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shoulderpet

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  1. shoulderpet
    I was not a fan, I like the Rotosound and Daddario tapes but when I tried the Labellas I found my bass got absolutely buried in the mix, literally none of my notes were distinguishable, embarrassingly I found this out when I went to a jam night on the same night that I changed my strings, the one event where you are completely relying on your ears.
  2. shoulderpet
    The other thing you could do is wire them in series with each other, that will give you a super beefy dark tone, they might be fine though with the tone rolled back, they have decent low end.
  3. shoulderpet
    You don't want the Ultra jazz pickup, great pickups but bright and scooped, model J is what you want.
  4. shoulderpet
    Gorgeous bass, how is the tone? Is the neck pickup similar to one of the Gibson mudbuckers?
  5. shoulderpet

    Ahh finally the Thomastik infeld jazz rounds have come off my bass, a set of short scale Fender rounds have taken there place, bass no longer sounds like it is being played with the tone rolled off, I know some people love TI rounds but definitely not for me.

  6. shoulderpet
    Just a question on the tape issue, and apologies for the slight detail, does the tape serve a structural purpose or is it there just for the aesthetics? Have been considering a Danelectro for a while and the tape thing concerns me, if it is just there for aesthetics then I could remove the tape.
  7. shoulderpet
    What is the tension like on these, I love strings that are low tension and flexible, wondering if these would fit the bill for my shortscale Gretsch bass
  8. shoulderpet
    What is the tension like on these, I love strings that are low tension and flexible, wondering if these would fit the bill for my shortscale Gretsch bass
  9. shoulderpet
    That would look great with a painted finish black neck
  10. shoulderpet
    Assuming it is something easily replaceable like a Fender style bridge I would just get a new saddle, cheap and easy fix and hopefully should hold out for a long time.
  11. shoulderpet
    Not sure what the preamp in the TMB100 bass is but if it is the same preamp as the one used in the Mezzo bass then the biggest upgrade sonically would be too upgrade the preamp.
  12. shoulderpet
    Yeah mine was ridiculously heavy, sounds like yours sounded better than mine did though, mine was mud central.
  13. shoulderpet
    I love the Sisters cover of Confide in me
  14. shoulderpet
    Upgrade day, Hipshot licensed tuners, the tuners being the only real weak point of this bass
  15. shoulderpet
    I used to go to a jam night a while ago and stopped going in the end. Problem was the house band always had there favourite musicians so there favourites would be on for several songs and unless you were lucky you would get squeezed in at the end for 1 or 2 songs and occasionally if it was a busy night you might not get to play at all so you would end up at the pub till half eleven on a work night so that you could play for 3-6 minutes, to make it even worse if you showed up even slightly after 8pm they wouldn't even bother trying to make sure you got to play and would use that as an excuse.
  16. shoulderpet
    I actually really like this composition of his https://youtu.be/Ks2yqt3eJmY?si=GtVTpWMEmNmdpPu_
  17. shoulderpet
    I am not usually into solo bass but this is awesome
  18. shoulderpet
    I owned a black Musicmaster at one point and I concur that they weigh a tonne, its the heaviest bass I ever owned, that thing must have weighed 14 pounds, it also sounded like mud regardless of what strings I used and the tone control was close to useless. Regarding the E string I find a lighter gauge string helps, lighter will give more clarity and heavier will give more thud/thump.
  19. shoulderpet
    Ginger Baker is someone who always struck me as being a thoroughly unpleasant person.
  20. shoulderpet
    Actually you are much more likely to have neck dive on a long scale bass as the neck is longer
  21. shoulderpet
    So, for a while I have been eyeing up the new ocean turquoise Gretsch junior jet ii bass, not having a lot of disposable income my wife had offered a couple of times to go halves with me on the cost of one but I had always declined. Anyway the other day my wife told me that she had a delivery and asked if I would sign for it when the courier turned up. Anyway the courier turned up I signed for the delivery and then my wife told me to open the box, I thought maybe it was a new computer chair or something, I opened the box and my eyes lit up when I saw a Gretsch box inside the box, I was over the moon. Anyway it is a great bass, the photo doesn't do it justice, in person it is much prettier and the colour is much nicer, it sounds great too and if someone told me this bass sold for twice what this sells for i wouldn't question it at all
  22. shoulderpet
    Not sure if the Gotoh tuners unfortunately, with regards to the J pickup it depends what you are after. Vintage - Fender pure vintage 62 I think they are called Aggressive, dark - Dimarzio model j Aggressive scooped - Seymour Duncan SJB-3 Modern scooped - Dimarzio ultra jazz I like the ultra jazz personally, nice and crisp sounding
  23. shoulderpet
    Honestly I think the P pickup on these basses is great, you can upgrade but imo it is not necessary, the J pickup is worth upgrading, bridge can be upgraded but again I don't think it's necessary. I think the thing that is worth upgrading is the machine heads as the stock ones are junk and if I still owned a Mustang I would put some Gotoh tuners on it. With regards to the controls, if you are looking to upgrade them then I would put in a series/parallel switch in place of the pickup selector and swap the volume tone for 2 volumes or stacked volume controls plus a tone control.
  24. shoulderpet
    I initially really liked Nyxl's, when I fitted them I thought I had found my ideal string tonally then a couple of weeks later they fully broke in and they just sounded really lifeless, no balls to them at all. I thought maybe I had a bad set and decided to give them another try a few months later and same outcome.
  25. shoulderpet
    Ok so positive update, after reading up a bit on truss rods I decided to apply a little bit of grease around where the truss rod turns, applied a little grease loosened the truss rod a tiny bit, tightened it a tiny bit and repeated a couple times then tightened and now the truss rod turns though it's full range with no issues, before it felt very, very tight but turns out it just needed a little grease to get it moving
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