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Nice pics! Daryl

I’d be interested in attending too please!

To be perfectly honest with you, I think if you go the route of trying to turn your bass into a PJ there is a good chance you could end up ruining a bass you are almost perfectly content with, neck pickup not withstanding. Whilst you may get a Precision Bass tone available to you, PJ configurations have their own inconsistencies that may well annoy you more than the weaker sounding Jazz neck pickup does at the moment. Let your Sadowsky be a Jazz Bass and get yourself a P Bass to keep it company when you can might be the best compromise. Forgive me if I am stating the obvious but are you sure the existing neck pickup is adjusted to the appropriate height ect? That could make a huge difference if it isn't. Sadowsky pickups are top quality in my experience, so the neck pickup should sound okay in terms of output and tone, even if it'll never be a P Bass. If you do decide to change the Jazz pickups you will probably get better results changing both pickups rather than just one, but no Jazz neck pickup will sound like a Precision. It's in a very different position. I'm assuming you've got Sadowsky Hum Cancelling pickups at the moment. A true single coil like is on the Sadowsky Will Lee will give a beefier sound with more prominent mids, generally speaking. It doesn't sound like a P Bass but it does have a bit more growl and presence than the more modern hum cancelling pickups.See what you think:

I use my 4003 to record via the rick-o-sound output onto two tracks in logic so i can process each pickup separately, but with no variation in the performance. I use EB cobalt flats — the 40-60-70-95 set. It can be made to sound huge in the mix and I can fine-tune the amount of clank in the mix. I'm pleased I went for a 4003 rather than a 4003s - this technique has made the ric my favourite bass to record with, even if it has not dethroned my JMJ mustangs for gigs.

My band that eventually folded a few years ago had Mrs Zero as lead vocalist. The only two negative reactions we had were one when we were trying to recruit a guitarist and one potential candidate said women couldn't sing rock, and one from an audience member who decided Mrs Zero couldn't sing and followed her everywhere telling her so, even into the toilets. He was a big bastard so no question of just giving him the kicking he so richly deserved [1] - I assume he was the pub bully. So yes, there are some dickheads around. OTOH, we played in total to thousands of people so it's not a big proportion. Did the promoter hear you at this gig, or is he just going on the fact there's a female singer without hearing what she's like? [1] As a devout coward, I would obviously have delegated this task

Regi Wooten (Victor's guitarist brother, who's probably even more of a monster player than Vic) is well known for using a Squier Strat as his main guitar. Granted, I think it's supposed to be a JV - basically a Japanese Fender, and, as enlightened people know, that makes it better than a US Fender. I don't play a lot of guitar, but a couple of years back I did buy a Squier RH Contemporary Telecaster. I'm not likely to ever gig with it (mostly because I'm not likely to ever gig on guitar, because my guitar skills are ordinary at best ) but it sounds great, plays well and does what I need it to do.

Definitely interested and thanks to the two 'Pauls' for getting this particular ball rolling. (Usual caveats apply re dates, availability, etc.) 👍😎👍 #1 - Paul @NancyJohnson #2 - Paul #2 @prowla #3 - Martin @Merton #4 - Matt @Wombat #5 - Andy @Wolverinebass #6 - Stevie @stevie #7 - Lozz @Lozz196 #8 - Matt @neepheid #9 - @bassace97 #10 - Robert @bass_dinger #11 - Christopher @chyc #12 - jaco @Geek99 ** #13 - Alan @WalMan #14 - Trevor @TrevorR #15 - John @jonno1981 #16 - Gary @cetera #17 - @MacDaddy #18 - Steve @Stingray5

So my goto bass is my amazing iSadowsky MetroLine 24-4 Vintage Ash. Perfect in all aspects but one. I would like a more P Bass thump out of the neck pickup . So I’m thinking my options are : Fit a drop in replacement j style pickup in the neck position but what would work ? Get a new pickgaurd made but where ? And get a rout done for a Seymour Quater pounder. Any recommendation's for a good luitier that could do this in the midlands? Obviously the first option would be my preferred ,

Watched the SBL video over the weekend. Freddie is an understated monster. His time is perfect, as is his feel. The basslines themselves are, on the whole, pretty simple in terms of notes (pentatonics, box patterns, etc), it's all about the phrasing and the groove, and he absolutely nails it - it's a stark lesson for the "more is more" crowd. A P-bass, four strings and the knowledge and experience of how best to serve a song and get people up off their collective @rses.

