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There was a yellow Basslab in Reverb few hours ago. 4-string, did I say yellow?

Lovely! 1980 something? How are there fretlines?

I had the newer keyboard version, but sold it and now have this and a tce 1140 in a rack. Tri-bass drives those two. Fun unit.

A player colleague has a functional Electraglide. Who might be interested in this kind of a speciality? Where should it be sold? Reverb?

At Alembic forum Jimmy Johnson was discussing about pickup positioning, but I am not able to find it now. Someone may remember and find the thread?

The project is really nice, love it! Even stainless (A4, AISI 316/L) is magnetic, although not as much as plain steel (up to A2, AISI 304 and similar). If you want no issues with the screws, I would recommend brass (or Al, or Ti...).

Because of the quarantine and Thomann (and alike), the Denmark street will probably be look like this: "http://www.denmark-street.com" There you can order a Fender P and a Fender Jazz and maybe can stream some mainstream pop, until it dies after few years.

There's an old book that I really like. Starts from basics and goes up high. You may find it in pdf format but the actual book contains many of the exercises played by him on CD. It may be no wonder that many players have put some to the youtube. Tony Oppenheim - Slap it!

Wasn't Squier the string brand when CLF did the P?

Practically every pickup can be driven through a preamp or by themselves. EMG is a good exception of this rule (except their HZ series!). Many preamps are 0 dB amps, so the signal is the same with or without the pre when eq is set flat. But if you crank the eq, you naturally get more output. Remember: the gain of your amp is your friend. A preamp costs £20 - £300. I do not think that the assembling will cost a fortune. After all it is pretty staightforward: few wires, pots, some screwing or tinning, batteries in and the system is ready.

Top of the line: John East. With full active mixer and all. Nearly everything else is practically less with passive mixing and volume. Yes JE costs quite some but if the instrument fits you like a glove, the preamp is after all reasonably priced. 1 to 2 effects boxes cost the same or even more. Another road is to reduce most moving parts under the hood and do the adjustments from the amp or a floorboard. That is somewhat tricky but doable. Yes, I have done that. Preamps are not automatically flat just like the amps tend to have sound of their own. If your current preamp is not working well flat, try to tweak the adjustments from end to another. You may find something reasonable. You can also adjust the pickups closer or further away from the strings to tweak the sound. Try to keep notes about what you have done, so you can get back when in need.

I put a Mixpot to my Modulus Quantum and the change was substantial. If I want to change a two pickup bass somehow, active mixing is the thing. Eq is nice to have but mixing (and a low pass filter) seems to be my road to happiness.

Me too. I have done some experiments on a metal thread in a wood. If the thread is big in diameter, or long enough, metal type works surprisingly well. Thread insert is naturally a good step towards the big diameter thread. Your method of two thread inserts is nice. I would put a big washer in between because it stops the insert flush. Yes, I know, my hands are less trained, and I think the Wal neck is curved at that particular place. The owner of the Wal will be happy. Keep up the excellent work.

The Bourns blend pot (type MN) has half tracks. In the middle both pickups are full on. Active mixers do not necessarily need special pots as the pots are not directly in the signal route.

I forgot Meridian Funk-u-lator.

MTD, Warwick broadneck, Overwater Custom, Modulus Graphite wideneck (up to 21.5 mm)... yes, there are possibilities but they also tend to cost quite a lot. I have a Modulus Genesis 5 and the neck is just wonderful.

As @Hellzero said, strings are one part of the sound. If you use (or at least try) roundwounds, nickel gives more middle.

These do not have to be the all time top units, but something else to consider: Mad Professor - Snow white Autowah Onkart Gromt - Funky Fellow Subdecay - Prometheus DLX Emma Electronic - DiscumBOBulator Iron Ether - Xerograph (Deluxe) Some more: https://www.guitarpedalx.com/news/gpx-blog/9-of-the-best-envelope-filter-pedals-for-your-consideration https://www.guitarpedalx.com/news/gpx-blog/12-of-the-best-envelope-filter-pedals---2018-edition

Omnilooper https://schalltechnik04.de/en/home

One thing we haven't covered well is the plywood vs. wood in speaker cabinets. Baltic birch is one very good material in plywood and cabinets: stable and stiff. Last time I saw a wood cabinet, was my friend's Mesa/Boogie g-word amp. Is any bass amp company using wood?

Some bassic sounds, like slower two octave scale up and down. It's downright boring, but something that could be repeated everywhere might tell more about the effects than those funny slap fiestas.

Non-loading preamps are EMG BTS/BTC, John East, and Audere. You can buy a separate mixer from Noll, called Mixpot. Practically all others have high-impedance (passive) mixing. Usually only the tone tweaking circuitry is low impedance (active). Bourns has very functional blend pots, 250k / 500k MN, but as their type implies, they are high impedance.