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Vague tilt a a Rick bodyshape and PG, but nothing else is Rick-like about it.

And NONE of that relates to what I actually posted, which was around the manufacture of a specific design. I know how pickups are wound, as well as how to design them.

Hissy fit and/or wanted to believe he was early Entwistle.

Then they're not the same designs. Pickups are incredibly simple items. Once you have the design down, it makes no difference where and who makes the actual pickups. Or, people are making decisions with their eyes, and it's not like that's ever happened in human history.

One more string, and a different colour, and I'd be interested.

^^ Nice. I have a 706 and would like to find a 705 one day.

Use the full excess length and make a bass manbun.

Why? Pretty much every ADC/DAC in existence uses a single rail biased supply for the opamps and you're more than happy to use them everywhere. No, they don't.

Having tried a few FCS and GCS instruments, I wonder. I have a 150 quid, new, delivered, Tele guitar that I'd have over all of them. This annoys me. I'm sure someone else would have come up with what is a very basic concept in the same period. He was just the first to mass produce and market well an acceptable product, and most of it wasn't really his in general concept. It's not like he split the atom in his garage.

And 24377.47 with some smashed avo toast.

Agree mainly on both points, but I prefer the LS Series basses for the most part as I prefer 5s and 6s.

Considering what's found on the streets in many Californian cities, I'll pass.

Not on mine, and I tried moving the strap pins to different locations. My small bodied Series had by far the worst ergonomics of an bass I've ever played.

That's a fine looking bass - I like the 'blonde on blonde' look. Enjoy.

Looks awesome. Then I downloaded the pricelist...

I like the colour, especially if it had a matching headstock, but literally nothing else about it, even for Squier prices.

I used a small amount of household silicon to hold mine in place. Being gentle, and with all the strings removed it would stay in place. And I could access the TR hole from memory.

I have one of those, good bass. As mentioned in another thread, I'm keeping it as my token trad 4 banger.

Because a lot of them were clones or near clones and the market is flooded with them. My Blazer was a superb bass for the time (bought new in 82) but there is little to differentiate it from a lot of others so offers no benefit to the SR/BTB/EHBs in the marketplace.

Nope. I've owned quite a number of both at the same time and the older units are different, but in no way better.

Ibanez SR256

I'm actually trying to get down to the minimum number of instruments, but likely won't. I think, for basses, my minimum would be; BTB846v with Aguilar DCs SR806 with SR256 as backup SRC6 One of my 5s, but not sure which I'll keep, and, Ibanez RB620 on the odd chance I actually need a trad looking 4. I really can't think of anything I've done or likely to do in the future that that list wouldn't cover, especially with modern flexible EQ and FX. That leaves maybe 30 to sell.

I have the wood for this in my carport loft, for at least 4. If you're looking for an XT2 style bass, I have 2 I'm thinking about moving on, both 4s, as I seldom use 4s any more. I'm on the East Coast not far from BrisVegas. PS: There's no U in Steinberger.

XT2s and XT25s are available LH new from Thomann. Don't forget the prices they list incl 19% VAT which you don't need to pay. Shipping is about $A200. New or used LH units are very rare. Make a strap pin extender, a 1/2 hr $10 job to make it hang correctly. The pickups are OK, but guitar HBs fit and many sound excellent like the Wilde L90 and L500 work well in this application. Several builders on TB have used them. 7 string guitar HBs fit the 25s. Tone is personal and I've used the woodbergers live, not perfect, but good enough. They are 98cm long unbagged and are less bulky than a trombone case and other bag for a neck off bass will be. I've travelled with my XL2 and woodbergers a lot. Just beware that shotgun bags, which are cheap and fit perfectly and are well padded can bring some looks in airports, but my guitarist has travelled with my Spirit guitar a lot internationally with no issues in the factory bag. If you intend to use a conventional bass neck off, you'd probably be best to add inserts into the neck to facilitate regular on/off cycles similar to Klos with their CF acoustic guitars to save stripping out the neck. Streamlines and Synapses are expensive now, especially the former, so an XT2 will be much cheaper.

Which is what the Nords are. My first bass was a Blazer (new in 83) and I copped a bit of rubbish at the time for it not being an F, but I could find no reason beyond name cache or snobbery then why? Having owned, many, many other basses in between, I still feel the same, and I sort of wish I had it back, though I hated the burst. I have an RB620 these days and is about the only 4 I want/need (mainly use 6s) so that's close enough, especially with the 2+2 headstock and natural body.