It’s back from the dead! The TB Mega Thread.

[Mudfuzz]

sorta cyber punkish but angry and violent.

^ that's all I need to know

[greyscales]

GreyGrey - yah. i feel you on the OH GAWD BE CAREFUL way too expensive basses. would freak me out and i don't want to care.

i'm actually... a little bummed i haven't put but one small ding in mines. that and some scratching where i finger are all the cosmetic Awesome Touches so far. durn it.

Yeah, my new basses are still too clean. It's like having a pair of new shoes that are too clean so you don't want to wear them. But then they aren't comfortable either.

I really want to see a beat up dingwall. That would be cool. Some tour lovin' on it.

[behndy]

well. throw me the monies to take six months off work and tramp around and i will beat the HELL out of mines for ya.

meeeeee too. i LOVE me some lived in looking basses. WANT.

[SmallEQ]

And gigged it last night. Kept it in parallel/passive for the whole set with the treble rolled slightly off.

[behndy]

jia. mine's is passively only on purpose, but i never go out of parallel. except one song where a section i go to the neck pickup for that thinner tone for a hinute.

[kbit]

Travis, just send me one of your Mustangs why don't ya
I really need to refinish my short-scale Hondo with multiple colors. of the Krylon I bought.
I wanna hack away at it a Place To Bury Strangers style.


Do any of y'all tune lower than D on a short-scale? If so, any crazy intonation issues?

[greyscales]

I think this Musicmaster has some kind of black undercoat. The dings in the paint are black, which is pretty cool.
Really hoping it is because that would look amazing.
Finally got the neck all straightened out and action flat after a few hours of work. This fucker needs some new tuning pegs. The stock ones take two hands to turn sometimes.
And I replaced the pickup with a blade. Massive output now and it sounds even better.

I've never dropped lower than D. Gets too floppy. Mustang Basses have individual saddles so intonation shouldn't be a problem. On a Musicmaster, probably going to have some issues with the two saddle bridge.
Finding strings that are thick enough to drop tune on shorties is also a challenge. You could probably pull off C# on a stock set but a C would get pretty crazy floppy.

[behndy]

sooooo.... dunno if Spence at 3Leaf was blowing me off or too bush to do a custom build or what but when i asked about a top mounted version of the B3k he said it's not possible 'cause of the board layout.

thank goodness Danno is pure win fire pimpery.

innnnncominnnnnng -




yay!

i kinda need top mounted jacks for the row where i have my current B3k, which is side mountedededed.

WOOOOOOO!!! I AM HAPPY.

[Deltaphoenix]

That looks NICE

And I'll go ahead and say it…Spence is kind of a douche.

[D.o.S.]

So those gig picks seal the deal--no slanted shit for me.

[Chankgeez]

So those gig picks seal the deal--no slanted shit for me.

No, it's that the frets clash with his shirt.

If you wear the right outfit, slanted frets are fine.

[D.o.S.]

It's not that you're wrong, it's that you're simply not correct.

[behndy]

That looks NICE

And I'll go ahead and say it…Spence is kind of a douche.

lol. i dunno if i'd go that far but.... haven't had any good interactions with him, just meh ones.

SLANTY FRETS FOR LIFF MOTHERFAHQUAHS.

[Chankgeez]

[Deltaphoenix]

Consistently MEH-er= kind of Douchey