GreeneKing

Basically you can stack your volume/tone and fit a Villex booster on the output or fit Villex pups with the extra mid control. On my Bob Glaub I did both and put the jack into the side of the body. Another option is to feed your Thumper through an ACG pre-amp as per my Warmoth. Both highly successful in increasing tonal range of a P bass while keeping its essential character. Peter

[quote]but if not I'd rather have the security of a solidly soldered joint.[/quote] I would have said the same but discovered a while back that aircraft engineers wouldn't agree with you

A nice set of ex's and a very sweet looking daughter. I don't think I could remember all mine and my daughter's a bit older, like 25!

Thanks for the kind comments. The birdseye maple is their standard wood and no it's not at all neck heavy - honestly (I can't get on with even slightly neck heavy basses). The body is very light too.

Well I really enjoyed myself. Nice to meet so many fine people and there were some lovely basses rigs there too. Interesting that I could hear myself talk most of the time. The Sadowsky 5 was amazing, and the Roscoe (sp) was another favourite too. To be honest there were so many nice basses and amps. David's Omni 10 was a huge surprise. I must get my Omni 12 finished and bedded in. I absolutely fell in love with Russ's Black/maple Stingray 2 EQ, my dream Ray. My offer still stands btw Many thanks to all involved in the organisation and to Alan of ACG for the lift.

I did assemble it all, not really very difficult. The finishing is the hardest part really. A pickguard never entered the equation to be honest. I wanted a rear routed P that was different and I've certainly got that. The neck is quite chunky for a Jazz neck as Warmoth necks traditionally are but I'm fine with that.

Well not peculiar but certainly different. I finished off the Warmoth P bass DIY project this morning and I'm more than pleased with the result. 54 Body in Tung oiled Corina with a birdseye maple jazz neck finished with Truoil. The pickup is a Wizard Thumper, tuners Hipshot Ultralites with a D-Tuner and the bridge is a Gotoh. The different bit is the 1st single pickup ACG filter pre-amp. There's volume, low and high filter stacks. The filter pre works very well indeed and I will bring the bass along to the NW bash so folk can try it out. The 2nd P is my modified Lakland Skyline Bob Glaub with Villex pickup and tone booster. So that's Volume, high tone, mid tone and the 3 boost positions. Different too but a great performer.

[quote]best of all the on-line retailers in my experience. certainly way better than Thoman[/quote] 'Thomann' Every time I read unqualified and broad brush statements like this I wince. I've had a great many dealings with Thomann and they have all been exemplary, basically couldn't have possibly been better. This includes warranty returns of gear. It's not just my good fortune I'm sure. I know all companies get it wrong sometimes but my experience and that of many others dispels your statement. I've had one dealing with GAK, ordered something online and it wasn't in stock. I'm sure they're great most of the time. The impact of sweeping statements on business in a forum such as this can be immense especially for the smaller businesses so I'd ask that we consider our damning statement before blasting them into the internet bass community. No I don't work for Thomann. Peter

I'll try and remember to bring me soldering stuff And a hat

Hehe, I did the same thing about a month ago at my local 'electric' night. I've been back twice now, learnt a lot and got bits wrong every time. Did 'Crossroads' this week, great fun.

It's a shame you're not closer Nick. My Bob Glaub with Villex pickups and the Villex tone booster seems to me to possess all the P grit with a real zing when the treble is cranked up. It may do the trick. Yeah I know it's not a Fender etc Villex pickups may help your P. All the best with you're quest. Talking of significant hearing loss I'd urge all you bikers to wear earplugs at all times. I was a keen motorcyclist for over 35 yrs and if you're not aware of the damage the airstream noise causes to the little hairs in your ears then you should be. High tone deafness abounds in those who rode before the problem was highlighted Nowadays there's no excuse. Peter

From what I know it's the norm to use all the letters alphabetically. Hence E sharp and not F.

An update on my Lakland Skyline Bob Glaub with both Villex pickup and the tone booster. Being a 'bedroom' (lounge actually) player I've been stretching myself by getting out to my local jam night and having a go. I took the BG along tonight and the resident bass player gave it a go with 'Master Blaster'. The Bob Glaub was totally awesome, amazing tone. It cut right through the mix and was both strong and very articulate. It had real P bass 'balls' and lots of zing too. Steve, the resident bassist was extremely impressed. The fact that the bass was strung with flats (Ernie Balls) was even more amazing. So to Tigran and Villex, thank you for making some quite incredible passive bass gear.

Thomann sell the grub screws. Mentioning springs makes me think you mean the intonation screws and Thomann will probably sell those too I suspect.

I have a Roland cube 30 and a Laney 65W and the cube is by far the best. Simple effects, input for MP3, compressor, small light and portable. Roland do make some nice gear.

I have high tone deafness which would seem to be the opposite. I'd say in ear monitors would be the way to go. There's obviously nothing wrong with your tone Nick so why change it, just make it so you can hear it.

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I'm assuming from my brief sojourn in Gatesheed many moons ago that's South then

[quote]Hofner violin bass or Jamerson's P-bass[/quote] Cough! You forgot the Ric!

I'd like to try the Omni 12, it might give me the incentive to finish mine

Nice solid P bass tone there. Thanks for the warning, wasn't too bad, no Lampton Worm!

It may be that yout tone pot and capacitor don't suit the Thumper (I'm assuming it's a standard passive here). If the pot is a 500k then a 250k may help, also a larger value capacitor i.e. 0.047 microfarad as opposed to 0.022. This may tone it down a bit. Peter