lemmywinks

3 hours ago, Aalin said:

Hi, Speaking strings, I strung with Thomastik JF 344, Flatwound. I like those stings that I had for a long time on my Takamine TB10. Very light gauge, Flatwound to protect the fingerboard, and I like the sound of them.
I have tried the Thomastik Acousticore on my Taka TB10, but the surface noise was too much important for me when changing position with the left hand on the fingerboard, otherwise I would have kept them, for the sound, the light gauge, despite the fact that they are round wound and it can mark the fingerboard.

 

The noise is a little offputting and even if you're very careful with your technique it's still present, I'm going to see if I can lessen it with the 5khz brilliance control on my Fishman Platinum Pro.

I've just received a Zoom MS60b today and briefly tried it with my Sinsonido, using the Fishman and Punch Factory patches (AcBsPre and OptComp) gets good results.

The next string I'm going to try are black nylons but ideally I'd be looking at no more heavier than 50-115, not sure how feasible thicker gauges would be with the Sinsonido headstock.

Prices are off-putting though, looking at £70+£100 for Labella, D'addario or GHS.

1 hour ago, sandy_r said:

 

hi, interesting to read that there are strings available for piezo applications - that really rounds your setup off nicely!

 

Currently i have groundwound (?) strings on mine (a legacy from pub/band days), but i've recently been given some LaBella Copper flats as a birthday present (not sure if that's mine or the basses')

 

Maybe you would consider recording a short audio clip for this thread to show the results you've achieved with your own setup?

 

[Edit] ...actually, a bit of detail on the new thread re. Sinsonido electronics issues, about your own setup, would fit well if convenient

 

cheers

 

I'll try an cobble something together after these strings have bedded in, being a nylon core they take a bit of playing in to hold their tuning, also why they don't work with magnetic pickups! I have similar strings on my little Ibanez Artcore parlour bass (D'Addario EXPPBB190GS) which is my most fun bass to play around the house.

I think I got quite lucky fitting Aliexpress sources bridge/piezo arrangement as string balance seems to be fine whatever strings I use and the intonation is much better with the angled saddle which I tried to place as far back as possible, always an issue on the fretted Sinsonido as they tend to go a fair bit sharp up the neck.

That's probably more use to me than a volume control tbh, great idea.

Bought some Thomastik strings, arrived quickly and great guy to deal with!

Just got my Sinsonido strung up with Thomastik Acousticore strings designed for piezo equipped basses - they really suit the bass and are ideal if you want something quite lively but still retaining that mellow/acoustic vibe. Mine has a piezo bridge/analog workshop preamp but I imagine they'd work fine with the standard configuration.

What strings are you guys using on the fretless version?

These don't do anything for me but I don't get the reactions, that sparkle one looks fine to me and the other pics just look like flat renders which don't show contouring and rounded edges. Ripping MM off a lot, Lakland off a bit but still looking different enough.

Will most likely be a much better option than the financially comparable offering from Musicman.

What does the stick down button thing mean?

24 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Got a Tonerider in my SR300 Passive P... Great Tone and Authority...

 

Might i suggest a look at the wiring, cap value... 47uf... and pots?

If ya got a spare £5 i cannot rate the Pure Tone Jack sockets highly enough.

I'll be redoing the wiring at the same time, got a box full of random pots and caps so I should be able to conjure up a P bass harness.

The price of the Warman was quite attractive, £19 delivered is half the Tonerider.

Ordered the Tonerider, oddly cheaper to buy it from North West Guitar Parts than directly but that seems to be the winner.

Not much less than what the bass is worth but hopefully it should give it some more authority.

Cheers guys, I'll have a look at those. She likes Queen, Abba, Bowie etc but also modern pop.

My daughter is starting lessons soon and wil be using her old Tanglewood Elfin 30" bass I bought her a while ago, it's decent enough and is a good size for her but the pickup is weedy - low output and lacking decent bottom end.

Is there a decent low cost upgrade, sorta up to £30 ish? The bass itself is worth about £50-£60

Seen Wilkinson, Tonerider, Entwistle etc but I'm not a P bass guy and don't know what's what really. The last P pickup upgrade I did was back in the Sue Ryder days!

2 minutes ago, Beedster said:

And then there's the various SUB configs....... 🤔

I don't get why they recycled the old USA made SUB name for the new (presumably Chinese) cheaper basses, also why did they reuse the Sterling name for their entire cheaper line when they have a specific USA made model of bass already using it?

So you can have a Sterling by Musicman SUB bass (the Ray4/5) which has nothing to do with the original SUB line and isn't the Sterling body/neck shape.

Makes no sense.

Will take these if still available, pm incoming.

These are the ones I have:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334539053705

If they're not the ones (they look slightly different) then just do a Google image search for "2 pin board connector" and you should see something that looks right.

I'll probably have one of those knocking about, wait a sec...

Collection only auctions for commonplace items are always a risk, seller would have been better off listing the amp with postage at a reasonable BIN and flogging the cab locally.

2 hours ago, rwillett said:

@MichaelDean @lemmywinks

 

Thanks for this. Didn't think about Aliexpress. They do all look the same now. I wonder if they are cheap rip offs OR the chinese manufacturer is doing some quiet midnight production runs...

Rob

There's also another bridge which uses a roller system, tbh I've thought about this one for conversions where the bridge is placed quite far back on the body and regular headless bridges would protrude.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802039467162.html

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802700546368.html

Just noticed this one as well, roller style again but doesn't need a hex key to adjust:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804119404535.html

Btw I hope you're using forum approved tone plastic in this build!

There's also this one:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805137334071.html

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805137478880.html

Noticed it's been used on this custom bass I think, the builder is on here but can't remember his username:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166491723596

12 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

By sheer coincidence, I've just finished watch a twoodfrd YouTube about fixing & setting up one of these.

 

 

Best channel on YT!

Hell of a price that considering the upgrades.

We're still using Alto at the moment, 2 x Alto TS210 and a single (I think) TS15S, we downgraded from a full RCF735 setup (with two massive RCF subs) and the Alto stuff was meant to be a stopgap but they perform really well so we haven't upgraded yet. Crazy cheap for what you get and can handle a full band in decent rooms.

There's a few different versions of the Sinsonido with three body styles, two body wing arrangements (with two different diameters of foam, again can be on either style) and AFAIK two different preamps with the controls located either on the upper or lower side. Mine is an early one with the straight body, two thicker body wings, preamp controls on the bottom and the headphones used the 1/4" output jack.

You get different arrangements of those as well so not like there were 3 distinct models or anything, just a random assortment. For a bass that didn't have particularly wide appeal or was available for a long time it underwent a lot of changes!