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    Yamaha BB 424x bridge and string tree upgrades

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    Howdy Y'all.

    So I've got a Yamaha 424x that won't let me play anything other bass at the moment and whilst waiting for funds and the right 1024x to come up I'd like to try and upgrade the bridge (keeping the string through option) and the string tree, ideally to the ones you get on a 1024.

    Had a search online and its been nigh on impossible to find these parts. Anyone in the BC universe know any suitable parts to upgrade or where to get the Yammy parts from?

    Thanks in advance.

    *SOLD ELSEWHERE* Disaster Area DMC-3 XL Gen 2 MIDI Foot Controller £65

    in Effects For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Marky Screen

    Disaster Area DMC-3 XL Gen 2 MIDI Foot Controller

    Good Condition. I used this to control my Future Impact but realised I can get by without it.
    Can be used to control all your Strymon, Eventide H9s etc and other stuff. Has templates for loads of the popular high end pedals.
    Can control audio looper pedals too with a mode for that.
    Midi IN/Out and expression pedal input on the back.
    Powered by Centre negative 9V so easy to power.

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    *TRADED* Cort GB74 OPN Mark 1 £180 collected £205 posted UK

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Marky Screen

    Really Nice Cort GB74 in Natural finish. Loads of bass for very little. Hipshot ultralites, big donkey bridge with lockable saddles. Minimal wear generally to frets and a few bumps on the body but nothing major.

    Tonnes of control to you tone and 9V active/passive switchable, 2 band EQ  3 way coil selector for the MM pup to select humbucker or either coil and a mid scoop instant slap toggle switch too!

    I bought this to upgrade the pickups and have a project to do. Unfortunately its been sat mainly unused and definitely not upgraded :( for the last year and life has taken over so its time to move it on.

    I've also got a SD QP neck and Delano MC 4 FE (ceramic) kicking about. If you want them in with the bass to upgrade then let me know and I'll do a decent price for it all.

    I can post insured in a gig bag (not the one in the pick $) and well packed box for £25

    Cheers

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    Sold please remove

    in Amps and Cabs For Sale

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    On 17/04/2019 at 20:07, tom1946 said:

    Hi, there is no spec mentioned so I had a look online where it says it has a class D amp and yours says class A?

    Is this an older different spec?

    Thanks.

    if it helps I'm pretty sure these puma 350s are A/B class. so still has a fan in them but still very light weight. 

    I got potted and I liked it.

    in Repairs and Technical

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    On 12/04/2019 at 21:31, Dan Dare said:

    I found the same on my old J bass. The pickups had become microphonic, so I had them wax potted. Improved things no end. I didn't notice any loss of highs when I got them back. I wonder if the lost airy quality you refer to was in fact caused by the pickups being microphonic.

    yeah spot on! thought about it and res freq of pickups ain't changed, pole pieces wire and winds all the same after all, Doh!  so yeah the airy stuff loss and less smeary focus in the lows will be from the lack of acoustic transfer to amp. good call :)

    High mass versus light weight bridges

    in Repairs and Technical

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    3 minutes ago, chris_b said:

    So we have people saying they can't hear the difference and people who say they can.

    I'd draw the obvious conclusions from those experiences that high mass bridges make a difference and people hear differently.

    Pretty much the same conclusions as the interminable and tedious wood threads.

    Yeah, but at least here that a shared and safe space space for me to bore the tits off people.

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    BASS SYNTH

    in Effects

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    On 01/03/2019 at 10:43, Quatschmacher said:

    You may be interested in “the journey” but all roads eventually lead to the Future Impact (and then ultimately to keys). Seriously, save yourself the headache, time and money and buy a Future Impact. (Meris Enzo is a close-ish second.)

    Indeed I went down this road. Separate octave/fuzz/filter to EHX BMS to MB SS to Panda FI.

    Finally found sometime this week to jam and setup my Future Impact and it is all that and a chicken Biriyani so far.

    The journey wasn't that interesting just needlessly long. I'll let you know when I start just taking a MIDI keyboard and laptop out with me to gigs 😂

     

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    I got potted and I liked it.

    in Repairs and Technical

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    So I recently noticed that my Yamaha BB 424x had got really microphonic and transferred loads of acoustic noise to the amp when tapping the pickups, body, control plate, anywhere on the bass really with the strings muted. 

    gave it to my local tech, the awesome amazing Job Dickinson of Dickinson Amps in Crystal Palace and he did indeed diagnose the pickups as being very microphonic.

    So we went for it and wax potted the pickups. From a bit of research I know it's a bit of a mixed bag at whether it'll sort the problem so didn't know what to expect. 

    Got it back and had a jam yesterday and it been cured!! microphonic noise reduced to about a 10th of what it was before :)

    So the trade off, and Jon did tell me about this pre-potting, was that the pickups would lose a bit of air and top end to  the sound.

    They have indeed lost a fair bit of treble content which was instantly noticeable. Its almost lost too much by a hair, but the strings on it aren't the newest, I also dipped the tone a smidge before anyway and I've got plenty of pre-amp and drive control on my board to add this back in if needed.

    however losing that air, and I'm guessing shifting the resonant frequency of the pups down a bit and getting rid of the acoustic transfer to amp has also given the bottom and low mids incredible thump and focus!! and doesn't sound scooped at all so no Quarter Pounder syndrome. :)

    If you thought the BBs sound was massive before it's even bigger now!

    So all in all great to get it done and experience the results 1st hand and thou I had to trade a little top end now the bass sounds like a vintage voiced rock monster :)

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    High mass versus light weight bridges

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    well trodden topic but I recently changed a fender vintage bridge for a high mass on a fender precision deluxe. It's definitely did make a difference with was a nice surprise. in agreement with @Lozz196 it definitely brought out slightly more focused top and bottom. I kinda didn't like it. lost some of the mid thump and character IMO so I went back to original bridge.

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