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Elbow · 15-10-2013 8:26am

All didn't go according to plan (in other words i made a **** up with the wiring!)

Neck P90 is working as it should (and sounding sweet) however no sound from the humbucker.

I've looked over the wiring schematic and everything seems to be attached where it should so i'm slightly confused

Any advice on how to troubleshoot?

wild turkey · 15-10-2013 10:03am

Lead free solder can cause problems when wiring up guitars
Make sure theres lead in it

If its braided gibson type wiring , It can short by touching off parts so pull the wire clear of everything & see if it works

Check the pickup with a multimeter to make sure it's not the problem

Check manufacturers colour codes to make sure you have the right wires connected

Reflow your solder joints to make sure there's no cold joints

sometimes if your not great at soldering you can burn out pots, so check them with a multimeter

If its a whole new harness check the toggle switch to make sure nothing is shorting & connections are being made

Hope this helps !

Elbow · 15-10-2013 10:50am

Cheers wild turkey

Its braided cable on the P90 & 4 conductor insulated on the humbucker.

All wiring looks correct (they guy that wound the pups did the wiring diagram for me)

I was a bit out of practice so my first few joints could be the issue hopefully I just have a cold joint rather than a fecked pot.

The switch shorting will be the first thing I'll check though, It was a tight squeeze getting it into the cavity

Gaspode · 18-10-2013 4:01pm

Meeting a guy to hopefully pick me up a guitar from adverts tomorrow, cant wait - it's a little like Christmas eve!

Squidgy Black · 11-11-2013 12:04am

Yeah my Simms Watt 100 pretty much just died on me earlier, hadn't used it for a few weeks, fired it up and for 20 minutes it was fine, I start messing around with my pedals and it just shut itself down pretty much. Checked all cables and everything was fine. Power tubes look okay, haven't checked the fuses yet. Typical though.

In the meantime, going to get one of those Gretsch Jim Dandy parlor guitars, deadly little yokes, 24" scale and they sound great for €150.

CianRyan · 11-11-2013 11:37am

Musicians Friend has them for €117.99
Hadn't heard of them before but I want one.

Squidgy Black · 12-11-2013 6:02pm

CianRyan wrote: »

Musicians Friend has them for €117.99
Hadn't heard of them before but I want one.

Do they ship to Ireland?

I suppose the Christmas presents can wait until another payday then....

CianRyan · 12-11-2013 6:23pm

Never ordered from them myself so I don't know? Worth a look though at that price!

Ravelleman · 12-11-2013 9:33pm

Some items can be shipped to Ireland but they ship with UPS, which has its disadvantages regarding tax and 'handling fees'.

Squidgy Black · 12-11-2013 10:13pm

They don't ship the Jim Dandy outside of the US.

It's only 40 quid cheaper before shipping anyways, and I'd be wary of having an acoustic shipped over. I'll probably pick it up this Friday from Musicmaker. If not then the week after for sure.

Zapp Brannigan · 14-11-2013 9:09pm

I've been wanting a Sadowsky bass so bad recently... No chance of me affording it any time soon so to sate my need I've just ordered a John East Retro preamp and a pair of Nordstrand 70s wind pickups to install in my Geddy Lee Jazz. Can't wait!

roast · 15-11-2013 10:37am

New Ibanez BTB single-cut on the way.... thoughts?
I'm a little on the fence. It's quirky! But a lot nicer than some other singlecuts I've seen.
Supposedly, Ibanez have also stopped production of 4-string BTBs as they weren't popular.

Elbow · 21-11-2013 7:11pm

Bought a mexican tele on an complete whim today........ Her indoors is going to kill me

Gregor Samsa · 21-11-2013 10:28pm

Elbow wrote: »

Bought a mexican tele on an complete whim today........ Her indoors is going to kill me

I did that with a Fender Modern Player Marauder during the summer. Still haven't told her about it. It's the same colour as my Tele (LPB), so she doesn't notice the difference, but I can't have the two in the room at the same time.

I'll get around to telling her some day.

wild turkey · 21-11-2013 10:44pm

I replaced a JHS vintage icon with a Gibson studio tribute & she never copped it
I plan on replacing a cheap Squier tele shortly as well ;0)

Zapp Brannigan · 22-11-2013 8:48pm

Disaster! My pickups and preamp arrived today and they (the preamp) dont fit in my bloody control cavity!

