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    Staining (dark) a maple fingerboars

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Paul S said:

    Can't you sell that bass and replace it with one with a neck you like?  Seems such a shame to destroy that lovely flame.

    Fair point admittedly, but what I've done is replace the pickups with Delanos and I'm looking next to replace the pre-amp with either a Delano or something similar... essentially a hybrid Sandberg/Lakland... 

    I do like the bass (albeit a heavy lump) ... sigh... I hear you guys though.

     

    Perhaps I should look at a Skyline again - one from about 20 year ago hahahaha

     

    Perhaps a new neck and if I do sell it, I've got the original neck to put back on!

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    Staining (dark) a maple fingerboars

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    Hello @Andyjr1515

     

    Thank you so very much for such a clear and concise rundown of "how to stain a fingerboard".  Very kind of you mate!

    To answer the questions... 

    * please see the attached picture of the fingerboard

    * yes, just the fingerboard, so I'll need some of the blue tape I always seem to see on the instrument videos :) 

     

    The board is lovely - no mistake, and I'm probably being a little silly contemplating this, but I just really prefer a dark board.... so much so, that I was contemplating looking for a Cort neck from one of the older model GB basses (which I've owned before and really liked, so no worry about "quality" there... it's just finding one)

     

    But for about seven quid, the Fiebing stain looks like a win!!!  Ta muchly.

    p.s. hopefully no dog's dinner in sight.

     

    KR

    Julian

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    Staining (dark) a maple fingerboars

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    Hello all,

     

    So, as much as I don't hear any tonal variances between rosewood or maple, I just can't can't seem to get my eyes to like the look of maple - even the roasted maple on my Cort GB75JH.

    So, I've watched several Yew Choob videos on staining and while most are staining rosewood darker to look more like ebony, I've seen a few on staining maple darker to look closer to rosewood.

    Iis there anyone here that has ever been successful in staining a maple board/neck dark so that it resembles a dark wood like rosewood, Macassar (ebony), wenge etc etc etc.???

    And... if so, how did you do it?

     

    My thanks in advance... as ever.

    Julian aka Glassmoon

    DemonFX Question

    in Effects

    Posted

    BYOD = Build Your Own Device (a take on IT using it for Bring Your....) 

     

    I'll send these links to a mate of mine in Estonia who is a whizz at this sort of thing. Either that, or I just sell something to pay for a DG.... Sigh

    DemonFX Question

    in Effects

    Posted

    Hello all, 

     

    Question... Does DemonFX have a version of the DarkGlass Vintage Microtubes? That's really the sound I hear in my head when I think of drive, mostly after watching an old Steve Lawson YT clip where he's showing off his pedals (LINK) <around 02:20 he talks about the VMT>.

    Anyway... That's what I'm after. Any thoughts?
    Kind regards
    Julian aka Glassmoon

    BOSS TU-2 - *SOLD*

    in Effects For Sale

    Posted · Edited by glassmoon

    Selling my BOSS TU-2, no box sadly, but I have a good shipping box and bubble wrap.

    You know what this does, s no explanation needed really.

    A few paint chips because it's been used, but it works perfectly.

     

    Price included P&P to mainland UK

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    Can an EBS MicroBass 3 replace a tuner, compressor and pre-amp?

    in Effects

    Posted

    Hi all, 

     

    Just wanted to sign off on this before I forget.  My deepest thanks to Nigel (Beserker) for this stunner! 

     

    My first impressions after maybe 5 minutes with it. 

    I set it up in stacked mode as I want to use the 2nd channel for either a slap option or in the highly unlikely event I get to play a solo 🤦🏼


    * It doesn't colour the tone nearly as heavily as the MicroBass 2 did. That is a win for my tastes. A few (owner) reviews stated the tone was a little "thin", but I didn't find that at all. 
    * The tuner is awesome. I clipped on my TC Electronic tuner to A/B it, and it does what you'd expect from a good tuner. And it's visible, something I'd read wasn't the case. 
    * The compressor is not as musical as my EBS MultiComp, but it's better than I had expected from the blog reviews. It's perhaps a little more squishy than I'd like, but it's good to go. 
    * The drive is more than usable, but as I'm not really a user of drive, I'll use it as a 2nd channel. 

     

    In my quest to scale down to as little as possible, this more than exceeds my expectations. So now it's back in its box until Christmas day.... 

     

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    Post your pedal board - Basschat style!!

    in Effects

    Posted

    Man, that's a totally cool setup!!!  Thank you very much for an outstanding run through :) 

    4 hours ago, prowla said:
    • It takes the effects out of circuit when not in use; in particular the HX Stomp changes the sound even on "bypass".

    Ok - that's an interesting point.  Back in the day (like 20 years back in the day), I started on the original kidney bean POD and I loved the sounds, but it messed with my tone even when absolutely nothing was engaged.  I'd have thought that by now, Line 6 would have figured out what uncoloured tone means!

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