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Sony EX1!! Haha... nah they're not the most affordable option, there was a bit of a following for the Canon HV20 and HV30 amongst low budget film makers a couple of years back. Since then I've not kept up on what took over but they hung around the 500-600 range. But personally, unless you're doing something seriously professional, I think it doesn't matter much. A lot of 'budget' cameras are of perfectly usable quality, but important things to consider are things like performance in low light, and what kind of storage media you want to use - and also how the footage is encoded. Some formats can be a pain to edit with and need to be re-encoded before you can even start chopping them up! If you're shooting for Youtube then the best thing to do is make sure youve got something that can do 720P at a minimum (which I doubt is rare these days) and most importantly NEVER use onboard camera mics if you want something to sound good. Now here's the problem - most band videos suffer from terrible audio and one of the things that's often ommitted from budget cameras in order to get people to buy the next one up is some kind of audio/mic input. I get tired of seeing videos on Youtube where somebody is trying to demonstrate their amazing bass or guitar or cab, without realising that the terrible camera mic and poor recording environment make the whole recording practically pointless! I've done some semi-pro band/gig shoots and the cameras I've used have usually had XLR inputs that cover audio, but I've always got a trusty Zoom H4 to cover my back just in case! So if you want to do some proper recording then some kind of digital audio recorder is a handy thing to have

Just out of curiosity... i've read about the differences between P and J pickups a million times, but I've never heard much said specifically about the tone of MM and sopabar style pickups. Is there a particular sound to them? I hear loads of people talking about how much they love the MM tone but I've never heard anyone actually describe it, especially in comparison to P's and J's (despite searching!)

Turns out the cheapest shipping option would of cost twenty quid... for a couple of bits of plastic Cheers for the info Jim I might drop him a line though it might be a bit more costly than I can budget for! Hehe

Ahhh scratch that, found a little bit of info but still, if anyone has any experience of them please share, cheers

Mojo Musical Supply in the states do closed covers just like what I'm looking for for a couple of dollars each... wouldn't be too hard to fit a couple of jazz pickups in there, has anybody ordered from them before as I can't seem to find ANY international shipping info whatsoever and don't particularly want to register as a customer just to find out...

Thanks for all the replies guys, Essential, that's what I have in mind... the Dual Jazz at the bottom there is the plastic cover I have in mind, the power buckers look ideal too but don't seem to come with covers! The Novaks are a bit on the expensive side, as for Rio Grande, any idea of a decent supplier?

Does anybody know of a four string soapbar pickup that has double pole pieces for each string like a jazz/precision pickup? Preferably exposed? I think SD does a 5 string only one, and closed cover soapbars have single large polepieces under the cover as far as I'm aware? I'd really like to find a jazz humbucker, the kind that looks like a pair of jazzes stuck together but without the join... also for a mid position rather than the bridge...

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1105445' date='Jan 27 2011, 07:19 PM']If Ikay's taken the jazz measurement from his '72 then the bridge pickup placement will differ from a 'regular' non-70s one. Afraid I'm not at home to check on mine but this question has been asked before on a thread here relatively recently. There is a subtle but definitely audible difference between the two alternative pickup placements.[/quote] Cheers, I couldn't find any other info, despite searching. The bridge pickup will be absent on my design, hence I was curious of the location of the mid pickup... and the P is a mid location also so I was curious about differences between the two

It might be worth reading up on how the ear works, weighted curves etc... we don't hear all frequencies in a linear fashion, obviously we've evolved to be most sensitive at around 4kHz (speech), but bass frequencies need much more energy for us to perceive them as louder - so if you pump the volume up to hear more bass... the rest goes up and... yeah, you get the picture I bought a pair of Sennheisers that were great but felt thin bass wise. Plus the 'leather' stuff on the pads perished and started flaking off after a couple of years... I got a 'cheap' pair of Superlux headphones off ebay when they were half price at 15 quid (just to test them out) and was pleasantly surprised, after I while I chucked my Sennheisers in a box and haven't seen them since! Just seemed more pleasant for listening to and matched the sound of my monitors more accurately.

Thanks ikay, massively massively apppreciated

I've googled lots and can't seem to find any solid measurements so anyone who has a tape measure and a precision/jazz, it'd be appreciated...

Hi all, Currently designing a body to be custom made. Going to basically be a jazz shape, but i prefer the P/humbucker sound. So it'll have a single HB pickup where the P would be. Can anybody tell me the measurements for the placement of the mid/neck pickup on a jazz and the same for a precision? I suppose best measurement is from 12th fret to the pickup centre? Or maybe from the bridge? Cheers