I found one of these at the local transfer (trash) station in Aug. or Sept. this year. The neck looked pretty straight so I took it home. Someone had gooched all three pots and it was setup like ass. Strings were a mile high the pickup foam was dead and the pickup screwed way too low like all the way down. Oh yeah it was had some serious nasty shit that need to be cleaned off. Total invested including pots, knobs,strings and straplocks about $100 U.S. I wired it like a jazz bass and roughed in the set up. I took it to a local shop because I didn't know what the radius was or how to set it without a guage. $50 U.S. What a great player. I really dig this bass. I was only willing to try and resurrect this bass because of the lessons learned from you Dave.Thanks man!
Hi Dave, the controls are, from the bridge, tone , volume and volume. It looked like some idiot had disconnected the first two pots. I modded one of my OLPs ( I have 3 MM3s, like the one you worked on, and a MM32) by sending both volumes through the front pot and installing a switch, where the middle pot was, allowing me to switch from series to parallel mode. the result is no hum from turning one of the volumes down, plus you get a lovely tone boost when you switch to parallel mode. hope that helps
I think the camera looks just fine. Maybe shorten the camera dissolve rate to 1 second instead of 10 seconds. That way your audio isn't stepping on itself up during the long dissolve. Love your videos, Dave!!!!
I just ripped off my faceplate and wired the pickups and ground directly to the old RadioShack input jack I had to buy as a replacement after the Cheapie Ball one broke after a couple weeks of use. That was a whole hour ago, so thanks for template!
Had a noise like that in a strat, and found the signal and ground reversed at the jack. It was my own fault but it sounded exactly like this problem. Full sceen video looked ok, sound ok, but a little low in volume.
Interesting, but the video looked like there was a haze on the lens and muddy audio, especially from the bit where you were measuring the radius of the fingerboard on. I think we all agree that this camera would make a better door stop... Man, that's gotta be a pain in the neck, especially with the cost of shipping... Thanks again for the Chicken Stew vid, I plan on making some soon!! the pick up wired just through the volume pot is a good idea, (more a matter of personal preference, I'm sure) I knew a bass player in Chicago who ran his pickups straight to the output jack and used the amp to adjust his sound.
it has been below freezing here in the west end of South Dakota but it hasn't been below zero , crappy blustery windy Fall and Start of Winter but not super cold which is a good thing
Just watching the weather for your area, and the lady doing the forecast said it was 18C last week-end, fuck me 18C in December in Canada, if we get 18C in the UK in summer we are all dying of heat stroke, lol. That's not normal weather for this time of year in Canada is it Dave, surely not? They were saying this week-end it's completely different with Arctic air snow and -10, enjoy the snow Dave.
Good sounding instrument...with an easy repair! The owner did not want to use the other 2 pots or what? Camera: too bright and sound a little on the weak side but average quality..depends on how much you shelled out for it if it's a gooch or not! Cheers and Merry Christmas to you and your family Dave! Keep us entertained with your hard work!...For which I am very thankful...
Hello there I own the OLP 5 string and tuning I could upgrade it with the Aguilar AG 5M p/u, I went ahead and got it along with OBP3 tk Preamp. 2 issues I’m having. I wired it up according to a wiring diagram. I double check all the connections. Followed the dummy chart to a T. I connected the 9v battery but get nothing. Now I’m using a stock vol pot along with the OBP3 bass/mid/treb/mid togg switch. I’m getting nothing. I connected the wires to the output according to dummy chart. All black wires to the Ring terminal, battery negative to the ground terminal and the green wire to the tip terminal of the jack. Now my other issue is that once I dry fitted the p/u, I noticed that the Aguilar p/u magnets are so much wider than the stock OLP p/u which cause the strings to NOT sit above the magnets. I’m guessing the mags being that far away from the strings is gonna cause the bass to not work properly. I’m confused as to what bass has a string spacing that wide where the Aguilar will fit. Also, if I have the OLP which is supposed to be cheaper version of the music man why is my string spacing so narrow. Please, anything you can advise will be greatly appreciated.
