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4 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

 

this kind of affair?

thats exactly the pickup i was looking for but cant seem to find one anywhere

8 hours ago, Doctor J said:

My old Hamer has an EMG humbucker in there. It growls. It growls good.

 

is that a guitar pickup?

8 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

Be aware that adding a bridge pickup to a P bass may lower its resale value (not everyone views it as an improvement) May be worth thinking about if it's an expensive or vintage instrument. A used Mexican Fender PJ is not outrageously expensive.

 

If you do decide to do it, have a professional rout the body cut out unless you're skilled. If you want to preserve the Fender look, go for a stacked humbucker to avoid hum/buzz. They look like single coil J bass bridge pickups.

its a mid 2000s mexican standard so dont worry too much haha!

im thinking of adding some kind of passive humbucker (maybe the emg passive soapbar) as a bridge pickup in the back of my precision, as i just got a bass with 2 pickups are i really like having 2. anyone have any experience with this kind of setup? or suggestions of what kind of humbucker to go with.

thanks, leo

18 hours ago, KingBollock said:

Anyone know if the Dunlop Max Grip .60 nylon, are just standard size?

 

I’ve got one of the Max Grip Jazz III Carbons that is a nice size and very grippy (similar to the rather poorly made Lemmy signature picks that you get in the little tin. That I still took some sandpaper to to make usable, despite never intending to use them), but is too thick. The red Jazz III and the Ultex Jazz III are too small (and thick).

I need something flappier.

 

Annoyingly, this is one of those cases where my fingers are being stubborn. They like the .60mm and won’t hear any argument for fractions either side of that. Most troublesome!

pretty sure the max grip ones are the normal size i used to use the 88s and they seemed to be the same as regular nylon just with extra grip

beautiful! strong jj burnel vibe!!

although maybe thats the tone to go for... i get the feeling a lot of early stoner rock stuff was all done on guitars and basses with normal strings going down to c or b and then when they pick the chord or note they hit it sharp but maybe im just starting a conspiracy theory 😄

On 28/12/2022 at 18:53, Dan Dare said:

65-120 tuned up a semitone? Must have been like playing iron bars.

currently have 65 to 130 tuned up a semitone to c and i think its vaguely similar to 40 to 105 in e maybe 50 to 110, its really suprisingly playable. makes a nice change after using a 55 to 110 set tuned to c standard and having to play the low c really lightly to stop making the note go sharp lol

well i can confirm that that 65 snapping seemed to be a mystery because my 2nd bass is currently rocking the lower strings of a rs665ld set tuned to c standard so 65-130 and is playing perfectly fine

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304707058607?hash=item46f1f4bbaf:g:N1cAAOSwlPhjd0wb&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoKMGuSDUCVpS5yBA%2FwfslFAC642cMTw4hwuzGiEuot91UbrLhoGkG3M4cqMzjFRi1RVK1PUIn6ceT9ehH%2FriK0d16xTGSVYWwCosKx1vjMkuP%2B3an6rEnmT6joWCixUzaFWFtvNZh41BNeNh9iBOuQSzBZjobKiviFR0us%2FDTP2%2FX%2BpiPy9TexPOztvgrZf8J%2BX0KtH7aUjtbdD6ClAoxdU%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7LJvIaqYQ

looks like some old aria with the name sanded off, weird filled in pickup routs and moved

you madman

hi, just seen one of these heads at a pretty good price on facebook, just wondering if anyone has any experience with them if its a decent head. especially with playing basses in lower tunings (c standard area)

thanks, leo

pretty sure he was mostly using ghs strings too, being he had red silk only headstock end nothing at bridge end and no coloured ball ends at the time where rotosound hadsilk at both ends, and their heavy set is 50-115 which id think would be pretty nice for drop c or c#...

found this interview with the old deftones bass guitarist chi cheng, https://www.deftonesworld.com/bass-guitar-summer-2003-chi-interviewed/ in it says he uses 65-120 gauge strings, which seem really heavy being what tuning would be be using that in, 2003 would be self titled era but those songs are tuned G# which i think he generally used a 5 string fender roscoe beck with a swapped pickguard, so 65-120 for white pony songs in drop C, i wouldve thought a 65 gauge would snap tuned to F being that i had the lower strings of a 5 string set on an old beater bass that i think mightve been a 60 and it snapped when i tried to tune to C# standard. basically just wondering whats the heaviest and highest tunings you can take a string before it just snaps

thanks, leo

huh my asda ones cut them fine, i use 55-110s and ive never had a problem

i just use some cutting pliers i got from asda, seem to work fine

if the silks at both ends probably thomastik

tortex .88 or white fender heavy normal 351 shape on both, only the white fender ones though! theyre worse than tortex but i think they look so cool that im willing to suffer

woah i didnt know kay were about still

2 hours ago, Bassassin said:

Aria Pro II CSB, not sure what model, probably 300 or 380.

AAAAAHHHH aria, knew it would be something like that. cheers

this is a pic of mani, in the early days of the stone roses (my all time favourite bassist) just wondering what bass hes using here. looks like its had the same paint spatter thing as his rickenbacker and johns hofner.

yep! but only ever on the back

a dimarzio clip should feel basically the same as the button

just wondering what strings they are with those grey silk?

i quite liked this guys videos, orange sent one for him to try, seems like a decent bass