NR TB project

[Highlander]

 

[patman]

The single pickup look is very cool

[drbassman]

I agree on the single look. So maybe a new pick guard and the one pup mounted closer to the heel.  When I pluck the strings up there instead of over the current pup, the does improve to my ears.  Just a thought......

[Dave W]

I agree on the single look. So maybe a new pick guard and the one pup mounted closer to the heel.  When I pluck the strings up there instead of over the current pup, the does improve to my ears.  Just a thought......

Just because it sounds better to you to pluck there doesn't mean that a pickup there will make the bass sound better. A second pickup always results in some phase cancellation of upper harmonics. That's not necessarily bad, but it does change the tone. That's why I wondered why you would add a pickup if you like the tone as-is.

Your bass, your choice, of course. If it doesn't work out, you can always use the empty pickup cavity to store a plug of your favorite chewing tobacco. 

[patman]

Another reason to learn to rest your thumb on the lowest string, rather than the pickup.  Then all basses pretty much play the same.

[nofi]

i needed a thumb rest to play anything. then i got my abg and learned to play with my thumb resting on the e string. in my case having my hand closer to all the strings makes it much easier to play, especially with arthritis in my hands and fingers. this is the old man solution.

[drbassman]

All good suggestions.  Actually, the bass sounds better through my old B-15 than my Mesa.  I think I need to tweak the EQ more and maybe add some compression.  We'll see at next practice.