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All Beauties! I was tempted by the silver asat on classicandcoolguitars.com recently that looked identical... Does the strap peg in the upper fret area not get in the way though?

Truss rod wheel at the base of the neck always made more sense to me (not sure if possible on neck thru though) Definitely agree with top loading bridges, they're an absolute godsend! Musicman/Sandberg et al style quick access battery boxes (without the flimsy battery clip and wires)

Evening all! The TH500 seems to be a much praised head, and there are many many posts etc online talking about and alluding to the unique gain structure, control relationships and the learning curve etc... but there doesn't appear to be an idiot friendly guide to getting a loud, clean tone from it! I recently asked for advice on the Aguilar owners Facebook page, and got far more help than anticipated, but mostly contradictory and not beneficial. Dave Boonshoft of Aguilar even posted the following: "Okay, well the input gain, master and tone controls are all before the power section, so you are controlling the amount of gain to the power section. EQ that is boosted is an actual increase in gain on those frequencies. Use the input gain and the master to create the gain structure you like the sound of. There is no reason to turn one control all the way down or to turn one up to any pre-determined point. Generally turning the input gain down on the town Hammer will be cleaner unless you have created a lot of gain with the other controls-which could still cause clipping. The Power section is set for its full output. If your bass has a hot output you may like using the input pad. It works exactly the same as turning down the input gain pot; but may give you a bit more flexibility. I hope this helpful! Remember that everything is interactive- sensitivity of the cab, bass output, effects pedal. Also, one thing people don’t necessarily think about-playing style." While really helpful, and massively above and beyond on the customer service front, I'm still struggling... What I'm looking for is "gain+drive+Master = loud and clean" levels of simple, which doesn't seem to exist! Every time I've gigged this head I've had non stop clipping, and when I've kicked in the sub bass, fugettaboutit! No bottom end, unbearable clipping! I've tried lowering the gain, which dropped the volume, and when upping the master caused more clipping, I've tried upping the gain, which caused clipping, upping the drive, lowering the master etc etc... I've heard that boosting the EQ causes clipping, but surely that's counter intuitive?! All I want is a nice big CLEAN tone that plays well with pedals at loud enough volume to compete with a hard hitting drummer, and synth obsessed keyboard player! Anybody have, or care to make a quick idiots guide for idiots like me, who are finding the learning curve too steep? Thanks!

I always get surprised how many people look to me for the bass 'solo' in Kasabian's Club Foot. Yes, it's a bass heavy tune, but with the amount of drive piled on I always assumed the un-initiated would think it was guitar; yet every time, it's all eyes on me before I've hit the first note of it!

You'll undoubtedly have seen Scott Devine on the old youtoob, but I always all in love with precision basses when I hear him play one, then play one myself and fall out of love with them just as quick.

Spector Rebop 4MM owner here... Probably not the purists definition of a spector with the pick up config etc... But I'm absolutely smitten with mine. The neck is a little bit fatter than I'm used to, but hasn't taken much adjustment to get on with

So after buying a sub n up to replace the T16... then buying a second sub n up because I loved the capabilities of the first one so much... I discovered there's an internal tone pump adjuster inside the body cavity! I dropped that 1/8th of a turn, and it'll now play nicely with my T16! I now have 3 varients of sub octaves that I'm likely to never need, but hopefully this info will help someone else down the line, as I haven't found it anywhere else

I know, but due to the spector not playing well with analogue, the next best bet seems to be finding a digital pedal that can get near the sub tones needed for EDM et al...

Been looking at the Sub n Up last night actually, I'd rather the issue be fixed at the pedal than having to buy other basses. I'd have thought with the toneprint editor I'd be able to get close(-ish) enough to the big analogue sub settings on my T16. Any prolific Sub n Up users had any experience with MM bridge pick ups?

Thanks for the help and advice, gents :). Not the answers I was hoping for, but it is what it is

The thought of going to a digital pedal gives me shudders... What about running a compressor before the T16? Could that maybe tame things enough? Failing that, I may have to buy a cheap precision to use on those tunes.

It doesn't unfortunately, and it's a boost only 2 band eq! 😬 Would the T47 running at 18v not handle it a bit better perhaps?

I'm thinking you both may have hit the nail on the head... Any suggestions on how to make them play nice? I'm planning on selling the Sandberg and don't really want to keep such a nice bass for 2/3 songs max.

I'm assuming the pedal, as it's the same set up I've always used except for the change in bass... I may have to do a bit of investigation, but kicking in the T16 is usually my favourite part of the set, needless to say, last night was a disappointment haha.

It is, but the Sandberg I was using before it was too and I had no issues (admittedly the active pre in the Sandberg seemed a bit more tame)

I've always used my T16 V2 and thought it was the best thing in the world! Use it with filter set to sub, wet sound 100% and dry totally off. Had the most massive deep sub tone. Gigged it with my Spector rebop 4mm and all of a sudden to the deep bass wasn't as deep and all of a sudden distorted. Didn't expect that at all! 🤔

Haha glad I could be of assistance (potentially) 😆. I'm going to do a bit of digging tonight before committing; I'd like to be sure it's not too similar to the bass soul food it'd be replacing.

My recent Spector Rebop 4MM purchase has cured my Bass gas (temporarily, doubt). Main things on my gas list right now are a line6 helix hx, and a Cog knightfall 66

haha sounds good!... I'll drop you a PM

I find the BSF great is a grit pedal, but as our repertoire has changed I've got less use for a grit pedal and would prefer something with a bit more gain and body. At present, the BSF is being used to stack into a SA Bass OFD for the Kasabian club foot tone, but even then it seems out of it's depth. At current, I have 1 control on the OFD set for the club foot fuzz, and the other for an all purpose tube drive with clean blend. The OFD, unfortunately isn't great for changing on the fly, so it's sort of stuck at that. The Behringer may be a bit too big, as there's literally space on the board for a standard sized pedal unfortunately, it's a very tight board!

So I was looking for a replacement for my Bass Soul Food, and saw a few recommendations for the TC MojoMojo. After looking for a local supplier to try one it seems that both guitarguitar AND PMT have stopped selling them, and Anderton's have them on what seems like an end of line deal for £40 (plus P+P). I've made the mistake of jumping head first into pedals before and coming out with a loss so I'd ideally like to try before buying... So I ask you... What other budget friendly dark horse distortion/OD pedals are great for bass, whether it be intentional or happy accident?

Cheers folks, It's a great bass! I love the satin finish. Only used through headphones so far but there's a lot more body to the tone than I expected with the pick up placement. Build quality seems better than the EBMM Sterling 5 I had a while back(although this may have been a bad apple). Excited to see how it sits in the band mix. I can see how spector's can become addictive, Greek! I'm already considering looking for a PJ config next! Which spectors do you have?