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I’m trying to get immigrant song right. Left hand aches a bit after a couple of choruses.

All done! Bit of a nightmare doing the wiring. Probably the fiddliest thing I’ve ever done! Had a couple of issues including wiring the jack socket up the wrong way round and I also managed to overheat the treble pot with my dodgy soldering iron. Once I moved to the garage and kept the tip super clean with a wire brush on my pillar drill it got a bit easier! I think I’ll order a spare treble pot. Contact cleaner has got it working ok but id rather be safe than sorry. after a quick set up it’s sounding as I’d hoped. Really nice to get some passive jazz tones out of my ray! The Ray pickup sounds pretty authentic to my ears too. I’ll see if I can post some recordings later.

Well, I’m going to quit before I ruin this today. I’ve got the components mounted on the control plate and have soldered a few connections. Unfortunately my soldering iron tip has seen better days as has my eye sight for detailed work. I think I need to sort out my soldering equipment and get a magnifier before I carry on with this!

Yep, pickup pan control instead of two volumes.

Got to admit I’m not looking forward to wiring this up! I’ve got a Sonar 2 pre which I think will just fit in the bottom of the cavity. It’s going to be a tight squeeze. Otherwise it’ll need more butchery. I’m going with the schematic below which I think is the standard way of wiring these up. Looking forward to trying this out!

Not really a build but definitely my most adventurous mod to date. Just got the wiring to do now. Better not drink too much tonight!

You can have my address Jay if you want to get it collected!

Nice bass. Psycho killer is fun to play along to! Always try and get bands I’m in to do it. The french bit tends to put the singer off though.

I have a 4 year old black and maple Mexican P that I’m looking to move on. Not had the motivation to advertise it yet but it’s here if you’re interested. Not sure on posting with this lockdown though. Might have to wait til it’s all over.

Here’s mine. A Squier VM 70s jazz with MIM fretless jazz neck and hipshot hb7 tuners. The neck was bought new to fit to my MIM precision. I loved it but wanted a bridge pickup for a bit more burp so I bought the loaded jazz body off eBay. All in I’m sure I’ve spent more than it’s worth but not bothered as it’s great. I’ll probably sell the P now. Might put a J retro pre amp in there once the current shenanigans is over!

Have you checked the neck relief?

What are you playing it through?

Is it the same with the other strings muted?

I’ve just swapped my fretless jazz neck from my p bass onto a j. The j can make the p sound but the p can’t do what the j does.

Can’t see anything new or interesting here. I find it frustrating that I don’t understand this!

Thanks kiogon, sounds interesting but confusing! Don’t understand if I would want to go higher or lower?

Cheers, I’ve got new stainless rounds on at the minute (rotosound 66) but it’s still a bit lacking

A couple of weeks later I am completely hooked. Taken this to two band practices now and love it. We’re a three piece originals rock band and it really seems to work. The only thing it lacks is a bit of top end sparkle. Any suggestions on how to get some? I’ve got new rotosound 66s on. Would a bass with a bridge pickup have a bit more sizzle?

Just discovered the joys of jamming along to synth “aahs” playing an e minor chord. Must try some other chords!

Just fitted a fretless Jazz neck to my Mexican P. Wish I’d tried fretless years ago. cant stop playing along to Graceland! Listening to that album inspired me to give it a go. hopefully I’ll get the hang of it enough to take it to band practice one day. I’ll spare them the the pain for now.

They look a bit cheap to me. Maybe it’s the pickguard, colours or matching headstocks.

That looks great!

Is it related to pickup position? Is it a single pickup bass with only a bridge pickup?