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jeremyb wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:22 pm
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Bg wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:26 pm
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jeremyb wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:28 pm
Bg wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:26 pm
jeremyb wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:22 pm

It was your post buddy!
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Bg wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:33 pm
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You know that I can edit your posts seamlessly and you think this can end well?
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Bg wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:33 pm
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$359, stock strings were garbage, the low F# rattled, like I’ve never heard before, swapped them out for a 9-80 set of Ernie balls, but plays really well out of the box, action was good, pickups djent and sound decent clean too, pretty darn stoked with it!
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This Artist was only $289!!! However it now has a couple of mods, switched out the bridge for a gotoh one I had lying around, hipshot locking tuners from Candeevr4, Entwistle dark star pickups with neodymium magnets, and a set of 13-62 d’addarios tuned to B standard!
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My 5 string Artist bass, a few mods on this one too, didn’t like the chrome hardware so picked up some Chinese high ratio tuners which are really smooth, Wilkinson bridge, Seymour Duncan bridge pickup, and gutted the active circuitry a and rewired it all with a master tone, master volume, and 3 way rotary switch. Apart from the excessive weight of the body it plays great, threw out the stock strings for some EB 45-130’s.
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Picked this up last year, and despite being rough-AF cosmetically on purchase, it's cleaned up nice and plays well despite needing a setup. A new set of Elixir 11's , tuned down to Drop C and it's a real little riff monsters. The red X on the upper bout has been black-tapped and the larger one on the body now has a sticker for Trejo's Tacos (of Danny Trejo fame) covering it.
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The Scarecrow wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:43 pm Picked this up last year, and despite being rough-AF cosmetically on purchase, it's cleaned up nice and plays well despite needing a setup. A new set of Elixir 11's , tuned down to Drop C and it's a real little riff monsters. The red X on the upper bout has been black-tapped and the larger one on the body now has a sticker for Trejo's Tacos (of Danny Trejo fame) covering it.
Ah can't sell the bloody thing eh ;)
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Bg wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:52 pm
The Scarecrow wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:43 pm Picked this up last year, and despite being rough-AF cosmetically on purchase, it's cleaned up nice and plays well despite needing a setup. A new set of Elixir 11's , tuned down to Drop C and it's a real little riff monsters. The red X on the upper bout has been black-tapped and the larger one on the body now has a sticker for Trejo's Tacos (of Danny Trejo fame) covering it.
Ah can't sell the bloody thing eh ;)
As wanky as it sounds, I'm happy to keep it unless I can make money on it :lol:
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Love my grunge master for a cheap thing. It wasn't bad stock at all, but I have upgraded most of the hardware. Still only owes me peanuts. Put my logo on the headstock to cover a chip.

Recent soundcheck using it in A:
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Zaulkin wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:21 pm Love my grunge master for a cheap thing. It wasn't bad stock at all, but I have upgraded most of the hardware. Still only owes me peanuts. Put my logo on the headstock too.

Recent soundcheck using it in A:

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Yeah mine is awesome, thanks scarecrow. Didn't really need much upgrading, but I did anyway... Full fretjob, pickups and the stetsbar :D now worth a hundred billion dollars.
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jeremyb wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:24 pm $359, stock strings were garbage, the low F# rattled, like I’ve never heard before, swapped them out for a 9-80 set of Ernie balls, but plays really well out of the box, action was good, pickups djent and sound decent clean too, pretty darn stoked with it!
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