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That's an aftermarket bridge. Those saddle height screws give the game away, they're Allen wrench, which didn't show up on US Fenders until the 90's. The saddles and intonation screws will be metric. The bridge mounting screws aren't original either. I see you've made a lot of progress (on page 5) bass looks incredible. if you ever do get the bridge off a 70's model isn't too hard to find on Fleabay or Reverb. Penetrating oil over a few days might get them screws out, but you wanna be real careful. And if/when those bridge mounting screws do come out, you'll probably have to refill the screw holes with some hardwood dowels before fitting a replacement. Good luck!

Strings too close to the pickups can cause this take the pickups down and see if it stops.

Just back from my second night at the local Folk and Cider festival, this time with the blues band. Took the Orange Terror 500 with 2x10 and 2x12 cabs, along with the 58 P bass going straight in to the amp (clip on tuner). Footwear of choice was the trusty black Dr Martens tonight..... Had a great one hour set of mostly standard blues covers - more lively ones to keep people drinking and dancing!

Martin McCarthy wrote that arrangement I think Paul Simon copyright Ed it

First night of the Katy Hurt album release tour tonight, at the gorgeous Square Tower in Portsmouth. An almost packed room, my first ever guitar and bass teacher in attendance and the second gig I’ve had with my gorgeous new ACG bass. All in all it was a cracking way to kick off the tour, roll on Bath on Friday 😎 White leather Converse, pristine at the beginning of the evening but now bearing their first (minor) battle scars.

My apologies, but you won't find one. I like to confuse people with this picture. I did the conversion myself in a bid to convince myself I didn't need a Peter Hook BB (BBPH), then ended up with a BBPH a few months later.

I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift

Think I'm In Trouble - Lindsey Buckingham

Just got back from our gig with the blues band - just a one hour slot as part of the local cider festival. Great crowd despite the rain and evening chill (we were on between 9 & 10pm). Dancers at the end for Baby Please Dont Go, and Shake Your Moneymaker - blues is still alive and well in Cleethorpes! 😎

Only just seen this thread, but incredible work and documentation and congratulations on putting together what looks like a fantastic bass 👏 Dare I say, I much prefer the look of this to yours and any other Wal Mk1 basses I've seen 😬 Like others, dying to hear those sound clips 😉

Bit late to this, I love my Line Audio OM1s which I use as a stereo pair, or use singularly combined with a ribbon for close mic'ing. Their CM4 is meant to be great as well and I very nearly bought one on eBay recently for live use where I would want a cardioid pattern rather than my omnis. Line audio are made in Sweden in small batches and are at bargain prices. https://www.lineaudio.se/ Since leaving the EU it's tricky to get them directly, but there is a UK distributer - I haven't used them as I bought direct years ago. https://pinknoise-systems.co.uk/collections/line-audio---microphones?srsltid=AfmBOoqlo1VbCHSPNyRVw8t286EIRm_r-2ZJiQBzCkJPjHCxW_Fog9k2#

Nice! Hoping I get mine too soon! I’m so excited!

oh.. when did these come out. I will have to see what the spec difference are. Off the the internet rabbit hole 🕳️ 🏃🏾‍♂️

Cheap but good looking basses from gear4music. Nothing new about the configuration but nice new shapes. Short scale 30". Has anyone actually seen one in the flesh. About £200 a pop, could be worth upgrading?

The little known BB424xrp 😉

Summary - I don't think anyone is going to be disappointed with the SP1. The setup was decent but a little 'on the edge' for me, I felt it benefited from lowering the pickups and raising the action a bit (truss relief) to let the strings ring a bit more. Soundwise the P pickup is sublime, fat and with clarity, also the J is definitely not thin (it's actually a 6 string sized pickup from Combustion model). Blended in parallel they give an excellent balanced tone where neither pickup is overpowering, and in series it takes on a totally new character - but without overwhelming the output (which is an issue i've had on ALL Combustion based models). It has the Fender vibe to the looks and tone, but with Dingwall zest, it could easily be a 'one to rule them all' instrument. However as I practice bass polyamory, that won't happen with me. n.b. now features block inlays (Neck Illusions) and Canadian knobs

There is still an audience, but it is something of a niche these days. Blues bands are far more popular in various parts of mainland Europe...!

@Jack Did you resolve this? I can't recall it being an issue when I owned it. Saying that, it wasn't played that often. I'd quite gladly buy it back though 😉.

Amazing job you're doing.