I don't like the new camera..it spins me ol eyes out Dave , particularly the fish eye lens and the fade in cross fade. The last camera was really good..it was good on the eyes, it handled light well. but I gather the auto focus was gooched. Have a merry xmas. cheers.
The new camera was 50/50 at best - sometimes it looked really good - nice colors, good balance but the next shot it was over-exposed and cloudy. It appears to be a wider angle than your other camera which is handy. The audio -- yeah - that needs some work - - you should get a good wireless lav mic - - it's only money!
Dave, what happened to the audio levels??? 😒 it suck!!! Also, you have 3 pots... One for tone, one for the volume of the front coil & one for the volume of the back coil.. Only one pot is wired... What's up with that??? 😒
remurdereht I just swapped one of these for a jhs vintage 4string stingray clone. The OLP MM3 is a beast if you find one that seems cheap enough to chance it you'll be getting a lot of bass for your moneys. It's a five string so expect it to be heavy but along with the beef you get a very solid and well constructed bass ..the string spacing is slightly narrower than average four string bass and most five strings too. Great for pick playing but slap is abit tricky. The sound is great,a really strong output for a passive set up . A coil tap mod goes a long way toward improvement on these and if you use a stinger (preamp) and go active it'll bring the house down. Machine heads are good quality so it stays in tune . Not much else I can say , hope my mini reveiw helps. My main point is the close string spacing , if you have small hands it'll be a pleasure
I have a blue OLP 4 string I purchased for the princely sum of £85.The body had a few dings here and there but overall the build seemed OK. The tuning was pretty poor so I swapped the cheap tuners for a pair of Fender Mex ones.The bass held tune really well after that.I replaced the Stock p/up with a Seymour Duncan Humbucker.I installed a Retrovibe Stinger tone circuit.Replaced the nut with a brass one.Levelled and crowned the frets.This bass punches well above it's weight now.
Do you have any advise for cleaning dot inlays. I have a fender jim root tele which is in my profile picture. Everytime I change my strings I clean the guitar with guitar polish and conditioner along with the fingerboard. I clean and condition the fretboard as well but it seems not to remove the grime from my white dot inlays. So it keeps my ebony fretboard looking dirty.
Hey Dave! I'm one of your biggest fans so I definitely do not like being a negative Nancy but you have gone backwards 7-8 years with the camera. Looks like vaseline smeared over the lens and the mic is in a box in the drawer. Sorry dude
I love the new camera! I love the fishbowl lens and the wider ratio! More space in the frame is great.
I found one of these at the local transfer (trash) station in Aug. or Sept. this year. The neck looked pretty straight so I took it home. Someone had gooched all three pots and it was setup like ass. Strings were a mile high the pickup foam was dead and the pickup screwed way too low like all the way down. Oh yeah it was had some serious nasty shit that need to be cleaned off.
Total invested including pots, knobs,strings and straplocks about $100 U.S. I wired it like a jazz bass and roughed in the set up. I took it to a local shop because I didn't know what the radius was or how to set it without a guage. $50 U.S.
What a great player. I really dig this bass.
I was only willing to try and resurrect this bass because of the lessons learned from you Dave.Thanks man!
Hi Dave, the controls are, from the bridge, tone , volume and volume. It looked like some idiot had disconnected the first two pots. I modded one of my OLPs ( I have 3 MM3s, like the one you worked on, and a MM32) by sending both volumes through the front pot and installing a switch, where the middle pot was, allowing me to switch from series to parallel mode. the result is no hum from turning one of the volumes down, plus you get a lovely tone boost when you switch to parallel mode. hope that helps
I think the camera looks just fine. Maybe shorten the camera dissolve rate to 1 second instead of 10 seconds. That way your audio isn't stepping on itself up during the long dissolve. Love your videos, Dave!!!!
Dave the new camera looks nice! The close up shots are cleaner. FYI . Cheers!
I just ripped off my faceplate and wired the pickups and ground directly to the old RadioShack input jack I had to buy as a replacement after the Cheapie Ball one broke after a couple weeks of use.
