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Got one of the candy apple reds!

As a frenchman, let me say - that's no "Sparkling Burgundy" 😁 And who in their right mind would carbonate good Burgundy wine anyway 🤣

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2 hours ago, BillyBass said:

Hold on a minute, OP.  You are complaining about Fender headstocks but you own a G&L?

 

One of these, er, beauties?

I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  I own a G&L, great bass with an eyesore at the end of the neck.  I personally believe the Fender Telecaster has the most beautiful headstock ever created.  But I'm a bassist so I don't have one.

3+2 G&L headstocks are worse than these

It’s wonderful

I actually had one and would’ve kept it if it could be played with a bow

It would be a Takamine TB-10 but with the fretboard and strings farther away from the body than on the normal model to be able to actually bow it and clear G and E strings.

But then made it bigger on a G&L

That's not heavy at all

I love 2+2 headstocks.

Must be one of the last Midnight Wine finishes, what a shame this color doesn’t exist anymore!

Blooming Heck, that’s something! 
love how it looks 🥰

Oh, a TSB with the 4 in line headstock. I would love to have one (I have a full scale RSB from 1979 with the same headstock)

I had one PJ bass that has a pup combination that was good: a hot Dimarzio Jazz pickup and a "normal" P pickup

Not sure if these are rare or valuable, but I'm certain this one is mine now

1991 Leo Fender Signature L-2000

4 is already less than average in my experience

On 26/05/2022 at 10:39, dmc79 said:

 

Just curious, how much do your medium Squier Affinity H Jaguars weigh? Thanks

Mine was exactly 4kg

My Jag H just left to join another home where it’ll be loved and played…

And then there's me who gets migranes from blue LEDs

My Guild Starfire is strung with Fender 9050L (45-100), and it's a very good match

12 hours ago, barrycreed said:

EXTREMELY long time no post. Anyone here tune their short scale bass to standard D (often to dropped C). I am toying with the idea of picking up another short scale in standard D, but feel a 34" might be less hassle with floppy strings.

Not exaclty what you're asking for, but I've recently tuned my modified Bronco to "fifths" tuning (basically cello tuning one octave down: C-G-D-A low to high). I used a light set from a 5 string bass, using 5th, 4th, 2nd and 1st strings from low to high.

I can't yet play it properly but the sound is interesting!

In your case tuning to standard D, I would use four big strings from a 5 string set.

17 hours ago, martthebass said:

 

Not really a slapper me (no comment) but as Fretty says I don't think either of those would fit the brief as a slap machine.  Of the 3 shorties I have I wouldn't consider either of the 2 Mustangs to be great at the job but, with the right strings the G&L Fallout would have a reasonable chance as it has much hotter pups. I would have to put some higher tension strings on though to have the correct string response I feel.

Same disclaimer: not a great slapper myself.

My Bronco has a bridge pickup added and it defends itself allright on classic boogie era slap and pop.

On 07/05/2022 at 14:50, dajaphonics said:

So I'm feeling good today. I bought this bass in 2013. It had the original parts and I had a "professional" replace the pickups do the setup. 

 

I get it back and the e string barely made sound. The intonation was off and the strings were fretting out.

 

Frustrating and still largely unusable I decide to find a second person to fix it in 2018. He tells me to buy the wrong bridge. Installs it incorrectly. Still have the same problems.

 

2022 I go to basschat and a group of very friendly and helpful people encourage me to do the work myself. You all helped me figure out my bridge position, find the right bridge for this short scale, encourage me that drilling a few holes isn't so tough. I also took it upon myself to install a new pickup.

 

Let me say, I feel very proud of myself for being able to do this but I wouldn't have even tried if it wasn't for you guy. A very special thank you goes to @Downunderwonder for all the encouragement and advice and being there throughout the process. Also @Woodinblack for encouraging me to rip out the wiring and start from scratch. You helped me figure out how to use my multimeter and I learned how to solder as well. Not to mention how to fill holes with toothpicks.

 

The bass is working now about as perfectly as I could possibly ask for. Intonation is great. I'm not sure about the string height yet but it plays well. The G string is a little offset on the bridge pickup but it picks up the sound pretty decently. If I really wanted to I could maybe move that pickup I little toward that direction. 

 

The only thing I want to consider in the future is mainly aesthetic. I was hoping to find some paint to match to do some touchups. I was also looking to get something to do about the exposed cavities. Maybe I'll take a 3d printing class in the future and design something to fit over it.

 

I don't consider myself a handy person but right now I'm trying to learn. So thank you to everyone who participated in making my bass what I wanted it to be in 2013. For something a luthier wanted to charge over $300 I did for myself with a soldering iron and a new bridge and a lot of support.

 

 

The old wiring 

 

The new wiring

 

It goes to 11 now 🤘🤘

 

I had Harry Nilsson's "Jump Into the Fire" bass line in my head all day so it had to be the first thing I played when I finished. Here's a sample of what the bass sounds on the different settings. The first three are demos of just the bass straight into ableton. The last three I'm running the bass through a Rusty Box pre-amp before sending it to ableton.

 

 

 

It sounds great! Liked all the three pickup positions, interesting sounds from the each one.

The only thing left to do is a new pickguard and you're good for next 50 years

Gigged my Guild Starfire I last WE for the first time (the new model with PB pickup). Classical rock and blues with some vintage funk.

This thing is a keeper!!! Good looks, comfortable and this sound! Both lows and highs are beautiful, very even string volume. One of the best basses I've ever had.

I can hear looks.

Of my basses 🤣

When using roundwounds, I just unwind the exterior winding layer to fit the bigger strings.

Doesn't work with flats.