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Thanks for the replies so far, folks.. 👍

Fell out with many usually lead guitarist`s who think they run the show. Guess what, they don`t!!

That’s what I’ve got in my Frankenjazz. Flippin’ amazing preamp!

Here are Bill Lawrence's explanations: https://www.wildepickups.com/pages/q-filter Worth reading, really.

If I remember correctly, it was Bill Lawrence's idea to start toying with an impedance changing switch. I need to check, but I'm quite sure I have some schematics somewhere... And I found the explanations from the guy himself, see below.

There’s nothing wrong with MIJ/CIJ Fender instruments. In general they are top notch for consistency. The 62 Jazz reissues are more common and therefore maybe more prone to modding than some models that are less common in Europe…..like the PB-70US. Remember that Japanese Fenders have various grades - typically denoted by a second double digit. Say, JB-62-75 where the first number refers to the model year of the reissue and the second set of numbers denotes the price (in 00’s Yen) when it first sold. The lower priced versions came with a smaller headstock and small footprint tuners, as well as locally specified PUP’s. The body wood may be Basswood (Linden), which is light but dings easily. Higher valued instruments have larger tuners (similar to US) on a typical Fender headstock. The body wood is typically alder or sen (ash). The PUP’s may be wound to US spec or imported US PUP’s. Hence the term US in PB-70US. Basically you will have to look far and wide for a bad MIJ Fender.

I don't use a plectrum for the different tone, I use it because the metacarpal of my right forefinger was broken when I was in my early 20s and it set with the knuckle perceptibly lower than the rest of my hand, so alternating between first and middle fingers is awkward and can get uneven - for some things I simply can't manage it with alternating fingers but can with a plectrum.

Oversized Luggage - Meyhem Lauren

Just wanted to check in these super-sensitive days - that's not the same as blackface, is it?

Yeah they look decent thanks I've actually found a nice Sandberg 6 string hopefully be collecting next week I'll post some pics 👍

Great video Dan, certainly gives a good run through of the sounds available from those pickups 🙌

I can't even get the pickup out of its cover to see, and if it is it'll probably be lead-free solder which I'm not set up for.

Very cool. I’ve had my eye on this for a while. Will be keen to hear how you get on! Congrats.

Man In A Suitcase - The Police

A band I was the co-founder of somewhere in the early 90s played a few gigs. The guitarist/vocalist got rather sweary between numbers at the last one, and the drummer (who could well have been given an offer by another band so there could have been an ulterior motive) said he was leaving because Steve was too sweary. Our viola player was leaving anyway. Steve then rang me and asked me if he was too sweary, and I was rather non-committal. I went to the rehearsal studio soon afterwards and saw a notice from him saying he was looking for a drummer and bassist who had to realise that there was ONLY ONE BAND LEADER and it was him (we both wrote songs for the band, it was about 2:1 him to me). He did get another set of personnel together and they're still going. Their website has biographies of each member, and in his it says he did the folk clubs as a solo act. Rather a lie, as he and I did them as a duo. At least it was the inspiration for a song I wrote called "Revisionist"...