BassAgent

This week:

I actually quite like it but if it does the same sneaky trick as the Forty-Eight it's probably a Precision pickup in a humbucker cover.

I certainly know what it's not

I use my Combustion in my fusion group: Works perfectly.

Oh yeah you're right! It's not an 800 but a 750.

I guess you've already checked but the model number should be on the back of the headstock and on the inside of the control cavity. I think it's an SR800 without the fancy top, but it checks out otherwise. Whisky burst, gold hardware, black knobs... 99% sure of SR800. Those used to be around CAD1200 so 550 is a pretty good deal. Go for it and give it a good clean and oil the fretboard, it clearly needs it

It's perfection.

Ah yes but that would mean bringing a laptop to a show. My plan is to put this preamp on my pedal board and run it to the FOH.

A while back I bought this Acoustic amp for a bargain: And I totally dig it, except for two things: -The weight is enormous, I think it weighs about 65 lbs -I rarely play with an amp these days, and if I do I bring my Eich rig I'm not selling it, but I am wondering if I can bring that typical Acoustic growl to the stage without having to break my back every time. I was looking at two pedals: Did anyone have the chance to compare these two, also to an original 360? The One Control is definitely a lot cheaper (about a third of the Dicosimo), easier available and smaller, while the Dicosimo has more options, has the Variamp knob and a DI out... I know that the "real" 360 sound also comes from that 18" Cerwin Vega speaker but still...

Yeah I was surprised that Hipshot hasn't replied to my e-mail after a week. Maybe try again.

So I really really really like my Lakland JO but I like lollipop tuners as well and I would love to combine those to. Without having to buy a whole new set of tuners (and drilling new holes) does anyone know if the keys of the HB1 are replaceable with lollipop keys? So not the entire tuner but only the turning bit.

Just got word from Staytrem that their bridge doesn't fit with the Mute. Darn.

Let's do an update on this. I was still not happy with the fact the neck pickup was not working and I couldn't figure out what the issue was. So I took it to a luthier who knows a thing or two about vintage Fenders. He was very happy with it Couple of things he marked: -The neck is a very early '62 (which I already knew): slab board ánd Kluson tuners that are bigger than the VI used in later years. -Everything except for the bridge is original and functional -Only exception: the neck pickup is dead. The two other pickups read 6.3 kOhms but the neck does nothing. It has to be rewound, I'm going to send it to a specialist here in NL to have it rewound. -I've replaced the foam underneath the bridge pickup as it couldn't be risen to proper height -I've removed the foam on the mute to replace it, I don't have extra foam lying around. With the bridge pickup at the proper height it sounds even better. As soon as I get the neck pickup back it's time for proper LaBella strings and a Staytrem bridge. I think. Still hesitant about the bridge; the not too expensive Mustang bridge it has now works fine and the Staytrem has the "wrong" radius. I'm going to e-mail Staytrem to ask what's the deal with the radius and the mute.

Doesn't look like it if you see this signature on a Fender CS:

I had a friend over who brought his '73 Precision along; it has a Jazz pickup in the bridge position and I can't seem to identify it. It doesn't look cheap and Japanese; it has a serial, signature and cloth wire. Can anyone help me with identifying it?

Currently doing a discount Jaco at home. Really liking this rig.

I don't think it can be restored. The termites ate through all the wood, everything is porous and hollow, there barely seems to be any wood left at all. If the heel looks like that you can count on it they ate through the whole neck and it looks like the London tube system underneath the fretboard.

I have a B2 Tetra from '01 which I don't play as often as I'd like; it's an absolutely wonderfully built instrument with an amazing neck and an amazingly pretty ash body. Only downside for me is the 70's bridge pickup spacing, which isn't really to my taste. It now carries Lollar pickups and an Aguilar OBP-1 and it's absolutely wonderful.

Wonder who they're going to pay €1000 to take this piece of firewood from their hands... https://reverb.com/item/65744546-vintage-1965-fender-jazz-bass-project-w-gig-bag-termite-luthier-special-candy-apple-red

I have a question about the Ignitions: apart from all the differences stated in this topic, don't the Ignitions also have wider pickups than every other 500/1 model? I'm looking at a Club but those pickups...somehow they bother me.

Pretty happy yesterday when after a show with an SVT450 (which I really didn't like) the second show of the night was at a venue that had a Vanderkley rig. Epic amp. Lovely combination with the De Gier Soulmate. I have an Eich endorsement which I really enjoy but if I didn't...ooohhh boy.

Love this riddim.

It was! Sold out house, very drunk people, great fun

Time for one of my favourite tracks of all time, on the Take A Ride riddim. Very rare on LP and I finally bought it last year. For a teensy weensy bit too much money. But still. I have it.

Just now wondering why this topic isn't called The Reggae Dread.