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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.

I'd buy one for under £100.

What are the series 220k resistors for?

I'd look at the Rickenbacker schematics and lose the switch. http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/19501.pdf (Note that Ric wire the output to the top of the pot and the input to the centre/wiper; this reduces the interplay between the pickups respective controls.)

Dunno if it's still about, but there was a Shergold bass base plate (no saddles) on ebay a while back; it's always worth a check anyway...

Well, it appears I just might be...

I have wondered if the speakers in these could be replaced by full-range ones; however, the size of the cabinet is small too and physics would come into play.

If you haven't got Rickenbacker and you're into Rush, then there's sort-of an answer there. I've got a couple of Warwick Corvette 5-strings (the bolt-on neck versions); they are really good, so a more up-market thru-neck one should be great. (Of course, the Spector folks would "tut" loudly at you.) I played a couple of Sandbergs on their stand at the Brum show and they were rather nice, if you want a Fender-a-like... It would even be possible to get a Ric and a Warwick with your budget... As corollary (though they're not for sale), any of the right four of these Rics plus all but one of these 5-strings would be. So, there's stuff out there if you keep your eyes open and are patient.

Yep - a regular...

It's the click-bait bloke again... ...puts up awful/controversial items to catch your attention.

Not sure if we've had this one before (if we have, I must've successfully expunged it from my memory). https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jon-Letts-Single-Cut-6-String-Bass-Guitar/223996798890

Thanks - this was just my 1st go, so haven't delved into the manual yet. (Real men don't read manuals and all that...) I was hoping there's be a config option to set the button function - that's good! Yes, re. tone; I previously made an on/off tone switch pedal with just a passive tone control, which might find its way back. I was playing my Rickenbacker, so winding both tones down is too much of a faff; plus the FI is only on one channel of my split signal, so it'd affect the other one too. Hmmmm, the term "data" may mean something different to different folks; I think you are saying that it is the value of the selected parameter's setting? I know I'm being a bit pedantic, but I've just done a text search for "data" in the FI User Guide v3.03 and it's not clear at all what it does: the manual refers to "data loss", a "database", MIDI "SysEx data", mentions that "setting the data digit to 5 will reproduce the settings as saved in the editor", and says the digit displays the "Edit Data"; I think the next iteration of the guide could maybe explain what it means in the context of the FI. ((Please treat this as constructive feedback, BTW, not a gripe at this point, as I'm just starting out with it.)) Aside from learning how they are playing you, the trick with these synth pedals is figuring out where and how their sounds will fit in with what you want to play and whether or not a given setting takes over your sound or adds to/accompanys it.