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3 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Page 6... Mike Dirnt..

I pm'd Stew last week with a couple of 51 templates, completely forgot about the Dirnt one.

If I get a chance over the weekend I'll compare them, see what the differences are.

3 hours ago, police squad said:

Looks great 

It does that.

Winning the battle against temptation  just now but 2024 may have other ideas 😃

German lad posted this photo of his PB-50 over on bassic.de earlier.

While I'm not one for mirror scratchplates or ashtrays, exceptions can be made 😄

19 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Earlpilanz on eBay will do that…

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/earlpilanz

Aye, Brian's the man for the job.

Huge choice of colour options, fast turnaround and very reasonable prices.

24 minutes ago, machinehead said:

Anyway, after sleeping on it I bought the new Fender 51RI and that put the HB PB50 out of my mind. 

For me, it's almost the complete reverse.

Own a 90's 51 Paisley reissue; an absolutely gorgeous bass, spends it's life stored in the cupboard over the stairs. By contrast my PB-50 has never saw that cupboard, it's kept in a state of constant readiness; to be played without a moment's notice. Might seem crazy  preferring a Harley Benton over a Fender but  have valid reasons, the PB-50 both plays and sounds better.

Not only did FGN opt for a very chunky neck profile they chose to cover it with gloss; the matt finish Benton neck is slimmer and much more comfortable. In matters of tone, the PB-50 is ahead of the reissue; well that what my ears tell me 🙂

8 hours ago, Huge Hands said:

Having said that, I reckon you'll ask me in a few years and it will still be exactly the same as it came out the box

I have one like that, came from the initial 2013 production run.

Others were bought for pickup swaps/2 saddle bridges etc but that first one was spot on out of the box, no point in change for change's sake so apart from a set of TIs it remains stock 🙂

3 hours ago, Huge Hands said:

I need to get a copy from someone with the template to cut the headstock to shape at a later date.,....anyone?

Sent to your inbox 👍

9 hours ago, police squad said:

it's just a great instrument.

I've been saying that for years 🙂

9 hours ago, luisfpr said:

'unearth'?

Sounds really bad......

Sorry for your lost...

Wasn't too bad.

Bottom case in the middle of 3 piles, stacked 9 high.  Of course those piles were hidden behind 20 basses in gigbags 🙁

Anyone who says you can never have too many basses has never shared a house with 70+ of the damn things 🤣

Sorry to report my efforts were in vain, the pots had no resistance markings on them and the solder monkey at Peavey chose to cover the Alpha product code for his ground points 🤬

All I could get was the factory cap was 0.1 and the pots came from the R 13 series.

Looking through my records I see Peavey used 250k pots for both Vol and Tone on everything without a preamp, that 0.1 cap value was also used the the active B-90 and Foundation S models.

2 hours ago, luisfpr said:

As I read before:  "active but with a passive tone control".

Peavey did a few.

Along with the RSB there was the B-Ninety, came as a standard passive PJ or active pickups with normal vol/tone pots; Foundation-S active followed the same pattern.

Those 2 were fairly low key efforts.

If I can unearth my RSB I'll check what pot/cap values were stock from the factory.

23 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I've just ordered a chrome babicz from Bass Direct.

Proof my timing is cr@p 

There's a fella over on TalkBS named Scott Dasson (godofthunder). Scott's nuts about old Gibsons but not too keen on the 3 point bridge so he came up with an alternative; calls it the Badbird.

It's a 2 part design so no good if you don't fancy screwing a tailpiece to your bass.

Here's Scott and some happy random punter with his 'improved' T-bird😄

Here's my YOB bass, 68 Wilson Sapphire.

Sadly I've the Dorian Gray tale in reverse, I get more decrepit every day while the Wilson seems remarkably free from the ravages of time ☹️

3 hours ago, David Houldworth said:

Dos anyone know, would humbucking/noise cancelling pickups be compatible with the active circuitry. Would the wiring be compatible ?

As has been pointed out already you'll face no problems, most 'active' basses pair normal pickups with a 9v or 18v EQ section.

Easily affordable stacked or split 5 string jazz pickups though are pretty thin on the ground 🙁

You could look at fitting dummy coils but that'll involve surgery, hidden below the scratchplate being the handiest location.

54 minutes ago, Rayman said:

but I fear the worst.

I wouldn't worry too much, depending on who you use it might not be that expensive to fix.

I was looking for a hum cancelling single coil ( twice the work + custom bobbin) with a ridiculously high wire count ( 3 times the standard length required), extra long slugs were needed to accommodate all the wire. This considerable move from standard off the shelf spec cost me just £10 more 🙂 

There's not a great deal can fail in pickups. Hook up wires can detach (spot of solder/ job done), slugs can lose power (recharge by passing between neodymiums), magnets can detach (glue them back on or replace).

Most of the UK folks charge about £30 to repair single coils, £40 - £45 for humbuckers. It's roughly the same for rewind work 👍

1 hour ago, Rayman said:

Back to the drawing board.

Maybe go with the Entwistle humbuckers Rapier are using in their Watson/WEM/Wilson Saffires.

@neepheid

My gut feeling is it's some crossover from the guitar world, like this sudden need for infinite sustain we are all meant to have these days😄

I'm never saw the point, my wee stubby fingers never come into contact with the fretboard edges.

TBT, I can't think of a situation where they would.

@uk_lefty

I remember reading this bold statement on BC several years back, think it was from Camden Rob.

"TBH my Harley Benton JB-75 is more than capable for 99.9% of what I do, I have 3 Wal 6 strings for the other 0.1%." 😄 

32 minutes ago, uk_lefty said:

Other than loud, how's it? Thinking of going for one of these for my Hofner 189

Lower register is muffled, as I move up the neck things get clearer but also louder. I really need to play with pickup heights, there's a lot of clipping.

7 hours ago, mrbacco said:

 how is the sound of the pickup? is is full fat low ?

It's very loud.

On 10/11/2023 at 16:44, mrbacco said:

Warman Drivetrain. Quad Coil 28+ kOhm ultra output pickup.

Good pickup , I used one in my last 'knock together'

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/484769-shorty-thrown-together-yesterday/

4 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

on the OP's basses the pickup placement is very different on each, the copy has them set closer to the bridge.

Far too  close.

Ric pickups are centred on imaginary 24th and 36th fret positions, that puts the bridge pickup just over 4" from the saddles. Ali-Ex bass looks to be around 2.5" from the saddles.

On 09/11/2023 at 20:16, Pea Turgh said:

Are the days of Deko deals gone for good?

They've been gone for years, at least 2 maybe 3.

58 minutes ago, BillB said:

No idea when it was made, but the Roswell pickup suggests a more recent build. 

Some time after March 2018.

Prior to then all PB-50s were right handed sunburst with Wilkinson single coil.

1 hour ago, uk_lefty said:

If it's got your endorsement I'm in! 

Bloody Hell, that puts me on the spot 😄

I bought a Fazley surf green guitar just I could convert to short scale bass and Install a Warman quad rail. Turned out great. Another Warman favourite of mine is the Jazz Bar, used them plenty of times.