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Yes - you really just want to be able to get a visual check at the beginning of a gig, preferably without hauling out a multimeter!

+1 - there is someone else selling these isn't there? But I think those ones require some setting up. I was thinking if the LED was recessed into the cavity cover could be good. How does the indicator work? Light comes on when battery nearly dead or vice versa?

I also think it's fine to mix and match, and it's not really a big time investment to check it out. From your description though I'd be checking the wiring on the existing set up too - maybe take it back to first principles and use the wiring diagram from DiMarzio as a test? Might also be that the jazz pickup is defective? This makes me wonder about the polarity. Just a thought as I wired in a split-p pickup recently and had to change the polarity of the bridge pickup to get it to work in context.

Nice - thanks!

I'd not go that far but I love having the options - adding single coil is a win for me. As a quick fix you could always put a boost pedal in line for live.

I've been reading a bit about finishing rosewood fingerboards (I know this isn't rosewood) and down the line too much lemon oil can present problems removing the frets and nut as the oil gets into the gooves and under them making the frets hard to remove cleanly. That might not be an issue, but a sparing approach might be your best bet. Or indeed crisps!

Sometimes single, though quieter can sound good - thinner and edgier- depends what you’re after! Shielding can help with hum. If you have a dpdt on-on-on switch you can wire it up and try it out see what sounds good.

I agree - the P comes in for a lot of "yawn" but people return to it and it's sound for a reason and that reason isn't just it's original status. Experimenting with minute changes in the pickup position, type and loading makes it clear how well designed the original is - that growl and presence! I've followed this thread with a lot of interest as I find the idea of a double P absolutely fascinating, but I'd want to keep a standard P on the basis that you don't want to be left with "jam but no bread/ a sheet but no bed" (as Tom Waits would say).

EPIC!

Thanks - what a great tone! You're right - very individual sounding!

Good to know who not to use! Just to be clear, I need a UK customs agent because the shipping agent in the US is asking for one.

I mean like this - nothing to do with the mandolorian! http://www.rycooder.nl/pages/bluestar.html

I'm getting a bequest shipped to me from the US, mainly instruments (mando-blaster anyone?!) and I've been asked to provide a customs agent as the post-brexit customs landscape is unclear to the shipping agent there (I am not making a political point here!). Any one got any recomendations? Most of my web searches are turning up more manufacturing or import/export people. Cheers,

I really like the 'without', clear would be cool too. The perloid makes me queasy. I don't think you can go wrong with white though.

Cool! Given the pickup position and everything I would have thought so too. I'd love to hear a sound clip!

Nice combination of pickup and wood - what's the pickup?

What do the switches do?

I know this isn't really a very useful suggestion but: https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/blast-cult-hollow-vee-gold-top Hollow V? The only person I can imagine even being able to get away with it would be Dusty Hill, but he's pretty commited to those slab side custom '54 tele basses. I bet they sound and play awesome - I played another blastcult - a medium scale made of oak and loved it.

You're absolutely right, but it's an indicator I guess - if it is beaten up it might well be becasue someone couldn't put it down. It might also indicate that it's a cheap beater bass that they can't be bothered to look after! My dad was absolutely meticulous with his instruments - a professional who carefully wiped down his instruments after every gig and practise - some of them are older and me and still look great and they got constant play.

Great layouts - they always look so clean and ordered! I can't imagine how much work goes into them. DI out is really useful in a pedal like this. I'd love to know how they sound!

I read the original post and the bit where he says, and I quote: Sounds weirdly like he's saying that wood that is shaping the tone. Softer wood = less rigidity = "background coloration" And at the end he says: Weirdly non-binary complexity alert!