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Assuming it is something easily replaceable like a Fender style bridge I would just get a new saddle, cheap and easy fix and hopefully should hold out for a long time.

Not sure what the preamp in the TMB100 bass is but if it is the same preamp as the one used in the Mezzo bass then the biggest upgrade sonically would be too upgrade the preamp.

Yeah mine was ridiculously heavy, sounds like yours sounded better than mine did though, mine was mud central.

I love the Sisters cover of Confide in me

Upgrade day, Hipshot licensed tuners, the tuners being the only real weak point of this bass

I used to go to a jam night a while ago and stopped going in the end. Problem was the house band always had there favourite musicians so there favourites would be on for several songs and unless you were lucky you would get squeezed in at the end for 1 or 2 songs and occasionally if it was a busy night you might not get to play at all so you would end up at the pub till half eleven on a work night so that you could play for 3-6 minutes, to make it even worse if you showed up even slightly after 8pm they wouldn't even bother trying to make sure you got to play and would use that as an excuse.

I actually really like this composition of his https://youtu.be/Ks2yqt3eJmY?si=GtVTpWMEmNmdpPu_

I am not usually into solo bass but this is awesome

I owned a black Musicmaster at one point and I concur that they weigh a tonne, its the heaviest bass I ever owned, that thing must have weighed 14 pounds, it also sounded like mud regardless of what strings I used and the tone control was close to useless. Regarding the E string I find a lighter gauge string helps, lighter will give more clarity and heavier will give more thud/thump.

Ginger Baker is someone who always struck me as being a thoroughly unpleasant person.

Actually you are much more likely to have neck dive on a long scale bass as the neck is longer

So, for a while I have been eyeing up the new ocean turquoise Gretsch junior jet ii bass, not having a lot of disposable income my wife had offered a couple of times to go halves with me on the cost of one but I had always declined. Anyway the other day my wife told me that she had a delivery and asked if I would sign for it when the courier turned up. Anyway the courier turned up I signed for the delivery and then my wife told me to open the box, I thought maybe it was a new computer chair or something, I opened the box and my eyes lit up when I saw a Gretsch box inside the box, I was over the moon. Anyway it is a great bass, the photo doesn't do it justice, in person it is much prettier and the colour is much nicer, it sounds great too and if someone told me this bass sold for twice what this sells for i wouldn't question it at all

Not sure if the Gotoh tuners unfortunately, with regards to the J pickup it depends what you are after. Vintage - Fender pure vintage 62 I think they are called Aggressive, dark - Dimarzio model j Aggressive scooped - Seymour Duncan SJB-3 Modern scooped - Dimarzio ultra jazz I like the ultra jazz personally, nice and crisp sounding

Honestly I think the P pickup on these basses is great, you can upgrade but imo it is not necessary, the J pickup is worth upgrading, bridge can be upgraded but again I don't think it's necessary. I think the thing that is worth upgrading is the machine heads as the stock ones are junk and if I still owned a Mustang I would put some Gotoh tuners on it. With regards to the controls, if you are looking to upgrade them then I would put in a series/parallel switch in place of the pickup selector and swap the volume tone for 2 volumes or stacked volume controls plus a tone control.

I initially really liked Nyxl's, when I fitted them I thought I had found my ideal string tonally then a couple of weeks later they fully broke in and they just sounded really lifeless, no balls to them at all. I thought maybe I had a bad set and decided to give them another try a few months later and same outcome.