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Gibson Basses / Re: RD in the Local area...
« on: December 13, 2013, 10:56:30 AM »
Those pups are not too hard to find on ebay (but they aren't 'Moog" pups).  Not sure there was anything too special about them as regards working with the active circuit  - any standard bucker should do (assuming it fits). If you intend to make the most out of the electronics, you really want a bridge pup in there - with the expansion effect engaged it is amazing as a surrogate rhythm guitar chordy distorted  riff monster.

The refin explains the maple board - I don't like the look personally.  As far as refins go, it looks like a good one (and recent - that thing is clean).

Price seems on the high side of about right.  Like the seller left some haggle room.  If it was 100% functional I'd say deal.  If the seller won't budge it's still not bad (assuming there's nothing else wrong with it; frets in good shape, electronics work, maple board doesn't look trashed etc) especially considering their rarity in Canada.  There is something to be said for being able to inspect the thing before putting down money that adds value (vs buying on ebay from the states).

Also the seller implies it's an aftermarket case.  Make sure it fits well (especially as regards the headstock not touching either the end or bottom of it).  These girls are too long for most generic cases - usually a custom jobby is required but TBird cases might work and those are available.

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Did anyone here win the auction - winning bid was lower than I expected, but more than I could justify at the moment.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Why Sixx went to Schecter....
« on: December 13, 2013, 09:47:34 AM »
Look, if you like bald beaver then, fine, but from where I sit, that's a bit weird.  I like my beaver to be of age so there damn better be fur on it, or I'm out.... also, I am a hairy beast (Lumberjack culture as well as genetics), and fair's fair, I'm not shavin either.  ... and before a further line of jokes start, there's a big distance between unkept mess and shaved; keeping things neat and tidy is expected on all sides.

Also, I dunno if a German partner-level lawyer should be talking about who is or isn't "the worst."  I bet it's all Mad Men breakfast up there on the _teenth floor with a clear view to the former Zyklon B factory (yer fault for pointing it out to me on that tour of Frankfurt).  :P

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Gibson Basses / Re: Why Sixx went to Schecter....
« on: December 13, 2013, 09:23:47 AM »
I prefer this one.  Take it as warning fellas  :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XdLheUC7kA

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The XLR out will be a bit of a problem in that the pup output is single-ended and anything with an XLR input is balanced.  Depending on the input section there can be a significant level drop (and therefore increased noise when you turn up the gain to compensate).  I assume you are not planning to use an XLR plug other then to the transformer/cable you're making, but there is an opportunity to make things better here.  Using a simple 1:1 transformer inside the bass (a local surplus store here has them real cheap, they're not super top quality, but this is such a low level application it shouldn't matter much... I actually grabbed one of those to play around with and could send it to you for the cost of shipping - it's about half an inch cubed in size) can balance the output for you.  This will do a few things (which may or may not be important or useful to you):

1) provide true universally problem-free Direct Injection without a DI - i.e. input into any mic level device.  ... then plug the thing into a vintage Ampex tube preamp and get yer James Jamerson on (I do this with my Triumph and despite the loZ pups, have to use the HiZ output and a DI for optimal results).
2) increase noise resistance (common mode rejection! which I'm sure you know all about). You can then just use any passive DI (backwards) to plug into a regular amp (or, as Rob would likely say, skip the expensive DI  and just turn up the input gain - I find that this approach is not that great with all amps, especially old tube amps, and you'd still need an XLR to 1/4"TS "winkie", which you can make or buy in barrel form, at least locally here, for about $5).  I can get barrel style Z converters (DI with no ground lift or passthru output) locally for $7-10.
3) isolation even when running LoZ (not using the Lo to Hi transformer)

I am also very curious as to what you're planning for the circuit - or are you going pup direct to jack?


Anyway, looking good so far (nice job on the plugs and routing - don';t think the plugs will show after finishing - solid/opaque white right; no sweat).  I was gonna say looks like you need some fret leveling if not a refret, but I see in the latest pics you pulled the frets so good on you for going the full 9.

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Good repair job on that pup!

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Good luck.  I'm sure that'll look and play sweet when done... too bad about your unfortunate choice of pup location though  :P



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Gibson Basses / Re: Why Sixx went to Schecter....
« on: December 12, 2013, 11:30:11 AM »
They are a scurge!  Overrunning the tundra and eating all the... em... snow!

