mods for my bass

[J-revolt]

i've got a bc rich bass, which i cant find any info on. i think i wanna get a nordy mm4.2 into it and where is the best place to get a good simple routing done and make a custom pickgaurd, cheapest to be found preferebly, but depends on the material for it.

 

[Z3r0_G]

guitar connection/guitar workshop for routing. u can find pickguards relatively easily. GC/davis has the P styled pickguards on your bass. cost abt $20++? problem is they're made to fit real fenders. even they said my squier wouldnt really fit into those w/o re drilling holes in them. u might wanna custom shape your pickguard but i think it'll cost more.

but anyway i think BC Rich stuff isnt realy worth upgrading. good for a beginner bass but not really cut out for serious bass palying. suggest u spend your money on a better mid ranged bass. C=

 

[wraith]

Actually, it really depends, the pre-factory BC Rich models are quite decent. But i'll side with Zero G on this issue, save the money and buy decent mid range bass. Unless of course you love the feel of your current axe and just want to upgrade the sound.

But speaking of the nordstrand MM pickups, i'm really tempted to plonk down some money and swap out my stingray pickup for a nordy. :lol:

 

[J-revolt]

there's st bass u.s. series on the headstock and from the serial no. i found out that it's made ard 1990's i think. haha aint sure if it's entry level or not tho.

 

[wraith]

Oooo, seems quite old. Sounds like a pretty decent bass, how does it sound and feel to you? If its good enough, then upgrading would be a good option.

If you're however trying to make it feel and sound like a stingray, then perhaps you should save up the money, buy an OLP or a musicman SUB bass.

 

[J-revolt]

nah i don't intend to make it feel or sound like a stingray. just a simple fat mellow warm tone. right adjectives?lol. kinda like most jrock tone. haha that's wat got me into bass. bass feels alright to me. frets looks fine to me with its age. neck is slim. body is kinda light, maybe basswood or agathis maybe. the tone kinda had no character. i had another idea of putting a dimarzio model one or willpower neck in the the mid position. do these pickups sound muddy? since it's further from the neck so lesser mud yeah?? :roll:

 

[wraith]

I haven't really tried dimarzio's, but if you want warm mellow and fat, bartolini soapbars would seem the way to go, smooth as butter those.

 

[bin4christ]

but anyway i think BC Rich stuff isnt realy worth upgrading. good for a beginner bass but not really cut out for serious bass palying. suggest u spend your money on a better mid ranged bass. C=

:? ..BC rich beast n warlock guitars n basses cost $900...

 

[reyrey]

but anyway i think BC Rich stuff isnt realy worth upgrading. good for a beginner bass but not really cut out for serious bass palying. suggest u spend your money on a better mid ranged bass. C=

:? ..BC rich beast n warlock guitars n basses cost $900...

yeah true,but the resale value is damn farked up,so you should think twice if you want to buy it yea,imo

 

[bin4christ]

oh,haha..a fren of mine told me tt anthr fren of ours' has a bc rich beast bass tt's er,not v. well,er,not v. well-made n definitely not worth it's price..he says the $225 samick fairlane tt he(tt anthr fren of ours) owns is more solid...

but it's the looks of BC rich man..aggressive...

btw rey,dah lama gak ketemu..ehehe...

 

[wraith]

I'd take playability over looks anyday. Of course, it won't hurt if the bass had both.

But i think most bc rich basses are considered entry level, mid range would be something like an ibanez srx 705 or smth.

 

[reyrey]

oh,haha..a fren of mine told me tt anthr fren of ours' has a bc rich beast bass tt's er,not v. well,er,not v. well-made n definitely not worth it's price..he says the $225 samick fairlane tt he(tt anthr fren of ours) owns is more solid...

but it's the looks of BC rich man..aggressive...

btw rey,dah lama gak ketemu..ehehe...

erm,yeah,kinda agree with the aggressive looks,its kinda appealing in some way,haha...

huahuhuaa,kita mah gak pernah ktemu bro >=P jk,gw tau yg lo maksut =)

 

[J-revolt]

did some more digging on the net, found tt my bass is made in japan or korea and then assembled in the US. not so bad after all yeah?lol. i dun really care, mid range, entry level blabla. as long feels solid and nice and sounds nice, for me not yet there for this bass. look at those ppl on talkbass forums with their SX'es haha.
i guess when you're a big shot rockstar then you tend care bout your image so it's time change to instruments with big names. :wink:
it's all come down to personal preference. no 2 person is the same. same goes for the bass.

haha this is goin off-topic lol. any opinions on where to get single replament soapbar pickups? what brand and where to get.

wraith: where to get bartolinis? heard no shops brings them in.

 

[reyrey]

did some more digging on the net, found tt my bass is made in japan or korea and then assembled in the US. not so bad after all yeah?lol. i dun really care, mid range, entry level blabla. as long feels solid and nice and sounds nice, for me not yet there for this bass. look at those ppl on talkbass forums with their SX'es haha.
i guess when you're a big shot rockstar then you tend care bout your image so it's time change to instruments with big names. :wink:
it's all come down to personal preference. no 2 person is the same. same goes for the bass.

haha this is goin off-topic lol. any opinions on where to get single replament soapbar pickups? what brand and where to get.

wraith: where to get bartolinis? heard no shops brings them in.

dude,there's a reason why they use those 'big names' instruments,its not just bout the image....they care bout the music,not the image,i agree that image is impt,but that's not the reason behind changing the instruments...as they want to get the sound/feel that the inst offers....

anyway,i thought soapbar pickups come in pair?

 

[wraith]

You can try swee lee or davis for the bart pups, or you can go to chern wei and order in a nordstrand dual coil or MM replacement pup, depending on what you want.

Yeah, i agree with you that so long as the bass sounds and feels nice, its enough, but if you were to put it side by side with a higher end bass, say a Stingray or a good MIA precision, then you'd realise that there is a reason why people go for those basses. SX's are decent basses, but if you read up carefully enough on talkbass, you will realise that most people there buy the SX to hotrod it, which is a cheaper way of customing a bass to your specs. So most SX's there have upgrades in a way that would allow them to compete with the mid-range, higher end basses. And mind you, some of those upgrades aren't cheap either.

(I've been following this SX thing for awhile, seemed a rather interesting thing to do no?) :lol:

 

[J-revolt]

haha ya i know they mod them. but they still wont have to fork out 4 digit sum of $$ lol. downside is the resale value i guess but this will make one more appreciative of their bass? :lol:
it'll be fun to do an sx project but here limited of choices of sx and when i have my own stable income in the future my funds are limited these days.