Ned Steinberger 5 String Bass Part 2

[@dalemoskalyk1227]

Mans a road warrior, that story threw me back 35 yrs man. And I wanna do it again. Draft beer and all. Thumbs up Dave.

[@ShannonFerguson]

Reminded me of the bands that would come into the small town bar I worked in 30 years ago.

[@dalemoskalyk1227]

@@ShannonFerguson I remember the older gentleman coming in at 11am for their drafts, chain smoking like crazy. Their all gone now, wish I would of talked to them more.

[@ShannonFerguson]

@@dalemoskalyk1227 yep. Had to keep beer prices cheap during the day or they'd drink at the Legion.

[@BrooksysBassCorner]

More stories Dave, that's golddust! Love your videos, keep 'em coming!

[@1sswoody]

I shielded a clients Gretsch because of a weird buzz he was getting. Turned out great, with a before and after test with a couple of my amps. When he took it to his next band practice he had the same interment buzzing as before. As it turned out, when he was at rehearsal, he kept his cell phone in his front right pocket and every time his phone would receive a notification, his guitar would make the noise.

[@kurtisgray6680]

Id always have a hum when id go jam. Id leave my cell on top of my amp.lol

[@RyanRhodes123]

Local taxi firms were the bane of our gigging existence. The lead guitarist's Marshall stack would pick up the calls from base to random cars as they went past .... shielding??never heard of it! Whilst it was regularly annoying some of it was quite entertaining, especially between numbers when it related to people leaving the bar having their departure announced by the waiting taxi .... "make sure you get paid BEFORE you take Jim Smith anywhere, he tries to negotiate a discount for cash when you get him home". That was met with a massive round of applause and laughter.

[@goodun2974]

RyanRhodes123, If you listen to Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight the security guard's walkie talkies were coming through the PA or through Hendrix's Marshall amp, you can hear them saying "Security? Are you receiving? Over". Jimi was * not* amused.

[@xtrict]

Excellent work as ever Dave. Ned Steinberger was one to skimp on design. My 1988 XL2 plays and sounds as well as it ever did 32 years later. Much respect from Ireland.

[@xtrict]

Ment to say was NEVER one to skimp on design...

[@jacklifeson]

@@xtrict The bridge on my old XL2 was my favorite bridge on any bass Ive ever had. Genius the way the crab claws would come up and grab the ball end. Im a little surprised this bass Dave is working on doesnt really have a way to intonate (or at least not a flexible way of intonating)

[@chuckquinn8026]

Gorgeous bass...

[@donpaterson6598]

Thanks for this, Dave. Nice to see some inside pics, so I don't have to rip it open for a look.

[@mindthegap4846]

1967 My Teisco guitar would pick up WLS thru my Fender twin at the battle of the bands

[@Sheehy223]

I have a 1966 Kent bass that picks up radio signals sometimes

[@yqwgjsg]

Years ago when I was a telephone repairman, I got a dispatch for a noisy line. This was about the time wireless home phones came out. When I got there I dialed up something we called quite line and the line was as quiet as a mouse. No hum, buzz, or anything. I checked it inside and out but found nothing. With no choice I called my dispatch and was about to report it as found ok. As I was talking to my dispatcher I was just walking around and suddenly the phone started making a whop whop sound. I looked up and the ceiling fan was on low and the whops were synchronized with the fan blades. When I walked away the noise stopped. I explained what I found to the customer and told her to avoid standing under her fan when talking on the phone.

[@MichaelandCathy1999]

That’s exactly what would go on in the ‘70’s at our club in downtown Montreal, at the Mustache club, on Closse street next to the Montreal Forum ( when it was the Hockey Place). You’d go on a Monday /Tuesday to get in cheap and check out the band. As the week went on, if they were good, more would show up and indeed, word would spread-FAST. By Saturday night, it could be packed. I remember seeing The Blushing Brides, a ‘Stones cover band, but they were a NoName/ Garage band, but.... they were great. The lead singer was a Jagger clone, even the moves/mannerisms and lead axe player was a dead ringer for ‘Keef’. They were kept for 3 weeks, which never happened there. And.... they’re STILL around after 45 years. But I digress, that’s a nice Bass.

