Stub Mandrel

As previous answer, I suspect these things were not really thought through with ease of use in mind, but simply to provide a range of distinct as many sounds as possible to impress buyers (Jaguar I'm looking at you...) These things then get embedded in the 'heritage' of the product*. *Like detents on potentiometers to simulate the previous use of multipole switches and lose the benefit of having a continually adjustable control...

Think back to the 60s when there was no accepted distinction for such things and Gibson had a pile of rings with 'rhythm/treble' on... Fast forward to today when a conservative approach with as much 'vintage' flavour as possible is expected of a 'heritage' brand whose mission is to be 'authentic'... And why 'treble' anyway? Rhythm, OK rhythm guitar is an accepted thing but 'treble guitar'?

Sod it's I've read up and I might go for Candy Apple Red. Will have to make some sort of spray booth.

That's sorted then, I'm a huge Neil Young fan so by extension I lovb Billy's bass playing! Plus it looks really def! Shame I don't think I'm up to a candy apple red finish!

Or even Martin (1905)...

Who ripped it of Majestic... (seems to have been quite common on Harp Guitars - two necks one with unfretted sympathetic strings) of the early 20th century)

Bigsby nicked it from Epiphone...

But which of the three Pre CBS, CBS or Tele?

variations on GIBSON BASS WIRING and google image search, that might be EB3

Perhaps Fleur de Lys and claim it's an Alembic?

I've got a Tokai SG, unfortunately it's such an accurate copy the wiring is equally hard to get your head around.

That's settled then, spikey it is. 🙂 Thanks Ricky.

It's drilled. I definitely don't see MM or G&L shapes in my future... 🤣 Could go for the 'Bite' look

I think you mean CNC routers 🙂 (Machinery pedant)

I've never bought without trying first. Only exception is a s/h bass bought from @stewblack but he let me have a plonk through a little portable amp (we were in a layby!) before taking my dosh. I don't mind paying a bit more to keep music shops in existence. That said I have bought accessories online, usually because I can't find them in a shop.

Should be loads of legacy EEPROMers on the web, most used to run of a PC parallel port IIRC.

EPROMs? These day people just use NAND flash which is reprogrammable at standard supply voltages. What do you need an EPROM for?

I think that is normal for Gibson wiring. Effectively the two volume controls are wired side by side with both pickups selected, so if one is turned right down it mutes both pickups. I think the assumption was 'why would you want one pickup turned right down when you have selected both?' I think this may match your wiring, i can't find one without eth band on top.

Not with social distancing, of course...

Our practice room is about 6m by 12m, it's large enough for a small orchestra to practice in.

I'm patiently waiting for a Harley Benton P-bass kit, hopefully in a few weeks... The headstock comes uncut. I was wondering if putting a pre-1957 'telecaster-style' headstock on a later style body would be a style fail? I'm also wondering about putting the 1997 'spikey' headstock:

The 2m does apply indoors. The place we rehearse is big enough we are well over 2m apart normally! Hopefully we will be able to resume at some point with plenty of separation.

No-one understands how Gibson tone controls work, not even Gibson...

One of his albums is called 'Flip'...