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Status Sharks. Always wanted one, and have only ever seen one for sale (it's on Ebay now and I can't afford it...).

He's Mistra Know It All - Stevie Wonder

It’s over there, between the land and the sky!

What?

Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong - Spin Doctors

Welcome FS99.

USA Conklin basses... Unbelievable things, exceptionally rare on the second hand market for very good reason. Bee Basses... for the same reason as the above!

Wounded Paw “Attack Goat” or their “Battering Ram” which has a very good drive circuit and the Fuzz

The Vigier Arpège Delta Metal is a pretty rare bird too.

Ooh just thought of another i'd buy (if it all worked) a Peavey B Quad 4

My Sonic P arrived today. Overall I'm pleased with it as the modding platform I wanted and it's certainly a real step up from the Harley Benton I'm sending back. However I will have to do a number on the fret ends as they are all skin-slicer sharp, unfinished basically. I guess it's a crapshoot at this price point. It'll be a killer bass when I'm done though. I love the neck profile especially. I will weigh it eventually but so far I can say that it's nice and light and well balanced.

And they say it's not a glamourous business!

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How about C.K.Watt?

Greetings! picked up the bass last month and @Deep Thought recommended this page as I have recently fell into a band and I’ve been bugging the fella about equipment. I’ve a couple precisions, a squier sonic and a Harley Benton PB-20 (initially as a back up but lately I’ve been using the HB more often) Currently looking for a head & matching cab that can keep up with my fellow bandmates so I’m keen to see if basschat can help. A bit of a backstory: I’m part of a 4 piece band called “The Blinders” with myself on bass along with 1x Guitarist, 1x Keys, & 1x Drummer of course. We were originally just a small jamming group in which I had originally joined to play guitar but recently it was decided we’d be a band so I have stepped in and decided to handle the low end side of things. I am after a head & cab that’s suitable for pub rock which doesn’t bring the bank to its knees (mind you I am after a good quality set so understandably I’m not trying to budget too much!) if anyone could advise and help out? Many thanks in advance !

So it was back to plan A which was fit the EMGs into soapbar cases. The neck pickup was a tight fit length wise but the bridge one wouldn't go in at all due to the tubes (?) for the screws to go through. Luckily I was able to snap one off right at the top of the underside and still had enough room to get a screw past it to go into the body. I am very happy with the result - looks more or less original (with the exception of the extra pot hole) despite having EMGs and a BTS system EQ fitted.

Surely the answer for pinks sound etc would be to use what pino used in the 80s - what made him famous?

I replaced the large, white resistor a few years back, because it actually physically broke apart - it ejected its legs. I briefly discussed it here - https://billfitzmaurice.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=294776 and I quote Bill - "When it broke off the only result would have been the tweeters shutting down." That leads me to think that it's the red square - if the main driver was connected at the purple square, when the resistor broke apart, it would have taken out everything, no? If not red square, then maybe above it - can 3 wires fit in one hole of the connector block? Now that I think about it, there's a vague memory of swearing and trying to get three to play nice, but I might be misremembering...

Well the foam didn't work. Unlike what I assume is the foam from Fender pickups above, EMG just has plain rectangles

Burns Bison . Found one local to me last year after a long look . I love it .

Now that is class. Dave

I think today is a good day for that story Daryl. I'm intrigued now. 😂 Dave

Rock & Roll Daryl. 🤣 Dave