[@TaralgaBushAdventure]

I have a bass upstairs - sounds great and clean during the day. At night it would buzz and I was never sure why. The someone turned off the lounge room fluorescent lights one time, and bingo, all clean again. Changed those bulbs to LED's - now all good.

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

Power conditioner helps this as well noticed when I changed to all led lighting I had less need for my noise gate when running my od pedals

[@fredherfst8148]

In the early 70’s, we played bars in Southern Ontario. I learned early to bring a simple ground check thingie. Wow...many neglected electricals. Also check by touching the mic stand with the guitar strings to check for sparks. Often..I would refuse to sing until all the grounds were checked!

[@Ndlanding]

I remember doing a festival in Scotland, with a sock (mine, not too smelly) over the mike, after having received some electric kisses at the sound check.

[@xplanet2112]

That is a very nice bass.

[@raycymbalisty5503]

i remember those days of 5 and 6 nighters and working 45 weeks a year making decent money. i also played that club you mentioned it's a town between chatham and sarnia believe the name of the town is wallace or wallaceburgh

[@barryhaynes103]

Love that French ballet !!!

[@BenCoombs]

LOL I always love that dimmer switch story!! Cheers Dave!!

[@rickconley8141]

Did a six night gig at a truck stop in the early eighties. I was playing my old dot neck jazz when in the middle of help me make it through the night, a cb radio blasted out of my amp asking if there was any "coin operated beavers" in the parking lot!

[@Shifflett311]

I love the balance between 4 and 6 string, making a a five string, and the plug and play makes it easier to fix the wirings

[@Metalbass10000]

My band mate from many years ago had a PA with 3 good quality Peavey power amps. Not too quality stuff, but definitely good. If we ran the power amp on the bottom of the rack we got noise on both guitar amps and the bass amp. Ironically, my bass with the EMG pickups, pots, and wiring, had the least noise. Depending on which basement outlet circuit we plugged that one PA amp into, we would get a different level of noise. When we moved to our drummer's basement (actually, his parents basement) we sold the third PA power amp and never had noise issues again, aside from the guitar player's effects processor. No matter what he did, that little solid state processor couldn't produce a guitar tone that didn't sound like noise to the rest of us.

[@raymari7658]

How about your bass playing through the kitchens speaker. The sending unit behind the bar happened to be the same frequency as my wireless. Every time they placed and order, my bass boomed through the kitchen. They shut it off and all was well.

[@Surge_LaChance]

Lololol

[@Ayce1955]

I can relate to your story, Dave, and I think I may know what was going on, as if it matters now. For my own story, I was experimenting with an FM wireless transmitter system on my bass. It worked pretty well, until we were playing in a small town club, and during the show, right in the middle of the set, a Taxi dispatch was heard loud and clear through my amp. Turns out, the local small town cab company was using FM radio (instead of UHF like most others were using at the time) and it was on the same frequency I was using. I was tied to teh stage for the rest of that gig, and all subsequent ones until I got a good Pro setup. :D

[@jasonmick5264]

Maybe it’s just me but that bass is gorgeous!

[@tmbruno2539]

I have the 4 string model, it’s pretty amazing.

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

As a Spector player I agree it's beautiful. Ned help design the Spector NS body shape

[@Ndlanding]

I think it looks great, and sounds fine (within the limitations of vidcams and YouTUbe etc.)

[@tmbruno2539]

LowMan Josh Mine played like butter out of the box, the action was insane. I have a few Spector Euro’s too and love them, I can definitely see the influence he had.

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

@@tmbruno2539 yep I have my euro 5 lt violet burst and my zebop 5 with a emg bqc my first Spector was my q4 pro which I love

[@WhatGrenadeWhere]

Damn. That bass retails for $3,079.

[@isetta4083]

Yep, I'd sell my soul for a 4 string one

[@WhatGrenadeWhere]

@@isetta4083 Nah, don't sell your soul. Save up and buy one. And yeah, a 4 sting for sure.

