Hammock

Is the little spanner (to adjust the tuner tension) still in the case? 

Anyone own a passive El Toro? If you do, please help me out with some pictures of the wiring. And if you can draw a diagram I would be super happy. I have trawled the entire internet after this diagram and also contacted G&L support, but no luck. 

Please, I need help. 

Sorry for bumping this thread. But I also have an AccuGroove Tri-112L and could really need some pairing advice. Or do you want to sell me yours, GreeneKing? 😉

Cheers

Nevermind me. I read the post now. It was a reissue..

Bassalot was this a vintage Super Swede or a Reissue? 

On 16/05/2019 at 14:04, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Looks promising.

Let us know what you decide to do and how you fare with the modifications..

Edit- wow! At those prices I might break mine for spares! 😂

Do you own a B2A? Can I buy it?

6 hours ago, BreadBin said:

Hohner spares...

http://www.hohner-cshop.de/en/Guitar/Headless-Bass-Series/Basses-Bass-Headless-BB/

Thanks!

1 hour ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Not an easy one..

I've a B2a 5string, and I'm assuming the  bridge hardware is similar...

The bridge saddles are big, square blocks. The factor governing the height of the lowest action is the thickness of those saddles.

I reckon you could either file the slots deeper, but they're a  particular shape with an edge for the strings to break over, so that's difficult to preserve.

I'd be inclined to file down the bottom of the saddle blocks so they sit lower. If you were to do that, you'd have to clean out the grub screw threads AND try to refinish the underside of the saddle back to its original black.

 

Hope this helps a bit..

Hi, 

thank you for your answer. I was thinking in those terms also. I think I will order new ones to file down. That shouldn't be so hard to do actually. I don't recall that the square blocks on this bass is black. But that's an easy one also. I guess thats the best solution. Next up will be to get rid of the high frets. 

Do you know any good place to get spares for the Hohner? 

Thanks for answering.  

Hello, 

I have some high action problems with a Hohner B2A. The saddles are set to the deck and I have still 1/8 on E at 17th fret. I usually go for 5/64 on that E. Any suggestions on how to reach a lower action? The truss rod is working fine. The measures above is when the relief is 12 thou at 7th fret pressing down 1st and 17th fret. It's the normal setup for me. It's a neck thru (and it has a little hump at the last frets. But that's another problem. 

Cheers

20 hours ago, ikay said:

Pickups are passive (I believe the same as on the BB414) so no problem on that front with switching out the preamp. 

Thx!

18 hours ago, ped said:

If the bass doesn’t sound ‘good’ flat, a preamp won’t help. 

Well I am not so sure about that. For starters this bass have no option to go passive, I would like that. Is it your opinion that a flat preamp does not, what so ever, colour the sound, in any way? 

Thx for the input. 

20 hours ago, BigRedX said:

What's wrong with the current pre-amp?

What are you looking for sound-wise that can't be achieved with the controls on your amp?

Hard to explain. It sounds a little to hard for my taste. That is probably not a good explanation 😖. One reason is that I cannot make it passive at all now, but that could probably be done with some switch. But I also love my Sadowsky sound on my UV70, so am a just curious on how the preamp can sound on this Yammie. I will of course save all original parts. And if it won't turn out good I can always put the sad preamp in another bass. Something like that. 

Hi everyone, 

I bought a cheap Yamaha a while ago. It's a BB614 with an active onboard preamp. I am not that fond of the 614 preamp so I was thinking of swapping the preamp to a Sadowsky with VTC (vol-blend-VTC-Bass/treble).

What do you think about this idea? Will it sound any good? Is it passive pickups on the BB614, maybe the same as in the BB414, so that I can use the active/passive push/pull knob on the Sado preamp?

All inputs are welcome. 

3 hours ago, Jack said:

Yes, +4dBu is line level and the DI output on your head is mic level, try the -10dBu setting on the Apogee. 🙂

Thanks Jack, 

I feel kind of stupid here. Didn't try any other settings before I so desperately went here for help. I was so damn sure that it was a "line" out, and a professional one also, hence +4dBu. But the Element 24 has a mic level option. So I went with that one, and on that setting I can adjust the input level. 

Thanks again for the help. 

As the topic describes. Has anyone with a BH550/800 encountered this issue? I am not sure if I am connecting correctly, but what can go wrong. I simply connect a xlr in the balanced out on the BH800, and a xlr in on my Apogee Element with +4dBu. When I have normal gain on the BH800 the input on the apogee is only a third on the meter. 
Am I missing something (since I am not usually connecting my amp like this), here? Or is there something wrong with my amp?

Cheers