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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Another disgruntled Dallas Cowboys fan
« on: January 28, 2008, 10:32:28 AM »
quite funny!
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: The next victim - USA Epi hollowbody
« on: January 25, 2008, 09:16:19 AM »
thanks very much for the explanation. I may have to give this a shot on my ripper. I rewired it like an LP but I'd like to coax a little more low end out of it.
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: The next victim - USA Epi hollowbody
« on: January 25, 2008, 07:00:32 AM »
the key, I'm finding, is to use 250 k pots for the tone controls
Dr B, can you elaborate on the difference in sound between the 250k & 500k pots please? thanks!
Dr B, can you elaborate on the difference in sound between the 250k & 500k pots please? thanks!
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Take it off baby! (bass abuse!)
« on: January 22, 2008, 05:05:31 AM »
that's gonna look great with a cherry burst!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Ripper/G3 clone update
« on: January 16, 2008, 12:42:01 PM »
ok but how do you really feel, Uwe? 
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Gibson Basses / Re: Ripper/G3 clone update
« on: January 16, 2008, 05:02:22 AM »
wow, that looks fantastic; nice color selection!
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Gibson Basses / Re: ripper project completed
« on: January 15, 2008, 05:08:25 AM »
And I'm sure someone will want you old choke
somebody was looking for one recently but I don't remember who.
somebody was looking for one recently but I don't remember who.
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Gibson Basses / Re: NR TB reproduction
« on: January 14, 2008, 09:17:00 AM »
very nice, Dr B! looks great sans guard to me.
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Gibson Basses / Re: The all things chrome & shiny thread
« on: January 14, 2008, 05:17:21 AM »
not a bass, but at least a Gibson. did I hear pickguard?
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Gibson Basses / Re: ripper project completed
« on: January 14, 2008, 04:58:40 AM »
thanks for the comments, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. I like to solo the neck pickup quite a bit, so I had to modify the wiring to accomodate that. plus I couldn't see the value of having a choke in the circuit (anybody need one?); these pups are not mudbuckers by any stretch.
it's a bright sounding bass, so I may play around with some different cap values.
the bridge cover is the final hurdle. the unchromed ones from ebay turned out to be 1/8" taller than a few others that I have and they don't look quite right on the bass. 1/8" doesn't sound like much but it's huge when you're used to the shorter specimen.
I can't wait to hear it at practice.
it's a bright sounding bass, so I may play around with some different cap values.
the bridge cover is the final hurdle. the unchromed ones from ebay turned out to be 1/8" taller than a few others that I have and they don't look quite right on the bass. 1/8" doesn't sound like much but it's huge when you're used to the shorter specimen.
I can't wait to hear it at practice.
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Gibson Basses / ripper project completed
« on: January 13, 2008, 08:07:37 PM »
been working on this on and off for 18 months or so, but it's finally completed. it needed a re-fret and I decided to get it refinned (semi-gloss nitro) as well. also rewired it with a 3-way toggle, 2 vol, 2 tone and got a tort guard from Roger (Jeannie's Pickguards). sounds much better than the original circuit to my ears, it's much brighter and has a bit more range as well.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: And awayyy we go...
« on: January 13, 2008, 07:13:08 PM »
made it and thanks for the heads up