[@williamross2579]

My mates dads PA if left on after a few hours would pick up UKs Radio 2 through one speaker... odd

[@ericmiller5384]

Hello, Dave. Most don't know about RFI. RFI is radio frequency interference. It's produced by poor shielding of any audio equipment, where you pick up radio stations, usually FM stations. This phenomenon is called microphonics. Active electronics have a ground, in case no one knew. Everything needs to be tied to common ground, including the backplate on all guitars and basses, passive or active. Now most times the shielding should work. I say this because not all manufacturers follow the same standards. DIY'ERS. Take note. Dave I commend you on your skills. Thank you. I just wanted to give the following to all that watch. I hope this helps someone. Thanks for your videos. Ciao.

[@johnnygonzales3211]

I’m not a bass player but this bass makes me want one it’s beautiful😜

[@ian-c.01]

Not guitar related but I was once called back to a customers house after I had finished installing a ventilation system in the attic above the bathroom. It was a sunny Sunday and had been planning to make the most of it with my girlfriend but had to attend the call out because the customer was complaining they couldn't sleep because of a loud humming noise (UK 50HZ) which started after I finished the installation ! It was a 2.5 hour drive to their house and I spent about 1.5 hours trying to locate and isolate the noise, I quickly realised it was not the equipment that I had installed but couldn't leave until I had identified the issue. It turned out to be an electric toothbrush which was on charge inside a cabinet in the bathroom which was where a power outlet had been fitted ! I sent them quite a large bill for that call out !

[@thatdrewrivers]

It's funny what can cause noise problems. I have an American Deluxe Fender Strat with N3 pickups and S-1 Switching, it's what became the Elite, and that's great for keeping quiet around electrics except when in front of my Corsair backlit keyboard. The LED's in it makes it go nuts, so I have to turn the backlights off. Anywhere else, no problem!

[@Ndlanding]

I'm curious: how do you trim the excess string at the back? Surely normal snipping would leave a little ball-ripper?

[@SgtSteel1]

Cut them before tuning up.

[@CarlCumby]

It's recessed in the back, you cut them below the body level

[@Ndlanding]

@@CarlCumby Not convinced. Still, if you are happy...

[@charlesreohr6236]

I use to fix pop equipment in bars and restaurants. I went into one bar that had topless dancers to fix the dispenser behind the bar and found the pump unplugged. I explained what I found to the owner and told him all the outlets where being used. He looked under the bar and unplugged a fan that was blowing toward the stage and plugged the pump in I checked and found it working ok. I asked him for the service and travel fee and as he was was paying me he told the dancer on the stag "If you want to keep your job your dancing or free and without a fan tonight."

[@sylvaingagnon3211]

I have the same story about dimmers on stage outlets. On boy!

[@saoirsepaddy]

​Hi David what your thoughts on Ziricote tone wood ?

[@yobentley7274]

Hey Dave. What cleaning solution do you use in your ultrasonic parts cleaner? You may have answered this before, but I am still going through your back catalog. Let me know. Thanks.

[@yobentley7274]

@@DavesWorldofFunStuff Wow. Nothing added at all? I hear Simple Green, Dawn and others stuff people are trying to sell I guess. Just water?

[@ThomasHope73]

“I quit stories” 🤣

[@StoneShards]

How does the hollowed out back feel when playing? The top appears to have the same curve. Isn't that really different? I've wondered before how it would be to hollow out the back a little, maybe make room for my belly. hehehe

[@billmiller7138]

LED light bulbs!

[@pawns2prizes]

That's what i was going to say. 🤘

[@cdr-sailor]

Dave, does the fan have the same effect with the cover on the electronics? When you put the cover on is the effect nonexistent, diminished, or just the same?

[@goodun2974]

Listen to "Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight"; the security guard's walkie talkies were coming through either the PA or Jimi's Marshall amp, and Jimi was not amused. My guess is that it was more likely to be Jimi's guitar and amp doing the radio pickup, but anyway it is clearly audible on the recording (I can't remember which song).

