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The tin of bees wax that came with my Bass is going empty and I want to try an alternative. Has anyone have experience with Carnauba Wax or something similar?
Hello! I'm looking to get my first 5 string and I have narrowed it down to the Yamaha TRBX. There is a used 305 for sale for £330 near me and there is a new 505 for sale for £530. Are the extra features worth the £200?
I have a friend who's really into them, so I thought it would be a nice surprise if I could learn one of their songs for him. I'm just not familiar with their catalogue, so does anyone have any suggestions for where to start? My level is "advanced noob" :)
I am stoked with this new bass I bought, my first fretless ever. I got it mainly because it had an ebony fingerboard, and because basses from this factory and period have a great reputation.
More pictures in comments (not sure if the image upload succeeded for the OP).
It was originally: Ibanez Soundgear SR-1000 1987/88 Made in Japan, in the Fujigen factory Ebony fretboard Maple neck Alder Body Black lacquer finish "Power Curve" active electronics (weird stuff that ALWAYS did a mid cut, switch would choose how much and the knob would choose which frequency)
Previous owner(s):
My work on it:
The superglued tone knob required a lot of brute force. I tried WD-40, acetone, pulled out every subcomponent of the pot meter one by one and eventually had to go to a machine shop to have it demolished with a heavy duty drill. But it's out and my active parametric mid EQ is in!!
So now I have 2 volume pots, and a stacked knob for the active mid EQ: botton for frequency (200-1000 Hz) and top for cut/boost.
Pretty unusual setup but it works well for me. I like setting a mid boost on the higher frequency for extra nasal/trombone-like fretless "burp" sound on the bridge pickup, while boosting lower frequency gets a more supportive "Precision bass"-like tone. The mid cut is nice for more percussive playing (using a pick or when slapping).
I am considering changing the vol/vol to vol/balance but that means you can never have the full unfiltered tone of both pickups when switching to passive mode. I am also considering adding a second 9V battery so the EMG circuit has more headroom. I do notice compression with some settings but I'm not looking forward to drilling in the small body and I don't think it will fit in the existing cavity.
Honoring the birth period of this bass, the 1980s, I have been playing a lot of Pino's work with Paul Young: "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down". Also Kate Bush' Wuthering Heights.
"Come Back And Stay", "Babooshka" and Paul Simon's Graceland album ("Diamonds on the Soles Of Her Shoes", "You Can Call Me Al") are on the to-do list.
Do you have any suggestions? Songs to play and modifications to make to the bass?
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I recently bought this modified Ibanez Soundgear SR-1000 1987. Some past owner had it defretted, replaced the electronics with passive vol-vol-tone, replaced the black finish on the body with a natural one and somehow got the tone pot stuck. No problem, I thought, I'll just remove it and replace it with an active stacked pot thingy.
But the problems started when I removed the screw holding the knob and the knob stayed put. After a lot of WD-40 and brute force, I managed to pull it off to find the cause, and the next problem:
The potmeter had once broken off and been superglued into place. The superglue affected not just the potmeter itself but also the knob, which was solidly stuck to the upper part of the potmeter (right in the picture), and the locking nut holding the potmeter in place in the body.
I know acetone dissolves superglue, but I am afraid it will also ruin the finish. Is there any other way I can get this cursed tone pot out of the bass?