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Well, that's my DOB ('64) Thunderbird plans in the bin, then...

Wow, and I thought my Laklandbird had the Least Accessible Top 5 Frets In Christendom...

Top band: utterly, utterly over the top, overblown and everything on about fourteen, rather than eleven. Bought the first album when it came out, and loved them since.

Nope, sorry: not a thing, not even a t-shirt. You'd never know, if it wasn't for the basses lying around the place...

I use my Shure SE215s for everything headphone-related, including practising with my Streamliner. They sound really, really good.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1374586100' post='2150503'] That was even the case in Western music until 1650 or so. (A tradition carried on with the "Justice For All" album). [/quote]

I never understand this - I had a good-sounding P, I added a J, and now I've got a good-sounding P with added options. Adding the J pickup did nothing untoward to the P. Having said that, it's a Wizard Big P/J set, so they might be less susceptible to complications. Oh, and that P/P is one of the best-looking basses I've ever seen on here, even though I normally don't like relicing of any kidney.

...or even three: yours, mine, the truth?

Muse. Can't be doing with the vocals.

I always think of that cab setup as the 'surprised' MB rig...

My LMIII never really got on with my Stingray - it was good with my passive basses, but the actives, for the sounds I'm after, not so much. I had a Sansamp in front of it, but found I never turned it off, so sold them both and got a RH450, which I liked. I bought, played/gigged and subsequently sold several 'real' valve hybrids (LM Rocker, Ashdown Spyder, Mesa M-Pulse, Mesa Walkabout) which, while OK, never really did it for me, and I've ended up with a Streamliner, which is the best of the lot. YMMV, etc, etc, yadda, yadda. The feature set on the RH450 (if, as has been stated, you have the footswitch) is still the best out there, period.

The new Gordon Smith Gryphons are great basses, really good pickups.

^^^ This. As far as 'tonewood' is concerned, pick a light one that looks nice

Doesn't sound much like it at all...

Before a bass is reliced, what is it? Doomed? Anyway, the best thing I've taken from this thread is the word 'ding-plements'. Genius, as always.

Rickenbacker first? I think Tutmarc might be a bit upset about that...

I'd be stunned if the voltage ran through them, I'd assume they were a control switch. And I could be wrong about the size, it was a few years ago. Is there not a jumper on there? IIRC (again), I didn't have to add a jumper, I just moved the existing one.

Hipshot Ultralights. If they can cure the dive on a T-Bird, they can cure anything. And they can.

I did this the other way on an imported LMIII, and IIRC they were standard-sized PC jumpers, so it's definitely worth a try.

I used to have the 8-string version of this; cracking bass, very well made, but the 8 had the most vicious neck-dive of anything I've slung a strap on.

I'm in This Uneven Sky (link below) on the originals front, and The Noel Fraser Band and Total Recall on the function/cheese and booze circuit.