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SimonH

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  1. Just acquired a Squier Paranormal Rascal and enjoying short scale on a long scale body (if that makes sense). Also enjoying the looks, if I'm honest. It comes with a pair of passive Squier humbuckers which sound pretty good at home but they lack 'sparkle' in a band setting – I've an Ibanez SR1200 (with Nordstrand Big Single passive pickups and Ibanez three-band preamp) and my bandmates said, A/B, that the Ibanez sounded "more hi-fi, more clarity, sweeter". So here's my plan for the Squier – and I'd really appreciate any input or advice! 1) Split both doublecoils. As standard, the pups route to a 3-way toggle, then single vol and tone. My idea is to install a pair of mini two-way toggles next to the three-way, and split both coils (the coils are wired together with a solder join so easy to spit them). That would give me the option to combine both humbuckers and/or single coils in any config. Don't know if that will help get me closer to the sound I want, but I think it might reduce the muddiness of the humbuckers. 2) Add a preamp. This is the bit I start to get confused about – I've installed a Noll in a Precision, a John East in a Jazz (pre-prepared), a Glockenklang in... I can't even remember now... what was that in? Anyway... they were all kinda like-for-like, or fairly obvious. This will be a bit more involved and will mean adding an extra pot for bass and treble eq. And a push-pull somewhere (vol?) for active/passive. Fortunately there's plenty of room under the scratchplate. Or can I can always rout out a bit more. I'll worry about the wiring later (the guitarist in the band is a professional amp builder). What I'd like to know before I start is, does that sound like a plan that might get me closer to the sound I want? Or do I need to simply replace the stock pups (with what tho?). All advice/critiques welcome (ie buy a different bass, play the Ibanez instead, etc). Thank you for reading this!
  2. Bought a bass from Dave. Straightforward and quick - bass arrived the next day, well-packed. Top man to deal with.
  3. Just bought a Voodoo Labs 4x4 from Dave – easy peasy transaction, well-wrapped package arrived the next morning, all looks & works as described. Spot on.
  4. Big interest here, but geographically and fiscally challenged. Here's Mick Quinn from Supergrass playing his Blazer at the Taylor Hawkins gig the other day. What a bass.
  5. Greg's a top man to deal with – full communication all the way (including contacting me when he had new terms for the sale, which was very good of him) and the item arrived promptly and was well-packed. Perfect!
  6. That's what I wanted to know. One of life's mysteries.
  7. Hi, DM'd you! Is this still for sale please?
  8. Bump and price drop, plus new delivery info - will now courier or can deliver in person between Peterborough and A1/M11 area, around Greater London (meet you just inside M25-ish) or into Kent.
  9. Thanks guys, appreciate the advice. It's odd because I've collected from other people before; basically just drive to the A1 at Peterborough or wherever and meet. Anyway, I'll reconsider the courier then!
  10. Advice: is this overpriced, am I impatient, or is the market just really slow? Asking for a friend <called the bank manager>
  11. Thanks! Were you to blame for the slight cigarette stain between the E tuning peg and the nut? Someone has tried to buff it out. :-)
  12. Okay, let's reactivate this sale. Still here, still gorgeous, still up for grabs.
  13. At this price I'll even drive up to Scotland to pick it up :-)
  14. Yes, afraid so. Probably. I'm not desperate to sell but I am incredibly short of time, so unless it's really easy (like collection or meeting up close to me) it's not possible. Sorry, just being realistic. Where are you? I travel a fair bit.
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