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Thanks for the advice. I thought of the possibility of returning the bass and I told the fellow what he could do. Let’s see what’s going to happen

Doesn’t seem to. There’s a a fair amount of difference on the impedance of the pickups. I might have encontered a bass that wasn’t checked by the quality control

Happened to me too.

I’m really sorry if someone is offended by from what I said. Actually, it’s just my opinion. I’m not telling that anyone that buys this bass is stupid or something… for me, doesn’t even come close to Sire (Sire are far from perfect too). Here’s my point: - the bridge was terrible because when you hit hard the E and G strings the saddles move around, other cheap bridges don’t - the neck pickup has a significant low output comparing with the bridge one (it’s like on a jazz bass you have the neck pickup at 50% and the bridge at 100%) - actually, I did the setup on this bass and part of my daily work, it’s repairing guitars (setup, fret levelling, changing electronics and many other things) so I might know something Funny thing that there’s people who is offended by an opinion based on a recent exeperience. My student was really happy with the bass, for me that’s the important thing. I would buy it? Hell no! Again, that’s only my opinion.

Today one of my students brought the purple jazz to the lesson. In my opinion, it’s a beautiful piece of crap. Looks good but sounds awful. Low output pickups, terrible bridge and not a nice tone. The neck tough it’s not bad, the binding and the fret ends are well finished.

As promised, here it is. it’s far from perfect but I think it’s going to work. the guy who printed the cover added a little twist in the design and now is looking a little different than my original project. I’ll post some updates when I fit it in my bass

Hello guys, I have an amazing Yamaha TRB5P but don't like a bit the electronics. Changed the preamp and fitted a Sadowsky 4 Knob, sound killer! Some time a go, I bought a set o MAMA pickups (they make them specifically for this bass). The P pickup sounds good, a bit too compressed for my taste but sounds good. The problem was always the bridge pickup. Hums like hell, thin sound and low output. Not really happy here... So, since I have a Nordstrand NJ5S sitting at home, I decided to solve the problem by building a pickup cover using the 3D printer and Tinkercad to design it. It's the first time that I use this kind of software and it's possible that everything isn't perfect but so far, is looking good. Honestly, I never post anything about my workl but I decided to post this project because I really hope that this 3D model solve someone's problem as it did for me. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5365871 As soon as I get this thing printed, I'll update the post with some pictures

Hi! I got one of theese and I simply love it! Send me a PM with the specs you need.

I had a B3 and i found that bottom end horrible. The solution for the problem was using a Boss GEB7 after the B3 to correct the "exagerated" freqs... I hope it helps

I sold my bass to Antonello and just have to say that is a fantastic guy to deal with. Very reliable! Thanks again Antonello! Go for it Basschatters!