USA Epi hollowbody

drbassman · January 26, 2008, 10:36:43 AM

Wow, cool. Well, I could always use the trusty 2-point bridge Scott made with one of my 60's tailpieces. Too many choices!

gweimer · January 26, 2008, 11:00:06 AM

I've got a Warwick bridge I'm looking to sell, if you're interested. Cheap.

drbassman · January 26, 2008, 11:19:30 AM

Yes, PM me.

Dave W · January 26, 2008, 03:49:28 PM

First this, now another intrusion by Warwick into Gibson territory!

(Yeah, I know, the Warwick bridge isn't new to Gibson.)

Lightyear · January 26, 2008, 04:41:15 PM

Quote from: gweimer on January 26, 2008, 11:00:06 AM
I've got a Warwick bridge I'm looking to sell, if you're interested. Cheap.

If the good Doctor is not interested I call dibs! Providing that it's chrome

gweimer · January 26, 2008, 06:15:36 PM

You guys are killling me! It's gold. ...sigh...

Lightyear · January 26, 2008, 07:44:32 PM

Bummer

Gold just isn't my "thang" And judging by your post I'm guessing it isn't Doc's either.

Fear not - someone here will want it! You never know when a certain German with a hording complex will decide to work over some unsuspecting Gibson in a new and vibrant color scheme that will require gold hardware

Dave W · January 26, 2008, 11:27:10 PM

After the blue/orange burst he did on the gunshot wounded bass, gold hardware is mild by comparison.

Lightyear · January 27, 2008, 08:41:23 AM

Well, there is the dayglo green/fuscia burst color scheme that has yet to be tried

drbassman · January 27, 2008, 10:00:40 AM

Man, I love the look of thet Warwick Star II, even the pseudo humbucker covers.

Dave W · January 27, 2008, 10:08:15 AM

Quote from: drbassman on January 27, 2008, 10:00:40 AM
Man, I love the look of thet Warwick Star II, even the pseudo humbucker covers.

Warwick's putting out classic guitar shapes under the Framus name -- I haven't seen them in stores but I did see them at Summer NAMM 2006 and 2007. So I guess they're testing the waters on classic bass shapes.

gweimer · January 27, 2008, 12:02:46 PM

What are the prices like on the Framus line? IIRC, Warwick is what became of the old Framus company. Maybe they're following the Gibson/Epiphone trend by doing reissues under the old name. If the prices are reasonable, it might be worth looking at.

drbassman · January 27, 2008, 04:44:26 PM

I'm gonna call my dealer tomorrow to see what the prince on the Star II is going to be.

Granny Gremlin · January 28, 2008, 08:28:16 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on January 25, 2008, 03:15:29 PM
Well I think it also depends on what impedance your pickups are.

I had to change the pots on my modified JCS because they didn't match the Gibson Lo-Z pickup I put in.
I believe the JCS had 250 K Ohm pots installed. That didn't work with the Gibson Lo-Z pickup.
But now I have 2.5 K Ohms (Yes that's correct: 2.5 K) like it says in the wiring diagrams from the Les Paul Bass / Triumph.
It wasn't easy to find them by the way...

I've been looking for 2.5K Triumph pots, Rob where'd you find them? Actually, I think I'm still trying to figure out what taper the original ones were. Do you know or did you just assume audio/log (some schematics show linear for some pots, log for others, and sometimes even a 3rd marking that I'm not familiar with - there are more than 2 pot tapers available).

And Yes, Rob, Hi vs Lo Z will change things significantly, but one HiZ pup vs another, is not that much diff (the Z is in the same ballpark) - the reason that they recomend 250K's for single coils is because they're usually too trebly (a matter of taste, some people love that skewed tone, which is why no-load pots and wiring straight to the jack are popular mods). Humbuckers have double the inductance which acts as a low pass filter (just like a 1st over crossover on a woofer in a speaker cabinet), that's why buckers are darker than single coils (exception being great big hoinkin granddaddy coils like the original EB pup which have heela inductance as well - basically the more and/or thicker wire around more magnet = more inductance = less treble). 500K's are used on buckers to preserve what treble they do have; 250s are used to tame the treble on singles so they sound fuller (as per DrBassman's fancy).

Granny Gremlin · January 28, 2008, 08:44:25 AM

Quote from: drbassman on January 26, 2008, 10:15:10 AM
This has been driving me crazy because of the number of choices. Does Schaller still make the 401? I wasn't sure. I have the tailpiece and wooden bridge on my EB-650 and it's kinds nice to have something so different than the 3-pointers I have on 6 or 7 of my other Gibson.

Personally, I say go with something with a tailpeice for that - it's a howllowbody after all, they look naked on the ass end without one IMO. Maybe a Badbird (by Dasson) bridge with a trapeze.

Also, the Schaller 460 looks good on the ES shape.

What's the 401? Can't find any info on that.