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    One of the totally obvious things I've learnt recently is "you cannot add what isn't there, but you can roll off the treble". By which I mean if your bass has no zing no EQ on earth be able to will add it, but reaching down to the treble knob will always roll off anything you don't want. A lot of people say to approach the MFD differently and start with the tone controls down and bring them up rather than start with them up and bring them down.
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    I always liked the reverse P Eagle: https://reverb.com/item/6192883-b-c-rich-eagle-bass I even like the body shape - feels more california whimsical than metal.
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    I agree - yeah, it's weird he doesn't mention that, but I guess the main thing I took away was what an enourmous difference position plays. I have a bass with a MM/P combo and the P is an inch closer to the neck than standard and you can hear it has a different tone - boomier and more hollow.
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    I'm guilty of putting bits together and calling it a 'build' - but to be fair there is no 'bodging a bitsa' section here - I did look! I generally at least break out the soldering iron and some finishing, but it doesn't feel right putting it up alongside people whittling a bass out of an oak tree and hand winding their pickups which is an order of magnitude harder and more interesting.
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    @funkle posted this: Gives you *all* the positions (except the W double p)
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    Looks cool! How do you like that pickup placement? I'm thinking of doing the same, but inverted. And the wiring - I see stacked pots - separate tone and vol for each?
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    Tru oil adds a bit of yellow when you put a few coats on. The three you mentioned are in the ballpark but all with different formulations and slightly different finishes. Here is a roasted maple neck I did before and part way through. Depending on how many coats you put on you get more or less gloss. Not great pictures, but you'll get an idea that the tru oil adds some vintage-ish tint.
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    Though I'm reading that running it in parallel clears up the muddiness and the few people that swear by them in 'the other place' all seem to install them parallel. Hmm - fun! I wonder if it'll be worth it's own switch.
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    I'm going to order one - I'll try it out but Dimarzio say "Wiring Options Although the Split P™ has 4 conductors, effective switching options are limited. The basic connection described above is for series humbucking wiring. Parallel wiring is also possible, but the difference in tone is slight. This is because the two halves of the Split P™ pick up different pairs of strings, so there is no tonal interaction between the E & A and D & G sides."
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    Nice - thanks that is awesome - I'm going to see if they do a candy tangerine!
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    Thanks - lovely grain! Did you try a neck in it yet? Snugness of neck pocket is a key metric for me!
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    How do you rate them quality wise? I'm really interested in getting a double P body and tired of shopping in the US!
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    Having followed the thread and made some negative comments - I think I have changed my mind and will try and support.
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    Also they are troll music on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/fdbk/feedback_profile/trollmusic
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    Hi all, Anyone any experieince with these guys? https://guitarandbassbuilds.com/ They seem to occupy a small niche in the UK between cheap and very very expensive that not many people fill. Have you had one of their necks or bodies and what did you think? Especially interested in the necks - how they'd compare to allparts or fender. Cheers!
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    I think this is a real problem - the wood is stiffer, and like anything rigid it is less tolerant to stress as it can't bend. I have a USACG roasted maple neck which cracked exactly that way when it was built up, and then repaired with bond-tite. It does have a lot of positives - stiff, bright, stable - looks gorgeous! I don't want to bring up the whole 'tone wood' thing, but if you're of the school of thought that says a big heavy neck is good for tone then obviously roasting the moisture out of it is going to reduce that effect.
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    I somewhat agree, but having spent too long building websites my feeling is that it should all be about the content - and they have some great content! I'd rather be oggling a hi rez gallery of a 70's stingray than struggling with a system that looks like it was built in 1996!
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    It seems amazing that they don't just get a proper website with, like a connection to their stock. The number of times I've ordered something then to be told it's out of stock is silly. I can kind of understand things like strings (even though everyone else manages it), but more expensive stuff like pickups and bridges? In the end I decided to just shop elsewhere for parts. They could probably just use an out of the box system and get a better looking, more usable working site than what they have.
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    Totally agree! Only thing is that if you're after a particular P sound - like from the 70's then the pickup is, as you say, much fuller range. I've been messing around trying out different P pickups and if you just want to plug it in and have 'that sound' then much as I like my cutlass (it's within arms reach!) it's not apples for apples comparison.
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    I came for the electronics nerdery but stayed for the wood! You're making me consider a lot of things that I'd toyed with coming from the modular synth world but haven't really followed through on - filter slopes and opamps!
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    I don't want to come over all hippie, but I think there is a wholistic effect that is the sum of wood, finish, electronics, setup, playing etc. Obviously somethings are going to have more effect than others and somethings won't make a real difference until some fundamentals are sorted. Doesn't mean that they don't all pertain!
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    If you did get it re-finished would this be a case where the application of some steam to the affected area might re-inflate the fibres and remove the dent? After it had been sanded and before refin of course. I've not tried it but seen that suggested in other situations.
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    You missed 'vomit', but I can see why! I have a couple of basses and they all sound different but good except a bitsa MM with a great roasted maple USACG neck with stiffeners that should, on paper, sound great: Alder Warmoth body, East preamp, Nordstrand pickup. Looks great, plays well, but everytime I play I it I come away dissapointed with the sound (honky and inarticulate) - in some ways it sounds worse than the Peavey Forum bass I'm currently failing to sell at the price of the Nordy pickup on it's own! I'm having to admit that the parts just aren't gelling!
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    DIY Effects

    bloke_zero replied to JackLondon's topic in Effects

    Is it another of your PCB's? looks great! How does it sound?
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    True that!
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