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The volume, as such. isn’t the issue. It’s just that I’ve recently had to change to using In-Ears and I am, for the first time, hearing my basses “up close”. It just sounds a little thin and raising the pups beefs things up. I can always adjust the eq. on the pre-amp but it struck me as logical to try and optimise the signal chain starting at the beginning. It’s not a terrible problem or anything, I’m just tweaking to see what I can improve.

Hi Guys, thanks for all your suggestions. In the meantime I discovered that attaining the height sound wise that I liked meant having the pups at a height at which the pup-covers acted like a ramp ( a la Gary Willis) which is a feel I don’t like. Either I’ll live with them a tad lower or I need more powerful pups.

Thanks for those suggestions guys.

Hwa, hwa, hwa, hwaaaaaaaa! [muted trumpet]

Surely fretting is rather the idea.... ....coat.

Hello All, I have a Squier Pro-Tone V which I love. I was intending to test/check-out adjusting the pickup heights, but have come across 2 problems: 1.) The screws are quite corroded and, although they screw out quite easily, seem to not have a very firm grip i.e. they can turn and turn at both extremes (high and low). 2.) When I screw them out in order to raise the pickup, at some point the pickup stops moving upwards (I assume because the spring under the pickup has reached it's maximum height). I'm not very skilled with tools. Is it particularly difficult to lift out the pups and put in a longer spring? Is that even the correct solution? I'd be grateful of any advice or indeed diecting to an appropriate thread. I tried a couple of searches in this section but had no luck. Maybe I was using the wrong search criteria. Thanks, Paul.

Taking one for the team there is really most laudable.

Why not just look upon it as some free promo for your band? I understand about etiquette and asking first etc. but, at the end of the day, it’s not doing your band any harm, is it?

Ah, OK, I was just curious.

Result!👍

Very cool picture Matey.

So no more GAS then, eh?...................................... .........…Mwah ha ha ha ha haaaaaa!

What changes did they make to the neck profile?

My one and only gripe about my V7 is the skinny frets. I even checked out prices to have mine refretted with jumbo frets, but it would cost almost as much as the price of the bass itself.

Frankly, I don’t know why you’re all being so cynical about it. This is clearly a great opportunity to go out on tour, make a name for yourself and hit the big time. Opportunity may only knock once so grasp this chance with both hands 👍

I missed them last year, sold out. I hope to catch them again. Skilled and funny

Naaa, you see I prefer his earlier stuff before he sold out and went all commercial.

Come on now, don't hold back. Tell us what you really think.

Excellent. Thanks for posting.

From the first moment, I couldn’t decide whether I absolutely loved this or if it was total horlicks. I still can’t.

I have no idea what to make of this.

I love the use of pedal slide guitar. Reminiscent of some of Steely Dan’s early stuff.

Excellent suggestion that. Finding a mutually positive solution to an awkward situation. Nice one 👍

I saw him live in the early 90s with John Mcglaughlin and Trilok Gurtu. Utterly mind blowing. Up until now I thought he’d just been picking with his thumb and index finger. Thanks for that revelation.