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55 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

Don't knock it. Those things last forever. I've been in a crash in one, straight through a hedge and in to a brook. It drove out and continued as if nothing happened. 

I know, right? My dad had a red one for 20-ish years. Only ever needed minor repairs. Between its boot and a trailer, it pulled 2 tonnes of strawberries/cauliflower/daikon through a ploughed field on a daily basis. 

An Oly white P bass copy built in Poland? It has to be this

My "one that got away" was a brand new ex-display white 1024x sold for, iirc, £340 by Promenade Music on one of the LBGS, in 2013 I think. 

Passive aggressive is exactly what I'm going for with this pickup. 

Surely it could have gone farader. Now my first HOT topic has all gone to pot. 

2 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

 

It would probably also be the size of a human fist, LOL!

 

Some posts are better out of context 

8 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

sounds lovely, who's making it for you? 

It's going to be a Buzz by Restauracja Gitar from Poland

Wow 😁

Thank you for all the responses. 

I think the brightness thing came because both the "Model" models have a bit of a reputation for being somewhat dark. 

I know it's reversible, I might even have another popular P pickup sitting in a drawer somewhere. It was intended to go in the bass that convinced me that I'm a "P bass guy" really, my Vintage V4. But then I realised I like the Wilkinson just fine. 

The bass will not be an epitome of "custom" in wood choice sense. It's only custom because it is being built to my order, but to fairly "vintage correct" specs - alder, maple, rosewood, 34", 20 frets, 7.25" radius, nitro, even tort 😬

I've ordered a custom P bass, and when it came to a final decision on the pickup, I somehow went for Model P. I'll spend next two month doubting my choices, so I need to be telt. 

It will be great. Even as a fretless, this bass had a very piano-like "ping" when strung with fresh rounds. 

I had never noticed it was finished! 

I've had one, in fairly rare Raspberry Red too. Sold it locally, the B string wasn't good, especially compared to the 605 I had prior to that. 

Andy bought a Yamaha bass from me. Absolute superstar with an angel's patience, even organised pre-paid shipping labels as I had never posted a bass before. 

2 hours ago, mcnach said:

 

Thank you @jezzaboy

I did that to my Matt Freeman Squier Precision. Twice.

First configured like a Jazz:

 

I took it to Chris McIntyre here in Edinburgh to route the bridge pickup, get a new pickguard made, and move the jack to the side although you could easily just add another hole to the front and keep the jack socket on the front too.

Then I installed a pair of DiMarzio Area J, which I prefer to the Nordstrands I had originally.

 

Later I decided to move the neck pickup closer to the bridge. I just had a new pickguard made and did the additional routing under the pickguard myself with a couple of chisels and care:

 

As a fan of the Jazz bass sound but not of the larger body and skinny neck, I also ordered a Maruszczyk Jake like that:

 

But I ended up preferring the modified Matt Freeman, which cost me very little to transform.

Start with a nice Precision, and just modify it to taste.

 

Could you please elaborate on Chris Mcintyre and what he charges for routing pickup cavities, if it's OK? I plan to turn my Vintage V4 into either a double reversed P or a PJ. 

I was watching some clips of Jim Stinnett (RIP) of Real Bass Lessons on Youtube yesterday, and he had this beautiful Sherwood green P bass in one of them, I nearly changed the order I've placed 😬

I did like the original colour, but this wood doesn't look bad really. 

Weird not having a fretless for the first time in 20 years! 😬

They're in Poland, shipped to the UK before and will for me too. I haven't looked into any post-brexit fees yet, that might be something to consider. 

You could have a Buzz built by Restauracja Gitar for that, check them out. I'm having one made. 

, I'm having a Buzz PJ built by Restauracja Gitar in Poland. I'm a bit undecided on some options, including the finish, so a bit of brainstorming, experiences and maybe pics would be much appreciated. 

It will be a PJ, with the thickest neck they have, alder body. Nickel hardware, I really don't like the look of chrome. Hipshot D-tuner. Bridge probably Omega Badass clone. Maybe a vintage type with threaded saddles. Shortlisted pickups are either DiMarzio model P/model J combo or the Geezer set. Maybe Aguilar if I can stretch cost-wise. Other recommendations welcome. J pickup needs to be hum-cancelling and in general they need to be fairly full range, I don't like the hyped overwound types such as QuarterPounders (based on very recent experience). I would love to hear some feedback on the DiMarzio. I know they are known as dark, but I do like yt samples I hear. The circuit will likely be a 3/4/5-position (depending if I go for serial/parallel thing etc) rotary switch and a tone control, to keep the classic 2-knob look. Now the finish. They are best at this. They follow the old Fender recipe, a layer of ultra hard Fullerplast grain filler/primer followed by this, well cured nitro. They are rather good ad relics too, and it's tempting, especially as I wouldn't be charged extra for it. At the moment I'm thinking reliced metallic black, dark tort pickguard, rosewood board, black or cream DiMarzios for slightly sinister look. But I do love a tobacco burst too, can't do a classic sunburst with opaque black edges and "German flag" transitions. Or maybe dark aged LPB, but then with a mint or aged pearl pickguard. Please challenge me intellectually! Not that I'm not already... 

Examples of what catches my eye:

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

The reverse P + J does tick a lot of boxes as a pickup config.

The Yamaha MA versions seem to be pretty rare (in fact @gobasserk probably has all of them! 😁).

Spector, Warwick and Sandberg are some alternatives with the reverse P + J set up. The Spector Euro 4LX would get my vote if you're after a 4 string but they're not cheap, even used, and there's plenty of love for the other brands on BC too.

Yeah, I've had a couple of Warwicks and a BB350F that's being sent to Andy shortly 👌🏼

2 hours ago, gobasserk said:

I will get my candy apple red BB1000ma in two weeks. Meanwhile I just pulled the trigger on another BB1000ma in misty green. My plan is also a new green metallic finish on my other black 1000ma.... the red dots make a good contrast...
(picture of seller, did not revieve the bass yet) 

What would be a good price (from a buyer's perspective) for one of those? That has to be the perfect pickup config. 

Green

Exactly, I saw one (Vintage V4) two years ago in a local second hand shop and despite hating everything about its looks, I had to try it. One of my favourite basses ever. Very lively and responsive, super easy to set up ridiculously low, sounds great. I'm selling my Nate Mendel because of it. 

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

Marcusowsky?

 

I've had this Fender Marcus with a Sadowsky preamp for the longest time, only sold it on here like 5 months ago.