[@TheFULLMETALCHEF]

I love me a happy ending!

[@jonmcgovern5266]

I suspect Back EMF. Tell your client to run a single conductor (covered wire) from the ground connection on the receptacle box, used to plug the amp into, directly to a clean ground. Do not use a water pipe, or the cross beam in the basement but right to a ground stake that goes into the ground. I used to have the same problem with very sensitive electronic equipment like electron microscopes. If you put a scope on the ground line of your power source you will probably find +10 volts or more on the ground. Very common in residential wiring. The other option would be to build a Faraday cage around the amp - not very practical.

[@Ndlanding]

Fascinating! And sounds sound.

[@TheRooster1122]

Get your Penny Black Yaw’all

[@billribas]

"down on the treble side" sounds like the title of a Springsteen album.

[@michaelfaklis8169]

On my Steinberger XT bass clone from Cort, I was getting lots of interference and even picked up some radio stations. I removed the cheap pickups and replaced them with vintage Fender Jass base pickups. That solved all of the problems.

[@cbg5539]

Mighty sexy bass!

[@spilbee]

Old coaxial cables will do it too

[@goodun2974]

Many of the 1st couple generations of home LED lighting generated significant amounts of radio interference. I had a kitchen radio with an attic mounted antenna (used mostly for receiving low power college radio stations), fed through a shielded coaxial cable, that would go nuts when I turned on some of the LED lights I had just purchased. At work (audio repair shop) We tested a bunch of different brands of LED bulbs in order to find some that didn't generate any noise on AM or FM. Nowadays this type of interference doesn't seem to be as much of an issue, But unshielded or poorly shielded guitars, especially those with single coil pickups, are always going to be prone to picking up noise from anything and everything electrical in the general area. When it comes to nightclubs, club owners are notoriously cheap and will typically install the cheapest & cheesiest bulbs, lighting fixtures, electrical devices and dimmers that they can find, or use dimmers that weren't designed for use with fluorescent or LED fixtures. Also, switching power supplies are everywhere nowadays, from computers to wall wart power supplies and chargers, and all of these will tend to emit noise not only through the air but back into the power lines in the building. Best to shield your stringed instruments and use a high quality shielded cable to feed your amplifier. A wireless system may save you from the possibility of electrical shock on stage but is also far more likely to pick up noise and interference.

[@larryburwell8550]

oh i can remember the times in the 70s late that everything electric messed with the amps and i had a musicman 212 130 hd with a 4 12 marshall cabinet. but hey back tot this bass. you did a great job, but the guys that came up with this design were micky mouse club pioneers!!! just saying. thanks dave

[@brianglade848]

What are you doing Dave.........

[@mikecollins8241]

Studio= Humidifier/ dehumidifier??

[@marcusjones1082]

Fluorescent lights will go ape nuts on electronics.

[@MrsG7swr]

I remember the story but not the venue. in London big new high tech show big money on having a stage that moves in amny directions. i think it was back in the feature phone days, so opening night the stage starts misbehaving, check it out the next day before the audience arrive all good show time it acts up again, mobile phones and poor sheilding/ imunity were the issue.

[@michaelpond6386]

Does the fan make it sound like it’s played through a Leslie?

[@lenleathers9481]

good spin on the story

[@ericmiller5384]

I would like to add a few more things I didn't mention in my previous comment. 1. The RFI may also be from the amp, as well as the cord. RFI is AC current operating at any frequency. When you experience microphonics, it's FM, although AM can get through. This also include any appliances, and all electrical wiring. Also evident is EMI, which is electromagnetic interference. You may experience this when you're near a electrical field, such as an outlet not properly grounded.

[@Chef316]

Have had to work it out to be able to face true north to fix the 60 cycle hum 😅

[@spilbee]

The directional hum is a problem I’ve had. I ended up taking down old/unused speaker wire from a bygone era.

[@dommadonia9207]

Hope it works out for the owner of that neat bass.

[@kingjbone1]

the power lines in front of my house are noisy as hell during the daytime. can't play in here anywhere. after 9PM, usually quieter, but not always. and its not ground related. bass > drum machine (on batteries) > headphones = 60 cycle harmonic noise.

