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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Hipshot ultralite help needed

« on: September 23, 2015, 02:03:22 AM »

I've bought some used Hipshot ultralite keys to cure some neck dive on my bass, but i need to reverse them.
I'd like to know if any of you could confirm that the needed allen key measure is 1/16" which is hard to find around here.
I've tried with a friend who works with HD, but when we found the supposedly right key it was too hard to turn and i'm afraid of rounding out the screw. i was told there's possibly locktite under the screw so i should heat it up....but i'd then risk to melt the plastic washer in the Key.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.

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Fender Basses / Difference between new and old serie custom shop Jazz pickups & Japanese pickups

« on: May 11, 2015, 07:13:03 AM »

I've found a set of Fender Custom shop J pickups. The seller say it's the old version from the '90, without logo, with rounded pole pieces and with a different color of brass plates. does any of you guys know anything about this?

I'm also looking at a couple of J pickups from an '85 Japanese Fender bass, do you know how to recognize them?

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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Wiring a Model G with a single - Can anybody help me?

« on: January 07, 2015, 04:48:17 AM »

Guy's, i'm moving a Model G from my Fenderbird to an SX jbass.
I had the pickup wired to a DPDT switch to use it in parallel/singel/serie. Now i would do the same on this bass but i'm installing a bridge pickup also, in the hope to archive a J-like sound. I'm not sure of the wiring so if anybody could help me before i get other components i'll be thankfull.
My doubt is that, in the attached wiring diagram, without the second pickup, the hot wire from the Model G goes to the side socket:

while in the other, with two pickups, it goes to the central...:

PS: no tone switch...

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Bass Amps & Effects / 2x12 for my Marshall Superbass head

« on: July 22, 2014, 07:52:43 AM »

So i finally got my 4x12 Marshall fridge sold, great cab but to big, loud and heavy.
Now i need a smaller cab and was thinking of a 2x12 or 2x10. A friend of mine has an empty 1922 Marshall cab he'll let go for cheap, does anybody know if it would be worth filling it with some bass speaker, and which, or would it sound too thin being a guitar cab?? Anyone?

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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Thunderbuckers and SixxBuckers on the 'Bay

« on: January 07, 2014, 01:32:16 PM »

Don't know if it's a good price but thought i'd post it here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thunderbucker-Pickups-Set-of-2-for-Gibson-Thunderbird-Bass-Lightly-Used-/181294193308?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a35f9da9c

And here are the SixxBuckers: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-Of-Gibson-Nikki-Sixx-Thunderbird-Bass-Pickups-/181293015720?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2a35e7e2a8

Are these different from the normal Tb+ ?

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The Outpost Cafe / Kings of chaos - new supergroup

« on: September 28, 2012, 02:36:52 PM »

Listening to the Deep Purple tribute album Re-machined ( http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/music-bookazines/classic-rock-presents-re-machined-a-tribute-to-deep-purple/ ) I also dicovered a new supergroup that, i think, could be pretty interesting...or not?....:
http://www.kingsofchaosband.com/

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The Outpost Cafe / RIP Adam Yauch - MCA

« on: May 05, 2012, 02:19:57 PM »

I know many of you might not care about the Beastie Boys, but they've sure made some change in music history and MCA was also (first of all) the bands bass player.

RIP.

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The Outpost Cafe / R.I.P. Jim Marshall

« on: April 05, 2012, 05:50:56 AM »

Crank it up for the man, guys and girls.
Heaven has just become louder. http://www.jimmarshall.co.uk/

R.I.P. Jim, inventor of the amp.

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Other Bass Brands / Future Grabber - Norton bass

« on: March 23, 2012, 07:55:02 AM »

Just when i thought i've seen everything in the bass world, it's even uglier than the railbass: http://www.nortonguitars.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=1&p=8&a=0&at=0

But hey, you can't discuss taste......

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