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I recently acquired a Jedson sg style twin pickup bass as a project. I was informed that only one pickup was working when I bought it. I’ve just fixed the pickup, but was wondering if the capacitor that’s on the selector switch is original or just put there to give a bit of tonal variation by the person who connected the one working pickup to the central switch position. Any ideas?

They are labella black nylon tapes. I’ve owned this bass for around 5 years and it was strung with these when I bought it and to be honestly I changed them as soon as I got home for rounds as they were what I was used to. Around a year ago I realised that I’d kept them so decided to give them a go and boy was that a smart move, they are so much better than I ever imagined, nice feel and very articulate sound. I have them on a couple of my other basses now.

Can’t say enough good things about Spector basses.

My Bergantino B-amp has a built in variable hpf, it’s adjustable between 30hz & 80hz in 2db increments 👍

Quite enjoyed that, I’m a big fan of Neil Finn and i love watching Mick drumming. I saw them at their Manchester arena show a couple of years ago and had mixed feelings but I think this injection of new members may just reinvigorate the band

I think that their cables contain more conductium than cheaper brands...

Thanks for the confirmation, I’ve had my eye them for a while. I think it’s time to take the plunge 😉

Nice setups, what lead are you using in the photos?

I’ve found it to be a bit feast or famine, who ever you need at the time is never around, you’ll probably find a good drummer when you really need a guitarist!

If you can’t reach down the side with the nut blutacked to the end of a stick, then filing your new holes square is the way to go, it’s only allie so shouldn’t be an issue.

All totally my own fault, but since changing back to cabs with tweeters (Berg HT112’s) from a BF SuperTwin, I now realise that I’ve probably let some decent basses & heads pass through my fingers unnecessarily!

Purchased a lovely book from Cliff. Simple transaction, prompt delivery and the book was exactly as advertised. Trade with confidence. Cheers

I know it’s neither of the pickups you mentioned but The Creamery do a classic 74 P bass pickup which could be closest to your original? https://www.creamery-pickups.co.uk/custom-handwound-pickups-from-the-creamery/scatterwound-bass-pickups.html#P-BASSSOLO14

To be fair that's a good point, if it doesn't go in straight the first time its fitted then there is no wiggle room to pull the strap button flat.

I’m using a set of the new S locks and they are much improved in my mind, their using the same old idea but have refined the whole thing and on a side note the new packaging is lovely. The threaded section is much longer so it will accommodate a thicker strap and the knurled wheel instead of a nut is a nice touch that works well, there’s also a little grub screw that you can nip up to lock the wheel in position. One thing I did notice is that the locking pin is now angled so you can pop the strap onto the bass without having to pull the release nob and finally the annoying rattle they used to make has now gone. Well done Schaller 👍

Just purchased a Tech21 XXL from Theo. Very smooth deal, great coms and prompt delivery. Deal with confidence 👍

Purchases a set of Hotrod pickups from Jamie, the communication was spot on and delivery was prompt, pickups were exactly as advertised. Deal with confidence Mark

Thanks for the update, yours definitely sounds a little different to mine. If you really need the extra height from time to time you could always swing the table out of the way and drill from the base? They are a great machine as you say.

Thanks for the suggestion, I noticed that Creamery pickups near me in Manchester do a 74 P bass pickup that I’m looking into.

I went out for a breath of fresh air at lunchtime yesterday and ended up coming back to work with a 1978 P bass! Overall condition isn’t too bad but at some point it’s had an active EMG pickup fitted which I’m not too keen on and the original didn’t come with it, so my question is what’s the closest available pickup to the one it would have originally come with from new? Or any other suggestions would be welcome.

Ok, I’ve done a quick picture to help explain. If it’s the same as mine you put a tommy bar into the hole marked with the white arrow and wind the ring down onto the top of the chuck. Once it’s in contact you can force the chuck off the Jacobs taper by continuing to unscrew the ring, some considerable force is needed. I’m assuming that where I have the chuck you will have the morse taper adapter which may come off in the same way?

Ok, on closer inspection this is an Elliott Progress bench drill and this model has a threaded ring that you use to remove the chuck and it needs a tommy bar to remove. I have one of these drills at work but have never seen another chuck to fit it so the modification to yours means that you can use morse taper drills etc so actually it’s not a bad thing.

If you wind the chuck down a bit you should normally see another drift slot to allow the removal of the extension piece.

I bought the download version and enjoyed every minute of it 👍

Good job I’m an engineer and not a newspaper editor 😉