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Ive no clue so im not of much help when it comes to advice, but im definitely curious to hear what you want to do and why!
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Only thing I could see is that any routing wouldn't be covered by a standard pickguard if you changed your mind. Are you trying to do some kinda weird Jazz bass thing with MM pickups?
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May 8, 2024 23:23
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Preggo My Eggo! posted:Would I be crazy to modify a perfectly good Stingray Special 4HH to move the pickups closer to the bridge? I feel confident that it'll sound how I want it, and would have the work done by a luthier. I’d do it on a ray4 or 24, not a EBMM, but if you wanna do it post pics and sound for us to compare
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May 8, 2024 23:51
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Yeah I thought about the pick guard. Right now I'm thinking I'll leave it off and let it be ugly. gently caress yeah. I'm doing a Wal type thing, trying to sound like Justin Chancellor. Most if it is figured out and I can get really dang close with my Schecter Stiletto Stealth, but it's a cheap instrument that feels like a toy. I want to get a similar sound but with the much nicer Stingray. The idea is to have a double humbucker bass with the pickups located really far down by the bridge, run that through a micro amp to give it a boost, then through a low-pass filter pedal (specifically So High So Low by Analog Music Company) with resonance to get the Wal preamp sound, then through all the other effects. With the Schecter it sounds really close to what I want. My Schecter has a humbucker waaaay down by the bridge plus a p-bass pickup, so it's close but not quite the same as a double humbucker. The dream is to relocate the Stingray pickups to get even closer to replicating a Wal.
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May 8, 2024 23:57
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Risky Bisquick posted:I’d do it on a ray4 or 24, not a EBMM, but if you wanna do it post pics and sound for us to compare I actually have a Ray34 but it's only one pickup. That's gonna stay how it is so I still have a classic stingray to play.
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Preggo My Eggo! posted:Yeah I thought about the pick guard. Right now I'm thinking I'll leave it off and let it be ugly. gently caress yeah. If done nicely, pickguard-less can look pretty good. Every once in a while I go look at this vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKw0ZFERZIo
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May 9, 2024 00:05
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Adding an amp boost to a Stingray. The bass is gonna be deep enough to be labeled a weapon lol
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May 9, 2024 00:21
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But a cheap Sterling By Musicman or SUB (the cheap import ones) bass and go to town on the body with a router to test things out without ruining your nice bass. Alternatively, try out a G&L L2000. The pickups are basically where it sounds like you want to move yours to, and can easily be modded to have the coils in the pickups be in parallel to get you a tone closer to a Stingray.
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May 9, 2024 01:24
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I have a little bass ukulele and a cheap, portable Joyo battery-powered bass amp for playing outdoors. The issue I have is that when I hook the bass up it simply refuses to play. The batteries in both the bass and amp are new, it works fine with my computer's interface and also if I use a headphone amp and aux cable into the Joyo. Has anyone experienced anything like this?
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May 10, 2024 12:24
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Captain Splendid posted:I have a little bass ukulele and a cheap, portable Joyo battery-powered bass amp for playing outdoors. What kind of cable are you using to hook up the ukulele to the amp? Instrument cable (mono)?
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May 10, 2024 14:35
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kare posted:What kind of cable are you using to hook up the ukulele to the amp? Instrument cable (mono)? Just a regular guitar/bass cable affair
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May 11, 2024 14:10
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This is at a pawn shop near me. I’m assuming it’s just a Fuzz Face stuffed in there but I am intrigued. Edit: It’s a Maestro FZ-1. Fuzz Face didn’t exist yet. 
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May 17, 2024 00:55
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That's dope. Bet it would sound killer through an old ampeg
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Cross-posting from the metal thread: Looking for some recommendations. I've been playing bass for close to two decades now but last month I acquired my first 5-string (a "Toby" from the small Chicagoland brand Tobias) when I found it on sale for $200 at a music store that was going out of business. I am still very much getting used to it--the extra string totally fucks with my muscle memory. A little description of my usual practice setup: I have Spotify playlists of songs pulled from my library for what are now my three basses based on tunings--one for standard or close to standard 4-string, one for 4-string from D standard down to B standard, and now one for the 5-string (either intended for play on an extended bass or sub-B standard). I throw these on shuffle and try to play along to tabs at speed. Unsurprisingly, the 5-string playlist is the least populated (a little over 900 songs at the moment), and it is dominated by a handful of artists. Furthermore, bands that deploy 5-string basses tend to be hyper-technical prog types, and while I enjoy the challenge of trying to play along to BTBAM or Dream Theater, I am not that caliber of player and even less that caliber on a type of bass I'm not used to. So basically I am looking for bands and songs that fit the following criteria: 1) Use a 5-string and/or very low tuning, 2) are on Spotify, 3) have tabs available on free sites like Songsterr or Ultimate-Guitar, and 4) are not extremely demanding technically. Open to any genre, metal or otherwise. I figure this could also be a fun way to check out some new bands! Some examples on my playlist of the type of thing I'm looking for: Amon Amarth Benighted Cannibal Corpse Edge of Sanity Giant Squid Meshuggah (I'm fine with crazy time signatures, just not crazy fingering patterns) Orphaned Land Sanguisugabogg
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May 17, 2024 01:58
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Pretty sure Al Cisneros goes five strong with Om.
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May 17, 2024 07:40
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Every Om tab I’ve ever seen is like “here’s one of the riffs, improvise the rest!”
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May 17, 2024 14:13
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You should learn some Cynic stuff, a lot of Sean's basslines are simpler than they sound and they're always tasty af. Allegeaon has a few flashy technical bits, but their basslines are pretty accessible for the most part and their compositions are usually really fresh and fun. Hath also do some incredibly simple but fat and groovy 5-string lines, probably worth a look.
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Cynic I’ve got covered. Allegaeon are something I would assume are well beyond my level but maybe they’re one of those bands that are pretty playable until you get to a tapping section. Hadn’t thought to look for Hath stuff—I liked their album from a couple of years ago.
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