PaulThePlug

Didn't Frankenstien design the bolt-on neck?...

Same here... I think thats why i don't 'get' tort... it just looks messy to me. The difference between 1,2 and 3,4 is almost like flip flop paint. My P is Black... simple.

Mmmm... the strings felt overly thick... dunno what make they were, or what gauge. But found an unopened set of Olympia 45-100 Nickel Rounds... Sorted!

... the 4 Multi Contact jobbie - 2 for the tip, 2 for the sleeve? Just put onr in my Do-er Up-er Squier P... Great jack sockets...

Welcome to my Nightmare - Alice (Ikea) Cooper...

Not long enough... i've a few kicking about, most max out at 130... i needs a 140.

How do you rate them? I've put the pup 'n loom up in the FS section.

Great these kinda things are out there...

Pure Tone Multi Contact Output Jack... Switch Craft are known for quality, but this is a Game Changer... 2 spring contacts for the tip and 2 spring contacts for the sleeve. https://puretonetechnologies.com/products/pure-tone-multi-contact-1-4-output-jack Real positive feel... memories of Lemo... Amazon and the 'Bay...

Ibby SR300 Left Hooker... £50... Daft Money... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1232501087369369/?ref=facebook_story_share

Nah... 'AliBacker'... Commissioned Build via Ali Express.

Rummage thru the odds 'n sods uncovered a few sets of pre-used strings... was looking for Rounds for this... every set except one were cut 2+2 ala Ibby SR... So strung up with the only set of 4 In-Line strings i could find, which happen to be Rounds... and this happens!.. Core on the E had snapped at the peg, so Tuning-Up just stretched the wrap... AR$E! Now gotta sort a set of rounds... £$€ ☹ EDIT: Cut of the broken bit... and with a short bit down the hole, got a turn and a half-is around the peg.. SAVED!

Pickups In... Kent Armstrong Hot Vintage Alnico V Wired Up... Alpha A250k, Artec QTP, Pure Tone Multi-Contact Jack

Hate the whole 'Hack' thing... How many times has the 'spring gone ping' and stuck to the magnet on the underside... so here is a P Bass Pickup Fitting Tip... works equally well for J and other pups... I added a foam off cut to the body, as the foam on the back of the pickups was not thick enough to hold the bobbins in the covers... the pickups were too low and the springs were also getting fully compressed... Cocktail sticks in the screw holes... Springs on... then pups over the cocktail sticks... you can get a pointy thing in there to sort the wiring run. Remove one stick at a time and replace with adjustment screw... Use a sandwich bag between screwdriver tip and screw head to protect finish. I like a fairly compressed spring as it makes the pup a stronger anchor, lightly compressed springs, and/or soft or lightly compressed foam allow a lot of movement... pushing in.

It took 3 years...

Found another Artec QTP wiring dia on the Spartan Music site, Artec importer... QTP switch wired across the pup, hot & ground at Vol - like the Kent Armstrong pickup diag - and not to the Vol to Jack - like the simple Artec diag above... This Is The Way...

Can i consult the Basschat Hive Mind?.. I picked up a cheapy Squier P... just to put to good use a Kent Armstrong PBV pickup and an Artec QTP Tone Control... made sense to me... Kent Armstrong P Bass wiring looks to have the Tone Control across the Input of the volume control - Pickup Hot to Ground... The Artec wiring looks to have the QTP across the Output of the volume control - Volume Out and Ground... I think this was how the early P Bass and Teles were wired in the 50s... to preserve tone when Vol reduced, but suffering Vol drop when Tone rolled off. Any experience, any difference, similar to a Tonestyler? and whats best?..

^ I tried something similar with a wood TRC...

@Paolo85... Great, Thanks for the info...