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Thanks for the information Hamfist. In an update to the situation, my neighbour's son popped over yesterday and took an interest in the pickup. He managed to get the cover off it and I can see that there is wax in there. Possibly the wax has deteriorated over time leading to the pickup becoming microphonic. Either way, it couldn't have tasted very nice, because he left it alone after that. He is four. He thought it looked like an interesting block of Lego. There looks to be some damage to the windings, and my multimeter is telling me that it has infinite impedance, so I think it's now gubbed. Serves me right for leaving it out where little hands could reach it. Guess I'm in the market for a new pickup after all...

Thanks Thunderbird - I have now ordered myself a harness from John (was toying with the idea for a while), and he'll fix the pickup while he's at it.

Yeah, Guitar Guitar in Newcastle's got a good selection of stuff. Also in the centre of Newcastle, there's Windows (Central Arcade) and Sounds Live (Dean Street). Glasgow, the big ones are Guitar Guitar, Merchant City Music, Kenny's Music and CC Music.

Yeah, I'm keen to keep the pickup - it's a nice-sounding noiseless one from Bill Lawrence (RIP).

Today I was attempting to raise the bridge pick-up in my Jazz bass a bit, which involved replacing the foam under it (it had perished away a bit). In the process of doing this, two of the (three) wires have come away. How difficult is this to fix? Anyone got any recommendations for people who would do this? Also, I've noticed that the pickup is quite microphonic (especially in comparison to the neck pickup) - wax potting doesn't look too tricky - any good advice on how to do this? Edit: the pickup is a Bill Lawrence J45.

Wish bass?

That's brilliant - especially when it gets to the chorus and actually looks like a mountain.

Just one other suggestion to throw in there - have you thought about adding a series-parallel switch to the Jazz? It's a reasonably straightforward modification, and gives you vaguely p-like tone as an alternative to the usual Jazz tones (and costs significantly less than the GASier alternatives!)

Just sold my bass neck to Jono - he works nearby, so meeting up was easy, and he was a pleasure to deal with. Cheers Jono!

Mumford and Sons, you say? [url="http://thequietus.com/articles/10744-mumford-sons-babel-review-mr-agreeable"]http://thequietus.com/articles/10744-mumford-sons-babel-review-mr-agreeable[/url] (I've never understood what there is to hate about Mr Agreeable's reviewing style - it's just excessive swears and easy targets for comedy purposes, but some people really don't like it.)

Sold Charla my fretless Squier - great bloke to deal with. Speedy payment and comms - good to have a chat with him about bass as well! Cheers, Kenny

From the man himself: [quote]the fender tele bass I used w/the minutemen and fIREHOSE was stole from my apartment in pedro when I was out on tour (actually, I was playing charlottesville, va that night) w/the crew of the flying saucer in the fall of 1995.[/quote] [quote]the neck was a '68 [Fender Telecaster bass] but it was the only thing original (plus the tuners)! the body was a heavy ash Schecter.[/quote] [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/minutemen-firehose-tele-bass.61987/"]http://www.talkbass.com/threads/minutemen-firehose-tele-bass.61987/[/url]

I managed to get tickets for the Hydro, but a lot of people seem to have been unlucky - seems to have been a bit of pot luck whether you got the "no tickets available" message. I got the message in Firefox, but then got through straight away with Internet Explorer. I was using the TicketSoup site.