mr_russ

Looks much like the bass terror on paper

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1151445' date='Mar 6 2011, 01:42 PM']This is why I ended up with a Ray 5 and not a Lakland JO/DJ5. Quality.[/quote] Build quality of my DJ5 is just as good as either of the SR5's I've had - plus it's a hell of a lot lighter. Imo, Lakland stuff is extremely well built, although I've not tried any of the newer Indonesian built instruments.

I didn't really get on with the SR5 HH I had in the long term and much preferred the older (early 90's?) single H model I had a couple of years earlier - really miss that bass. Am I right in saying the SR5HH with the bridge pickup soloed is wired in series, I remember really enjoying the single H SR5 with the pickup set to parallel - having this tone missing from the double pickup model was probably all that made the difference for me, possibly over the magnet material. The DJ5 I've had for the last 3 years or so has been fantastic but I certainly would like an SR5 again someday.

I picked up a Fender usa precision standard 5 string in November last year, it's a cracking bass. The low B is stunning and the bass is dead light, it took more time than usual to set up, but after the old business-card-in-the-neck-pocket shim trick, it's spot on. The P bass sound is great, I'm appreciating it more and more but there are still times when I could really do with a 2 pickup sound. My question is, have any of you added a J or other pickup to your USA fender precision, 5 string or otherwise, and what model did you go for? Any experiences, words of wisdom? Cheers in advance! Russ

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