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Hello all! Really need your help on this one. I'm having an issue of pickups being out of phase - on their own they sound as should, no buzz or noise. If blended together - there is only hi-mid/treble content left. I have searched on google and in forums. Couldn't find an answer that would really help me. My understanding from answers is that hot and ground wire should be switched on P pickup and that it help most of the individuals who asked for a solution. Well, I'm using EMG system, not really versed in electrical stuff too, and I'm just stuck. Before contacting EMG for support I thought I'll pop here. Everything is passive. Pickups are - EMG GZR and EMG MMHZ, going to a balance pot and to volume. Please let me know if you need a picture of specific part from specific angle, bass is dismantled near me, so I can take it any minute. Thank you all in advance!

I have asked the seller a question (about three days ago) and he's not responded...yet.

The bass is now in the Black Friday sale for £99.99!

My mistake? Berk.

Agree on both counts. Both bands clearly have something but whatever it is it’s lost on me

Rang Jon today - he's got the board off and he's sending me photos of various pieces of macassar ebony in the next day or two.

Almost on the home straight now.

There are bands that I find incredibly frustrating. They seem like really cool people that I’d happily have a pint with, and they are obviously incredibly talented. The only two that have sprung into my currently addled mind, are Behemoth and the Foo Fighters. I really enjoy Foo Fighters music videos, but the music… other than Monkey Wrench. Blah! Another band is Radiohead. I like the song creep but I can’t stand anything else they’ve done. Again, they had quite cool videos, so I would watch them, but on mute.

Little Feat - Texas Rose Cafe

In my view the green is the better colour (I owned one and it is a decent Bass), I guess most other people think the same so shops can sell the green ones for for more £.

Not knowing much about him I just listened to Everyday Is Like Sunday, it’s not bad really , maybe a bit like Oasis where just a few songs is enough for me

Back in the day he was just an intellectual snob. He then moved up to being a bitter man about how the record label never did enough for him, then screwed over his band mates involving court battles, then released some truly dire records that didn’t sell for which he blamed the UK public, then got all BNP and a bit racist, then moved to the USA where he made an astronomical amount of money. I gave up on him when he was still bitter and twisted despite being wealthy beyond most peoples expectations and living in Clark Gables old house! Most of this information was gathered from his nicely written, but thoroughly irritating autobiography which should have been called: ’the world gave me the moon on a stick but it wasn’t bright enough’

Presumably whoever is selling it on Gumtree would know.

Given the links between John Diggins and John Birch, I'd say Jaydee are the people to go to regarding John Birch pickups etc. I remember seeing a new Jim Lea bass at Jaydee back in 2010 or so, another branch of what they made along with the Iommi SG, Angus Young model also. When I think of Jaydee I tend to associate them with the Mark King bass but there's a lot of John Birch previous history before the Supernatural basses.

Could be that they restocked greens and blacks at different times, and the wholesale cost had changed in the meantime.

This is my cue to unfollow this thread. Have fun with it guys and girls 👍

While I appreciate the GH auction wasn't mentioned the auction itself was in early 2024, so anyone questioning the accuracy of the listing and authenticity of the bass itself could easily (easily!) have done a search off google and found the GH listing within a few minutes, tops.