Okay... I bought a bass. Help me identify it!

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:30 pm

Hey Ed - wotcha doin wid dat poiple stand? I tought Rog was da ony one!!

fuggedaboudit!

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:06 pm

Poiple is the shizznit.

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:38 pm

good score man (although the binding on the neck is a bit ugly).....try not to sell it for at least 2weeks

if you painted it green it would be very type o negative

Post by Bg » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:38 pm

no paint it Daphne Blue, then you'd have a guaranteed buyer lined up

dylan · Post by **dylan** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:47 pm

B45-12 wrote:FWIW my favourite tip[ is tune it to the TOP 4 strings of the guitar (but an octave down naturally) and then you can use all the guitar chords, licks etc to work out bass parts.

DGBE

Post by Bg » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:52 pm

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:45 pm

Fixed the dodgy jack, I have a working bass!! It's pretty cool, I'm still figuring out how to play it...

r4nd0m · Post by **r4nd0m** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:53 am

slash-ed wrote:I'm still figuring out how to play it...

Why bother-lah? Ur going to sell it soon anyway

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:38 pm

Or will I...

I apparently have a surprising number of simple bass lines in my head from just playing in bands or listening to music...

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:41 pm

Hah, I know some of you saw it coming - but I might sell the Ibanez J-Bass if there's any interest. It seems that my hatred of single coils translates to bass as well... Known issues: The bridge pickup is very much quieter than the neck pickup. I have no idea why. It was originally completely dead, but I've replaced its volume pot. Works faintly now, but it'll probably need replacing if it's to be used to good effect.

Condition is very good for a 30 year old thing. Small dings here n there but no major chunks out of it. Maple on maple neck with nice black block inlays, Fender style headstock with the curly Ibanez script, solid ash body.

Alternatively I'd trade for another bass, something cool and with humbuckers.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:19 pm

Did you try swapping the pup central leads over to the other vol controls as I suggested - that would show you if it's the pup or controls.

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:30 pm

Yup I did exactly that... At first it was dead, and swapping it over led me to the conclusion that the volume pot was at fault. So I put in another one, and that's where the volume difference comes in. I've tried connecting it to the pot that was already working in the first place, same thing.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:52 am

Ah now you did check the other vol pot's resistance? - in the very old days it was 250 k's, then there was a period they moved to 500 k's in the latest has been 1 MEG - if your new replacement pot was I meg try bridging it with a I meg resistor (== 500k) and see if that cures problems.

Check also the tone/vol caps are properly soldered - suprising how often when one leg is soldered to the pot body it comes loose.

The reason I'm suggesting all this is that you rarely get a low output pup as a fault - it's usually (99.9999999999* times out of 100) nothing at all or working, so if you are getting some sound out of it, I'd go through the vol/tone stuff with a microscope

Cheers

foal30 · Post by **foal30** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:27 pm

Veritable fountain of knowledge you.
You should give lessons instead of giving away your secrets.
I'm getting a masterclass for kips!

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:02 pm

Cool... okay. 250k pots all around is what it came with, and what I replaced the faulty one with. I'll check the soldering when I have time, but in the meanwhile it's still for sale just cos