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The angles of knobs is also another clue, although its more difficult to tell on active basses.

This only refers to BB basses.

As a general rule of thumb, if the top horn is below the 12th fret its Japanese, if the horn is upto the 12th fret its made in Taiwan. Yours looks Taiwanese to me, but info on the reverse of headstock should give more details.

Put some flats on it. The frets on these are soft and wear very easily! And as it's from CG, some antibacterial wipes won't hurt 😂

Westone Thunders are hugely underrated. I had a mint Thunder 1A, fantastic bass, one I miss selling. I think the "Hard Puncher" name for the pups are a referrence to the Tokai Hard Puncher - same pup. Sound great.

Yes, the emg has more output, and more vintage tone than the Dimarzio. Both are similar in the mids department.

If you don't like aggressive P than the gzr probably isn't for you. The gzr is like a CS 62 on steroids. The QP and Thumper are two different sounding pups, the QP is modern, whereas the thumper is more hot vintage. If you like low mids, and like the CS 62, than the Vintage 63 would be the one. 63 has more low mids than the 62.

I believe these were g plan specials. Bodies and neck made by g plan back in the day.

Roll off the tone knob and some sponge under the rounds. Costs virtually nothing. Also hand muting with tone rolled down with also give the same sound.

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It's not. If you look your pup has one hole in the top. The retrovibe has 3!

That's because they are the same strings. Rotos have no silk at ball end. TIs silks at headstock start closer to the A tuner than the E. Olympia have very uneven silks at headstock (uneven heights), don't line up like more expensive flats. The only other red silk flats are Harley benton ones, but they have coloured ball end.

Players in The Smiths and Elastica also played Squiers.

If it has Dad dancing, I'm off!

Btn music do yamaha parts. If not on the website, email them, and they may order the parts direct from yamaha.

Except for the chunky neck, these squiers don't have chunky necks. Harley benton pb50 do have proper 50s chunky necks and are dirt cheap, but very good.

Because the 12th is the center point between nut and bridge, changes at either end will affect the action and height of the strings.

No idea. Generally active basses have treble and bass boost. Jazz pups are inherently brighter sounding, so you shouldn't have any issue dialing in a bright tone.

This. You want a bright sound: maple board, Ash body, active j pups with treble boost, slap on some light SS strings, and play with a lightish pick near the bridge and you won't get a brighter tone!