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That's a nice bass, worth saving. I'd beware of tunnelling in to the wood to try and make space for some thread (ie. the Stew Mac rod saver thing), as the heads on these have limited wood there and you don't want you next thread to be "Adventures in repairing a broken headstock". Me, I think I'd be taking off the fretboard; I've not done it, but you need an iron and a couple of metal paint scrapers according to the online videos (which make it look sooooo easy); there's also one showing how to take off the edge binding (which again looks super-duper easy).

Oh yeah - I always confused those two! Now you've pointed it out, it's obvious...

Maybe he was Oblivious.

I reckon that'd do the trick!

World Machine is a fine album - one of my go-to's when I listen to music on my hi-fi.

Sheehan with the neck mudbucker. I've been toying with the idea of putting a Rickenbacker pickup on one.

I think it needs a Precision, not a narrow Jazz neck! I can play a guitar, so different spacing shouldn't be an issue.

OK - here's one I picked up recently; it's had a hard life... Getting it sorted is on my to-do list; stripping the finish and seeing whether the body is OK should be the first step. (It plays OK, so there's hope!) For a brighter outlook, this is a Strat I'm working on; I bought the rather nice body from a shop and built it out from there. I decided to go gold and the first bits fitted were a Schaller Floyd and some strap buttons; it took a while for a neck to appear.

My Status selection. I'd really like a headless 5-string.

Funnily enough, I have a 4 to 5 string conversion kit and sometime will put it onto a P.

I don't know if John East to a pre for a P - I have one in a Jazz and it is huge!

I just noticed that my TE 2x10 has a couple of those speakers in it.

I bought a Variax guitar and the seller had replaced the neck with a cheapie because it had warped. I didn't think much of the replacement neck and I put a Squier one on it (just an Affinity one - they are surprisingly good, for pocket money) and it fitted fine. I did toy with the idea of transplanting the Variax gubbins to another guitar, but it looked like a lot of effort.

I've got a P and I put a Fender USA pickup on it; it sounds really good! It is a good bass. I did have a Shadow (German) pickup on it, but that got shifted to my Frankenstein. I've also got a very beaten up MIM Precision, but I don't recall what it sounds like, TBH... I did have a Squier, which I sold for £60 - it was surprisingly good; I think it was all stock. That said, when I plugged in my Thunder, I did do a double-take, because it sounds darned good! It is bloomin' heavy, though! If I were starting out from scratch, I'd be looking at the EMG Geezer pickups. (Dunno how I ended up with 3 Precisions - a few years back I'd have laughed if someone suggested I'd even have one!)

That's the way all multi-strings are, isn't it?

It is quite something, isn't it?

So, I added the couple of extra tuners. There's one more thing I need to sort before I can put strings on it - the string holes in the bass bridge I'm using are too wide, so I need a stopbar or something to catch the ball-ends.

Well South of £200. I paid £150 for one a couple of years back and I believe I over-paid; however, the resulting bass turned out to be excellent, so I think I got a good one!

I know - it shouldn't be allowed! I did once play someone's Fender Mustang bass and it was rather nice.

A selection of Statii...

Does it need a 4-wire cable? <= Sorry, wrong thread!

Yup... ...plus I also like Rickenbackers! 🙂

Mind you, I think of all Squiers as sub-£100 instruments (shock/horror to the JV etc. fans!).

Not all Rics have the treble cap (eg. the one I linked above). Some of the current 4003 models have it switchable. For a mono jack, the two hot wires run to the tip. With the switch removed I guess you'd connect the pickups hot wires and the tone caps to the Vol centre tabs, rather than floating.