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Ok so I have fiddled about a bit and I now have sound , only thing is I have only 2 ground connectors and I need a ground for the output jack, a ground for the bridge pickup (once connected) and a ground for the ground wire that runs under the bridge , confused!!! help!!

Thanks for the reply , I have tried to connect up the pot and at the moment I need to add some wire to the J pickup to make it reach but have connected up the pot anyhow so that once I have sorted this I can wire it up so at the moment I have just the P pickup conected, but no output at all, nothing!!!! Anyone know what I have done wrong? Sorry for poor quality image, P pickup already connected to an exisiting pot that was workign with no issues previously, I wondered if the issue was the way the blue wires are extended(wires attached to them and secured with electrical tape) but I tried connecting the blue wires together to completely bypass the solderless pot and it gave me output so the issue must be with the way I have wired the 2nd pot Another thing I have noticed is that if the 2 connectors are the ground connectors there does not seem to be enough of them as the J pickup ground wire will need a connector, as will the output jack ground wire as will the wire that grounds to the bridge , can I use the same connection point for 2 grounds? help!!!! am so confused thank you

Got a solderless pot for a bass I want to convert from 2 volumes 1 tone to 2 volumes , didn't come with any instructions, it has 5 connection points , I am assuming the 3 on 1 side take the place of the normal 3 lugs on the back of a pot and the 2 take the place of where you would solder the ground wire(s) to the back of the pot? Help!!

Not much to add but looking at Seymour Duncans pickup comparison chart it seems the low resistance seems to be the norm for a MM style pickup, their 4 string MM pickups are 2.6k and 4.18k resistance, does seem a bit barmy to pair it with such a hot P pickup though

Hi all I have played mostly PJ basses for as long as I can remember, im more of a p bass guy than J bass and there seems to be a tonne of PJ basses. One thing I have always found is that regardless of what PJ pickups are on PJ basses the bridge J pickup on every PJ bass I have tried is always kind of (relatively) thin sounding with very little bass response, I have fairly hot pickups but I still find this to be the case. Was wondering how much of this is down to pickup location and how much is down to the bridge pickup being a J rather than for example a humbucker, would the bridge pickup still sound thin if it was for example a musicman type humbucker? Another option would be too have a J pcikup wound super hot like mudbucker hot but then you would obviously lose the treble response and upper mids , thoughts?

[youtube] And if you want some real hilarity look up Manowar on youtube and take a listen to some of those lyrics ..pure cheese

Oh god how did I forget about them, im onto it....

Haha , ive been in that situation , songs i can play perfectly then suddenly at a gig the nerves kick in and it all goes south

Wow!!! I literally have no words, if it was me in that video I would be full of shame lol

Haha yes Immortal videos are always hilarious, this photo (not from a video but still hilarious) is made even more hilarious by the fact that his trousers are unzipped

Ooo great band , love some Nephlim, Tony Pettit is a great bass player too

This video is hilarious [youtube]

Shame the video is so bad , I love the Cure and especially this song is one of their best imo

Inspired by some truly hilarious music videos I have seen on Youtube I thought there should be a thread for unintentionally hilarious music videos, I will start this off, I think the 2nd one may have been intentional but there is no excuse for the 1st and the 3rd , I love the way Paul Stanley seems to be wearing his mothers boots and the way Gene Simmons looks like a creepy uncle in the Kiss video [Youtube] ] [Youtube] [Youtube] ]

Ok, well heres a few , starting with one that is both factually incorrect and a display of monumental lack of self awareness Jennifer Lopez - Jenny from the block I stayed grounded as the amounts roll in - Hmm yes because nothing says grounded like boasting about your wealth Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got , I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block - Of course because everyone from "the block" has personal assistants, and this would be the same person from "the block" whose staff are not allowed to make eye contact with her Puff Daddy feat. Mase - ‘Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down “Young, black and famous – with money hanging out the anus.”) Hmm why would you put your money in your anus? Taio Cruz ft. Pitbull - There She Goes There she goes looking like a star, With her body shaped like a rock guitar Err, her body is shaped like a guitar? I kind of doubt that Radiohead - Street Spirit (fade out) Cracked eggs, dead birds, Scream as they fight for life - Erm, if they are dead then how can they scream and fight for life?

This is tough since even their weakest songs are usually pretty damn good Till There Was You Agree Yesterday One of their best songs imo and one of the finest songs ever written, I would have kept it Eleanor Rigby Also one of their best songs Yellow Submarine Agree Within You Without You Agree When I'm 64 Agree Wild Honey Pie Agree Martha My Dear Somewhat agree Piggies Somewhat agree Rocky Raccoon Agree 100% Why Don't We Do It In The Road Disagree, I quite like this one I Will Agree Julie Agree Mother Nature's Son Somewhat agree Honey Pie Agree Revolution 9 Agree, their weakest track imo Maxwell's Silver Hammer Agree The Fool On The Hill Somewhat agree Flying Agree Blue Jay Way Agree Your Mother Should knowDisagree All You Need Is Love Somewhat agree

Ok, for metal I would normally recommend the Seymour Duncan Quarter pounder but if you are after warmth it may be a bit bright

Cake - I will survive video shows the bass player playing a bass with a mudbucker and the tone seems to back this up, there is just something there in the lows that you just dont get with a P bass, sounds great , that being said I think this kind of tone will be lost in the mix easily in metal , I think if you want a warm sound but dont want to get lost in the mix you might need 2 pickups , one to provide the warmth and one to provide the mids, the Seymour Duncan SPB-2 will give you the warmth and the mids but dont expect anything remotely bright sounding from that pickup.

Thanks, not a bad idea

Thanks I will keep an eye out for one

Hi all Have never really been much of a slap player but been getting more into it recently. I have a little bit of arthiritis in my hands and find that if I play a lot of slap my thumb hurts a little bit at the point where the thumb makes contact with the string, my slap technique is sound so its an arthiritis thing rather than a technique issue. Just wondering if there is anything I can use that anyone knows of to protect my thumb? I know Mark King uses gaffa tape but obviously tape is fairly thin so you need to use a fair bit of it each time, hoping someone has a good suggestion , thanks

Can't wait to see the outcome of this

I think there is definitely some truth to this when applied to P pickups, I have tried a number of P pickups and they all sounded more similar than different, they all had strong bass and low mids and comparatively less highs than for example a J pickup, even the brighter P pickups were not night and day brighter, I have found that strings make more difference. The other thing to try is 500k volumes and a no load tone pot. I dont have direct experience with but wiring one of the higher output P pickups like the Dimarzio split P or model P in parallel might be worth trying

I was considering one of these when I was looking at combos , hearing this makes me happy I chose a Fender rumble , surprising a 250w combo isnt loud enough to be gigable