The Last Bass Outpost

Tried to exercise restraint, but this discussion of lucite/luthite just brings it out of me... 

That breakout box 

If someone did get it, that whole Activator setup (assuming its all there) is worth a fair clip.

Happy holidays to you all and your families!

One of my favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcNUz4njCo8


Lowe's partly to blame for my Hamer fetish.  A well deserved obsession, if I do say 

Beautiful work and outcome! I would love to take that plunge one day- great inspiration. 

^^ Still listen to that, and High and Dry occasionally   Savage's amber Standard bass gave me GAS early in my adolescence... Always wondered why I could never find one, but turns out there were only around 50 or so Standards ordered. Those were all snowflakes in terms of specs. I've seen 'em with dual HBs (various positions- even one with three!!, and supposedly there is one floating around back East with a single X2N), jazz pickups, P/J, single P, and the earliest ones had combos of old Fender Jazz pickups in a dualie config, and Gibson EB and TB pickups.  Various bridges - 60s Gibson Tbird, 70s 3-points, Schaller rollers, other?? - some with binding, some without, 4/8/12 string configs, and so on...

The Blitz was their non-custom-order offering along with the Cruise, but every bit as good quality wise (IME).  Not many of those were made either, when compared with the quantities that Gibson pumps out.  Thought I recall reading that Hamer produced ~50,000 instruments total.

Congrats on the Blitz - looks like a nice one!

Jake - you are correct.  An on-off-on toggle (center off) would work just fine.  I went with this one more for the aesthetic, and I like the springy feel 

Also, if I recall correctly when test-fitting some other options, the big toggles (ala Carling) would have required boring the hole out a bit, and the minis were swimming in the old pushbutton hole.  This switch fit pretty well in mine as-is.

Another slick approach could be to implement using a couple of push-pull pots... Or even a combo of a push-pull for the orig sounds, and use of the stock pushbutton to cut the inductor's ground connection (for choke bypass).

Very worthy mod, no matter how you tackle it!  It's a testament that I still own that bass.  Really extended the useful sonic range, and I still enjoy playing it out from time to time.

Quote from: Basvarken on September 18, 2017, 11:39:34 AM
Resurrection time!

A friend of mine bought a 1964 EB2 the other day.
I told him about the three way toggle that Joe installed to use the fully engaged Mudbucker in all its glory.

Now he's asking me if I could do the modification for him. But I'm afraid all the pics in this thread have been photobucketed...
Can anybody help maybe? Joe?

Rob- here's the one post summary 


For an EB2/Rivoli, this depicts the tone switch mod:



I'll add the EB2D version here too - in case it helps anyone in the future:



This pic details the switching behavior.  Note that in the middle "choke bypass" position, one throw on the DPDT switch should not engage (between lugs 5 and 6 on the pic):




That throws a bit of a curve, since some DPDT toggles won't function this way.  It would require one with an "on-off-on" center position.

I opted to use a triple-pickup Les Paul toggle, and bent one of the pins in such a way that it supports that switching behavior. 

The pins are numbered 1-6, starting at the top.  The goal is to make is to make it so that pin #4 never comes in contact with #5 when in the middle position – otherwise, it would give the original unchoked mode as opposed to the desired bypass mode.

Pic below will explain that modification visually:




I liked the look of that switch better anyway, and if I recall it was a pretty close fit in the hole from the original pushbutton:




Hope that helps, and reach out if you still have questions.

Quote from: Dave W on August 15, 2017, 07:29:24 PM
When I win Powerball and buy Henry out, I will bring back the WRC clownbass prototypes as well as the 20/20.

In case you do... a 20/20 with built in overdrive, matching Pelham BluRay player, and a Heritage Cherry latte (licensed by Starbucks) would hit the spot!  </lifestyle brand jokes>

Serious question, though - were the piezo Q90s also 32" scale (ala Explorer), or long scale?

Slick looking bass!

Beautiful collection! 

What is the 4th bass from the left?  Was that a particular model of 4003?

Down to two Rics myself. Always had a thing for jetglo - last ones standing 

Quote from: bobyoung on July 22, 2017, 05:11:27 PM
Thanks, not a bas idea, do you glue them in or just place them?

Had to build the foam up using two layers cut from the mousepad, and I think I used Weldwood contact cement (because I already had some around) to glue the layers together and secure it in the baseplate.

Not sure exactly on the mounting screws... but I've used old mousepads as foam-donors on a couple of mutes:

My usual drill is forums first, followed by Facebook groups. Failing those, then off to the auction sites.  I've only sold a few things on Reverb... always got significantly more bites via Ebay.

I'd honestly rather get a root canal than have to resort to Craigslist, but I have had a handful of good transactions there over the years... and the comedic factor is second to none.

How did you even get in?!

Just tried again- three different systems, 2-3 different browsers on each, still getting broken pages similar to the screenshot I posted.

Dave's probably right- high volume of people all trying to get their content out at the same time.

Quote from: TBird1958 on July 01, 2017, 05:19:06 PM

I've visited porn sites with less invasive ads than Photobucket

   Ads like a porn site... without the reward of porn.  No win here whatsoever.

At this very instant, here's what the Photobucket landing page looks like.  LOL




$399/year my a**!