Greggo

Not ebay but on gumtree saw this for £40 - potential bargain to be had if its a pre-lawsuit telecaster precision bass? [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ibanez-bass-guitar/1030512740"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ibanez-bass-guitar/1030512740[/url]

I've had to lower the e a fair bit to avoid too much boom when hitting it hard -it was quite low when I got bass and when I raised it it does clip in a higher position. The ironic thing is, I'm starting to think the way the pickups were when I got it had probably been carefully set by previous owner (maybe be even setup by a pro) and I've just gone and undone it so I could have a bit more height on e side pickup for more of a thumb anchor and to act as a ramp. It's a good learning curve though as I've never adjusted a p style pickup before!

Cheers for that, had a little play and using that method have a good balance between getting the pickups as high as possible but balancing strings. I plugged in before when having both pups level and it sounded a little odd - prior to me levelling them they were angled downwards but e side was very low.

This may have been covered before, but is it is best on p bass pickups to have the "inner" side of the pickup angled downwards? They always seem to come setup this way when I see basses in guitar shops. Does it make a massive difference to string balance if both pickups of the p bass style configuration are level on both sides? From a playability point of view I like the p pup on my BB414 to be high enough so it acts like a ramp and I've levelled both pups.

I love my BB414 I got in a bass swap. Really well built and feels "correct". Definitely satisfies the urge for a nice p bass tone and that jazz pick up is great too. And it's the orange version too!

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but whatever came of this endeavour? I've got same bass in 5 string form and yanked stock preamp for a 2 band stingray clone preamp and it sounds lovely now, stock pickup in parallel does give off a nice ray like tone.

[quote name='6v6' timestamp='1377001294' post='2181990'] The Yamaha BB is also a good shout, IIRC there was one for sale on here cheap a few weeks back, wish I'd bought it but I was off on holiday at the time. [/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/212465-yamaha-bb415-fsft-withdrawn-please-delete/page__p__2162396__hl__bb415__fromsearch__1#entry2162396"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/212465-yamaha-bb415-fsft-withdrawn-please-delete/page__p__2162396__hl__bb415__fromsearch__1#entry2162396[/url] shown as withdrawn you could still enquire , as it may not have sold?

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1376994720' post='2181877'] I'd be tempted to check out the five strings in the Yamaha BB range. [/quote] +1 Ive recently gone with a Yamaha BB414 and for the Pbass sound you cant go wrong and the neck is just spot on.

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1376942948' post='2181388'] Well that just makes that show seem totally unbelievable now! [/quote] Exactly! Black smoke monster and people that recognise bassists!

Is what John Locke from Lost said to Charlie Pace in series 1.. In fact a few regular cast members seemed to know him as such Don't you think it's odd that for most part the bass player of most bands probably are not recognisable yet many seemed to know who Charlie Pace was? He wasn't exactly Flea or Mark King, probably more like the equivalent of Mcfly or busted!

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1375914531' post='2167510'] Sorry, it completely slipped my mind. The switch I linked has 4 terminals, 3 in a row and one on the edge of the case. I've labelled them like so: 1 = neck pickup hot 2 = output from switch (goes to volume pot) 3 = bridge pickup ground 4 = neck pickup ground AND bridge pickup hot Hope that helps, and sorry for not doing this when I said I would. [/quote] Managed to wire this in as per diagram and both pickups work individually but silent on middle position any ideas? Have reverses wires of one of the pickups but no joy still. Don't know if it makes a difference but on mine there is a wire coming from top of volume pot (assume this is a ground) which I've wired to the position 4 on diagram. Thanks

I prefer them to the EB cobalt on my 5 string! In fact I've just broke a string on said bass accidentally ah well will have to restring with a 5 string set of legacy now!

I took out the j pickup to see what was needed and the springs were already in place, so it look slike just the adustment screws. Not sorted it yet, but will see what I've got int he house if not will see what I can get that will fit in.

Binned off thread

[quote name='Pete1967' timestamp='1375994153' post='2168476'] I'm a bit late to the party on this but I've got a spare one you can have if you haven't already ordered one.... [/quote] Ooh yes please if you didn't mind?

Because Im so used to adjusting my other bass from the top end, this was a totally new ball game it seems! Even with the plastic seat off it doesnt buy you that much room certainly no where near the same room you have on a headstock end adjuster. i had to do two turns so it equated to a 1/4 turn. I think its safe to say the truss rod is fine after all but it did need a fair bit of welly and a push down on the neck to persuade it to move. When it did move it was fairly smooth so Im happy that I havent forced it against its will or anything!

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1375914531' post='2167510'] Hope that helps, and sorry for not doing this when I said I would. [/quote] Ah dont worry about that, we've all got lives outside of the forum! Thats brilliant thanks for your help, going to get the part ordered today. Greg

This is going to sound bit dim, but I managed to sort it - by removing the plastic cover in the cavity where rod nut is, it gave me more wriggle room to fit Allen key in and turn it 1/4 turn. Truss rod is not about the headstock end but where neck meets body and I realised that I couldn't reasonably turn the Allen that much with the cover in place even if I could fit key in... Are you meant to remove this bit anyway..? (plays better now btw!)

Just write it on in marker pen

They are new strings that I put on, 45 - 105 but previous owner had same guage on too. Maybe should have gone with 40 - 100s. If lighter strings were put on and there is still the same bow is that a duff rod?