Ladders

Practically speaking you don't want anything heavy, it may hit harder but you'll wear yourself out quickly and be slower to recover from each swing, leaving yourself open to counter attacks. You also don't want anything too large or unwieldy either, in case you've not got much room to manoeuvre. Medieval maces and warhammers were a lot lighter than people expect for these exact reasons. In my opinion, the ideal combat bass would be something along the lines of a headless Steinberger-type.

Thanks. For a while I considered getting a short-scale, but seeing videos of unreasonably tiny people having no trouble playing long-scale basses slung low with virtually no stretching of their fingers just by moving their hands a bit more made me realise just how hollow that excuse was.

So, a long time ago I got it in my head to upgrade a couple things on my bass, and I've finally decided I might as well get down to it. It's a passive 4-string with PJ pickups, it's a solidly built and (in my opinion) gorgeous bass, the only things that let it down are the pickups and the bridge, they're not bad, they do the job well enough, but they're only okay. I've managed to find a heavier bridge with the same string spacing and screw locations, so thankfully there'll be no need to drill new holes. As for the pickups, I really like the sound of the Dimarzio Split P, especially when wired in parallel, but I'm stuck on what to do for the bridge J-pickup,. Ideally I'd prefer a split- or dual-coil design to avoid to avoid the problems of lone single-coil pickups, but other than that I'm looking for recommendations for a pickup that will compliment the Split P and/or add some versatility. Or, would I be better off abandoning the Dimarzio and buying some matched PJ set?

It's been years since I've picked up my bass but, with the current state of the world, I reckon now's as good a time as any to get back into it... ...just as soon as I can get it out of storage. I'm not worried about having forgotten too much, because I never really progressed any further than a beginner. I could try and blame my stubby sausage-like fingers, but the truth it was me being too lazy put in much time practising, and frankly having a completely useless teacher. So, hi everyone!