That was a whole hour ago, so thanks for template!
Man you at Christmas/New Years party and things start to look and sound like beginning of this vid...it's time for a cab jack.
Sorry man, that new camera makes everything look cloudy and hardly any audio.
Had a noise like that in a strat, and found the signal and ground reversed at the jack. It was my own fault but it sounded exactly like this problem. Full sceen video looked ok, sound ok, but a little low in volume.
Love your tool box sign, “Beef Stew Mac and Cheese”. 🤪🤣👍
Huh, tough to hear ya my brother, plus it looks foggy inside the house. And at the beginning there are ghosts roaming around. Cool. 😎
Interesting, but the video looked like there was a haze on the lens and muddy audio, especially from the bit where you were measuring the radius of the fingerboard on.
I think we all agree that this camera would make a better door stop... Man, that's gotta be a pain in the neck, especially with the cost of shipping... Thanks again for the Chicken Stew vid, I plan on making some soon!!
the pick up wired just through the volume pot is a good idea, (more a matter of personal preference, I'm sure)
I knew a bass player in Chicago who ran his pickups straight to the output jack and used the amp to adjust his sound.
Happy holidays Dave! 🎵🎸🌲
it has been below freezing here in the west end of South Dakota but it hasn't been below zero , crappy blustery windy Fall and Start of Winter but not super cold which is a good thing
Just watching the weather for your area, and the lady doing the forecast said it was 18C last week-end, fuck me 18C in December in Canada, if we get 18C in the UK in summer we are all dying of heat stroke, lol. That's not normal weather for this time of year in Canada is it Dave, surely not? They were saying this week-end it's completely different with Arctic air snow and -10, enjoy the snow Dave.
a lot lower volume on this vid compared to the others.
Good sounding instrument...with an easy repair! The owner did not want to use the other 2 pots or what?
Camera: too bright and sound a little on the weak side but average quality..depends on how much you shelled out for it if it's a gooch or not!
Cheers and Merry Christmas to you and your family Dave!
Keep us entertained with your hard work!...For which I am very thankful...
Hello there I own the OLP 5 string and tuning I could upgrade it with the Aguilar AG 5M p/u, I went ahead and got it along with OBP3 tk Preamp. 2 issues I’m having. I wired it up according to a wiring diagram. I double check all the connections. Followed the dummy chart to a T. I connected the 9v battery but get nothing. Now I’m using a stock vol pot along with the OBP3 bass/mid/treb/mid togg switch. I’m getting nothing. I connected the wires to the output according to dummy chart. All black wires to the Ring terminal, battery negative to the ground terminal and the green wire to the tip terminal of the jack. Now my other issue is that once I dry fitted the p/u, I noticed that the Aguilar p/u magnets are so much wider than the stock OLP p/u which cause the strings to NOT sit above the magnets. I’m guessing the mags being that far away from the strings is gonna cause the bass to not work properly. I’m confused as to what bass has a string spacing that wide where the Aguilar will fit. Also, if I have the OLP which is supposed to be cheaper version of the music man why is my string spacing so narrow. Please, anything you can advise will be greatly appreciated.
Hi Dave, love your videos and have learnt loads over the years - but the new camera's audio is severely gooched
Audio is somewhat fine. Might want to consider playing with the setting on it.
The audio level of the new camera is way too low. :-)
I do like the wide field of view from the camera. The exposure is a little too high. Dave will figure it out.
Auto exposure doesn’t work too well. Too bright in areas.
Hey Dave! waddya think of that new camera?
Cool effects is this video, with the fade in and fade out .... Pretty Boss Dave!! The new 🎥 camera? I’m guessing GoPro?
No, I think your new camera is much better, sharp pictures!
I have the twin brother of this one, but an Ernie Ball MusicMan SR 5.
Early OLP passive basses are heavily sought after.
what did he talk about? I couldn't hear him to well
Cold enough for ya Dave? It's brutal down here in Jersey, gotta be colder in Canuckisatn.
