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Hello, Firstly apologies if this is in the wrong place. I have a squier deluxe jazz V. It is a great playing bass and I love it and can also never get rid of it as it was a present from my very lovely girlfriend. I have been slowly adding parts and modding it and a few months ago I had a Aguilar OB2 put in. Now the new Aguilar does not seem to do much, that the old one didn't. Its a bit tighter on the bass but is still lacking sound wise, it will just not give me the nice clean high end I expected. I have to be honest it was wired up at a local music shop and I dont think it is quite right (wrong pots maybe) as the volume dies when I roll the EQ off. It also has the stock pickups which are basically rubbish. So my point, FINALLY! I want to get this playing and sounding as good as it can get and am looking for advice on Preamps and Pickups. I play a mixed bag of music but I like a tight low end, something tight and modern sounding, not to botehred about a vintage type sound as I have a RI 60's Jazz. I would like it quite punchy though if that is not a contradiction. I have been thinking about the following combinations of pickups and preamps, what do you think? will they work? can you suggest anything else? Dimarzio UltraJazz 5 + Aguilar OBP3 with mid switch ( this will slot right in to what is already there) Nordstrand Pickups (maybe big singles) + Nordstrand preamp Nordstrand + Aguilar OBP3 Sadowsky Pickups + Sadowsky Pre (I will have a spare hole where a switch was, can I make this unit active/passive witha switch?) Bartolini + Bart Pre Suggestions and advice would very gratefully received. Cheers, Nathan

I dont know about that headless but the mirror finish is a Fender (neck at least) which has been chromed by the looks of things and has a custom guard on it. It was in this months Q magazines Muse interview pictures, it matches Bellamy's manson nicely.

My best friend did the Berklee online course and said it was fantastic, great materail and resources and suport. Worth a look.

In 2001 when I was at Uni a local cash generator type place had two 70's precisions in, both sunburst one maple neck (IIRC) and the other was fretless. One was up at £350 and the other was £400. I had precision at the time and loved it, offered the guy £400 cash there and then for the fretted but he said some guy had been paying it off for over a year at about £10 a month! the fretless was sold but had no tag to say so. I was gutted! I keep plodding into cash converters and such and never find any good bargains instrument wise. Did get a Marin mountainbike in great condition for £99 though!

Stunning playing by a stunning woman, brilliant combination.

Although they do look like nice instruments and the Ray 35 was very nice when I played it at the guitar show, I really do not see the point in buying one when a couple of quid extra will get you the real deal secondhand. I have seen really nice Stingray 5's on here for less than £799 and seen stunning Stingray 4's for £650. I suppose they are not too bad if you have to have a new instrument though......

Just sold Budget Bassist (Sam) my Ashdown Head, quick payment, good comms, great to deal with and he left me some nice feedback as well. Cheers, Nathan

AMAZING! I have admired RIM basses for a while now but I am a big chap and a Jazz or P are about the only thing that looks in proportion. I cannot wait to see this develop and might even be tempted to take the plunge (if he will make another one). Can you let the headstock design out the bag????? keep us updated.

Brilliant band and the I remeber when I first heard Bombtrack, blue my mind, so angry, so groovy, so honest, just full of rage which is exactly what you want when you are a teenage boy! oh and one of the best bass tones ever IMHO Anyway yes he used a stingray with no pickguard if I remeber (not that that would affect tone) but he did use some jazz basses (75 American Reissue?) as well or was that just with Audioslave? I know I have seen him somewhere using Lakland as well so I would think he can get somewhere close tone wise with a Jazz.