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Another vote for the DiMarzio Model P here, has serious balls and great tone. I took one out of my old Precision and sold it, replaced with a Wizard Trad as I wanted a more vintage tone. The Wizard sounded great, but wasn't anywhere near as exciting as the Model P! P.s Just to note though, that aside from the above '81 P (which I never should have sold!), my problem with previous P Basses ('73 and '69) was always the E string being louder than / overpowering the others, even with drastic pick up slant...Interesting that you should have the opposite problem!

You can still get great honk with the bridge pup in 60s position, Jaco did after all...I definitely get this with the Bareknuckle 60 HF in my 62 AVRI Jazz. The Wizard 84s are overwound and therefore a darker tone, described here by Hot Rod Pickups who took over from Wizard http://www.hot-rodpickups.com/jb-84-jazz-bass-pickup-565-p.asp

Genuinely pretty good layman's description of a compressor there.

Really tempted by this! However, perplexed by the fact that there are seperate outputs for the drive and deep channels, and no way to blend them? Am I being stupid and is there a simple way around this?

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1495695185' post='3305860'] I always thought they used Swanp ash what other kind of ash would they have used? Swan ash grows in the US [/quote] I believe they also used northern American ash, or "hard ash" as it's also known. Different species to swamp...Tends to be the heavier stuff, and also what they used for baseball bats as far as I understand!

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1495619235' post='3305283'] Interesting, I didn't think microphonic pickups sounded like that but I've not come across many of them to be fair. Could you describe what happens tonally when they become microphonic? [/quote] You generally get a clearer, fatter sound from them IME, though taps/clicks/other sympathetic sounds that playing generates tend to be emphasised somewhat...The classic test is to put the guitar through a reverb or echo pedal, and shout into the pickup(s). If you can clearly hear your voice in the trail or repeats, you've got microphonics going on!

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1495559818' post='3304843'] I had a 78...weighed as much as a boat anchor...it was also one of the worst, most lifeless basses I've ever played [/quote] Opposite experience with my 75 Jazz, which is a proper boat anchor (5.5kg!), but is the most resonant, lively-sounding Jazz Bass I've played...Seriously hit or miss period for wood quality, as many others will surely attest! Mine came with microphonic pickups which, by the sound of it, is the case with the one you've tried. Sounded great when I tried it out (and subsequently bought it!), but squealed like a banshee through a loud amp before I'd even added any additional gain...Stuck some Bare Knuckle PE pickups in it, and now it's just perfect! I'd never sell it.

Isn't the Tone Hammer pretty much just an OBP-3 in pedal format, but with sweepable mid control and an overdrive circuit? Maybe get one of those and see if you like how it sounds, without having to carve your bass up!?

They sound great when you really dig in, especially on (w)hole notes

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