neepheid

Probably be bottom of the heap - staff first, suppliers next, customers - who gives an F about them? I'll only be out around £100 - long since written off - order's been in since September last year. Others may not be in a position to be so cavalier about it

https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/01/online-retailer-bax-music-files-bankruptcy

Black and gold is always a good look...

I use a MB 12" combo on top of a NY 12" cab - best rig I've ever owned. Rarely needs to go above half on the master. Light, modular, loud. The combo on its own is more than enough to handle band rehearsals. The two of them fit (snugly) in the boot of my car. Very happy with my amplification life right now.

It's a no from me, I'm really not very keen on that burpy tone, as well as it might be played.

Well, I don't think I'll be receiving it... or getting my money back - looks like Bax is circling the plug hole

That looks ominous at the top of the page there... also the order button is missing, even from stuff that's showing as in stock.

Well, the obvious answer would be to procure that exact pickup, or any split P pickup found in a MIM P bass of that era. Not the easiest thing to find, as I'm sure you've already found - not something you can just rock up to a shop and buy, is it? It's actually making it harder, that you have a specific type of sound in your head. I've swapped pickups many times (probably too many times) but it has always been from the point of view of wanting something "different" but still "good" as my ears define it. My last P pickup swap was from some barely functional garbage in a G4M bass (one half of the pickup was microphonic for a start) to a Lace Aluma P, because I wanted to try something a bit different. In no way would I suggest such a pickup in your case, that's a completely different beast. My upcoming P pickup swap (again going into a super cheap bass) is going to be either an Entwistle PBXN (Neodymium) OR a Tonerider Duke because I fancy trying some high output P pickups and these two achieve this in different ways - the Entwistle by using stupidly powerful magnets (don't get the two halves stuck together - they're a nightmare to pull apart, in fact you have to slide them apart because the magnets are stronger than the glue holding them in place!) and the Tonerider by overwinding the coil. Sorry for the shaggy dog story, I got sidetracked. TL:DR, I'm no help here whatsoever, and hopefully someone will be along shortly to tell you the name of a readily available aftermarket pickup which is a dead ringer for a MIM Fender job.

Why do you want to do this? Not trying to pick an argument, just curious. What do you want to gain/achieve from this pickup change?

What a fantastic looking room!

Aren't standards great? There are so many to choose from!

No, it's a fixed bridge which is adjusted at each end. The saddles are fixed in their following of the fingerboard radius. No, I didn't find it an issue.

You show me a band who enjoys loading in, setting up, breaking down and loading out, and I'll show you a bunch of liars The reason I say this is that it's never factored in - all people see is the performance. I've been asked before when complaining about lack of pay, "don't you enjoy playing music?" and had to be held back by band members from having a right go at the condescending biatch.

Well, I wouldn't be so crass as to complain in person to you about it. We're all musicians at the end of the day, you do it your way and I'll do it mine. Anyway, if I was ever to attend one of your gigs, it would be check you out (musically speaking, not in a pervy way, lol), and the rest of it would be of secondary concern to me.

People can do what they want and I'm not dissing them for it, but my take is that save for intros to songs, I don't really like hearing things I can't equate to someone doing something on stage. Bigger shows that's maybe harder to prove, but down the Dog and Duck it's glaringly obvious and I don't care for it.

I'll meet up through the week for a steak dinner! Where do I sign?

I'm sorry, the what now? Maybe? Please take it, I've always wanted a shottie of one of those!

Whoops, forgot to add myself to the master list... 1. Rich - Trace Elliot TE-1200 amp, Barefaced Super 12T cab, earplugs , Shuker custom 5, Tanglewood TRB-CE acoustic bass gtr. 2. Woody - Rickenbacker 4004-L5, maybe Sei Flamboyant, Same old basschat 12" with some amp, other stuff TBC 3. Pinball (tbc) - some interesting basses 4. Stubsy - Joyo BadASS, GRBASS AT212 slim - only 50W but that should give 120dB at one metre 😇. (or I bring my TE 1110 combo). Some fun pedals. Perhaps the AVII 1960 precision, the Sire P10 and maybe the Fender Performer and something unexpected... 5. Sean - Mesa 400+, Laney Nexus Tube 400 [oh jeez], MJW Taranis 200 (Filthbox Matamp clone with extra channel and EQ), GK MBF500, GK Fusion 550, 2 x BF TWO10S, Spectors TBD, Valenti #005 Super P, Yamaha BB2024x, Yamaha BB1300, plus a mini walk-in bass surgery if interested 6. Rosie - likely I'll bring my upright, set up for bluegrass/folk/jazz if anyone's not played upright before and fancies a go 7. Phil - BassChat cabs, maybe some sort of shootout? 8. MikeD - Laney Digbeth, Zilla 212, Dingwall Combusion, Revelation PJ, pedals, try to finish home made bass🤞🤞🤞🤞 9. neepheid - G&L CLF L-1000, Yamaha BB1200, Sire D5, Sire Z7, Greco LGB-700, Reverend Triad, Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard, Epiphone Thunderbird '64, Squier Jaguar H (with Ibanez CAP double humbucker from ATK200/800 etc), Gear4Music rat bass (with Lace Aluma-P), £150 giggable bass challenge, 1 or 2 amps depending upon space...

Ooh, that's a BB oddbod I'd be keen to have a shottie of!

Well, I couldn't help myself... Freeway 6 way switch installed. Now it's switch, volume, tone. Now I can do my fade ins/volume swells with whichever pickup combination I want.

They're like buses! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/665266202652180/

Hey, I don't kink shame, you do you

Well, I had a hearty chuckle at that one. Welcome aboard - if this is representative of your sense of humour, you're going to fit right in

There is an alternative wiring scheme which changes position 6 into all three pickups in series, but I opted for this one.

I fitted a 10 way Freeway switch to my Triad. Not only does that give you the outer pickups, but it also gives series and parallel options, but it fits like a glove, is practically invisible if you look at it, leaves the original "strat" options on one side of the blade and all the fancy stuff on the other blade (it works by tilting the switch up/down). As for favourite settings, mine are neck only, neck and middle (series), middle and bridge (series).