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@BrunoBass There's a good chance you'll find the strings and pole pieces don't align perfectly. From the start of 2018 the factory swapped from an 80mm BBOT bridge to a 86mm Hi Mass job. The Hi Mass saddles are a bit wider too. That little change had me puzzled on Friday when PB-50 #5 arrived.

Saw this on another site. https://www.stevesmusic.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index It's a hack of a Canadian shop. Since one was reported recently thought I'd let folks ken.

Top Man is Brian. Bought a pickup from him on Monday night. No problems whatsoever,posted yesterday and arrived today Gem of a guy, buy or sell to him with complete confidence.

Bloody hell @Skybone Did you pinch my record collection ? I'll be watching to see If "Country Girl becomes Drug and Sex Punk" by Serious Drinking follows

@bubinga5 Not only were there great tunes,they covered a wide variety of styles. Would a band like Half Man/Half Biscuit get played on Radio 1 these days ? UK charts full of UK bands was another bonus. Aye a really great time

Great decade. Psychobilly,T-Tone, Punk bands still starting up. Some great UK bands in the pop world. Myself and @luckman67 were talking about this very subject just a couple of weeks back.

Seymour Duncan do replacements. https://www.seymourduncan.com/pickups/bass/rickenbacker?__uuid_ref=5ac25b5629940 So do Roswell, trouble with Roswell is a lack of dealers and buying direct means minimum order of 20 units http://roswellpickups.com/pickup/pro_list.php?ca1=30&ca2=3050

The Meteors on Thursday in Glasgow. Couldn't hear the vocals to good but I knew when to swear. Nice to see folks "wrecking" at the front. Fans from Germany and Scandinavia turned up.

I was stupid enough to sell my Retrovibe Evo. That pickup was seriously loud :-)

The Warman pickups are,I think, very good. I'm well impressed with the jazzbar humbucker but fancy trying their MM. http://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/product/mm-4-string-bass-humbucker-132k-4-wire-overwound/

It's true that the grain is a photo, basswood doesn't really lend itself to sunburst finishes. I know a couple of German fellas who stripped their PB-50s. I'll ask them how easy it was. Have to say I wasn't too keen on the results on one of them.

Great shop. Were on the ball when I had trouble with my SUB at Xmas. Top folk.

Cracking bass. You're a lucky fella.

Cheers lads. I've passed on the names.

Was talking to a fella today about his new Tune bass. Action's a bit high and he's loathe to tackle the TR,says the nut feels stiff. It's a neck through Tune Zi and probably never had a proper set up since it arrived from Korea. Who's the people he should take it to ? He mentioned Brian's . Cheers KB

@luckman67 I'll PM you this afternoon. My old brain is finally starting to work

Few local fellas got something together after watching a Tube special on German Industrial music. Real mash of chaotic noise, sadly no angle grinders or Sthil saws were allowed on stage. Doubt we got 5 minutes before the plug got pulled

@jezzaboy Why would any "issues" with either the Harley Benton or J&D matter, both are on-line purchases so just get returned if found faulty. My JB-75 was a cracking bass, weighed a ton just like the 70's Fenders it's based on The Roswell pickups are grand. BTW the reason for the swap to Roswell from Wilkinson is simply better QC. The Chinese factories building the HBs kept getting fake Wilkinsons from their suppilers This is probably more than you want to spend but I think it's tasty. http://www.ccmusicshop.co.uk/product/revelation-rpbx-j-style-bass-in-3-tone-sunburst/ Get yourself over to CC Music in Otago St and try it for yourself

@yorks5stringer The Varitone crossed my mind too Never noticed any noise. Saw there were rolls of it in the cupboard when I was getting the soldering iron, cavity was exposed so why not Swapping the saddle machine screw for a longer one was another thing I could have skipped.

Dave When I converted one of my T40s to 5 string I used mono saddles. With 5 of them fighting for space inside the bridge base plate spacing was tight To get a bit more space I filed 1 side down on each of the die cast height adjustment blocks. You can go quite close to the grub screws without ill effect. No way it'll get you 18mm spacing but you'll get over 17mm easy. Quick and easy fix.

Sorry @Geek99 Never thought about that. I'm a carpenter so it's something I take for granted. Select a 4mm drillbit, put your drill on the slow setting. Keep the drill as straight as you can and start to drill through the string holes in the bridge. Only do a few mm at a time,clear the sawdust then do another few mm.

@dmccombe7 is that the BXP with the mono saddles ? The ABM 3D bridge used on some USA models is a clearance item. https://abm-guitarpartsshop.com/ABM-GUITAR-PARTS/Angebote-Ausverkauf/Bass/ABM-3565b17::80.html Easy swap

@discreet Beat me to the reply I used the exact same method. Used a 12mm flat bit first to give me the cut for the rim then a 9.5mm countersink with a pilotdrill bit to finish. Drilling the 12.5mm first I find easier,the point drops right in the pilot hole so it's bang on target.

It's John Carpenter's own soundtracks for me, Halloween,Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing, Escape from New York. They fit the film's mood perfectly.