glassmoon

Hi all, I have always really not liked touching my bass's truss rods, for fear of, well, breaking something expensive. But now (thanks to my amazing wife) I have an Ibanez BTB556MP (sold one back in 2006), which has two truss rods (accessed at the headstock). With all the cold, and the fact that it was hidden in a cold cupboard (waiting for Christmas), the neck has bowed (strings high off the board) and I want to tweak it a bit. So... I'm OK doing my Cort 5, but a twin truss? So, a lot of Googling has left me with a. tweak evenly in whichever direction is required or b. tweak independently of each other. I'm more inclined to believe the first option, but who here of a technical persuasion can offer me some sage advice. I'll add some pictures later I think, if that'll help. My thanks in advance. Merry Christmas to you all!! Julian aka Glassmoon

So it just seems to get smaller as I get older... but right now, this is about as good as I think I've ever had it. I swapped my Ashdown OriginAL for the MXR M81 (3rd time owning this and hopefully someone will slap some sense into me should I ever try and get rid of it again!) Happy as a clam

Anyone looking for a shipping box? I have one from a Sterling Ray5. 141 by 40 by 10 cms... Collect in Epping, Essex.

Well, the story is, and I'm not saying anything iffy about them at all, when I wanted assistance with installing a Delano MM into my previous bass, a SubRay5, I was informed that the tech didn't deal with Delano and would not be able to assist me. I have to assume that means they won't touch Delano...??? Anyway, nothing against them, but I'm happy to have had Gary Mac recommended to me

So far, I'm loving it. The MM pickup is oddly a little microphonic, which I never had with the exposed poles on my previous one, but in all honesty, it's not an issue at all... And certainly not anything you've done. Again, thank you Gary

The gent of the hour is surely our Gary Mac, who installed the Delanos, replaced a dodgy blend knob, and had made me a very happy chappy. I have posted feedback for Gary elsewhere, but I have to add it here too. Ta muchly Gary!!! who who

Just had a set of J/MM pickups installed by Gary into a Cort GB 75 and dealing was Gary was an absolute pleasure from start to finish. So glad to finally have a tech in my neighbourhood who knows what he's doing, how to communicate and is an all-round standup gent! I highly recommend Gary for anyone in the area of Hoddesdon!

I did something similar to that many years ago, where I had 2 volumes and a master tone, with switches to run both pickups straight to the jack (for slapping) and to run just the bridge pickup straight to jack (my reason for that is lost in the sands of time sadly). I was, however, using active Seymour Duncan pickups, which still enabled me to benefit somewhat from the active "vibe". The consideration of the simplicity of the onboard while using a pedalboard pre vs the complexity (or flexibility, depending on your point of view) of an onboard pre and no pedalboard pre.....

You should see the garden

Thankfully not. I used to be a drummer, so there's very little by way a brain to worry about.

I use my head just to amplify my signal. I'm pretty much flat, with perhaps a bump or cut depending on the room... That way, no matter what I'm using as an amp, it's my sound....

The East looks to be the best choice insofar as tone, transparency and flexibility goes - especially with the 4 band option. But I must admit that all the options being spoken about here are quite foreign to me. I get befuddled with complexity, if I'm honest, but I still want that dynamic flexibility. Pedalboard option is starting to wane though....

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Unfortunately GigGear don't deal with Delano. I asked them when I did my previous bass. A pity, to be sure.

Hi all I've just taken receipt of my Delano pickups, going into my Cort GB-75JH, and the chap who has always done the soldering for me is not available. I'm looking for a good tech near Epping (IOW, not Yorkshire hahahaha) to install them for me. It's a J and a MM set, and I've opted for the "simple" 4 wire for the MM, so no switching or splitting or tapping required. Connecting to the stock Cort 2 band EQ with P/P active/passive. My thanks in advance. Julian aka Glassmoon

perhaps I should just save up some more... the East is definitely the top of my list, but at some £50 more than the rest (Delano, Glock), it seems a wee bit much. But from what you have said about the tone... that is definitely something worth considering. I'm actually considering (thanks to Damian Erskine) 2 volumes... I shall see...

I think for me, the Cort serves as a great stepping stone to a really good bass (for my needs and wants). I've long gone beyond the "I must have all the basses, I must have all the toys" mindset and this one bass is a workhorse, a tool. My last bass (SUB Ray5) was modded with a Delano pickup and a Duncan MM pre, and it was massive. It was me, but cleaner and stringer [if that makes any sense]. My aim with this, once the pickups have arrived and I have been able to get them installed, is to A/B them with an existing recording and see just how much "better" the new tone is... and take it from there. the last time I was in the Gallery, I was looking for the "payment by cash, card or soul" signs hahahahaha

Thanks @paulo m... the MB2 is a superb unit... I just found - at that stage of my playing - it was colouring my sound in a way that I no longer liked. I think I need to go to the Gallery or the bass Direct and sit down for an afternoon's noodling with whatever is in the cupboard...

Hi all, A question... I have played predominantly active basses since the start, and I feel comfortable with that format. I have had, at my feet, for the last 16 years or so, a pre-amp pedal so that no matter where I am, or what amp I am playing through, I have "my sound" at all times. I have it at the end of a very short chain so I can use the DI. I am in the process of upgrading my Cort GB75JH (I have Delano pickups arriving in the next couple of days) and I've looked at Audere Audio (who don't seem to answer their emails), Glockenklang and Bartolini pre-amps. Now I'm thinking about perhaps going for a pre-amp at the beginning of the chain instead of the onboard... a. it's 9v from wall power and b. I can probably get something like the MXR M81 for the same cost as the aforementioned trio. So, besides not having to bend down to adjust things if needed (I'm pretty sure once I start playing, that I don't really ever adjust actually), what is the advantage of an onboard pre-amp? My thanks for your advise, in advance Julian aka Glassmoon