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[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1033498' date='Nov 23 2010, 08:06 AM']Gibson 3 point bridge as used on the thunderbird - remove or break a string & lose the saddle Gibson headstock joints where they snap off at the slightest knock[/quote] Agreed on the 3 point bridge, it's all kinds of awful. Thankfully for those who it bugs sufficiently there's the Hipshot Supertone replacement bridge

+1 for Interparcel -000's for Royal Mail/Parcelforce for their limited insurance and the fact that the counter staff will happily sell you insurance which won't pay out.

I like 3 pickups on a bass, and I disagree with some of the opinions offered here. I have recently acquired a Danelectro Hodad which has 3 lipstick pickups and all 7 combinations available. The difference is that they are all wired in series, so you get progressively more oomph the more you switch in. Because they're all single coils, there's no "mud", even on the neck pickup or neck+middle setting, unless you want it by using the tone control. I find that the different combinations bring a lot of tonal variety to the table. I also have a Gibson G-3 but it is wired somewhat differently in that it only has a 3 way switch offering neck+middle, all three or middle + bridge. I don't think a single coil Jazz pickup at the neck position will produce too much (or at least not as much) "mud" like a neck mounted humbucker a la Gibson EB-0/EB-3/later Fender Telecaster Bass would. The best part is that on a Jazz if you go for it and don't like it, you can cover up any routing with a new pickguard. All the same, I'd experiment on a Squier or Jazz copy rather than butchering a prized MIA Fender

Gibson G-3 Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard (pre selector switch mod)

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1029245' date='Nov 19 2010, 01:06 PM']I get mine from [url="http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk"]http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk[/url]. Steve is a great guy to deal with..[/quote] What a shock that you'd jump in with the answer first

I just tried to use the word s-w-a-n-k-y (as in elegant or ostentatious, synonyms include stylish, chic, smart, fashionable etc.) in a post. Unfortunately I think it takes exception to the word you are left with if you remove the first and last letter. Isn't that a little over-zealous? Up to you of course, but I thought it was annoying because I was trying to use a perfectly legitimate word.

EMGs do indeed come with all the wiring you need to get going - The J-X set comes like this: [url="http://www.emginc.com/products/index/214/245/2"]http://www.emginc.com/products/index/214/245/2[/url] Which looks pretty comprehensive to me. In my experience, EMGs are amongst the easiest things to get going nowadays with the quick connect stuff (no soldering). That photo on Thomann suggests slightly older stuff when the pickups came with traditional soldered looms. Hope you get the sw@nky new stuff EDIT: profanity filter, are you seriously saying I can't say [url="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sw***y"]S-W-A-N-K-Y[/url]? EDIT2: unbelievable - it even messes up URLs!

Wah, my bass isn't selling!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1027667' date='Nov 18 2010, 10:03 AM']Another cretin making up fantasy rubbish to try & sell their broken junk. Can anyone explain why it is these retards seem to think that everyone else is even more stupid & ignorant than they are? Unbelievable! Jon.[/quote] They're possibly not retards - merely working on the statistical possibility that there's always someone out there who's more cerebrally challenged than oneself. "There's a sucker born every minute"? You're clearly not in their target market and I think you feel hurt and left out as a consequence, feeling the need to lash out because of your feelings of abandonment and rejection

In order to buy the right pickup (there are so many possibilities!) it would help to know what you don't like about your current sound and how it differs from the sound in your head that you want. To answer your questions - yes I have changed the pickup in a Squier P - I put in a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound and it certainly beefed up the sound, more output, more everything really (bigger pole pieces, more winds). I'm not suggesting that it is the best P pickup out there as I haven't tried enough to make such a judgement, but it's a decent improvement for the price. It's not tough to do. Assuming you're keeping the rest of the electrics it's a case of remove strings, remove pickguard, de-solder 2 wires, remove old pickup, fit new pickup, solder 2 wires, replace pickguard, restring, DONE. Oh yeah, keep the original pickup. If you sell on this bass, you may not get any more money for it just because it has brand X fancy pants pickup in it. Put the original pickup back in, sell it as stock, and you'll get some money back on selling the replacement pickup separately (or put it in your next bass if it fits )

I'll vote for "health hazard" No idea on price, sorry!

