonestyler works independently from the passive tone and I was wondering if, when the tone pot is fully open, it no longer effects the circuit tonally or in any other way. If yes would a simple switch cutting the hot wire to the vol pot make it invisible to the circuit ? I was also going to add a treble bleed to the vol pot but am unsure what values of resistor and cap to use. The pickups are P & J with three position toggle, no blend. Any comments or advice?

Thank you for the link. I did look but it seems psychically too small, both for the D.Conc. knobs I have and the mounting hole in the body. I know there are ways around this but I am now looking at replacing the passive vol & tone with a d.c. pot. Both are 500k I will have to sacrifice the log/lin parameter but I have a dual 500k log pot which should not be too bad, what do you think people ?

Thanks Andy. That is exactly the kind of advice, from exactly the kind of source, that I hoped for ! Budget is a key factor for me, so it may be a lttle time before this work gets done but I will report back. Thanks again.

Yes, interesting. The neck pocket should not be a problem because it is the Ibanez Quadralock system, a high-flown way of saying it is fastened on with four machine screws instead of wood screws. For some reason Ibanez decided that because of this the pocket could be .5mm larger than the tang, so easy to repeat. Likewise it will be easy to rout the pickup wells exactly the same as the original, no problem there, but tone wood and neck dive do present unknowns. Neck dive particularly, as the neck has the steel implants under the fingerboard which Ibanez used to take the resonant frequency of the neck out of the lower frequencies to avoid dead spots.

Hi honza992, thanks for that info, could be very useful.

Yes, good idea ! If there are any differences it will be useful data for others. If I go ahead with it I will also record the respective weights, without hardware. I wonder if anyone could come up with an educated (or uneducated) guess as to what the ball park weight of a PB body in swamp ash might be ?