Recent content by seagro

Wow. That Rainbow show is freaking hilarious.  I am going to have to send that one to everyone I know.

I like the suggestions of swapping the pickups between the alder bass and one of my two poplar ones.  It should fit since the only difference between the two poplar models is I upgrated it to SCN to see if that was what was different.  I am sure you guys are right and I am associating something...

Hey, since I just gathered you are still in school.  Buy a 200W bass combo if solid state.  Mine got me by until I was playing auditoriums.  Then I just added another 200W combo.  Looked goofy but it was enough power until I started playing gigs where I could DI my mass into the PA for FoH mix. ...

Well I appreciate the responses.  Perhaps I am just pickier then the average player, but I can definately tell the difference between things like fretboard woods, body woods, and neck woods.  I do realize the electronics is a large part of the sound as well.  Perhaps I notice these things since...

Hmm I might be able to top that with my High School project so long long ago.  I canibilized parts off a horrible horrible knock off with a built in speaker and amp in the body.  Two single coils, a horrible carved bar bridge piece with a knock off bigsby clone that the spring would fall out of...

So I am easing my way into the planning of my custom bass project.  I have a list of things I like about all of my production basses and what I don't about them all.  I also have what I think I did wrong on my last assembly bass made from parts from that Famous MFG in southern CAL.  You know the...