tommorichards

Pmd good sir.

If you can hold onto the 15th, ill have this from you.

On 26/07/2022 at 21:28, John Cribbin said:

Bodge, I'm yer man!

 

Go down to Poundland and get some stick on Velcro. Then head for the off licence and buy a bottle of wine. The order of purchase is not essential.

 

From the velcro, cut Polo shaped pieces, one to fit around the toggle switch. Remove cork from wine and drill it so the toggle will fit inside. Stick other piece of Velcro to cork, et viola you now have a removable cover.

 

To toast your success, by some strange occurrence you find an open bottle of wine conveniently within reach. Cheers! 

I was literally about to suggest a Cork. But not to the extent of your brilliant velcro inclusion.

As I'm not too sure how bad the wear is, but I'd recommend lemon oil, (Dunlop make the most popular one), and some 0000 grade wire wool to buff it out. If the colour is still not right, get some dark leather dye and apply it to the fingerboard. That should do it.

If you haven't found the answer, I'd assume either 1.5mm or 2mm. More then likely metric.

Id try and find a pickup with a similar resistance to the one currently in the bass to keep the volumes balanced. I'd probably go with a seymour duncan alnico MM pickup. I'd also keep the original in the bridge position, and put the new one in the neck position. 

In answer to your original question, yes its possible. Over the years, many guitar and bass owners have stripped the finish off the body and made it natural. Just sand it down, make sure all the paint is removed, then either use a clear varnish, or some sort of wood finishing product. 

If the pickups go directly to the blend pot, then your 250k blend pot shouldn't cause any issues as the output from it to the preamp would be the same as directly from the pickups.

Any plans to bring this back? 

It sounds like there is either a poor wire connection somewhere, or the preamp may be shorting out on the shielding. Cover the underside (where all the solder is) of the preamp board in some sort of tape (masking, duct, electrical, doesnt really matter as long as it sticks) and try it. 

A varitone switch is the only major mod you could do with a precision bass. However, you could fit a switch, which when activated, shuts the pickup signal directly to the jack, bypassing the volume and tone pots. It gives the bass a more treble sound.

After being in a similar position when I was younger, I found that an active preamp is the first place to start, as most mm style pickups give a relatively sufficient stingray sound.

Preamp wise, the retrovibe one is probably the best and most cost effective one to go for, as it uses the stingray preamp schematic, but uses cheaper parts, hence the lower cost, though looking at them now, theyve jumped up in cost, as I used to see them for £40ish. The cheap 2 band Chinese ones tend to boost the volume too much and can distort the amplifier too easily. But can give you a rough approximation towards the sound.

Pickup wise, if you want close to the stingray sound, go for any open pole (ie the magnets are on show, like the stingray) mm shaped pickup. Try and find one with a resistance of roughly 8ohms, as the lower resistance get closer to the sound you're after. Ceramic pickups (that have magnets on the bottom of the poles, found mostly on cheap chinese pickups) work okay, but the alnico ones (no magnet on the bottom) get you a bit closer.

As an ex poor teenager RHCP fan, I hope this helps get you where you need to be.

I'm going to cast my vote for a nut issue, which in 97% sure it will be. If the slot is too wide, the string can rattle in there, causing your issue. I doubt it would be the pickup height unless they're practically touching the strings.

On 06/12/2020 at 15:18, prowla said:

I really don't get instrument models and it bugs me when they turn up in my search results.

In my experience, its never a guitar or bass player who buys model guitars. It's always family and friends who know their favourite band, and it's either for Christmas or birthdays.

1 minute ago, Dad3353 said:

Certainly, old chum. It's not really that much more complicated than the few explanatory  lines of the very first post in this topic, but, to elaborate just the same...
The general idea is to find inspiration from the picture, which has been chosen by the previous 'winner' (that's to say: got the most votes, although, everyone is a 'winner', really  ... ). The composition can be in any genre, played with any instruments, real or virtual (so not just bass, although it can be..!). Recorded by any means available, however modest, by yourself (although backing vocals, 'guest' band members, passing refuse truck etc... are tolerated...). The composition must be in the current month, and the resulting file would normally be posted on Soundcloud (it's free, for modest use of the sort...), before the closing date, which is normally about a week before end of month. Once closed, a 'Voting' topic is posted, inviting BassChatters to vote for their favourite(s), and at month's end, a winner is declared.
Not much more to add. The absolute quality of playing the production quality, the instruments used... None of that is of great matter, as the 'judging' is based on the aptness of the music to the picture (at least in theory, although the criteria behind the voting is up to the voters, in truth...).
Maybe the simplest would be for you to have a look at the picture, see what comes to mind, musically, and record something..? Offer it up and see what comes of it. What's the worst that can happen, eh..? It won't be any worse than what Lenny bungs up every month, and my own are often enough complete and utter 'flops', so you'll be in excellent company. Give it a go, lad. You know it makes sense. 

Thanks Dad. I wasnt sure if it had to be bass specific or allowed anything. I may do. Theres a few weeks left of the month.

I have a sabre preamp that I recently made for a friend who no longer wants it. Annoyingly, because of the specific pot values required, it has both split and solid shaft pots. 

If anyone wants it for £25 posted, let me know.

Can someone clue me in as to the details of this composition challenge?

On 03/01/2021 at 17:49, lurksalot said:

At the last bass bash up this way @tommorichards was playing a Kala U-bass through one into fridge as I recall , big smiles all round 😂

That was all kinds of fun. Sounded brilliant. Cant wait for another one.

On 28/02/2019 at 20:31, simon88wilson said:

I have a bit of solder experience (I build my own effects pedals) so rewired using CTS pots and vintage style wire (note that I dislike this wire as it breaks easily and is hard to strip) 

Just on this point, by vintage style wire, i assume you mean the waxy cloth covered wire? If so, its designed to be pushed back to expose the wire to be soldered, and is sometimes referred to as "push back wire". While i know you've finished the bass, which looks excellent and very smartly done, at least you know for the future. As a side note, i use the vintage cloth wire as much as i can, as i'm a sucker for neat and tidy vintage wiring.

Where are you based, what's the original fretboard style (maple or rosewood), and would you consider a straight trade for a 90's mij jazz bass 1975 reissue, block and bound maple neck?

For sale, from my sabre preamp making days, enough components to make 5-6 sabre preamps and 3-4 stingray preamps. I cant remember the exact quantity. I'll send you the wiring diagram needed for it, and you'll need some veroboard and wire to make them.

So, it's been a few years, and I'm too busy these days to make these anymore. But before I stopped making them, I bought all the parts needed for a second batch of around 5 sabre preamps and 3 or so stingray preamps. I think I spent around £120 on the parts for this. These include: all the required pots, jacks, 9v battery clips, all caps, chips, and resistors. 

Basically, as I dont have time to make these, in just going to sell the stock I have of parts to make them, (including two finished sabre boards). I could bundle them into kits, but I dont have the time to sort through them all to do it. If you're interested in buying the lot off me, send me a PM. I'd like £70 for them, which includes posting. To appease the moderators, I'll stick an ad in the for sale section for them.

Here are a few pics of a Fenderbird that Taka, the bass player from Feeder made. Pics from his instagram account, @rebirthcustomguitars. I love its look as im a big fan of the Gibson Thunderbird II basses, and the original Fender precision basses.

On 21/10/2019 at 21:05, Basvarken said:

Not exactly a Fenderbird like Peter Cook made them.
It's my take on the theme of a hybrid between a classic Gibson and a classic 7ender

I call it Telebird:

 

 

 

I love this.

On 06/07/2019 at 09:00, Christine said:

Mine

Homebrew?