Might have to take it to a Luthier to get a little bit of routing done

wild turkey · 22-11-2013 8:50pm

I picked up a PRS se Tremonti Custom recently in a trade and today is the first chance I've had to really put it through it's paces
I was expecting a good guitar but this thing is amazing. I really cant get over how well built it is & how good the se pickups sound especially the neck pickup,
I was planning to change them for duncans but I don't think Ill bother.
Might put in alnico 2 magnets & do 50s wiring with pio caps.
Ive had a few of the newer lower priced Gibson's recently but this puts them to shame & that comes from a Les Paul freak.

Zapp Brannigan · 04-12-2013 12:50pm

So I've no outfitted my Geddy Lee Jazz bass with Nordstrand 70s pickups and a John East Jretro preamp.

Absolutely floored by the sound of it now!

Ravelleman · 04-12-2013 4:24pm

Cool basses. Is yours a MIJ or MIM version? Is there much difference between them?

Zapp Brannigan · 04-12-2013 5:45pm

Mines a Japanese one from 2006 or so. I don't know how the MIM's differ, never had a chance to play one.

Zapp Brannigan · 16-01-2014 9:13am

I've been a naughty boy...

I may have just purchased another bass.

Gaspode · 16-01-2014 6:28pm

It happens to us all, dont sweat it!

Ravelleman · 16-01-2014 9:18pm

What did you get?

Kind of tempted to sell something from my collection just to fund a different guitar but I'm really happy with my lineup. I can't think of any reason to sell any of them.

slavetothegrind · 16-01-2014 10:40pm

on the subject of basses

anyone ever heard of or used one of these thingies?

http://hazeguitars.com/blog/

I thought i had seen it all but apparently not :-)

Zapp Brannigan · 17-01-2014 8:56am

Ravelleman wrote: »

What did you get?

Kind of tempted to sell something from my collection just to fund a different guitar but I'm really happy with my lineup. I can't think of any reason to sell any of them.

It's a Valenti Jazz. Will post pics when it arrives!

dyeti · 04-02-2014 9:21pm

Does anyone just pick up loads of instruments but never commits to them? I just bought a piano accordion after like a YEAR of wanting to get one, yet the past few days I've been really into listening to uilleann pipes and watching videos of bagpipers and uilleann pipers and I kind of regret not getting one...

This is about the 7th instrument I've bought, and I've ever only gotten good at one of them and that was the bass guitar and a little bit of piano and even that was about 4 years ago... I think I have a problem.

CianRyan · 04-02-2014 10:39pm

I bought a harmonica last year, I was playing a lot of folk at the time. It now lives in my drawer.
Pricey enough too!

Passenger · 16-02-2014 6:11pm

dyeti wrote: »

Does anyone just pick up loads of instruments but never commits to them? I just bought a piano accordion after like a YEAR of wanting to get one, yet the past few days I've been really into listening to uilleann pipes and watching videos of bagpipers and uilleann pipers and I kind of regret not getting one...

This is about the 7th instrument I've bought, and I've ever only gotten good at one of them and that was the bass guitar and a little bit of piano and even that was about 4 years ago... I think I have a problem.

Aye, was really tempted to buy a Ukelele and had one identified and was ready to purchase it but kinda thought "This is going to be a dust collector more than anything". I already have a variety of instruments that don't get as much attention as they should but at least they're taken care of and I can grab them any time I want to have an aul noodle. And as long as you're storing them properly at least you have some great distractions when you get some down time.

noby · 26-02-2014 5:44pm

So I started rearranging my pedalboard lastnight. I want to be able to have a 'clean' bank of pedals and a 'dirt' bank, and be able to switch between the two with an A/B pedal.
As my Boss tuner has two outputs I set up like this:

________________--- Clean --
Guitar---Tuner--<

A/B

Amp
________________---Dirt

Of course the tuner only mutes one output, which makes it a pain for muting/tuning.
Would there be any issue in making up a simple Y patch cable or am i better off building a mute pedal?

My A/B pedal has a BOTH switch, which I won't be using in this scenario, so I could mod it to a Mute switch.

Zapp Brannigan · 09-04-2014 4:01pm

Do we have a place for Youtube vids here? If not hopefully this thread is okay to post in.

