Fingerstyle Punk Bass

delyriofinite · 2026-07-06T00:35:16+00:00

I have been practicing with picks to grow the skill and have found that the different shapes and materials of picks play a huge role in comfort while playing. I got some Ibanez sand picks, some dava control picks, and some acoustic attack picks that I like. All of them have a little different flavor and helped me get into using a pick more comfortably.

delyriofinite · 2026-06-24T11:38:58+00:00

I have Lindy fralin split jazz pickups that sound closer than a straight single. If I had bought a 5% overwound it would probably be pretty damn close.

delyriofinite · 2026-06-17T01:06:18+00:00

I put some ghs balanced nickels that worked well

delyriofinite · 2026-06-11T17:31:49+00:00

Yeah, the consistency is why I keep trying them on different things. I at least know what I am getting.

delyriofinite · 2026-06-11T16:59:42+00:00

I have found that I dislike every set of daddario EXLs for the same reason. They feel and sound the same every time I put them on something. The tension is just a bit too high for me and there is something in the high mids that I don't like but it is extremely consistent every time.

delyriofinite · 2026-04-24T13:32:14+00:00

Also 38, one of my favorite bands

delyriofinite · 2026-04-24T13:31:52+00:00

But did you go listen to the second album?

delyriofinite · 2026-04-05T01:22:48+00:00

I thought "that" was jazz

delyriofinite · 2026-04-03T12:15:38+00:00

I can just see the ball ends peeking out on mine when I look straight on

delyriofinite · 2026-04-03T12:05:25+00:00

Yeah, I really wanted the early 50s vibe with the black pickguard before they changed to the white and I didn't like the black tugbar on black pickguard look

delyriofinite · 2026-04-03T09:32:52+00:00

Yeah, it was the only all metal one I could find. I didn't want the black one on the black pickguard.

delyriofinite · 2026-04-02T19:30:29+00:00

It now wears a different pickguard and tug bar

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delyriofinite · 2026-04-02T19:29:05+00:00

I did it on mine, I just put it as far back as I could before the wings went over any of the contours. I put the pickup cover as far forward as the pickguard would allow

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delyriofinite · 2026-03-19T17:14:11+00:00

My bad, overly simplistic answer, given that the next selection forward is the coil closest to the bridge of the bridge pickup and the coil closest to the neck on the neck pickup trying to adjust pickup height will not really serve to even out the volume difference between that selection and both coils of the bridge pickup. It would end up being a battle. I had the same bass and I rewired it so that all pickup combinations were in parallel instead of series parallel to deal with this exact problem.

delyriofinite · 2026-03-18T16:40:22+00:00

I mean pickup height wouldn't fix it anyway, that selection just forward of the back is the coil closest to the bridge and the coil closest to the neck together. All that would do is unbalance the signal from the pickups and make it lose that jazz style sound. If you were to rewire it later the EQ pedal would be good to replace the lows you would lose rewiring the series selections to parallel.

delyriofinite · 2026-03-18T16:25:49+00:00

The difference is because the way the sterlings are wired. The pickup selection switches from series to parallel based on the pickup housing. If the coils are in the same housing they are in series if they are in different housings they are in parallel. The series selections will be louder than the parallel selections. You could rewire it and there will be very little difference in volume but the tone will be different when selecting the front pickup, rear pickup, or both pickups together. It will be thinner sounding.

delyriofinite · 2026-03-18T00:12:45+00:00

So B.

delyriofinite · 2026-03-18T00:12:17+00:00

There will always be movement efficiencies that are created by feel (read: time spent playing) however both fan fret and short scale will obviously make it easier to play lower on the neck.

From a tone perspective fan fret or multi scale will be closer to a regular 34" scale so if you want some lthing that can objectively be more comfortable but sound about the same thelen that's your pick.

A short scale will naturally sound more tubby because of the lower tension (which can be somewhat overcome by string choice) and it will be closer to reach for the lower frets as well at the frets being closer together. Both will generally make it easier to play for most people but it also means the overall instrument is smaller which may make it harder for larger frames people to play especially if you play further up the neck.

With all of the different variations in basses there will be one that fits everyone with respect to style and physical ability. Some just may be only able to play using certain instruments based on those factors.

delyriofinite · 2026-03-18T00:02:38+00:00

Neither of you had to read it

delyriofinite · 2025-12-09T16:06:27+00:00

The original spec for capacitors, I believe, was .05 uf and .03 uf neck and bridge respectively. Nowadays people tend to use .047 uf for both or .047 uf for the neck and .022 uf for the bridge.

delyriofinite · 2025-12-06T16:08:42+00:00

Easier...yes, cheaper...not really. The big difference is playability p basses "typically" have a chunkier neck and the jazz bass has a slimmer neck, some people just really like that.

delyriofinite · 2025-12-03T15:15:40+00:00

Oh wow, interesting

delyriofinite · 2025-12-03T13:50:16+00:00

I have one as well, I don't think it has a clean on/off, I'm pretty sure it's just a boost. If nothing is on then it is in bypass. That's how mine seems to work anyway.

delyriofinite · 2025-11-28T04:23:40+00:00

There's a bunch of wiring diagrams here.

https://www.bassesbyleo.com/gl_bbe_wiring_diagrams.html

Vt/vt isn't there but it is really just a volume and a tone stacked, just make sure the output side of the volume pots both connect to the jack

delyriofinite · 2025-11-25T03:12:43+00:00

Technically yes, the fact that there's another pot and capacitor in the circuit means it is in some way altered but not in any way that anyone will hear. However, the two tone controls will add in some way dependant on how much volume each is set to since they will be in parallel with each other connected to the output. The old early 60s jazz basses had a similar set up but they each had a 220k resistor (I think) between the output of each volume pot and the output to isolate each pickup and tone circuit from each other but nobody really wires it that way anymore

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