hooky_lowdown

I had the yellow precision. Was total rubbish, very poor neck and pups/electrics were the worst I've ever seen, looked like they would fall apart at anytime. Pickguard was an unusual shape, in that it was different to any stock p bass shape, which made replacing it impossible. Oddly, the neck had knots in the wood. But I did like the yellow colour.

Ah! My amp does have output. So guess it can't be that. Thanks anyway.

20 minutes ago, jebroad said:

Could be a slightly dead IC. ive replaced the one in mine twice now, its pretty simple to do. It probably doesn't help that i would put a bass through with gain at 11

Did your amp hum when your IC died?

Yes, the amp fully works, actually sounds good imho, but the constant hum is really annoying.

Was given a little fender solid state guitar amp (frontman g15) got it home and turned it on, to find an annoying constant hum. Turned all the pots, hum was the same level, including the volume, with the volume at 0 or 10 the hum was the same.

A google search told be these fender amps have a common hum issue from grounding issues. But couldn’t find a conclusive fix. I have zero electrical knowledge, any thoughts what I need to do to stop the hum?

This seems interesting... Warman Peacemaker

http://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/product/warman-peacemaker-warm-rail-single-coil-sized-humbucker-can-be-coil-tapped

Picked up a very cheap Squier Affinity P (2013) last week, as something I planned on modding, but turned out someone had already done some upgrades and it puts my Fenders to shame. Well built (though machine heads need changing), neck is super nice to play and sounds great.

1 hour ago, BrunoBass said:

Agreed, although their quality control has taken a dive. My recent purchase was pretty shoddy, if I’m honest. 

The last pb50 I got was shoddy, badly cut nut and uneven frets. Quality has gone down big time imho.

Take a gander...  http://www.shortscalebass.co.uk/short-scale-string-choice

I use different pick sizes depending on string gauge. The heavier the strings the lighter the pick size, and visa-versa. I also found if I use flatwounds I prefer a smooth/glossy pick, and if I (very occasionally) use rounds I like a pick with some texture/grip.

Different pick sizes have a dramatic impact on your sound, so testing out a load at a music store is extremely beneficial, as well as fun. There's been many times in the past when I decided a bass or strings were rubbish, ended up selling them,  when in fact I was just using the wrong pick size - yes, it make that much of a difference imho. Now I can make pretty much any bass and strings sound how I like, with a decent set up and the right pick size!

I literally brought a set of D'Addario ECB81S flats this afternoon. Warm sounding with lots of articulation. Great for rock, blues and soul.

This link will help...  http://www.shortscalebass.co.uk/short-scale-string-choice

We’ll never know why!

The SD vintage hot stack would be ideal, but above my budget.

The Firebird isn’t Strat size or on or below my budget.

Looking for a guitar pup, not a bass pup, so Big Sis is not what I’m looking for.

Humbucker for no hum. I thought noiseless pups would be beyond my £50 limit?

My idea of vintage tone is a fat and warm sound, all bass and lower mids. Fat and growly.

I thought lipstick pups are single coil, I’m looking for a humbucker in Strat size. Though I do like the Dano sound.

I have an itch at the moment to change out the hot rails I have in my ditty Squier Bronco, and change it to something with a more vintage tone. The bass already has flats, so I’d like to keep it with a guitar pup instead of a Tele bass pup, is there a strat size humbucker guitar pup with a vintage tone? Budget £50 or less.

BreadBin I don’t think he’s going to max everything out and add an overdrive pedal on full as well.

My nephew has got himself a squire bronco bass to learn on, and he only has a small 15w guitar combo to practice in his bedroom. Seeing as the bronco is stock (with a guitar pup) and he’s playing at very low volume, would the amp (or speaker to be precise) be ok with the low end? Or does he need a small bass amp?

After years of trying various basses, I now exclusively play P basses. @OliverBlackman is right about strings - they are so important to the sound. I've tried almost every type of string and keep coming back to Chromes on my P basses, Fender flats are also pretty good as well. My Fender MIJ 62 RI with Chromes nails the sound I like, but I also like 51 P basses for there huge warm sound and fat necks. In fact I'm getting gas now for another 51 P.

UPDATE: I used debonder on the super glue along with a braddle, took some time but managed to remove much of the glue and am able to fit an allen key in now and trussrod works fine. Phew!

Thanks @Grangur  although if the debonder doesn't work, I'll be returning it, and getting my money back. Cheaper than luthier bill. 

I used a bradawl to remove the glue down to the hex. I don't have a small screwdriver or drill.

I've just ordered some superglue debonder, so hoping that will loosen some of the glue first, then I plan on using the bradawl and/or very small screwdriver to hook out the glue in the hex. Man, what a ball ache.

Got a used bass on fleabay today, all looks good, until I start to set it up. Turns out some moron has put super glue down the truss rod hole a long, long, long time ago. Anyway, I've managed to scrape out the glue to the top of the truss rod, but I'm unable to get the glue out of the nut where the allen key fits. Any advice on how to get the remaining glue out so i can fit an allen key?

N.B it's a Fender neck with truss rod access at headstock only.

The wood would make a difference, but I removed thick poly  back to bare wood, added a few coats of tru oil and there was a difference in sound, after removing the poly i got a much warmer and woody sound which was what I wanted.