Heh, was idly trawling eBay and stumbled upon the Godin Shifter:

Found another one - Spear Flextool: J/P/MM

Heh, it's fun to watch basses you have no intention of buying

3Leaf Audio Groove Regulator - 6 Adrenalinn II - 1 Aguilar Agro - 1 Aguilar Octamizer - 1 Akai Unibass - 2 AMT Slap Bass -1 Ashdown Chorus - 1 Ashdown Drive Plus - 2 Asdown dual band compressor - 2 Ashdown sub octave plus - 1 Barge Concepts VFB-2 - 2 Behringer BDI21 - 3 Behringer chorus - 1 Boomstick Bottom Feeder - 1 Boss BF-3 - 1 Boss CE-2 - 3 Boss CEB3 - 1 Boss CS-3 - 1 Boss DD-20 - 3 Boss DS-1 - 2 [b]Boss LMB-3 - 1[/b] Boss LS-2 - 8 Boss ME-50B - 1 Boss ME-8B - 1 Boss MT-2 - 1 Boss OC-2 - 10 Boss OC-3 - 1 Boss ODB-3 - 7 Boss PH-1r - 1 Boss PS-3 - 1 Boss PW-10 - 1 Boss SD-1 - 1 Boss SL-20 -2 Boss SYB 3 - 2 [b]Boss TU2 - 12[/b] Boss TU3 - 1 Boss TU-12H - 2 Boss chorus ensemble CE-5 - 2 Bugbrand Bugcrusher - 1 Catalinbread SFT (clone) - 2 Catalinbread Teaser Stallion - 1 Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer - 1 Danelectro French Toast - 2 Demeter Opto Comp - 2 Devi Ever Hyperion - 1 Devi Ever Cherry Pop - 1 Devi Ever SodaMeiser - 1 Digitech Bad Monkey - 2 Digitech Bass Synth Wah - 1 Digitech Whammy - 5 DOD FX-25 B - 1 Dunlop Bass Cry Baby - 3 DHA VT2 - 3 EBS Octabass - 3 EBS Multicomp - 4 EBS Dynaverb - 1 EBS Unichorus - 1 EHX Memory Man with Hazarai - 1 EHX Bass Balls - 1 EHX Bass Big Muff - 4 EHX Bass Metaphors - 2 EHX Bass Micro Synth - 4 EHX Big Muff Pi (Black Russian) - 3 EHX Big Muff Pi (Green Russian) - 1 EHX HOG - 1 EHX Octave Multiplexer - 2 EHX POG2 - 1 EHX Small Clone - 1 EHX Small Stone Nano - 2 EHX Small Stone (Black Russian) - 1 EHX Qtron - 1 EHX Qtron+ - 3 Exar PigNose - 1 Ernie Ball VP-Jr - 1 Fishman Platinum Pro EQ -1 FuzzHugger ABsynth - 1 Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet - 1 Guyatone MD-3 delay - 1 Guyatone PS-3 Phase Shifter - 1 HBE Psilocybe -1 Ibanez PD7 Phat-Hed Bass Overdrive - 2 Ibanez SB 7 - 1 Ibanez WD7 Weeping Demon - 1 Korg DT-10 - 2 Korg Pitchblack - 4 Line 6 M9 - 2 Line 6 Bass Pod XT Live - 1 Line 6 DL4 - 3 Line6 FM4 - 1 Maestro Brassmaster (clone) -1 MarkBass Compressore - 1 MarkBass Super Synth - 1 Marshall Guv'nor (MK1) - 1 Marshall Jackhammer - 2 Marshall Echohead - 1 Marshall Regenerator - 1 Maxon CP9+ - 1 Mellowtone Clean Chan Dirty Chan - 1 Mojo Hand Cream Pie - 1 Moog MF-101 - 3 Moog MF-102 - 1 Moog MF-105b - 1 Moog MF-107 - 2 Moog MP-201 - 1 Mr Zinky Master Blaster - 1 MXR Bass Octave Deluxe - 1 MXR Blowtorch - 4 MXR El Grande Bass Fuzz -1 MXR M-80 DI+ - 6 MXR M-143 Limiter MXR Super Comp - 1 Peterson StroboStomp 1 - 1 ProCo Tubro Rat - 2 Radial Bassbone - 1 Radial bishot io - 1 Rocktron Cyborg Reverb - 1 Sansamp Bddi - 7 SansAmp Para-driver - 1 Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz - 1 SFX Micro Fuzz - 1 SFX S&M - 1 Subdecay Noise Box - 1 TC Electronics PolyTune - 2 TC Electronics Nova Modulator - 1 Tech 21 VT Bass - 3 Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe - 3 Toadworks Mr Squishy - 1 Way huge swollen pickle - 1 Xotic X-Blender - 1 Yamaha OD-10 - 1 Z.Vex Box of Rock - 1 (clone) Z.Vex Woolly Mammoth - 5 (clone) Z.Vex Mastotron - 1 Z.Vex Wah Probe - 1