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Let's see your rig!
« on: December 12, 2013, 08:47:15 AM »
Awesome.

My 115RH is in storage at the moment. ... might bust it out for a gig on the 28th.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Why Sixx went to Schecter....
« on: December 12, 2013, 07:15:52 AM »
Sheer jealousy of that one nation under Canada ...

As soon as we secure our ownership of the arctic and it's oil, we will have dominion over all the earth by virtue of our oil and water reserves.  All this time y'all thought we were being nice; muahahahahahahaha.

... and happy birthday Nikki.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Why Sixx went to Schecter....
« on: December 10, 2013, 03:44:49 PM »
I just can't get over that those two dolts are actually brothers named Bob (Rob; Robert) and Doug.  

This one is even more uncanny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUY6lDja-DE

I mean, come on, you couldn't have asked for more synchronicity there, between his pre-politics DUI/dropped possession charge in Florida, to this exact thing being in a Farley flick already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBOf7olN0I8


Anyway, enough about that, sorry for the derail.

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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Binding riddle
« on: December 10, 2013, 02:43:37 PM »
Being that hot in there has got to be against some sort of workplace safety laws.  They could just be preheating the binding, but that stuff cools really quick.  Maybe the glue in the glue box is heated to keep the binding malleable longer without reheating.

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Personally, I'd fill the entire neck pocket (or at least a good bit of it) and re-route it to fit the peavey.  ... basically what Carlo said about side-shimming, but moreso.  Then refint he body (which I am taking for granted as something you were gonna do anyway).  This way you can put the neck exactly where you want it (in addition to width, is the length the same?  Though as Carlo said you could move the bridge if you needed to; I am assuming the same scale because both companies defaulted to 34" so it wouldn't need to be moved very far if at all).

To simplfy this, it would be rather easy to chisel/route out the corners of the neck pocket to take the square peavey neck butt (do you even need to if it's narrower?) and then fill in the side gaps or just leave them if it don't bother you (It'd bother me).

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Gibson Basses / Re: Why Sixx went to Schecter....
« on: December 10, 2013, 10:09:28 AM »

 I think the last thing you'd want would be U.S. annexation...... Trust me.

Enjoy your Canadianess - And another piece of Back Bacon eh  ;)

Oh for sure - never said I wanted it, just that the US Oligarchs have been eyeing that option for a while.

... anyway, cut it out you hosers.


Geddy was a good sport to do the chorus.


I always assumed that all of Rush was helping out there.  ... I wonder if part of the Canadian rep for politeness comes from this sort of vernacular stereotype - in reality everywhere they say Take Off it would be an F-bomb.  'Hoser' is used a little by the 60s generation only (again) asa substitute for actual swears in front of the kids.  ... I only know one dude (a friend's dad) who uses it (outside of riffing on Bob n Doug obviously), and even then, only at us (when he thought we weren't around he'd cuss out his buddies normally).

Anyway, funny how things come around again (this time without the prime-time safe euthamisms):




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Gibson Basses / Re: Why Sixx went to Schecter....
« on: December 09, 2013, 01:32:03 PM »

 

 I thought you were Canadian?!  :)


I am.... but if I talked about The Charter of Rights and Freedoms would anyone have any idea what I was going on about or found the humour in it? Besides, y'all have been looking to annex us for decades, and we enjoy special almost-American privileges such as not requiring passports at boarder crossings... until recently anyway... though I think they rolled that back again so we just need a driver's license... I just know enough to check before every trip... which, no offense (I just don't like boarder security people of any nationality ever since I was singled out for special search as a pimply 16 year old on my way home to Canada by a large and hungry looking Bavarian woman who spent much too long examining the plastic bag of dirty underpants  in my suitcase, totally ignoring the butterfly knife I bought for $1 in Poland... though I'd still chalk that up as worth the trip due to the fine tradition of pick up games of topless volleyball that springing up at every local swimming hole in the Pettendoprf area; SPIKE!), are graciously few and far between.

Darn right, a Brit-grovelling royalist.

Don't even; I'm an immigrant and the colonial wars had nothing to do with me. ... anyway, they got a much nicer White House out of it in the end so it all worked out.

#burnthatshitdownagain #totallyjustkiddingguys #wecouldtotallyneverpullthatoneoffagain

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