Mikey R

Sorry guys and gals, I just realised I'd messed up the title of this topic: I was after *bridge* pickup suggestions, not *neck*. I'm a total numpty, but I got the answers I was after. Thanks!

4 minutes ago, ped said:

If you want a more P bass sound then the Degenerate is a good choice, as one coil is hotter than the other. It sounds a lot like the P bass mode on the G&L L2000. You can also tap the pickup so it sounds like a single coil.

That could definitely prove useful. I've got an idea to have trimmer pots inside the control cavity, so you can set some preset tones, and then have a three way switch on t'front to select between them.

2 minutes ago, krispn said:

I have a pic of the bass in this link plus some audio with the Tone Styler. 

I see what you mean, that's a Precision Plus!

On 14/10/2024 at 17:50, krispn said:

I had a Thunderbird pick up in my old P for a while and it was good. Didn’t sound like a p bass - as you’d expect but had a different t kinda mid honk to it. I paired it to a tone styler so I could get the direct to output type hit sound or have varying degrees of capacitor each offering their thing.
 

 Not necessarily the answer to the question you’re asking but I just stuck a set of Fender Pure Vintage ‘74’s into a Harley Benton jazz and it’s way more aggressive sounding now. I really like what it does and has a really forward mid quality whereas my Pure Vintage ‘64’s definitely have that deeper classic 60’s thing as you’d expect. 

I have a Delano rail pickup in my P - see profile pic. It does that mid forward rock tone like a charm. I think I'm after a different flavour, maybe a bit more clank and a bit more thump.

On 14/10/2024 at 17:50, krispn said:

I had a Thunderbird pick up in my old P for a while and it was good. Didn’t sound like a p bass - as you’d expect but had a different t kinda mid honk to it. I paired it to a tone styler so I could get the direct to output type hit sound or have varying degrees of capacitor each offering their thing.

Did you place the Tbird pickup in the P position? I'm still considering options.

On 13/10/2024 at 18:43, PaulThePlug said:

My T'Bird wearing a DiMarzio Model One.

 

Have you thought about an Alan Entwisle's pairing of...

https://entwistlepickups.com/alan-entwistle-bass-guitar-pickups/

MUD4 and a MH4?..

She's pretty! Does she just wear the mudbucker? How's the tone, is it all thump or does that pickup have any treble?

16 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Have you thought about an Alan Entwisle's pairing of...

https://entwistlepickups.com/alan-entwistle-bass-guitar-pickups/

MUD4 and a MH4?..

I'd never heard of them before - they're so affordable! 

@foxyFuze good to know, cheers! Good to get a second opinion.

Cheers @MichaelDean! It looks like the Rogue Wave mini humbucker will fit both the Gibby look plus the aggressive tone I'm after!

It has a coil tap too, so it could do a more refined sound if I wanted it to.

Hmm, are the Thunderbird pickups the three screw soapbars? I'm looking at Delano and Bartolini options, but I'm getting conflicting information on the dimensions of Thunderbird pickups, and even how many mounting holes they have.

Hey everyone, it's been a while!

I've been thinking about modifying bass guitars again. I've got a P type bass, an actual Jazz and an actual Stingray, but I'm missing something with a Gibson flavour. So I thought, how about modify one of my cheaper basses with a Thunderbird in the bridge and a Mudbucker in the neck position.

The Dimazio DP120 seems like a good choice in the neck, but I'm at a loss for an aggressive humbucker for the bridge position? My Google-fu failed me when I went searching for passive Thunderbird flavoured pickups that aren't EMGs or taken from an Epiphone.

Just a thought experiment at the moment, but still a fun one.

Mikey 

The first real boutique bass I ever tried out was way back in Music Exchange in Brum, probably early 2000s. Still one of my favourite British brands. This is shaping up to be a stonker! That burl has really popped under the lacquer!

Mert told me you were building an amp from scratch! I'll follow this build with interest!

On 14/02/2020 at 17:40, Al Krow said:

I just love the touches such as a stand-by switch which leaves the tube section on and warmed up ready to use. 

How long do preamp valves take to warm up? My feeling is that they added this feature to make it feel more like an all valve amp, rather than because it's needed.