I'm sure I've sold stuff in that time frame. Up here, it's the only way to try stuff.

Hmph, phantom coils and coil tapping is cheating! [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1018483' date='Nov 10 2010, 10:25 AM']Does this thread mean your Danelectro is nearly here Matt? [/quote] Having started in Tucson, Arizona, it is currently somewhere between here and Indianapolis, Indiana. Friday delivery estimated.

As I gazed thoughtfully at my Gibson G-3, I thought to myself "you don't see many basses with 3 (or more) pickups". I thought it might be fun to try and list as many as I could. Feel free to add any I've missed Gibson G-3 EBMM Big Al Fender Urge Danelectro Hodad Burns Bison (and Marquee and others) Ibanez JTKB300 Can anyone think of any others?

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1016771' date='Nov 8 2010, 07:16 PM'].... and that it sounded better..... oh no that's me off Neepheid's xmas list. [/quote] Nah, you're safe enough - I'm no fan of EB/SG basses.

[quote name='RickIronWitch' post='1016340' date='Nov 8 2010, 01:40 PM']Apparently though, a nice thick leather strap sorts that problem.[/quote] I'd say "mitigates" rather than "sorts"

[quote name='skej21' post='1015616' date='Nov 7 2010, 07:52 PM']I'd guess that the Fender neck and the Fender body will fit together perfectly[/quote] Ooh, hopeful

I feel I need to jump on this bandwagon also because I've realised that in just over 2 years of (serious) playing I've had nearly 20 basses in and out the doors. To be fair I've broken even on average on the ones I've sold on, and you could say that I've just been finding out what I like and don't like but it's probably time to calm down now that I'm clear on what I like (Gibson basses, wide necks, lots of tonal options, quirky (but not pointy) looks) I will make a proviso that if interesting (to me) Gibson basses turn up at silly prices I'll be having them

I've only had 1 bad gig out of 11 so far. Sure, I'll make a few little mistakes most gigs but this one was poor. Afterwards, I was all for tendering my resignation from the band because I felt so bad. The guitarist said to me that he was glad I'd had an off night as it proved I wasn't a robot. Then we all had a good drink and a laugh. Go figure. My wife showed me how to deal with mistakes. She took a tea towel in her hand and said "See this? This is your mistake." She then scrunched it up in a ball and threw it over her shoulder.

[quote name='daz' post='1013755' date='Nov 5 2010, 09:15 PM']So what your saying is its not possible to get a family member to buy it for you then send it you as a christmas pressie or somesuch. Would you still have to pay duty on this?[/quote] If it's worth more than £36 then yes, you will.

My first bass was an Epi EB-3. It certainly was pretty, but I eventually found out that it wasn't my kind of bass because of the thin neck and the bad balance. I sold it without any regrets.