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34" is Long Scale, which is the standard bass string length.

GHS do some 5 string flatwounds at a reasonable price, and they are pretty decent as well.

Fender flats, they are pretty good.

@Ricky 4000 Which flats are you using on your jazz?

These pickups were used in the old Squier CV P basses, which get great reviews! The TRP1 will break up similarly to the model p, so not sure you will get what you want. However, if you want a tight and punchy P pickup, then the Entwistle PBNX get rave reviews and are reasonably priced.

The other way round.

I think the OP prefers Entwistle PBXN. 😉

Let us know how you get on with the pbxn after they're fitted?

MIK '89 Squire P bass (one with glossy neck and Scheller branded tuners). Guy even dropped it off at my house for £50. Sold it a year later for x4 what I paid.

You want a Brown Tortoiseshell pickguard, has some red in it, but the overall look is much darker.

My guess would be Tonerider TRP1. They use these in the old Squier CV P basses which gets lots of glowing reviews

Another cheap trick to improve the sound of a pickup is replacing the magnets for a few quid. The stock pup will be ceramic, if you replace the magnets with Alnico V, will give a fatter, smoother sound. I've just done this with a cheapie I recently acquired, it's not as good sounding as a Fender 62 custom shop, but it's not far away.

Connected the white to the opposite black, and the remaining red and black to the volume pot - works a treat. Put the bass close to the amp and no hum. Bingo. 😀

Ok, so I am about to wire white from top pup to black on bottom pup, which leaves red from bottom pup (live) and black from top pup (ground). Will this mean the pups will be in series?

I prefer the warmer sound of nickel, and if I use rounds they will be nickel. However, I mostly play flats or half rounds which are mostly steel, so I vote for both?!?

That's marketing for you. They are essentially the same pickup.

Depends on what genre (as many people have said), but many "great" songs were written very quickly. If writing is slow or becoming laborious, then I say drop it. I generally noodle about, over time I have built up a number of riffs or hooks I like, then use them as a starting point, and fill in verses, bridges etc. If you don't have most of the songs structure fleshed out in the first 5 minutes, then leave it, and start with another riff.

A simple fix if your stock pickup is sounding honky is to replace the capacitor from the standard 0.047 to a 0.1, will cost pennies, and will take out most of the highs, to leave a deeper, richer and fuller bass sound. I suggest doing this before changing pickups. If it doesn't help then a budget, modern or vintage sounding are factors we need to know in order to give the best advice? The best P pickup imho is the Fender 62 custom shop (also known as Fender "Original" pickups) which does all what you have asked for. Also, DiMarzio Model P or Aguilar AG4P are great pickups and more than meet your brief.

Looks like the smaller 1x12. Still nice little combo mind.