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    The suspense!! Thanks - I know Trustpilot probably game it to make people say 'come and give us a review' but it does seem like a heavily weighted system where one bad review has a big effect, and you can't report them unless they fit very specific guidelines.
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    Hi folks, Another plea for reviews if you have a few minutes. Just had a 1 star review from some very annoyed person who has slightly overreacted to an email which was sent to them (admittedly in error, it seems). For some reason that's brought our average score down massively despite having lots of 5 start reviews. The whole site is a scam tbh! (trust pilot, not us!!)
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    I really like it for a squelchy synth tone, and if I do a 'pop' on the strings it comes through nearly clean so it works really well like that, especially with the blend dialled back so it adds a subtle fatness to the clean sound. I use it like my Bassballs, low sensitivity, digging in for accents with a muted palm attack.
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    Update! Just got a Prunes and Custard pedal - one randomly came up for sale locally and the guy dropped it off at work for me the next day! It’s fantastic, it has the same sort of response as a Bassballs (which I’m a fan of) but with a really wet and scattered distortion sound. I also got a Qtron + which I bought a while ago but has been delayed. Sounds quite different to the Qtron I think, will need to properly compare. Also seems a bit noisy in some modes but I’ll give it a proper going over at the weekend. I spent ages comparing the Mutron to the Maxon and what threw me a bit is that the low mode of the mutron sounds the same as the high mode of the Maxon. Once I worked that out (they must affect different frequency ranges) I got them sounding identical. You might think it’s crazy but I’ve even been thinking about a pedalboard with 6 of my faves, probably one of those that doesn’t require Velcro. I can leave the shelf at home!
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    Slappa de baysszS
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    It’s a nice tight growl on that REAR pickup! (Bridge!). Mick Karn always copied me so that makes sense.
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    Thanks!
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    These two are becoming my go-to.. they cover pretty much everything and couldn't be less alike! Celinder J-Update Fender Thunderstangbacker
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    Here you go, sorry it's not that good but gives you an idea of what it might sound like with someone skilled playing it!
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    Finally got round to doing a video of this bass, apologies for sloppy playing etc but I really wanted to show some of the sounds!
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    Under £135 there’s no duty
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    Very nice, I think a P/J/MM is the right trio and it’s really nice to have one of each
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    Hello and welcome! Have a badge
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    Looks great, I really like the shape of that. Nice
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    Sounds good. No pickup selector is odd though, perhaps it’s worth changing the controls to balance and tone instead?
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    Yep here you go https://www.geminipickups.co.uk/bass/thunderbird-bass/degenerate-tb They do a few other type sin a Tbird case.
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    Thanks!
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    More pics as promised, in between the rain!
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    Hm I can’t remember the ins and outs of it but I think the OMG mode is effectively putting a cap in front of one of the coils. Kind of like my Tbird pickup in humbucker mode. Single coil switches one off completely which sounded nice with two pickups.
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    An MFD would be fun in a Mustang. The MFDs I had in my L2000 had one hotter coil which gave a great P sound which is partly why I went for this Tbird pickup. I presume the one in the Fallout is the same? Of course with the scratchplate covering the body you can have a nice big channel routed and try a few different ones until you’re happy, then get a new scratchplate.
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    Sounds very similar to the PJ setup before it (so like a really grunty P bass) but with more body and no ‘plonk’ so to speak! With both pickups it’s a really sweet plinky J with flats. It’s ideal, honestly better than I expected. The pickups were a halfway house between educated guesses as to what would suit and the necessity for them to fill the old gaps. The neck pickup in particular is very clever; it’s a dual coil with one coil hotter than the other and it’s splittable. The bridge pickup is really powerful and balances with it just right as I was advised by the maker (Gemini Pickups in Wales)
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    This one (not so much a build thread, more of a modding thread!) https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/471651-modding-a-66-mustang-really-really/
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    Am I?
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    That’s super cool
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    Just in case you weren’t following the build thread, here’s my Thunderstangbacker
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