Reggaebass Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I’ve been meaning to try one of these for a while now, so after a 3 hour round trip yesterday I picked up a near mint one, it’s now got Labella double ball end flats on ,and a nice low action, in active mode it really drops some bass and has a great sound, it’s a lot more comfortable than I thought it would be , and I really like the neck and the headless top , overall I’m loving it 😊 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 You have the handy drop D, too. Nice one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020Jazz Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 How long is it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, 2020Jazz said: How long is it? 39in overall 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 17 minutes ago, Paul S said: You have the handy drop D, too I haven’t tried that properly yet Paul, I think the screw on top is something to do with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 You got one then, top man! If it sounds as good as the guitar bodied hohner headless I had I'm sure you'll be well pleased.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Waddo Soqable said: You got one then, top man! If it sounds as good as the guitar bodied hohner headless I had I'm sure you'll be well pleased.. Thanks Waddo ☝️I haven’t had much time with it yet but It really does sound great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 33 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: I haven’t tried that properly yet Paul, I think the screw on top is something to do with it The srew is a fine tuning device, it is the lever down the side tha operates the drop. Handy, if you like that sort of thing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 31 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Thanks Waddo ☝️I haven’t had much time with it yet but It really does sound great As far as i can tell it's got the same electrics, you can switch active off with a little switch i believe which is handy if the battery dies ! There's lots of good tone variations available with these assuming it's the same and I'm pretty sure it is.. You can play and lounge with ease now anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: You can play and lounge with ease now anyway That’s the plan 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 So Tony, you made it. Great ! Congratulations ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just now, Hellzero said: So Tony, you made it. Great ! Congratulations ! Thanks Tony, much appreciated 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 And here you have the original user manual for that DB Bridge made by Steinberger : https://web.archive.org/web/20080612161744/http://www.musicyo.com/planet/db.asp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Hellzero said: And here you have the original user manual for that DB Bridge made by Steinberger : https://web.archive.org/web/20080612161744/http://www.musicyo.com/planet/db.asp That’s great, I did dabble with it but didn’t really know what I was doing 😁, many thanks 🙏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevham Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I've had two of these over the years. Great sounding and fantastic for travelling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 28 minutes ago, kevham said: I've had two of these over the years. Great sounding and fantastic for travelling. Thanks kevham, I haven’t had a proper play yet, that’s tomorrow, I know it’s VVT, are the controls different in active mode as the tone has a stack knob 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 The stacked knob is a 2 band EQ with bass on the lower pot and treble on the upper one. There's also an internal gain trimmer pot that should be near the battery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, Hellzero said: The stacked knob is a 2 band EQ with bass on the lower pot and treble on the upper one Does that only work in active mod 11 minutes ago, Hellzero said: There's also an internal gain trimmer pot that should be near the battery. I saw that, what exactly does that do , thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I had a fretless way back when. Fitted with the "Select" pick ups - totally gutless. I side-lined my Westone Thunder 1A to use it - plugged the Westone in one day as a comparison and realised it was far, far better. I've often considered getting another, fitting new wings so it doesn't look like a cricket bat and new pick ups. Thankfully I've spent my money elsewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 35 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Does that only work in active mod Yes, the 2 band EQ is only active in, urm,urm, active mode. 35 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: I saw that, what exactly does that do , thanks It's an overall output gain adjustor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I used to have a defretted one of these many years ago. I was a bit silly and sold it really cheaply...to buy a fishing rod. Nice basses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hellzero said: Yes, the 2 band EQ is only active in, urm,urm, active mode. Oh yeah 🤭😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Great bass. I love mine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I had one of these as my first 5 string, way back in the early 90s. Loved it, but I kept sliding off the end of the neck; turns out I do NOT do well with headless basses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 22 minutes ago, paul_5 said: I kept sliding off the end of the neck I haven’t done that yet but it’s early days 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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