This is my cover of a Rush song using my Rick, love this bass!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rk6RpbrNwc

CianRyan · 09-04-2014 4:10pm

Nice cover, man.
Here's an older one of mine with my Custom Strat and my old SuperSonic 60.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV_nGXIMkC4

Sold the amp as it wasn't getting the use it deserved... And now I seem to be playing with bands again. Typical.

Ravelleman · 09-04-2014 5:12pm

That Ric is absolutely sexual, I must say. Bravo.

Gaspode · 11-04-2014 10:43pm

Yeah, it's a stunner alright. Good song choice too!

Passenger · 05-05-2014 12:09am

John Petrucci's new signature MusicMan Majesty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDyZY-6T43s

punchdrunk · 05-05-2014 11:17pm

Passenger wrote: »

John Petrucci's new signature MusicMan Majesty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDyZY-6T43s

hideous looking thing!

Passenger · 05-05-2014 11:32pm

punchdrunk wrote: »

hideous looking thing!

Well he got the guitar that he wanted to facilitate his particular style of playing so he's happy. The Black "Carbon Fiber" shield kinda detracts from the overall design. You'd imagine that it plays pretty good though.

CianRyan · 05-05-2014 11:35pm

Like all MusicMan guitars, I'd say it plays beautifully, unfortunately it's taken on the ugliness from it's predecessors.

I love to play their stuff, just can't bring myself to buy one.

Gaspode · 13-05-2014 8:06pm

Hurley diddley bow!!

http://www.adverts.ie/electric-guitars/geronimo-custom-made-electric-slide-guitar-by-dashtick-celtic-diddley-bow-cbg/5337494

Dord · 13-05-2014 10:56pm

Zapp, what do you think of the new Geddy signature? :pac:

http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_ltd_geddy_lee_1972_jazz_bass.htm

Zapp Brannigan · 14-05-2014 7:41am

Dord wrote: »

Zapp, what do you think of the new Geddy signature? :pac:

http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_ltd_geddy_lee_1972_jazz_bass.htm

Big thread over on Talkbass about it. I could never afford something like that myself, but if I did have the money I'd probably buy it. Apparently it has custom electronics in it and is light as a feather though.

slavetothegrind · 14-05-2014 3:27pm

for that kind of money i would be getting one built for me to my liking exactly!

i'm sure it's excellent but jaysus!

Dord · 14-05-2014 8:21pm

As Zapp mentions there's a thread on talkbass going into detail on it. The general consensus is that you'd get two original ones for that price. Same with Aria's new Cliff Burton signature, whose retail is around 5K. I've an original and unfortunately (for me) they don't sell for that money.

If I did have that money to flash, I wouldn't mind one though. :P

roast · 20-05-2014 10:04am

Dord, what's the lovely bass you posted on the Pic thread? :O

Dord wrote: »

Dord · 20-05-2014 12:01pm

roast wrote: »

Dord, what's the lovely bass you posted on the Pic thread? :O

It's a custom shop Aria Pro II SB-1000CB from 2007. Made in Japan. :cool:

It got a bit of a polish, and I took some pictures (like the one posted) as it's going up for sale. :pac:

**Vai** · 20-05-2014 6:03pm

I'm not even a bassist and I want those 3 Arias in your pic man. Beautiful instruments.

Zapp Brannigan · 20-05-2014 9:07pm

Hmmm, I'm hankering for a P bass and then I think I'll have every sonic bass covered, what's good these days?

Dord · 20-05-2014 10:37pm

Aria? :pac:

Just kidding. Check out Schecter. The Model T is pretty damn nice.

What's the budget?

Zapp Brannigan · 21-05-2014 8:50am

Budget is around £1000 or so. Don't like the early 50s style P Bass. It'd have to be a 57 or later. Gonna go round the music shops here in Glasgow tomorrow and try a few out see what I think.

Ravelleman · 21-05-2014 10:58am

Looks like I'll be buying a Rickenbacker 660 today. Quite exciting. I just sold my Robbie Krieger SG and want to reinvest the money. Never owned a Ric, though this one has a neck much more like a Gibson so I don't expect it to be too different.

slavetothegrind · 21-05-2014 11:31am

that christmas morning feeling eh ravelleman....:)

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