BTW, yes, your new camera is shit.
Did Dave hide the microphone in his underwear?
Sure is muffled and distant sounding.
I notice a multimeter upgrade Dave
dave the white balance is off and at times the sound is a little low
I don't like the new camera..it spins me ol eyes out Dave , particularly the fish eye lens and the fade in cross fade. The last camera was really good..it was good on the eyes, it handled light well. but I gather the auto focus was gooched.
Have a merry xmas. cheers.
Can't hear you very well..
Yeah...the audio is really low on this one.
Hey Dave, what should the nut action be for the low "B"? how high off the first fret?
Volume is a bit low Dave . The video is pretty trippy . Thought maybe it was just flash backs from all the Greatful Dead shows ,but then........
the old cam was better for sound ....I had to turn you way up to hear anything
The new camera was 50/50 at best - sometimes it looked really good - nice colors, good balance but the next shot it was over-exposed and cloudy. It appears to be a wider angle than your other camera which is handy. The audio -- yeah - that needs some work - - you should get a good wireless lav mic - - it's only money!
was this recorded with an action camera?
dynamic range is awful.
(we have all bought something that we regret)
Dave, what happened to the audio levels??? 😒 it suck!!! Also, you have 3 pots... One for tone, one for the volume of the front coil & one for the volume of the back coil.. Only one pot is wired... What's up with that??? 😒
Can barely hear you talking for most of the video.
Winters been cancelled? Jeez Dave didn't you just get hit with the snow snow we did in Hamilton the last 2 days?
Take the can off the work bench Dave!!! :)
Hey Dave, what was your opinion on that bass in terms of quality? I've seen them all over the internet for pretty cheap.
remurdereht I just swapped one of these for a jhs vintage 4string stingray clone. The OLP MM3 is a beast if you find one that seems cheap enough to chance it you'll be getting a lot of bass for your moneys. It's a five string so expect it to be heavy but along with the beef you get a very solid and well constructed bass ..the string spacing is slightly narrower than average four string bass and most five strings too. Great for pick playing but slap is abit tricky. The sound is great,a really strong output for a passive set up . A coil tap mod goes a long way toward improvement on these and if you use a stinger (preamp) and go active it'll bring the house down. Machine heads are good quality so it stays in tune . Not much else I can say , hope my mini reveiw helps. My main point is the close string spacing , if you have small hands it'll be a pleasure
I have a blue OLP 4 string I purchased for the princely sum of £85.The body had a few dings here and there but overall the build seemed OK. The tuning was pretty poor so I swapped the cheap tuners for a pair of Fender Mex ones.The bass held tune really well after that.I replaced the Stock p/up with a Seymour Duncan Humbucker.I installed a Retrovibe Stinger tone circuit.Replaced the nut with a brass one.Levelled and crowned the frets.This bass punches well above it's weight now.
Dave gotta a Hummer..
too quiet dave .
Cool
audio on voice is low and good on bass tones...
Do you have any advise for cleaning dot inlays. I have a fender jim root tele which is in my profile picture. Everytime I change my strings I clean the guitar with guitar polish and conditioner along with the fingerboard. I clean and condition the fretboard as well but it seems not to remove the grime from my white dot inlays. So it keeps my ebony fretboard looking dirty.
Hey Dave, Is your hair getting more gray or... it's probably the new camera! Nevermind! LOL JK of course.
Kinda like watching thru a fishbowl, I wouldn't be happy with it either
Bad audio
Ya gotta fix the mic on your new camera or hire a boom guy!
Sorry Dave but I think your new camera is Gooched.
camera sucks. mic really sucks. turn down the suck.
Shoulda wired that for blendable coil split and added a tone circuit.
Woh, stop the LSD style editing, i thought it was 20 years ago!
007 bobby More like 50...
LMAO!
Can't hardly hear you speaking
Hey Dave! I'm one of your biggest fans so I definitely do not like being a negative Nancy but you have gone backwards 7-8 years with the camera. Looks like vaseline smeared over the lens and the mic is in a box in the drawer. Sorry dude