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I ran a VT1 eq for years, and have lost count of the number of gigs and studio sessions where it proved invaluable. ☹️

Which make of pickup are they? Usually single coils (most Jazz bass pups) only have 2 wires, you might have an extra wire for noise cancelling or something similar?

I run a small PA amp for power with a valve pre and I love it. I’ve had the amp for about 20 years and it’s never missed a beat.

I run a valve pre (SVP PRO) into a Laney Solid State (weighty old toroidal transformer) and love it. It weighs less and costs less to maintain than an all-valve affair.

Try this: Ignore the yellow wire disappearing off the top of the diagram, that’s for the second pickup (that you haven’t got).

Aw man, such a shame. Great guy to chat to; really helpful and knowledgeable.

Another one of mine: 2 piece hard ash body and Squier neck.

At rehearsal now and loving them; tight, punchy and lovely mid-tension (drop tuned a tone on each string though). I think they might be a bit too high tension at concert, but for what I’m using them for they’re brilliant. Tons of top end too with the right amp setting.

Agreed, this line is awesome, ‘arry at his best!

This. Best. Preamp. Ever.

That Black and maple Jazz is lovely! 😍

3 Bitsa Jazzes, all 4 strings. 2 fretted (one set up forD, G, C, F tuning) 1 fretless.

Incompetence, inflated prices and a patronising manner. I sometimes pop in to see what it would be like to be a rail commuter.

New jazz body for my existing fretless neck and upgraded pickups from a Squier VM jazz. Plays beautifully and is lovely and punchy where it counts.

I’m expecting a set of these in my usual gauge (45 to 105) over the next couple of days. They’re to go on my Jazz bass that’s tuned d,g,c,f for my metal band. I’ll let you know how I get on...

I looked at one of those, but it doesn't have a line in for playing along to th'iPad.

Short scale Hohner bass with a P pickup and a chipboard body. I don’t miss it.

Nelson? Jesus.

‘‘Twas a video.

I read something recently from Brian Wampler of Wampler effects who stated that the difference between distortion and overdrive is that distortion dumps a portion of the signal to ground from the opamp feedback loop, and overdrive doesn’t - distortion also has a high pass filter before the clipping diodes. Fuzz is a more extreme form of muck, where the signal goes through cascading gain stages, rather like running 3 or 4 distortion pedals in your signal path. I’ll see if I can find the link.

Is the 7th fret (the actual metal fret) higher than the rest?

Agreed. This is the standard mod I do to all my Jazzes; really useful for a boost to your signal at the flick of a switch. You lose some of the snappy top of the normal Jazz sound, but there’s s noticeable difference in ‘oomph’ in return.

Precision bass with roundwounds. Pretty much every bass amp will be able to punch through with that combination.