Anyone like bass guitars?
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Re: Anyone like bass guitars?
Compared tensions, gauges as close as I could get with this calculator...
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Hmmm D'Addario have a 0.045 - 0.135 set which might be more my style, quite happy with the tension on the other strings!
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Re: Anyone like bass guitars?
Not sure changing strings will help with “flapiness”jeremyb wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 7:15 pm String gauges for my 5 string... the low B is a bit flappy and kinda useless... I'm not sure what brand is stock on the Artist basses, probably cheap chinese stuff, my verniers measured them at .045 - 0.125, am thinking either .045 - 0.130 or 0.050 to 0.135, this is on a 34" scale, any thoughts? will probably get EB Slinkys as in video comparisons they seem to have the tone I want...
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A common moan about Daddario is the tension pull discrepancy between A (loose) D (tight)
It’s never bothered me fwiw I like their Chromes 105 E set
I really struggled with a 34” scale 5 string. The only one I thought was a suitable B string was the MusicMan Stingray.
Yeah I know scale length isn’t the definitive answer but I much preferred 35” scale 5 string they are the only ones I have purchased
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Mmmm complete bass noob here so bought the bass on price alone... I do like the idea of the low B though, ended up buying these strings this morning to test outfoal30 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:00 amA common moan about Daddario is the tension pull discrepancy between A (loose) D (tight)
It’s never bothered me fwiw I like their Chromes 105 E set
I really struggled with a 34” scale 5 string. The only one I thought was a suitable B string was the MusicMan Stingray.
Yeah I know scale length isn’t the definitive answer but I much preferred 35” scale 5 string they are the only ones I have purchased
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The pickups in this bass are REALLY quiet so spending as little as possible to upgrade them, MP had a SD 67-70 jazz bridge pickup on sale for $60 so grabbed one! https://www.musicplanet.co.nz/seymour-6 ... ridge.html
Now to find something similar in a P bass neck pickup.
Now to find something similar in a P bass neck pickup.
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not done much with my artist jazz, so I'm overspending... a sd hot jazz for the neck and a lightning rods for the bridge. Chrome flats. Oh and some dimarzio custom taper pots. Going to play with caps, with a jazz its so easy to change. Will make a decent bone nut for it
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Colbalts are quite nice!jeremyb wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:05 amMmmm complete bass noob here so bought the bass on price alone... I do like the idea of the low B though, ended up buying these strings this morning to test outfoal30 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:00 amA common moan about Daddario is the tension pull discrepancy between A (loose) D (tight)
It’s never bothered me fwiw I like their Chromes 105 E set
I really struggled with a 34” scale 5 string. The only one I thought was a suitable B string was the MusicMan Stingray.
Yeah I know scale length isn’t the definitive answer but I much preferred 35” scale 5 string they are the only ones I have purchased
I have a Stingray 5 and that’s a good B.
Only other was the Lakland DJ5 which was 35”. Gorgeous tone.
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Brotherhood of bass, how much do you use the controls on your bass? I rewired mine with two vols and one tone, and pretty much leave them all wide open as I prefer that tone of the J & P mixed together... what say you?
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I had a Warwick with volume, pickup blend, bass and treble controls. Only thing I used was the volume and (very occasionally) boosting the bass slightly. If I had my time again I'd just have a single volume control and use a boost/OD pedal.
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I use my vol and tone a fair bit but what I’d suggest is actually a 3 way switch for a PJ with master tone and volume.
I’ve never seen the point in blending, some people must have golden ears to hear when the bridge gets blended in. I much prefer P / P+ J / J. Having the switch also means that in the solo positions there’s no loading from the other pickup so it’s more “pure”.
I converted my Lakland GZR PJ to have a 3 way rotary so it still looks like it has 3 knobs but a normal 3 way Gibson style would probably work better.
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Oooh that’s a nice idea Toany, can you point me to what type of rotary switch you got?
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Could try with one of these from jaycar.
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/1-pole-sealed- ... =relevance
Would just need to trim the shaft to fit
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Active basses, yep, twiddling all the time. Passive PJ is 99% of the time left on the P pickup alone and tone rolled back to about 75%.
Greatly prefer passive for this reason.
Greatly prefer passive for this reason.