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There will always be that guy who rests their cheeks on the headstock to make casual conversation with the cook and cause serious neck dive.

Is that a mod you made? I have an MIA standard with the PJ configuration.

As @LeftyJ touched upon, it can be an active bass. It also has a series/parallel switch. And, I guess, a kill switch (which can easily unintentionally be activated 😅). These I would say are above what a standard jazz can do. On the things that are different, and perhaps less that a jazz can do: it only has a master volume and a master tone - and switch to turn on or off each pick up. So no VVT and no blending.

I think it is 16 years since the last album. Maybe 32 since the last good one 😂 I love the Cure. I was lucky to be at the Troxy for the launch gig.

I documented changing the pickups on my Dean Stylist semi here: https://diaryofabassguitar.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/new-pickups/

I’d be interested in the sight reading book.

It looks really good 👍

I may finally buy a bass VI!

I think it’s this one. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/LA-Select-Bass-Guitar-by-Gear4music-Denim-Burst/3L4K

I am not in London this weekend and will miss that. Enjoy!

There is an old Basschat thread here: With a link to: https://westoneguitars.net/basses/thunder/ (red bass further down). Has the same bridge but a single switch.

Same reason for Dyson - I now have a Shark and very happy with it. Same reason for Tate & Lyle - I try to always buy beet sugar (but it’s difficult!).

There is a thread about them on here.

I guess being foot operated means no need to touch germ infested buttons. Also, obviously, you can keep playing your bass while pouring yourself a refreshing drink.

Yes, could be EHX without the control knobs - just on or off.

Seen in the second hand section. I think some kind of reverb, maybe an early prototype but I was not able to try it. Both pedals are connected to the water cooling tower in the middle - I assume it means it runs really hot.

Do we know why? Was round back a special option at the time? Or McCartney remembered it being flat?

Does it need its own ticket on the tube?

Thanks! So these 50th anniversary instruments were not special/limited editions like the 40th anniversary ones are?

@Dazed are you looking for something that looks like a wide range? Sounds like one? For something a bit different, I have a pair of humbuckers from a DeArmond Starfire, which I think are of a similar size - way too big for what I originally bought them for anyway. I have been looking for a solid body to drop them in (a tele bass most likely)- what are your plans for the body? Anyway, maybe some alternatives there with Guild/DeArmond humbuckers.