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The Dunlops flats I have on it are just a bit dark. I have some EB Group flats (Joe Dart’s favourite) so I’ll try them too. I really need to get a quick change / slot load bridge for this bass.

Yeah it is 2 whole months later now

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Technically quite correct, but I believe the term was used descriptively in this instance.

Have you contacted Sushibox to ask as well? Si

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 technically people often find reassurance in things that are normal even if they are sub optimal. I wouldn't want the neck to look like it had a broken headstock. I toyed many years ago with a latching idea to secure necks to bodies but the devil is in the detail, especially high precision tolerances. Carbon composite might not work as well as milled aluminium. How would you deal with differences in string alignment? If it's relying on greater rigidity to reduce the pull of the neck on the string, it might have some similarities to Vigier's 90/10 system as well. My Pentabuzz has steel rods to achieve a similar outcome (whippy necks make the poly coating on the fingerboard crack) and maybe the neck on my Alembic is over engineering enough to achieve the same outcome. There's a delicate balance to achieve with graphite necks though, if they are too stiff, they can become brittle sounding without a fingerboard that dampens any unpleasant frequencies. I suspect prices have been pushed up by fetishisation amongst collectors. The same thing is happening to MM Cutlass basses from 1983-84 and Modulus Basstar necked basses from late seventies early eighties. I'm not sure about Gibson's circumstances but I do remember the moulds for Steinberger stuff were sold off and Ed Roman got his hands on them at one point for his LSR series of instruments. I wonder whether the tooling up costs for manufacturing vs unknown demand might have not been an attractive enough proposition for them? Fantastic sounding basses though, oozing warmth and depth - it's no surprise Reggae players favoured them. And the HAZ Labs eq was nifty as well - frequency centres and Q were absolutely spot on. Probably! 😄 An all composite bass would be very satisfying to work on but would definitely be overreaching at this point in time. Obviously I'm not going to copy other manufacturers of graphite necked instruments either, I have too respect for what they've achieved. OK as Richard Branson said, 'screw it, let's do it'. I'd like to put a feeler for P bass or J bass out there and see what genuine level of interest there is. Anyone interested in a p bass neck click here, like wise in a jazz bass go here. Dimensions will be the same as currently available on Fender(tm) licensed products, so obviously check compatibility with your own instrument but as far as I'm aware 2.5" is a standard Fender bass heel width. First neck to reach 5 orders or more will be fabricated first. If both hit five or more then I'll see if arrangements can be made to increase capacity temporarily. If either or both fail to reach the minimum order inside 30 days then I'll refund deposits.

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