Author Topic: Dead Spot On some basses (Read 442 times)

palembic · « **Reply #15 on:** March 26, 2006, 11:05:47 AM »

Hey Charles, IFF (if and only if) nobody is interested your side of the pond ...I am!
Broomstick will be reconstructed the upcoming year and I was looking for a second hand Badass Bridge.

Paul the bad one

olieoliver · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2006, 06:42:52 PM »

I have a Badass bridge on my Jazz already. It did help alot but the daed spot is still there. I've let other people play it and they don't even notice it. Guess I'm just picky.

crgaston · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2006, 08:38:49 PM »

Paul, here it is with the screws and allen wrench (about 3cm to the left of the screws; it really hides itself in the pattern on the couch). I also have 2 sets of EMG pickups I'm not using. One is a set of EMG Selects, which I think are passive. They're not wired to a jack but I have a new one somewhere. The other is a set of EMG JV's, which are active and come with everything you need. The leads for the neck pickup are disconnected, but could easily be resoldered. You can tell where they need to go if you look at the assembly in person. Since Olie has a Badass already, I'll be happy to sell it to you. I can put all this up for sale on the board, or you can have first dibs on any of it, whichever you prefer. I don't know anything about shipping stuff overseas, but it's pretty small, so I can't imagine it'd be ridiculously expensive. Email me if you are interested and we can talk about money and shipping.

Charles

palembic · « **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2006, 10:34:14 PM »

E-mail send

mint_bass · « **Reply #19 on:** March 28, 2006, 04:57:12 AM »

hi

On the topic on dead notes on fender basses i also have a problem with mine but i either get alot of buzzing on the d string on 14th fret or on the G string 9th fret dependent on truss rod adjustments. Is this the same prob or something different i love the sound of the bass but that buzzing really ruins it for me.

andrew

mint_bass · « **Reply #20 on:** March 28, 2006, 05:14:04 AM »

oh yeah this prob is alleviated somewhat by raising the action but really high too high to play comfortably.

adriaan · « **Reply #21 on:** March 28, 2006, 05:24:08 AM »

Andrew, you may just need to have some work done on the frets, perhaps having new frets installed - depending on their condition.

2400wattman · « **Reply #22 on:** March 28, 2006, 06:02:50 AM »

I agree, you might want to have your frets checked out, or look at them where you are having problems w/buzzing. Hey Olie, try the Fat Finger. It might cure what ails ya! Guitar Ctr. sells them for about $15.00 + govenor's fees. Dig in And Get Loooowww!

palembic · « **Reply #23 on:** March 29, 2006, 04:22:25 AM »

Anybody tried this one?
http://www.j-retro.co.uk/technical.htm
Was highly recommended for doing Broomstick. Not cheap but I will not need stockings for this one ;-)
Thanks for input.

Paul TBO

hydrargyrum · « **Reply #24 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:53:28 PM »

Just out of curiosity, anyone ever try tuning an extremely short delay to resonate with the note on the dead spot? Obviously not a perfect fix, but possibly one could compensate a bit.

olieoliver · « **Reply #25 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:58:58 PM »

Thats a pretty good idea Kevin. It's worth a try.

hydrargyrum · « **Reply #26 on:** March 30, 2006, 02:23:56 PM »

Thanks, every once in a while someone finds a use for me.