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Guitars Etc. / Re: A stunning Gibson
« on: January 16, 2017, 10:59:16 PM »
Wow, I really love gibson archtops. This one is stunning!
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Epic Maid of Honor
« on: January 16, 2017, 10:51:25 PM »You won't find rakfisk around here, at least that I know of.
It´s only a matter of time before we export every fish we have here. Out of oil, you know
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Epic Maid of Honor
« on: January 15, 2017, 10:57:02 PM »I do draw the line at lutefisk dinners, though.
Me too, but I love rakfisk!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Perhaps No One Will Notice The Fret Board
« on: January 15, 2017, 01:35:42 AM »
A fretted fretless?
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: January 09, 2017, 11:18:34 PM »Good grief... this threads got past 60K views...
I´m not surprised. I found this forum googeling ´anal mud fetish´
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Gibson Basses / Re: Mudbucker coil
« on: January 03, 2017, 05:22:27 AM »If your anything like me, see you in 2018, or maybe '19...
Obviously not, did the rewind yesterday
I'm a seriously damaged workaholic; I squeezed in about 4 gibson bass projects (including refins) and 6 private tube amp projects between restoring an old house and two jobs. The explorer bass itself will be done by february (I hope) and I look forward to testing this muddie. With the taps I read 7K5, 14K3, 22K and 29K5 (full series DCR) but will probably just make it switchable between full and half series humbucker.
Here it is!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Mudbucker coil
« on: December 31, 2016, 03:15:14 AM »
Thanks, guys - that was the thread I looked for.
I forgot that the name of the thread was `breaking up is hard to do´
Will post something as soon as I get something done!
I forgot that the name of the thread was `breaking up is hard to do´
Will post something as soon as I get something done!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Mudbucker coil
« on: December 28, 2016, 11:49:10 PM »
Rewinding an epi coil seems a lot easier than finding a single unbroken gibson one.
I´m doing that now, bought an epi EB0 for my ´58 explorer bass project a month ago. It must be the cheapest new bass I ever bought, $180 list price! Thought I´d just use the neck, but until I come across a fail priced/project condition mudbucker, I´ll just rewind the epi.
I´m gonna tap both coils halfway, just for fun/experiment - les paul style. Maybe someone here have done that? I vaguely remember someone posting sound clips of parallel vs single coil mode mudbucker (chromium?) but could not find the thread.
I´m doing that now, bought an epi EB0 for my ´58 explorer bass project a month ago. It must be the cheapest new bass I ever bought, $180 list price! Thought I´d just use the neck, but until I come across a fail priced/project condition mudbucker, I´ll just rewind the epi.
I´m gonna tap both coils halfway, just for fun/experiment - les paul style. Maybe someone here have done that? I vaguely remember someone posting sound clips of parallel vs single coil mode mudbucker (chromium?) but could not find the thread.
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Guitars Etc. / Re: Epic price drop
« on: December 21, 2016, 10:57:25 PM »That remark got me to watch the whole thing. Great video! The EB-0F, well, it still sounds like an EB-0F, which is why I sold mine.
Splitter!
My ´63 got an upgrade, fuzz face circuit instead of the maestro. OK, so i don´t use the fuzz a lot, but it´s the best playing four string bass I have ever had!
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Guitars Etc. / Re: Epic price drop
« on: December 20, 2016, 11:20:03 PM »
Nice pelham blue EB0F!
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Accidental NBD ("Austin" Pbass, maybe project)
« on: December 19, 2016, 12:11:22 PM »but the worst sin is his assertion that an old SVT with the switching jack "can't make full power" unless you put a dummy plug into the main jack and run a 4 ohm load off extension speaker output from the 2 ohm tap tripped by the dummy jack.
I was rather puzzled by by this too.
The BEST book by far about amps is the long out-of-print Electric Guitar Amplifier Handbook by Jack Darr; it's concise, technically accurate and while not exactly layman-speak, easy to follow.
Thanks, I´ll have to check it out!
EDIT: By the way, PGB - from one thing to another.. Did you ask about Winged ´C´EL509 II tubes a couple of years ago? I might be able to get hold of some, just PM me if yo´re still after them!
Sorry for the detour, daan
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Accidental NBD ("Austin" Pbass, maybe project)
« on: December 19, 2016, 08:09:37 AM »...just ignore what he says about tube bass amps, specifically vintage SVT's. He's full of $hit.
I would not say that he is full of £hit, maybe more like 50/50. He is definitely no Frederick Terman, but I do like to read books by contemporary techs. Ok, so Weber gets somewhat hung up on a Texas tone mission; you'd think there is only one correct guitar tone and for thet you need three tube amps. But many of them tech-authors specialize 'modding' or having in-depth knowledge on amps they love, and see things from a different perspective. Sometimes tech experience can add to the picture, though I'm more fond of the classic tube amp books from the 40's up to the 50's. I like Randall Aiken, amongst other 'young' techs. Aspen P. on the other hand
All in all I try to avoid Google. Hey, and I read you too PBG, read through most things you've said about Mesa/Boogie Regarding Weber's Ampeg papers, maybe he has more to offer for the guitarist than the tech. He gives us a peep throgh the ampeg factory door, nothing wrong about that. What exactly 'bout his SVT work is it that you don't like? The way he describes the biasing process?
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature EB0 to EB4 and SG variant basses...
« on: December 18, 2016, 11:27:21 PM »I like that. Think of it as the sire of the mudbucker, and besides, it sounds better than mudmother.
Great band name, though.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Accidental NBD ("Austin" Pbass, maybe project)
« on: December 18, 2016, 11:25:05 PM »
What Dave said, bevare of ground loops. Phase problems too might trouble you, might be difficult to balance them without reversing one of the speakers. A tip would be to keep the speakers in line; on top or next to each other - not different places in the room. But it´s definitely possible, I often play a clean musicman rig paired with a dirtier marshall super bass 4x12, works fine.
Gerald Weber got a whole chapter about the topic in the book ´tube amp talk for the guitarist and tech´.
Gerald Weber got a whole chapter about the topic in the book ´tube amp talk for the guitarist and tech´.