I've been away for a while, it seems 1kw is now pretty normal for bass amps. I assume this is class D? I used to play in a rock band with my 200 watt Hartke and a Barefaced Compact, and had plenty of headroom. Before that, I played with my 150ish watt BLX combo, and that was keeping up with a Marshall half stack. I've also had the pleasure of playing bass through a 100w Hiwatt rig at full tilt, and killed a few passers by.

Does anyone ever crank their kilowatt amps up full? That must be seismic event that levels houses!

I've decided to hold on to this one, it's just too nice.

On 31/08/2019 at 21:24, Rexel Matador said:

Replaced them with little nails and all is well 👍

Did you make a note of where they are? You wouldn't want to hit one with a router when cutting the pickup and control cavities.

10 hours ago, ped said:

Very nice, wonder what it would look like with a white scratch plate 🤔

Hmm, interesting idea, I'd not considdered going for a lighter plate. That could look very smart.

Andy bought my Sans Amp. Top bloke, the whole thing was done in a couple of days.

This is rather a special bass, I'm moving it on quite reluctantly. But, since I never play it and other toys need to be bought.... I'm afraid I'm not after a swap, it's cold hard cash I'm after. I might consider a part ex for an interesting Fender or a Les Paul Studio, but like the filthy capitalist I've become, if there's no cash included, I'm going to have to say no.

This is a 2000 model year Sterling four string, three band EQ with piezo bridge. It also has the matching headstock option (dont quote me, but I think that was a +£100 option) and the tung oiled neck is birdseye maple (a +£?? option, I have no idea how much that was from the factory). Not a crazy figure, but it's there and is quite elegantly understated. The fingerboard is maple too.

There are a few scratches, the headstock has had a small bump, but it's in crazy good condition for a 19 year old bass.

The neck on these basses is just lovely, very much like a Jazz and not quite as chunky as a regular MM. It still manages to still feel solid, and the strings are very easy to control - once you get used to there being no thumb anchor.

It comes in the original case.

You can look up the serial number F02309 on the Music Man website, https://www.music-man.com/serial-number-database and it'll tell you the following:

I assume the build code will give you a bit more information, if you can decipher it.

EDIT: Some more info - it's 4.2kg.

EDIT: I've decided to keep it, so it's no longer for sale.

This wee beastie was the backbone of my synthy type sounds when I was playing around with that kind of music. It's a fully polyphonic octave generator, giving you both one octave up as well as one down. Depending on how creative you want to get with your signals, routing and delay feedback loops, you can make some pretty hairy sounds come out of it when mixing it with distortion, envelope filters and LFO type effects.

This is so much fun to play with, but alas, I need to buy other toys, so the ones I don't play with any more need to move on.

It's in great condition, except a few scuffs to the decal. Box and PSU included. It takes quite a bit of juice, so I've always ran it from it's own PSU. Your pedalboard PSU might be able to feed it enough, but that's up to you.

1 minute ago, AndyTravis said:

@Mikey R he’s bought one like mine today, Sod’s law x

Typical! Never mind, someone else will want it no doubt.

I'm keeping the Sans Amp VT, but I'm moving on the Blonde. This can be set up to give a nice valvey bit of girth to your bass tone, or you can push it a bit harder to really get it to growl. Since I've got an Ashdown LB30, I just don't need this any more.

The front decal has a bit of chipping around the edge, but otherwise it's in sound condition.

This is an unusual effect to use for bass, but it can be used to add some extra grit if you also have a way to mix some of the original signal back in afterwards. It's the model with the hidden, internal Zakk switch, however this mode is way more useful for guitar.

Excellent condition with added velcro at no extra cost to you.

(If this doesn't sell, I'll engage Zakk mode and use it with my guitar.)

I'm selling off quite a bit of my pedal board, as I'm no longer using it. Heres a guitar level mixer, manufacturer unknown, but it's great for bringing signals back together after they've had adventures of their own through miriad other effects. One use is to mix a bit of dry signal in with the signal from a fuzz box, to put back the bottom end the fuzz tends to squash out.

Wow, I've just found my Polytune, still in the box. By the looks of it, it's never even been out of the box and certainly has never been gigged or rehearsed with. This is the full size one, not the smaller cut down one.