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I was wondering when these new Classic Vibe models were going to make their apparition on here. I have wanted a tele bass with wide range pickups for quite a while - and managed to get a Fender Modern Player one only a month ago or so. 🤷 ( those with 2 pickups)

Thank you for checking. In the end it was due to a combination of cheap Allen key and cheap grub screws. The bass looks good with the black pick guard, I’ll consider that upgrade too now 😂

And so… I tried a different Allen key and it worked will all grub screws on all saddles. That’s good, but it’s also pretty bad 😅 The “tolerance” of the provided key and that of the screws is probably a recipe for shearing those screws on a brand new bass.

Thanks @neepheid, I’ll try that.

Thank you @synthaside! I reported the issue to Thomann and they refused to believe me (despite video) but eventually said they would send me a set of grub screws - because mine were sheared (they are not). So it doesn’t seem to be a common thing, but interested to hear what you find. When you are reunited with the bass, can you post a picture with the black pickguard? I would like to see that!

I found another one with a bridge (?) like that, but the vast majority of the Skjold basses have more traditional ones, including the new range. Those look like pins. https://reverb.com/item/63509553-skjold-cathedral

Another article from Guitar World: https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/reverb-is-sold-by-etsy-and-acquired-by-two-new-investors

I have bought one of these (70’s Squier Precision Antigua finish), new - it has a 2025 serial number. I can confirm it is a painted single ply pickguard, but I wanted to raise something else (minor) I encountered. The bass is very nice and well made but I wanted to lower the strings a bit - using the Allen key provided, it fitted perfectly in the higher strings saddles, but the “holes” in the grub screws for the E string are a larger size - the provided tool just spins round and round (I don’t think they are sheared). Why would that be? Anyone else found that?

I love Thievery Corporation. I discovered them, of all things, on a 4AD compilation. It was atypical of the label but I loved it. Didn’t try to explore the genre really, but did listened to more slow electronic, synth based music, some trip hop like Red Snapper and Archive.

As an alternative, using what’s at hand, would using a stereo pedal to join the 2 signals work? I.e if you happen to have a pedal that takes 2 ins and then use the mono out, would that in effect act as a joiner/mixer as per the OP’s needs? I understand that there would be no control over the signals volumes and bandwidth.

Hi @KiOgon/John, Yes, I do know that you make looms for people on here, to their total satisfaction. I didn’t realise they were solderless though. Since you are here, can you confirm that there are no industry standard connectors? Are your looms using some types of connectors where one can just insert the wires from their pickups and be done? It’s all out of curiosity. I was thinking of swapping some pickups out of a bass as a project and maybe make it an opportunity to learn to solder properly and create a harness - but one where I could swap pickups (and ground wires) easily (solderless).

@kodiakblair, I like the idea of that. Having them ”anchored” to the pot would also remove the rattling caused by such connector attached to the end of a wire. Would need to check the clearance.

Thank you @itu, I didn’t think about how big and complex this could get - I was thinking simple passive pickups I guess. Than you for confirming there is no standard @itu, @JJMotown.

I would appear to be the owner of this very bass now.