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Gibson Basses / Re: Butchered Bicentennial IV to '64 II Clone
« on: May 08, 2024, 11:45:29 PM »
You know what, you could also make a reverse 20/20 out of it...
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Gibson Basses / Re: Incoming Vintage Pro Epi 'bird
« on: April 04, 2024, 12:01:31 PM »Anybody wanna buy a Peavey 6 string bass?Gotta make room and appease the wife. https://reverb.com/item/81110366-peavey-tl-six-6-string-bass-bartolini-upgrade
Wow, I didn't knew you play the harp...
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Gibson Basses / Re: The Rickie Hinrichsen Collection from Gibson
« on: March 26, 2024, 03:31:04 AM »Wow, you must have had academics as bandmates, in the bands I played no one ever noticed a difference unless I guided their eyes to the fretboard and said "Look, no frets!". No amount of fretless style playing would ever have them take notice.
Aaaa, the joys of playing with (tone) deaf people ..
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Gibson Basses / Re: The Rickie Hinrichsen Collection from Gibson
« on: March 25, 2024, 02:54:50 PM »
Lol Uwe, you could just write "Bassist looking for adults that know to play and respect other people's time, no boring lazy assholes please" and there you go 
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Gibson Basses / Re: Mod collection restock update
« on: March 07, 2024, 01:04:09 PM »
Ohhh very nice matte finish, but the nut color? No, just no. Gibson must be nuts!
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Gibson Basses / Re: TB+ construction question
« on: March 01, 2024, 02:56:50 AM »
Is this back cover magnetic? Or its something like brass?
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Gibson Basses / Re: TB+ construction question
« on: February 28, 2024, 01:34:34 PM »
I bet its ceramic like the newer designs, this must be one of the first TB+ designs. Can you remove the metal cover?
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Gibson Basses / Re: Neodymium EB-0 Pickup.........
« on: February 19, 2024, 01:04:58 PM »
Looks like a (wide aperture) humbucker, not a sidewinder.
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Gibson Basses / Re: TB+ construction question
« on: February 19, 2024, 01:02:25 PM »
I mean, if there was a way to do it, since it is cheap (ceramic is cheaper than alnico), our friends from the exotic east would have found it and produce it in millions...
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Gibson Basses / Re: TB+ construction question
« on: February 19, 2024, 12:39:11 AM »
True. Also a ceramic blade so thin maybe is prone to demagnetizing.
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Gibson Basses / Re: TB+ construction question
« on: February 18, 2024, 06:29:35 AM »Is it not possible for the ceramic magnet to be a blade?
It is possible I think, the problem is that this pickup would sound very trebly. Iron in a pickup core gives it warm sound (alnico contains more iron and other ferromagnetic metals than ceramic magnets). Think of it like a recipe, too much salt and you are ruing it, everything must be balanced
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Gibson Basses / Re: TB+ construction question
« on: February 17, 2024, 03:33:24 PM »
It is because alnico is both the blade and the magnet, on the other hand steel needs an external magnet.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: New Eastwood semisolid for Peter Hook
« on: February 17, 2024, 01:52:51 PM »
Nothing a neck mudbucker can't fix...
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Gibson Basses / Re: TB+ construction question
« on: February 17, 2024, 01:16:12 PM »
Exactly, the copper is used to ground the steel blades.
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Gibson Basses / Re: TB+ construction question
« on: February 17, 2024, 01:04:14 PM »
Yes, it is the (ceramic) magnet, or better, magnets, since there are 3 (one big between the two blades and two narrower outside).
The vintage Tbirds have alnico magnets instead of steel blades, so no need for a magnet on the bottom, thats one of the reasons they don't need as much cavity depth as the modern ones.
The vintage Tbirds have alnico magnets instead of steel blades, so no need for a magnet on the bottom, thats one of the reasons they don't need as much cavity depth as the modern ones.