[@knotchbass]

Sure would have liked to hear it through a real bass rig like you use to do.

[@lesgl]

The rear mounted bridge is just about falling off the back edge of the body..strange

[@nichlasdotcom]

I get a lot of noise from my Robo-mower circuit... Acts like a large antenna...

[@richardlavoy4]

Still waiting for your solo guitar assembly,give up or was it junk

[@stoutlager6325]

If Steinberger made one with a headstock on it, tuners still at the bridge like this just some kind of tailpiece on the headstock to hook ball ends in to, I would be more interested. When you go all the way no headstock it just looks terribly wrong to me and I cannot abide the sight of it.

[@ian-c.01]

You have to play one to begin to appreciate them. When I first learned to play I was borrowing a Squire P Bass which had been converted to fretless, it had a nice action but gave me all kinds of issues. Firstly it was heavy, very heavy and really big and bulky, second thing was neck dive and being fretless meant I couldn't hold the neck because it was necessary to spread my fingers really wide with just the tip of my thumb on the back which was good practice but made it very difficult for a beginner. I only used it for a few weeks before buying a headless Westone Quantum short scale bass, the difference was astonishing ! It was about half the weight and had zero neck dive, it was a lot of fun to play and sounded fantastic for the music we were playing ! I could even dance around on a crowded stage without knocking over mike stands and bashing cymbals ! It stayed in tune really well, the neck was very stable and there were no keys to snag anything or get knocked and detune a string. More experience players found it very unfamiliar and one guy said it 'felt horrible' compared to what he was used to but he admitted he could not do what I could do on stage using his std P bass which restricted his movement severely. It's a far more practical and stable configuration than a huge heavy headstock with big eared keys sticking out !

[@mikecollins8241]

I have had several basses (and one guitar) that felt "head heavy" to me, probably because of the large tuners.. I always though the "classic" Stienberg basses played great (standing) but were stupid looking (no body) This style/ model I'd buy if I could find a 4 string I could afford (and I am not really even a bass player )

[@markchatman9583]

My son’s fender amp picks up interference in his room, loud buzzing. I brought the amp out to have a look at it. I plugged it in where my bass amp sits... no problem. Then I dawned on me, he has enough video game consoles and computerized shit in his room to launch a space ship. There lies the problem. Fancy electronic crap

[@planespeaking]

The problem with 110-120V systems is the current is doubled and interference worse. Much less prevelant in countries with 230-240v networks.

[@harleyveejay]

I like exotic dancers.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

I dun lop of his haid, Jethro...

[@crusherolies8195]

watches, dont wear watches on your right hand (or left if you are lefty, away from the pick ups is the idea) that arent mechanical. if your pick ups are sensitive enough youll hear a little beep sound every second as the crystal in the watch is zapped.

[@shauncollins5029]

Computer fans and hardrive motors can kik up a din.

[@Shifflett311]

Hey Dave, can I use your channel name, and some of the stuff you say, like gooched? Please get bake to me, I can request subs.

[@Shifflett311]

Ya know... kinda like my name

[@greatreset3]

Rehab is for Quitters! 🎸🎶😜

[@johnsimms3957]

Could you play some Led Zeppelin/John Paul Jones lines sometime when you're wrapping up a video?

[@smasica]

Not a big fan of 'Headless Horseman' type guitars. YMMV.

[@ian-c.01]

It's a far more practical and stable configuration than a huge heavy headstock with big eared keys sticking out to catch on everything and knock you out of tune

[@woodyh4650]

Never understood why people buy 5 string basses. That’s a lot of extra money for a thumb rest. (Jk)

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

I use mine to play same notes in different positions tbh if I'm playing with a band use it to play lower 3rds or octaves most five string basses are usually 100 maybe 200 bucks more vs the 4 string counterpart.

[@Ndlanding]

It's like people saving money by not putting a tyre on the steering wheel.

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

@@Ndlanding lmao this comparison got me laughing good lmao