EmmettC

That looks great.

Sounds like it could be a problem with the pickup earth, if the noise stops when you earth the pups off another metal part. If you replace your hand with a wire and run an earth from the pickup to the back of a pot it might cure it. Though I might be totally wrong, just an idea.

It depends on my gig, in the wedding band I always use my own amp, but in the original band it really depends. I almost always bring my own head, or small combo to a gig, but often for short gigs with a few bands I use the house gear or one ore the other bands stuff. Sometimes I let other bands use my gear, but it depends on the band. I need my gear to be working or I can't play wedding gigs, and they pay the bills. I've only played one venue who wouldn't let me use my own rig, initially when I heard this I was a bit confused, but once I arrived I understood. The Moorings bar in Aberdeen has a great in house setup, an ampeg, a Marshall and some other nice guitar amp and drum kit. It's all on stage in position to get the most out of the space and save time setting up. Because of that and an engineer who knew what he was doing, it was my favourite small(ish) venue I've ever played.

It sounds like an earth problem, most likely there will be a loose or broken wire inside. If you can solder it should be a very easy fix.

I have 3 spaces, so could potentially have 3 switches, which would be enough for a 2 x series/parallel switches, and 1 switch to coil tap both pickups. Or would it be more sensible to have a seperate coil tap for each pickup and not bother with series/parallel switches? This would also make it easier to switch the tone pot out for a stacked 2 band preamp in the future. Are there any other options I'm not thinking of? I don't want to drill or route the body, but I could make a new cover for the rear cavity and fit sliding switches..... All ideas welcome.

Another vote for Bareknuckle, though I've only used their guitar pickups. Seymour Duncan do a vintage p pickup that should fit.

[quote name='winterfire666' timestamp='1395081158' post='2398445'] (imho i would rather cut off my own gentleman's part with a rusty breadknife than use one, they just aint for me) [/quote] Haha, I'm not a fan of them either, but given the choice I'll keep my gentleman's part.

[quote name='dave74200' timestamp='1394983357' post='2397330'] Good enough for many of the world's current biggest bands ie. Biffy Clyro, Foo Fighters, U2, Radiohead, Elbow, The Who......... But not you. [/quote] In his/her opinion, yes not good enough. And just because Adam Clayton says it's good doesn't mean it is. I was actually coming to say that the peavey combo that seems to live in every rehearsal room is the only bad thing I've used, but you just reminded me that an Ashdown 4x10 I had was so bad I almost sold my SWR head, luckily I tried it with a decent cab and realised it was the ashdown that was the problem before I dumped it.

[quote name='MikanHannille' timestamp='1394979793' post='2397269'] Good! Photos please! [/quote] +1 photos or it never happened.

I am looking at a mpj 5, and the easiest replacement (upgrade) pickups are emg s or Seymour Duncan soapbars, I'm not sure if the 4 string is the same but either option will sound great for heavy rock/metal.

It looks amazing. Well done. Now enjoy it.

I'm looking forward to the gig as much as the guitar.

That looks great, looking forward to seeing this finished. Are you planning on using a looper to mix guitar and bass parts when playing live?

[quote name='theyellowcar' timestamp='1394884559' post='2396247'] So this would make you feel a little uncomfortable? [/quote] That's lovely. Tort works with everything.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1394838806' post='2395959'] Good, because as we know there just isn't a viable alternative for a black bass! You gotta love a maple neck, too. Happy bass day. [/quote] Tort on black, mmmmmmmmmm.

My girlfriend has a squier Bronco, it's really nice actually, and I've never had an issue with the intonation, using the 2 saddle bridge. If it was an issue for you it should be easy enough to drill a couple of extra holes and fit 4 normal saddles. I don't know of any 4 saddle bridges that would fit straight in, but there probably is one, if not it shouldn't be too difficult to fit a normal fender one.

I'm sorry, for the repetition, I have posted about this a few years ago. I have a G&L L5500, it's an American made 5 string, but it's unusual for a G&L because it has EMG 40dc pickups and an EMG preamp as standard. It's a lovely bass to play (if a little heavy), but I've never liked the sound of it. [URL=http://s214.photobucket.com/user/EmmettChristie/media/L5500.jpg.html][IMG]http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc198/EmmettChristie/L5500.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I've finally ordered a set of replacement pickups, Seymour Duncan NYC passive soapbars. http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass-pickups/soapbars/5string/passive_phase_i/ They won't be in stock for a few weeks, which gives me time to decide what to do with the electrics. There are 3 pots on it at the moment, and I don't want to drill any more holes, so I'm reasonably limited. My first thoughts are a simple volume, volume, tone with push pull pot(s) for coil tapping. If I go down this route what pots should I be using, 250k or 500k? Or, would I be better with a stacked active preamp? If so what would you suggest? All advice, opinions and ideas are appreciated.

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I initially did it because I play in a heavy rock band and the guitarists are tuned really low, initially I just tuned down too, but I didn't like the feel of the floppy strings. I got a used Yamaha bb405 fairly cheap to see if I could manage it, it took about 6 months to get used to it fully, and another 6 months to feel comfortable going from 4 to 5 string. I now mostly use 5 string, for lots of reasons. I like the extra range, but mainly because I play in a wedding band and dep in a few other bands, and it's much easier to transpose on a 5 string, especially if it's in E and needs to go down a little. Everything you can do on a 4 string can be done on a 5, but the 5 can do a little more.

Overwater are a lot more than tanglewood. They make really beautiful handmade basses, they have been around for about 30 years and are really highly regarded. They do, or did, have a range of factory made basses made by tanglewood, it was a way of bringing their designs to another market, apparently they were great basses too.