Dr.Dave

Nice suggestion , cheers. I am grateful for it but I'm probably too Neanderthal to do that . The only reason I want the blend pot is that with two vols I don't have the 'kill switch ' effect under my hand which I use a lot when addressing the assembled Williams. I've never been one to worry too much about tone which might sound strange to many but it's such a subjective thing I don't see a lot of point. Like I'm always saying - Edwin Collins had a massive hit with the world's worst ever guitar sound , so why worry ?!

Many thanks both of you. It occurs to me that if I'd actually opened the box that my SD QPs came in the other day I'd probably find that wiring diagram inside !! It's all based on a sunburst Squier body. I bought the whole working bass but everything will go bar the body and what I can use of the electrics. Even the aged cream pick guard is new - 4 quid off Temu !! I wanted a jazz neck so the P neck and hardware is on eBay now. Rest to follow.

Hiya folks - just to kick off by saying I'm no sparky beyond wiring a plug or soldering a jack so please keep that in mind. Just picked up a P J which I'm modding and one thing I want to do is dump the two vol control ( as per jazz bass) set up. I'd like to replace the second vol with a pup swing pot. It's need to have a click in the mid position ( are they all like that ?? I don't know ). So - I'm going to need a suitable pot. Any idea which one I should get ? I read online either a 250k or 500k should do it but I don't know the difference. I'll also need a wiring diagram which I can most likely follow. All thoughts gratefully accepted.

Yep - did that earlier. Trouble is there are folk who are patient. There are folk who are not patient ..... and then there's me !

I have a BT8 - Fender American Standard - bass xtender key and I've just fitted it to a Dimension bass BUT , like a right prat , I've managed to lose the nylon washer. Anybody know what size these are - I can probably get a bag of 100 from ebay for the square root of not much or I can make one out of a milk bottle cap but not if I don't know the size. All help appreciated - cheers D

I'd happily gig with a Squier Affinity Jazz and to spend the change on a few pints and a painted hussy.

Played a battle cruiser called the Galway in Retford last weekend. Let the singer ( who was trembling like a crapping dog all night ) sound check my mic because I was busy with a pint of Dancing Dragonfly and couldn't be bothered to do it myself............ came home with Covid !! Whoopee - 2 years working in a covid jabbery and being Santa to grubby working class rugrats and I've dodged every bullet only to catch it from a shared mic !!! No symptoms BTW. I've always said bugs can't live on me. They take one look , say phuq that for a game of soldiers and go elsewhere.

What's on my set list .............. Footprints and spilled beer mostly !

Sunday morning conversation..... Wife - what was the band called last night ? Hub - can't remember , I had a few too many Wife - were they any good ? Hub - can't remember that much about them... Oh - they had a right gobby bastard telling nob gags with a stupid looking bass , I remember him , I'll go see him again. My job is done !

Here's some beer bottle labels under a clear pickguard on my 'ray.

There's a simple solution to pick guard woes. But a clear one. You can put any design you want underneath it and change it whenever you feel like it. I've got beer bottle labels under one of mine. I'm going for green shield stamps next. I have black and white union jacks on another - just a design I printed off the internet. You can buy sticker sheets cheaply - wrapping paper - newspaper articles etc etc.

He's got a shed load - literally and it's a big shed - of amps and other kit. You name it. Why he doesn't bring a spare I don't know.

Guitar player's Marshall went west during the first song. We trooped off again while his mate went and got his from home a few mins away but it ended up costing us our break as we had to be done by a certain time. Pity because I took my newly purchased Ampeg PF350 along - intention was to use it 2nd set but because we went straight through I stuck with my TC. I took my stack knob Jap Jazz. The sound cuts through two Gibson/Marshall set ups better than my Precisions do but it does seem low output compared to them. I have Duncan 1/4 pounders on both Precisions so maybe that's why although I know a lot of folk seem to think Jazz basses are low in output. I do like it but it showed another of the reasons I always preferred a Precision which is because of the shape of the Jazz body it wouldn't sit on the larger of my stands at all and was a bit wobbly on the small one. Guitar player said to get a hanging stand but it's no lightweight and not sure i'd trust it.