Aidan63

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I'm trying to understand why the Squier Classic Vibe Mustang Bass pickups and the Lollar Version A Mustang Bass pickups have the magnets centred at 22mm whereas the strings are roughly at 16mm centres at the pickup. The more trad style Version B Lollar Mustang pickup is bigger (I think matches the original pickup dimensions) but the poles are at just under 16mm centres. Also if anyone know if the 'Vintage' version of the Nordstrand MN4 fits the Squier pickup cover and if they have two small staggered magnets per string and at what centres that would be great. I've listened to the samples of the various Mustang pickups on the Talkbass thread which was useful. The varied information I have read suggests the Japanese reissue pickups may have been designed by Seymour Duncan. Nowhere that I have found is there a definitive what fits what guide and the mixing of imperial and metric measurements adds confusion. Many thanks

it's not the same as that, pluck a single note and wait 1 second+ for it to come to pitch, makes setting the intonation a pain, then you play and you can't trust your technique because of it, so you recheck the intonation, check you haven't twisted the string etc.. don't have the issue with any other brand of ss strings I've tried

Short scale rotosounds are known for ringing sharp then settling to pitch, I tried both the flats and the tapes, same issue with both, did some online searching and found a good string article on Scott Whitley's old site which confirmed it. The E was the worst for it, but to some extent all the strings did it.

Google loves Basschat and TAlkBass, so searching for stuff about basses the relevant threads come fairly high in search results usually behind the popular live webshops, if nothing corresponding is for sale new then these results can appear at or close to the top of a search. That's how I found Basschat. Google ranks lively forums with lots of fresh content highly. I have never had to advertise what I do, the forum for the VW campers I do the gearboxes for and a simple website with the right keywords in is plenty enough to keep me busy.

is there anyway of adding a bump counter to for sale ads so people can see how many times the op has bumped the listing please If you are on here everyday you can see what's going on but for those that aren't but come here say from a google search for a particular item they might not realise that x has been listed for 10 days and bumped 5 times, suggesting seller is keen to offload, whereas some sellers list and leave it a while before bumping. and maybe the serial bumpers might have limits in the same way as the new monthly limit on number of new listings (are you a business ?) just an idea

Some Squier serial numbers are just IC, some are ICS, I'd be interested to know what the S really stands for, is it a different facility or a different quality, Squier wiki says limited runs like FSR etc. ICS is generally the nicer stuff ime; I have a CV Mustang that is ISS, I think the first S is Samick but again what the second S stands for I don't know, and neither does Squier wiki

what will the body be made of ? if ash then grain could be highlighted during grain fill/base old Fender (US 50s car colours) paints have a lot of white in them, but there are other blues (VW medium blue for example as per my avatar) which have more black in them

I offered Chris my OC2 in response to his wanted and he took me up on the offer, as expected no problems, good comms and quick payment; cheers 👍

what happened ? if anything

on top of the heater keeping warm

smuggle them via the 6 counties, with a man with a van service, plenty of that going on 😉

So did Gareth receive the advertised bass ? Looks like maybe the ebay seller was being economical with the serial number to me, be interested to see what turns up, as I am sure is roonjuice's friend......

wot, no knobs

In a similar vein I can't open pictures that other people send me which they have saved as screenshots on their phones (trying to share things from FB or whatsapp) even though they appear to be jpg files; this is with windows with picture viewer as default for jpg; but I can save them to my hard drive and then open them no problem in another more powerful picture viewer/editor; I believe it is to do with the compression algorithm used on the phones, which windows doesn't seem to like, throwing up a out of memory error, so it maybe not all jpg formats are equal. Whatsapp pics open just fine in Signal thankfully.

I think they sit very slightly differently both standing and more especially sitting with it on the left leg (for right handed players), it is subtle but noticeable, and you can spend ages playing around with strap length and the like trying to replicate the comfortable feel of one with the other

My Status fretless 'Fender' neck has 21 'frets' with an overhanging board

If you use the points system in Players Path with D'Addario they are running a 'any strings for 999 points' deal to the end of the month, that worked out a whopping 88% off a set of black nylon strings, hopefully they actually have some and they are not affected by the steel shortage. I have been impressed with the loyalty scheme before, as you get almost enough points on registering a set of bass strings to get a free set of guitar strings delivered to your door.

Nick sold me a hipshot BT7 extender, let me know he was a screw loose short 😀which wasn't a problem and quickly dispatched it well packaged and safely delivered, many thanks

Looks like maybe took a mighty clunk on the E tuner which broke out and cracked the headstock across so they used some cheapo tuners with a bigger footprint to strap the 'glued' crack to stop it breaking completely; not our instrument so don't get upset, if it is still playable then all is good

probably just a Squier cheap and cheerful method then that I have seen and the pickups are slightly different size to most Mustang pickups; I fancy everything about the JM apart from the relic finish

Mustang pickups usually are suspended below the pickguard with a spring between them and the pickguard and the screw go through and are threaded in the plastic cover of the pickup, and maybe factory adjusted and fixed with a little hot melt glue to stop them moving, easy enough to remove the plate and have a look at what is going on before adjusting anything. On the Squier I have the threads in the covers soon stripped as I adjusted them to get a better tone and balance after I changed to flatwounds, so I made some metal backing plates for the pickups and the screws act on them now instead of the plastic, so maybe threadlock or glue has been used to 'repair' stripped threads in the covers hence they won't move

Northwest Guitars today said their suppliers have said prices are going up on D'Addario and Seymour Duncan products from the 5th and several US suppliers I know of have doubled their prices in the car parts market, even with the slight bounce in the £ that is hard to explain to customers here in UK who expect everything for nothing; sign of things to come perhaps globally

I have a made in Japan Squier from 93/94 that is 40mm nut 22mm 1st fret, 25mm at 12th, you are welcome to try it if it suits