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Interesting - thanks for the info. In the new year (once I get to the end of my gear-free 2022), I will be looking to make my Epiphone Les Paul Standard passive once more. For this, I need guitar humbucker (PAF) sized pickups. Warman are on my radar - the Drivetrain quad coil is interesting to me ("but its equally at home in a bass") but any of their guitar humbuckers if they're beefy enough might do a job.

Who are they for? Who are they aimed at? They'll get eaten alive at that price range.

That's the spirit!

Buy both? They can't be that expensive...

Because they're Jazz basses?

I forgot to mention, as it seems to be becoming relevant, that I got my mostly excellent Tribute LB-100 from GuitarGuitar - in Dec 2021. If you can't be bothered scrolling back, the only "issues" I had with it were furry nut slots (easily sorted with a fingernail to remove the swarf), and the less than stellar shielding "attempt" (which I sighed and fixed myself). Everything else about the bass pleases me greatly - great fit and finish, good fretwork, tuners feel smooth, pots feel ok for the price point.

These things are an aberration even if properly made - who signed off on this? People who know G&L wouldn't touch these with a barge pole. People who don't know G&L and get one in the state Lobster received his will never buy G&L ever again. Maybe they're trying to cement their cult status by making newcomers think their instruments are awful?

D'oh, I've just realised what I should have said when asked what I want manufacturers to do... GIVE ME FREE STUFF!

G&L USA do that for you on your wee certificate.

In a stepping slowly back, nodding and feigning agreeing with it kind of way maybe...

Look at the state of this strap button on one of the ones I bought (and sent back) The second attempt went back because of terrible buzzing from the electrics. Bang up job, Gibson. Home run.

What do you expect when their parent company can't even do reissues/tributes properly? Left - original 70s G-3 Right - Grabber 3 70s "Tribute"

Gibson - get your head out of your ar$e

Easy, tiger. Your reply did seem out of sync and it had me scratching my head too as to its relevance. I guess I'm a bad guy now too, yeah?

Do Not Feed The Trolls, a moot point now, unfortunately

That's a point, I don't know/want to know how many have passed through the revolving doors here. Probably well on my way to 50.

5 basses Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard Epiphone Jack Casady Signature 20th Anniversary G&L CLF L-1000 G&L Tribute LB-100 Reverend Triad 1 amp RedSub BT5110 1x10 combo with removable head 1 cab BFM Omni 10

What do you think of bass X? They're great! They're crap! Meh. Obliquely racist stuff about how the ones from a certain country are better than the current stuff made in a different country. SUPERFANBOI SAYS BUY ONE NOW Lather, rinse, repeat

Same as it ever was

I'm on my third. I've learned my lesson and stopped selling them. The Epiphone Jack Casady is probably my favourite bass of all time. It has attributes which technically should annoy me (brain dead bridge, only 20 frets), so for it to push itself to the front in spite of them should say something about how intangibly good I find them. Sounds great, nice neck, light, fun with feedback if you want to explore that. I play mine at any gig. I don't pigeonhole basses into genres. It gets played at rock gigs, or with my originals band which is kinda ska-ish. They're not for everyone. But you'll have to kill me to get my 20th Anniversary JC off me. If I won the lottery, I'd collect for fins. All the finishes. I'd have a JC room.

Judge for yourself - these were done with the forstner bit into "thin air"

Got my threads mixed up - the info is already above...

Is that a general question to all? If so, yes, when I did it I drilled new pilot holes with a dremel and an appropriately sized bit for the screws when they were in different places. Generally I was too lazy to fill the old ones - I would have done if I was doing the job for someone else.

Using a drill press with the drill off, address the piece with the bit, spin it by hand to check clamping location by eyeballing it in two axes, clamp it, drill on, drill for real. If that's too wooly for you, I get it, but I'm happy with the results I got.

It's probably an OK price for a shop. Not much 1024 action on eBay recently - a white 1024X sold in October for £469 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115566153584