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Dr. Aquafresh
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Re: To Gold Top or not to Gold Top...
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Reply #30 on:
August 02, 2010, 08:51:04 AM »
OK... Sometimes the simplest answer is the best one.
I've decided to do nothing and leave it be, for now.
I'm going to give the Dan Armstrong and the 8 string the week off and give the LP another shot.
In other news I picked up a Micro Pog this weekend. I should know if it will give me a reasonable 8 string sound at practice Tuesday.
Later
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uwe
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Re: To Gold Top or not to Gold Top...
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Reply #31 on:
August 02, 2010, 09:06:29 AM »
The sound can't be the issue, can it? LP Standards are the "rockiest" bass Gibson ever made.
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Dr. Aquafresh
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Re: To Gold Top or not to Gold Top...
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August 02, 2010, 09:41:46 AM »
Oh no, the sound is great, though I have been getting some strange buzzing recently.
Mine has the T-bird pickups and the Bart pre-amp and it pretty much kicks out the jams.
Maybe one day I'll figure out what the knobs actually do.
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uwe
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Re: To Gold Top or not to Gold Top...
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August 02, 2010, 11:46:05 AM »
I have the passive version as a four-string and the active as an eight-string. I prefer the passive sound though. The TB Plus chrome pups are already so forceful, channeling them through the Bart TCT electronics for further boost is too much cherry pie.
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Nocturnal
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Re: To Gold Top or not to Gold Top...
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Reply #34 on:
August 02, 2010, 11:49:47 AM »
That was why I installed that push/pull pot on mine so it could be active or passive. It had plenty of balls in passive mode, and active just pushed it over the top IMO. Sometimes I wish I still had it but we never really bonded like I thought we would.
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chromium
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Re: To Gold Top or not to Gold Top...
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August 02, 2010, 01:08:10 PM »
Andy's was a great player! And "kicks out the jams" pretty much sums up that active setup. Holy cow that thing was a real face melter (in a good way)
I would have got on well with that bass (or one like it), but have been trying to eliminate some redundancy as it is...
Gold top that sucka!
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