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shoulderpet

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  1. Hi Am after some tips for developing 3 finger plucking technique, for years I have played with 2 fingers, am trying to learn 3 finger plucking for faster bass parts but struggling, it's like my 3rd finger is half as fast and strong as my index and middle finger, I am thinking maybe I'm trying to obtain the unattainable but I want to give this a fair try, I want to avoid introducing bad habits so am after some tips, thanks
  2. Looks good, of course Stingrays have a hefty preamp amp that I suspect heavily colours the tone so there is that difference that may account for the tonal difference
  3. Im in envy of your skills, I cant even solder, I am sure it will sound killer, 1/2" really isnt a large amount, besides those MM style pickups are much meatier sounding than most other pickup types, imagine how weedy a Jazz bass would sound if the neck pickup was moved to MM position
  4. You could raise the actiona bit to give enough string clearance and solder 2 wires to the volume pot and connect the pickup to the 2 wires with electrical tape and move it around to see if it makes enough of a difference to warrant butchering the pickguard
  5. Ok so 4 days later and no response from Seymour Duncan,dissapointing but that seems to be the way of businesses these days, also with the pickup covers for jazz bass on sale on their site , what sense does it make to offer pickup covers with the standard size pole pieces that you can get anywhere (and for about half the price) and not offer pickup covers for the larger pole piece quarter pound jazz pickups, one of their best selling pickups, even if they dont sell that many they must cost no more than 50p a set to make, they could make a killing on the mark up, anyway thats my moan over with, luckily I seem to have managed to buff out the scratches
  6. Ok I have the Rowell QPA fitted , my initial impression is that it is not a million miles from the tone of the Kent Armstrong, sounds good and the big pole pieces look awesome, im sure someone with better ears than me would be able to disect the differences but to me it seems that with a couple of exceptions (SPB-1 and SPB-2 , Yuck!!!) picking out the differences between a split coil P pickup is a bit like picking out the difference between 2 different brands of black paint and I would even say that changing the value of your pots will likely have a bigger impact on your tone. I have the Kent Armstrong Hot pickup up for grabs, if anyone is interested message me and I will do you a good price, the pickup wires are cut very short (probably about 2" long) so they will likely need to be extended but the pickup is in good working order.
  7. Thanks, it turned up today , yeah the tracking information was very limited all sorted now though
  8. Would you say these are an upgrade from the stock machine heads on Fender type basses? this is too upgrade a Squier and I want to make sure that I am makign an upgrade rather than just changing the machine heads, thanks
  9. Id love to try the Thomastik jazz rounds but the price of them means that's not gonna happen
  10. I can only imagine how stiff there flats are if there rounds are as stiff as they are the flats must be terrifying
  11. Im glad you said that, I actually had a set of Roto's on previous to the Fenders and found the same thing, as Roto's are usually said to be stiff I thought I was going mad
  12. I have hands that are very sensitive to high tension or stiff strings and typically tend to go with 95-40 or 95-35 gauge, put some Fender strings 95-40 on the other day and whilst they are not high tension due to the low gauge damn they felt stiff for such a light gauge, I have played 100-40 gauge strings that felt looser, my action jumped up a bit immediately after fitting them, anyone else find they are really stiff strings?
  13. How long is the standard time for delivery from DV247 ? I placed an order last week and the tracking says that the goods were handed to DPD 28/05 and from 28/05 to now the tracking is just showing as in transit, contacted DPD who said they havent received the parcel yet, had a live chat with DV247 who said the shipment was handed to DPD and the trackign will update once it reaches the uk, cant help the feeling that they didn't really bother looking into it but hopefully im wrong, I remember placing an order with them a few months ago but cant remember how long it took to get to me, I do remember that DPD managed to bodge the delivery though
  14. Some people say a pj sounds different than a p bass even with the p soloed, I would disagree, theoretically there would be a small difference but I think for most people its too small to notice
  15. Ok, have messaged Seymour Duncan , hopefully they can help. The issue with the current pickup cover is that I was trying to remove the logo and scratched the cover so if anyine knows hiw to remove the scratches that would also be a great help
  16. Awesome, thank you Edit: just realised they are for the standard jazz bass pickups not the Sjb-3 that has larger pole pieces, thank you anyway
  17. Hi Does anyone know where I can source pickup cover for Seymour duncan SJB-3 Quarter pound jazz? I just need the bridge position pickup cover, due to the larger pole pieces they need a specific cover with larger holes for the pole pieces (pole pieces are 1/4" size), thanks
  18. Awesome, thanks, that is good to know especially as they are much less expensive than Schaller, Gotoh etc, which im sure are all good but I do think the Schaller, Gotoh etc are way overpriced, I will be picking up a set of these
  19. in my experience/opinion the Amplug is junk, has a flimsy jack that breaks (mine actually snapped off) , its noisy, and imo it sounds like donkey, it seems to roll off a fair amount of treble detail and im no audio expert but I would guess that it starts to roll off from about 2k and higher, seemed to make every bass i played sound like one of those dreadful low end 1970s basses (think Kay or similar) that are reviled nowadays
  20. Ok , have found one more cheapy pickup that I may well have to try out Roswell QPA Quarter Pound clone for £30 it has too be worth trying, if I dont like it I can always sell it on and wont have lost too much cash, seems to be a clone of the Quarter Pounder (edit: it is, the description on the Roswell website describes it as QPA Quarter Pound PB) and the reviews although not plentiful seem pretty good. I like the KA pickup I have a lot but curiousity has got the better of me and if these are like the Quarter pounder but less than half the price then that is a bargain And, ordered, looking forward to trying these out , On another note about Roswell pickups, their PBA pickup is wound to 17k according to their website but is apparently lower output than the above pickup wound at 8k , that cant be right? 17k would be super hot output, i think the PBA pickup is used on some Harley Benton basses
  21. The above video is too far the other way for me, granted its all personal preference but the Billie Joe Armstrong video has an almost plastic like sound to it to me, a bit too overproduced to me but I can understand other people liking it
  22. Ok, anyone used these from Nort West Guitars ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-Bass-Tuners-Open-Back-for-Right-Handed-Fender-Squier-Jazz-Precision-Bass/402260450931?hash=item5da8975e73:m:mzHE866PSYjSooBgRXce75w&var=672181944154 at first glance they look well made
  23. Hi all Really want to upgrade the machine heads on my Squier Jaguar, the stock ones to be honest are crap, to much play in the tuners , a very slight adjustment can be the difference between slightly flat and way sharp, I know of the Wilkinson tuners but at only a 20:1 gear ratio it seems that I might just be throwing money away getting those, any decent ones out there that are not too pricey? thanks
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