As I mentioned in the ‘How was your gig” mega thread, I decided to take my Head of Doom to the gig yesterday as a bit of a nod towards the recent final Black Sabbath gig. Turned up at the venue, loaded in, set up the PA, then set up my rig. Powered up the Ashdown and she illuminated like normal but wasn’t making a sound. Tried all the usual idiot checks without success, so running out of time, I just upped the level of the bass in the FOH and relied on my IEM’s for monitoring. Tonight, I decided to check again, and in the silence of my man cave, she is making a noise, but not a noise you want to hear. So, thinking it might be preamp valve related, I whipped her out of the rack case she lives in, and had a squint through the ventilation slots. Preamp valve looks like it’s firmly seated, but more worryingly, there is that unmistakable smell of blown electronics. I’ve shot a website enquiry over to the guys at Ashdown but I think she’ll need to head back there for repair.

Yes, a 13-15 degree tilt should possible.

This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us — Sparks

What do your Ric's wear? There's nothing else wrong with mine apart from the few mm tail lift after using 45s for 15+ years. Mine currently has the 43-100 TI Jazz flats, so I'm hoping the low tension doesn't do much more harm, or at least slows down any further damage.

I wouldn’t put 45’s onto a Ric.

2 of us. Beetles

Sounds like you got yourself 2 bands, one fronted by a female and one fronted by a male. And you need to be playing different gigs for each band. A nice diary filling situation.

Personally, (and this is just my own thoughts), I'd see how the new lineup works and see if the female singer wants to push forwards with the rest of you. Also, blokiness often isn't particularly popular in this woke world these days, LOL Basically, I wouldn't let one person (the promoter) put you off what could be a very positive change for the future.

I did two gigs this weekend, and they couldn’t have been much more different. Saturday night I was playing at Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival with blues trio The Alligators. It was actually my final gig with them, as I’ve started a local weekly residency at a rock n roll club and it was getting a bit much - I’m supposed to be semi retired for gawds sake! Anyway the gig was okay - some great bands on before us including sax player Tom Waters (son of pianist Ben Waters). A friend of mine was on directly before us doing some of his original stuff, and then I joined him for a few covers to get the crowd dancing. Then our band got started at 11pm, to play for around an hour. Onstage sound was really loud, so was glad I’d taken my old Barefaced Compact to use in addition to my Fender Rumble 500. Played my sunburst P Lyte and it sounded good, just about keeping up with the guitar. As is customary, we were joined by a couple of sax players towards the end, and it was in danger of getting out of control. Managed to steer it to a conclusion, and I was quite relieved it was all over. A really steamy gig, drove 50 miles home with the sunroof open. Sunday evening I was back in the familiar ‘Lookout on the Pier’ in Scarborough with our acoustic duo. Really busy along the beach, blisteringly hot weather so parking wasn’t easy due to the crowds but we got set up and ready to play by 6pm. Loads of requests, with some good ones including ‘Out of reach’, ‘Tears in heaven’ ‘Human’ (Rag and Boneman!) and ‘Iris’. Fender Kingman bass into Rumble 100 combo - nice and quiet after the previous night’s gig. Couple of days off now - next gig Wednesday so will give my fingers a rest.

Wow that thing looks monstrous, I love it! I'd be interested to see the build process on that. Edit: just realised it's a Spear! Still beautiful. My idea was to have the red/gold/green colour scheme on the pickup covers themselves, with the rest of the bass being that kind of military/camo green you see on reggae sound systems and things. Hopefully it looks half as good as yours! I did conider this kind of thing! But I think it's above my skill level just yet - next time? I knew I had to have it when I saw those little slanty guys. Not sure how I keep finding these weird basses in disrepair haha! Project update coming soon, night shifts for the next few days, stay tuned

Thanks, HB. The problem would be less of a problem if I had commitment from the singer… but then if we decided to revert (to a bloke) then no problem since she has her own band and is strictly speaking a dep. Stick, twist… lord knows! Is blokiness part of our USP? Thanks @casapete too!