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This was my original plan when I got a G&L Tribute LB-100 to turn it into a poor man's SB-1, but I ended up liking the stock pickup enough that I couldn't be bothered changing it. They are monstrous though - I had a Tribute SB-2 a few years back, and it used to get mistaken for being an active bass by sound engineers...

We get it, you like rosewood. Well these basses don't have it, so don't buy one, job done, you can leave now.

I did the same to the edge of the truss rod cover of my Epi Les Paul bass - the white edge just wasn't gelling with the whole black and gold theme.

Nope, it's a lazy, indolent, decadent layabout that demands to be driven around.

It's not silly at all - test fitting the Explorer in the front seat was as much preparation for the upcoming road trip as it was the general practicality of getting the damn thing to rehearsals/gigs!

They do appear to be co-ax, yeah. They're not that thin close up, certainly a lot thicker than individual pickup wires. A lot of wire involved in a pickup switch AND individual volumes - probably turns it into a very fancy antenna. I haven't got as far as removing the pickups yet.

Well, surprise, surprise, this bass also loathes our rehearsal room. Time to get the copper tape out once more! Then I lifted the pickguard and my patience evaporated. Yeah, I'll come back to this

Oh, you wee stirrer!

Don't be a wood snob.

For the Jazzers... https://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_sq_40th_jazz_bass_sfg.htm

Andertons sell these hard cases too, maybe you should boycott them also

Hey, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. If I hadn't highlighted the zombie thread resurrection, someone else was bound to - it's the rules

I don't see how the first point is Guitarguitar's fault, tbh. For balance, I like Guitarguitar. They let me put a deposit down for and pay up a bass they hadn't even listed on their site yet, and it arrived in perfect condition, just in time for my birthday. I would deal with them again.

Holy zombie thread resurrection, Batman!

All of what you're describing is possible - but it would be far better (not to mention cheaper) to get a new bass. The out of tune thing sounds like a setup issue, intonation, specifically - so why not stave off the GAS monster by learning how to set up your bass?

Gibson to release some genuine reissues of past bass failures and make some new ones I might be interested in...

+1 - he did a great job of copying my G&L LB-100 pickguard. I'm sure if you make up a card template he'll recreate it faithfully.

An Explorer never makes sense, and that's why I wanted one

It's mostly country music, some folk, sometimes I play in church, the occasional ceilidh

"Ken Lee" mic drop.

It fits! Just...

Good news, the Epi Explorer can come... just. Nice to have someone to talk to on a road trip...

For clarity, the cab is homemade (not by me) from a kit (Bill Fitzmaurice BFM Omni 10.5) and the resistor was not glued down or anything and the whole thing is not soldered (it's joined up by connector blocks) so I reckon vibration eventually took its toll - the legs were left sticking out of the connector blocks. Amp seems fine now, by itself it's happy to go loud. The cab was working too even with the missing crossover, must have been a blip when the resistor gave up. I've ordered a replacement resistor, and I'll be glueing the bugger down this time!

It's not the combo, it's the extension cab - I found this rattling around inside. It's supposed to be connected to the tweeters, whoops! I'm thinking if this happened during the gig, that might have annoyed the amp into going into protection mode. The legs are broken off, I've ordered a replacement. Then we'll see if I cooked the tweeters...

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