Jean-Luc Pickguard

Do the Funky Penguin — Rufus Thomas

just snagged a BB-X1 at a good price on ebay - hopefully it'll be here in time to test it out before Saturday's gig.

The Joker — Steve Miller Band

Can I get a Jehovas Witness — Marvin Gaye

The Squirrel — Miles Davis

Fresh Garbage — Spirit

Halfway Up Virginia — Ivor Biggun

It Was Me — The Residents

Dirty Old Man — Martha Turner

The two back screws in tis pic look like they came from B&Q rather than being the type used on instruments, so maybe the bridge isn't original to the bass? In your position I would be inclined to order something like this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276111677941 and be prepared to fill & redrill the holes if they don't match up.

Here's the latest iteration of my pedalboard. As you can see I am limiting myself to boss pedals at the moment (apart from the thumpinator). I have just today replaced my LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer with the more advanced — and hopefully less hissy BC-1X Bass Comp. I also have a CEB-3 Bass chorus which I took off the board when I bought the AW-3 Dynamic Wah recently. As my board (The most excellent Harley Benton Spaceship Power 50C) has now run out of space, I'll try to not aquire any new pedals for a while, however if a secondhand BB-X1 Bass driver in excellent condition pops up at a good price, the Monte Allum modded ODB-3 might be evicted depending on the results of a shootout.

The Golden Goat — Snakefinger

I'm a perfect example of the Dunning Kruger effect. I think I'm an excellent bass player but in fact I'm somewhere between terrible and mediocre.

Simple Song — The Residents

Will there be wine & biccies?

Turning the enhance right down on the LMB3 did reduce the hiss a bit, but there was still too much. I'm hoping the BC-1X will work better for me. My new (secondhand) BC-1X should be here tomorrow, so I'll be able to put it on my board and do some A/B testing

Anyone else found a boss LMB-3 to be a very efficient loud hiss generator, even with no signal present? I was having a loud hiss issue with my rig at rehearsal last week and although I suspected that the cab's tweeter had got switched on in transit, on checking the cab at rehearsal today I found that wasn't the case. Then I unplugged my pedalboard and plugged my mustang straight onto the amp and the hiss was totally gone. Only the LMB-3 was actually active on the pedalboard when it was plugged in, with all four knobs at 12 o'clock. I have recently started adding in a bit of extra mids and treble on my ABM600 amp which I guess is exposing the LMB-3 as a bit of a hiss generator whereas it wasn't as noticable when I ran the amp with a flatter eq. I've brought the pedalboard home, so will try to reproduce the issue with my practice amp and investigate further. I've also just ordered a (secondhand) BC-1X so I can also investigate whether that might work any better than the LMB-3 and not add loads of hiss.

I had rehearsal this evening so I checked how the tweeter switch was set on the back of the cab and I was surprised that it was actually off! Taking my pedalboard out of the equation and plugging the bass straight in totally eliminated the hiss. I suspect the boss LMB3 was causing the issue, but I'll need to investigate further.

Baaa baaa ann — Beach Boys

Material Girl — Madonna

I Love a Man In A Uniform — Gang of Four

Thomann has them listed as being in stock in 4-5 weeks

Here's a video I found interesting which compare's Fender's different mustang bass versions. My classic vibe mustang came with a pickup from a vintera mustang fitted by a previous owner (shame they didn't put on the hipshot lollipop tuners from the vintera as well), however the stock pickup in the classic vibe measures up very well in the shootout.

The rules of this thread do not permit two letters in a song title to be changed It's the thin end of the wedge; if we allow that we'll eventually have people submitting songs where all the the letters have been changed.