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Just seen this. I know he's living in London with his girlfriend as my cousin bumped into him. He's not doing anything musically. He did the Basskniv3s EP and they did record an album but never released it. His girlfriend is on Facebook and does post pictures once in a while.

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Totally agree and again I was doing it correct but I read about Fenders new pickups. I just wanted to check I was doing it the right way which I am, lol.

My main rig. Basses rotate but these two for the last few gigs. Super Bassman with neo 410, no effects etc... Sometimes when I like to scare our drummer I use the neo 810

Cool. I had just been looking at the new American pro and read about the coil differences for both the P & J bass. When I was putting in the pickup you repaired for me it suddenly occurred to me that I had never thought if any other pickups were like that and being that I changed the covers around, had I put them in wrong. Was no issue with what you did as that worked perfectly (gigged it on sat, thanks again ) just something I thought while doing it. You know me and wiring now

Cool. This was my thinking too. The only reason I question it is that the last 4 Seymour Duncan pickups have had the covers on backwards then. As in normally on a P-bass it would be on the D/G coil but follow what you said (and what I do too) it would have had the cover on the E/A coil. Same for the Jazz ones as the logo should be on the G side of a Jazz but the wires were around at the other side so I swapped. These pickups were all purchased from different places. Anyone else had the above?

This may be a stupid question. A split coil P-bass pickup obviously has two parts to it. Is there a specific side that should go under the E & A Strings and D & G strings? I'm speaking about Seymour Duncan pickups in particular the SPB-3. I know Fender has mentioned this on the new American Professional series and I'm guessing there are specific pickups out there like this. I had always assumed both coils were the same on most pickups unless it otherwise states that but since seeing Fenders spec I questioned my assumption that both coils are the same. If they are not how do you tell which side is which? Thanks, G.

John really helped me out of a jam. I had 4 basses I needed to fix, managed 2 but also managed to majorly mess up the wiring on 2 of them. Contacted John and within less than 24hrs they had been made and sent. There was a slight issue with one pot not being long enough to fit through the body, this was my fault as it was a custom bass and didn't mention this. I also managed to break a wire off my pickup. John offered to replace the pot and fix the pickup free of charge. He was quick to reply to questions regarding ordering, speccing the looms and also installation. The looms were great. Perfect and sound great. The wiring was so neat, any one with OCD would approve (I certainly did ha ha) I can truly say he is one of, if not the best person I have ever dealt with. John, thank you and I hope I order from you again. Merry Christmas for when it comes. Grant.

So I have Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Jazz bass pickups. I need to raise the middle two sets of poles. I've read lots on doing this with guitar pickups and Fender bass pickups but can't see anything about Duncan bass pickups. Anyone done this or have any advice? Thanks, G.

Nah, I had one and only started adjusting it myself about 6 months ago. No issues in the 3/4 years I owned that bridge. Was it the adjustment screws and the locking screws too?

Good to know. I also have that pedal but use the Bassman setting, lol. Yeah, my P-bass has no top end at all. I had an SPB2 in there and thought that was the issue. But since trying the SPB3 I found the same. I did see the Cap had been replaced and I wanted to re-wire it anyway with better pots, so perfect time. Gonna have a master volume, no load tone and pan pot. I have the no loads on my strats but was unsure of how it would work on a bass. Can't wait to try it now.

Yeah, That's what I ended up going for. Like I mentioned above before ikay confirmed it, I wasn't sure if the load was the pot or just the cap. He confirmed what I had hoped and that's it ordered. Good to know that you put one in and it got good results. What pickup do you have in yours out of interest?

Lol, just seen you edited it while I was posting. Yeah, same one

It should be as both my bass and his model are the SPB3.

Awesome. I was hoping I'd got it right. Wasn't sure if it removed the pot and cap or just the cap. Cool, I've now ordered one. Thanks for confirming it.