tbonesullivan

Well, no ceiling fans in the basement, and I've noticed the warble both at home, and in our rehearsal space with a totally different setup. Of course part of me just wants to sell the stingray, and this just adds fuel to that idea.

Thanks! I'll give it a try tonight when I have time. I'm really not sure if it's a new problem or not, or whether I just ignored it, since the notes up that high on the E string really don't sound that good anyway.

The stingray has a set of D'Addario EXL165, which are medium bottoms and light tops, and the Carvin has a set of Carvin strings by La Bella , which are medium but have the same string diameters as the D'Addarios. When I get home I'll try muting the strings on the headstock to see if that helps. Another thing both basses have in common is they both have big alnico pole humbucking pickups in the bridge position.

Yeah, I tried muting the other strings. I even tried massively lowering the pickups, and that didn't help. Could just be that I need new strings, but they aren't even that old.

So, I've actually got two bass guitars with this problem, a Carvin B4A, and a MM Stingray. I've been setting these up for a while trying to get the intonation all right and the action where I want it. I set the action on my basses at .100-.110 inches at the 12th fret, so it's a bit higher than the usual "factory" action, which is usually recommended at 3/32", or .094 inches. relief is about a medium pick at the 5th fret with the 1st and 13th positions held down. I have the pickups at or lower than factory. So, on the high frets on the low E and a bit on the A I get a "warble" in the pitch. It is like the string is not in tune with itself. I have searched, and I've heard everything from a twisted string, to old strings, to the action being too low or the pickups being too high. I checked all that out, and I'm still getting the warbling. Though, it's not like I usually play that high on the E strings, but I don't remember having this before, and now it's there. Help?

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING MEEEEE

still, the price for that is excessive for something that beat to hell. It's essentially paying $5000 for a body, but you've also gotta do the work to get the old neck off. I mean, maybe if they put a bunch of splines into the neck it might be worth it, but I still don't see who would have bothered doig such a crappy repair job on it. Was it that hard to put in a scarf joint? Also not sure why they wouldn't just take off the whole fretboard.

you can find some P-basses that have J-bass necks. My "P-Bass" is a G&L SB-2, which has the G&L versions of the P bass pickups and J bass pickups. I will say one thing about it: the output of the P-pickup is HUGE. As in, louder than I can get my active Stingray to be. I've gotta keep my amps on "active" mode or i'll overdrive the input stage. It is a great sound though, and you really can FEEL it when you use the P-bass pickup. As for the Stingray, I've got one of those too, and they are just a different kind of sound than the P-bass. They really do "growl" compared to the thump you get from a P-bass. If you like the sound, they are great. If you don't, you won't like it. The same thing with Rickenbacker basses.

Congrats man! Been to heck and back with you already? Sounds like a keeper!

Shellac refin on the Junior? Were they originally finished with that stuff? anyway, all are looking great!

They are, but they aren't. They are basically overgrown twinblade pickups. They have blade magnets surrounded by coils. Mini humbuckers are essentially scaled-down PAF style humbuckers with magnets on the bottom.Of course, there are also the epiphone style pickups from before the buyout. Not sure what's up with them.

Big debate I always get in is whether people prefer the "down only" flat topped trem, or the floating trem. SRV had his trem flat-topped. EVH as well always has had his floyds flat topped on all of his signature guitars. I mean, the good side of having it down only is that you can bend like hell and not have any problems. Also some say the tone conduction is better with it on the top. Downside? only goes down. Great for dive bombs, but not necessarily for vibrato (which it was designed for) and expressive playing.

That is the kind of guitar that will sleep with your girlfriend if you take your eye off it. Very few are worthy to play such a pink guitar.

They didn't hit the web fast and hard, so they tanked. End of story. Almost all of the "small-time" stores like Dave's guitars up in WI, BCR in PA, etc etc have huge web presences, and great customer service. Of course, I for one, think they really need to find a way to close the "sales tax loophole". I am in NJ, so I almost always end up paying sales tax anyway, as it seems everyone has a distributor in NJ.

I need to get out there... when I have money. I just blew $2200 on a new trombone, so I'm on double secret probation money wise. Though I could always bring in some guitars to trade for the Centaura and the Eclipse 12...

I believe so... sounds good. thx ok.. so check that.. came out of my SPECIAL. Not my custom. I wish I had a custom, but I don't.Here's the guitar they came out of: and here are the pickups: they really are in excellent shape. The leads were desoldered, so they should be the same length as stock. Unfortunately, I don't have the screws/springs as they were re-used on the new pickups. make me an offer.

You mean the Hot and Custom soapbar set? I have a pair that came out of my custom. Hot Neck and Custom Bridge. I'll take a picture when I get home.

there's always the custom 5. Hotter than the Custom Custom, but not as hot as the Custom. Anyway, that thing is a work of art. I love blue guitars.

I've had three guitars that I knew, the second I saw them, that I would have to own one, or one just like it, because they were so awesome looking. These are those three:

Park G10 Peavey Bandit 112 Carvin MTS3212 (still got it) Carvin X-100B Fuzzy head (still got it) Carvin V212 Cabinets (still got them) Carvin 212 cabinet Carvin Quad-X Carvin Tube 100 power amp Carvin Vintage 16 (still got it) Carvin X-100B series IV reissue head (still got it) Marshall TSL122 (still got it) Mesa Boogie DC-5 (still got it) I think some may have to go though. Probably the Carvin MTS and Vintage 16. They are just too close to being one-trick ponies.

I usually don't like natural finished guitars. I LOVE THAT ONE. That thing is mystical. That is a keeper. the story behind it is just awesome, and it's an awesome guitar.

that dress definitely is shrink to fit, that's for sure. how long do you have to use the hairdryer?

Nice guitar rack!

ok this thread is fueling Hamer GAS like nothing else. I'm trying to forget about the triple threat i saw used at one shop, the Magnificent 7 over at Willcutt (as well as the other hamers), the 12 string Eclipse and Centaura and other hamer goodies over at BCR. Of course, for unique hamers though, I think Nielsen's 5 necked guitars probably take the cake in terms of build difficulty, as well as weight.

HAH!! CHUPACABRA! I love it!