hooky_lowdown

This should go in the bass porn section!

Which is best is subjective, I am a P guy through and through. My preference is the 51 SC, the sound is warmer, richer and more organic, and I like the overall aesthetics and look of the original. The split coil has a fuller, thumpier (if that's a word) and more rounded tone.

What specific difference did you find? After a few minutes playing I didn't find any difference, I found it very easy to adjust.

Which cheap short scale would you suggest?

Talking to a mate last night about switching from long scale to short scale bass, and I've been looking at buying a short scale. However, he mentioned about using a capo on a long scale, i play in standard tuning, he said detune down to a D and put a capo on second fret, which changes 34 inch to roughly 30.5 inch scale. Sounds like a great idea, so was wondering if anyone has done this?

My fav colour combo, honey blonde, maple and dark red / brown tort. Yum 😁

There's been a few basses with a sliding pickup, Gibson's Ripper or Grabber had one.

Some beauties there.

That's gonna be one sweet bass. Did the squire cv 60s p in sonic blue not interest you?

Pretty sure the pickups in the Icon are alnico, I've heard the newer Vintage v4 reissue's (one with painted headstock) have different pickups than the others. However, you have one bass which records well and the other I'm guessing sounds good playing live, so I reckon you have GAS for something new or different. You probably don't want to hear this, but you already have a solid setup. But GAS affects us all. Damn you GAS.

Getting a new neck with rosewood fingerboard may be tricky as rosewood is now an endangered wood AFAIK. A decent new neck will cost was much or more than a second hand squire p bass special. So probably easier to just buy a used one, and sell the body to recoup some funds.

Does anyone know what the difference is between the yammie rbx 370 dx and the rbx 374?

Cool. GLWYS. Any standard Fender sized 63mm wide heel jazz neck will fit (Mexico or US, but not Japan).

Wilkinson's are very decent vintage sounding pickups. The different model / prefixes refer to if they are ceramic or alnico. The cheaper pickups will be ceramic and the slightly more expensive will be alnico. The alnico are the better pickups and do sound better (warmer and more vintage sounding) than ceramics. Lozz196 is correct, Fender custom shop 62 or the 62 ri's which are essentially the same pickups will be perfect for what you want.

You don't need to remove the neck, just take a tape measure to the front bottom of the neck. I've had several squire p bass specials, and believe they have a standard Fender 63mm pocket. What type of neck are you thinking of replacing it with, as I have a used Fender spec (63mm) one piece solid maple p neck, can send you pics if interested?

If you like the pj configuration, and looking for an inexpensive short scale, most peeps around here will suggest the squire vm jaguar. If you find a Mustang version all the better.

What sort of music do you play, do you want a vintage or modern sound? My fav p pup is the Fender 62 ri, lots of vintage tone but hotter than an original 62 pup, and a lot less expensive.

You can use full length strings on a 32 scale. You'll probably find there is not a lot of difference between 34 and 32 inch scale, so possibly won't help your onset artiritus. A short scale (30 inch) would probably benefit you more.

Thanks. I've read things from others who have tried half rounds, but gave little detail about the things or reasons to buy them, like smoothness, finger noise. Glad I saved you a few quid. 😀

Been curious about half rounds for a while, so got some as I like the feel of flats and the brighter and articulate sound you get from rounds, and put them on my p bass. What a disappointment! For the price (£36) these strings are a huge let down, way overpriced for what they are. They have some very thin plastic coating on them, which is fine, but they don't look or feel anywhere as smooth to the touch as flatwounds, as a result there's still a fair amount of finger noise, I would say half rounds give a minimal reduction (around 10%) less audible finger noise than standard rounds, they sound just like nickel rounds. As I had a new set of Fender nickel rounds laying around I thought I would wrap some fine sandpaper around them and rub them down, removing any debris with some alcohol wipes. Put them on the same p bass last night and they sound and feel exactly the same (only less sticky) as the half rounds, costing £20 less than the Daddario's. I don't know if the Daddario's will last longer than the rubbed down Fender nickel rounds, time will tell, even if they don't I will do the classic - soak them in alcohol. But for what the half rounds cost I feel they definitely not worth the money.

Waiting now for prices of Hondo's to rocket on fleabay!