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    Leather strap with buckle, not loops for adjusters?

    in Accessories and Misc

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    On 22/12/2019 at 18:04, dorsetbod said:

    Many years ago I bought a 3inch wide plaited leather strap, which adjusted by means of a large buckle. Basically, it's a very wide belt. I'm looking for a replacement, but can't find one anywhere. Pretty much all the leather straps I see are adjusted by having a skinny thin strap loop through a series of cutouts in the thicker main strap. I really don't like this method of adjustment, purely from an aesthetic viewpoint.

    Anyone able to point me at someone who makes leather straps which use a buckle to adjust? Or any other method that doesn't involve a thin strap looping through a ladder of cutouts. I know I could go fabric or neoprene etc, but I prefer leather.

    Thanks,  

    @dorsetbod My son's g/f's dad has started making leather goods, custom made by hand and doing guitar straps. If you would like to contact him, here's his facebook link;

    https://www.facebook.com/sussexhandcraftedleather/

    It's a very small - one man and his dog - operation and he's keen to get started, at very competitive prices!

    How to Correctly.Install Nordstrand NP4 Pickups

    in Repairs and Technical

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    On 29/12/2019 at 00:39, PJ-Bassist said:

    Hello my Friends,

    I need a little help.  Today I picked up a replacement P Bass pickup for my Sandberg VS4.  I went for a Nordstrand NP4V, I installed it fairly hasitily this afternoon and initially all seemed to be good, however, I'm sure I've got something wrong.  This is the first time I've done any work on a bass guitars electronics so I'm sure it's something obvious.

    This evening I noticed a buzz from the guitar when the volume on my amp was at 1/2 way or more.  This didn't happen with the stock Sandberg pups, I swapped to my VT4 and that was totally silent, same amp, same cables.

    The buzz is constant, and doesn't change when I touch the strings - though touching the guitar at certain points makes the buzz louder.  A weird thing also is if I touch my laptop it makes a buzz audible even at lower volumes.  The laptop has a aluminium case, but other metal objects didn't have the same effect.  Again trying the same with the VT4 and nothing, totally quiet.

    So what have I got wrong.  

    The pickups that came out had the covers sealed with a plate on the back which looked like it had a lot of wax holding it all in place.

    The Nordstrand pickups have lose covers and no back plate - I used some acoustic foam under the pickup to hold it all in place - was this wrong,  is there something I need to do?  I've heard of brass plates being used under the pickups for extra grounding/ shielding.  Do I need to add something like that?

    Cheers

    @PJ-Bassist

    How have you connected it?

    https://nordstrandaudio.com/pages/pickup-wiring-diagrams-and-schematics

    Cheerz, John

    Double jack?

    in Repairs and Technical

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    18 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said:

    I have a P bass, standard set up, volume, tone, jack. For a new project where I run two rigs at once, I require two outputs, so two jack's. How easy, or difficult is it to add a second jack to the loom?

    I already have a side hole (from previous project), so the second hole is already in place.

    Simple job especialy as you have the hole already, another socket wired in series with the original gives you the 2 outputs, two standard leads for split  or one lead in either socket for normal.

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