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I was thinking the same thing...sliding rail pickups look great. It really would make instruments very versatile...would have been great if it caught on more widely.

Check this out. This would have helped me a lot when deciding about pickup placement for modding my Precision bass. This must have taken forever to do!

I can only agree. The new logo is so much better.

I can see it’s a nice tweeter - the APT80. https://www.eminence.com/speakers/supertweeter-detail/?model=APT80

I loved the One10 but found it too dark. The One10T looks like it would be right up my street, although after making @stevie’s amazing 1x12” + compression driver cab, I’m kind of invested in seeing what @stevie comes up with next that has a 10” driver... Also £550 for a 1x10 + tweeter is pretty expensive...but then 1x12” cabs have always been a bit more viable in terms of bang for the buck... EDIT: just checked the original One10 new price, £419. I can definitely see a well designed crossover and the tweeter adding both cost and value, but it still seems like a lot for a One10T. I’ll wait until someone inevitably sells theirs, lol

Lol. @Marc S I appreciate your congratulations. You may be late but the joy is definitely felt. @Woodinblack if I ever tried to do something like @ead’s bass, it would be modifying this Squier. I’m not in a position for a while to be going custom...but I think I must resist the urge to mod. This is a great bass as is.

Wow!!! That is amazing. What are the pickups, and the spacing?

Honestly I would buy a Squier and pay someone to relic it for you. See my review here - a ton of bass for not much money at all.

I have a lot of books too. Bought plenty of online materials too. However I am of the thought that a few ideas from one book is good mileage. It depends on what the book is for as well. A transcription book may be practiced for months, or bought for a single tune. A jazz theory book may give an overview and also be the source of just a few ideas which can be used and practiced meticulously in all keys, but not necessarily worked through in its entirety, especially if some of the ideas just don’t sound good to you. My practice is split into 3 categories, mostly. Applied harmony/fretboard knowledge, sight reading practice, and transcription. For now, my sight reading practice is exclusively the Jameson Motown transcription book. It could as easily be a Real Book, or another transcription book, but I must admit the Motown book is plenty of work as it is. 5 flat key signatures, I think there may be a 6 flat key signature in there (!!) lol. I have felt the benefit of the Motown stuff after just 6 weeks of sticking at it.

Clever! Could do. Let me look at that...might eat into the pickguard though

Hmm. After a lot of playing the bass, I think I will swap the bridge pickup around to being reversed. There is still just a bit too much ‘clavinet’ to the sound on the DG strings. So I guess I’ll end up the the ‘John Entwhistle’ solution - as on his Buzzards etc - main P non reverse, bridge P reversed. I will fill pickup gaps with a solution that lets me reverse things if I wish - I’ll take some Precision pickup covers (closed top) and trim them to size and screw them into place. I’ll post again once I’ve made time for the mod and can post pics. Wish me luck!

I think I could see a black or clear pickguard as being ok. But the white one is just a bit too ‘cowboy’ for me...

I do see others, including the Fender Custom Shop, have done dual pickup 51 Precisions....not quite as you suggested, but I wonder what they sound like... https://www.ozbassforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1892 (check the first post - wow) https://www.talkbass.com/threads/dual-p-pickups-are-the-best-pickup-configuration-in-existance.1487640/page-3#post-24592646 - also wow. Dual stacked Seymour Duncans. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/anyone-ever-do-this-to-a-p-bass.1378268/#post-22246017 - Self build. Another dual Seymour Duncan setup. Found a couple of other builders doing interesting stuff... https://store.rsguitarworks.net/collections/basses/products/contour-bass-54 http://www.detempleguitars.com/temp/CATALOG_ITEMS/DeTemple_P55_over.php If/when I get a modding bug for this bass......

No mods! lol. I just want to play. I'll think about the pickguard though. Using right now for reading practice - Standing in the Shadows of Motown book. Perfect

So the pickguard comes off fine and it looks very handsome. Forgive the harsh lighting - not great to take shots without natural light.... Looks like a 4 piece body under there. No real bother for me...maybe a bigger deal for other people

@kodiakblair Wise as usual. There’s pine and pine the same there’s ash and ash, I guess! @JohnDaBass I’ve seen those threads. The Lindy Fralin sounds great - Andy Irvine did a video with an upgraded Squier with it that showed it off perfectly. God knows I’ve modded basses in my time - my 2009 Squier CV Jazz has been my most consistent victim, even now...but honestly, I can’t see the need to do anything here...a first for me. If I’d bought the Harley Benton version I’d be all over it with mods...a disaster as I already have a dual P I’m messing with and that project eats into my practice time as it is. @KiOgon kindly did a lovely dual V/T loom for that with a series/parallel switch - really great.

I also meant to say. As time goes on, although I love expensive instruments, I am finding that cheaper instruments are often just as acceptable to me, as long as there is a certain minimum level of quality. But since the minimum level is met very easily these days, I find there is a huge amount of choice out there.

I wonder if the white one is made of different body wood? I am increasingly of the view of Roger Sadowsky. Most of the tone of the bass seems to me is in the neck, a little bit from the body. Pine seems absolutely fine to me. (I was worried it might be too light and get a lot of neck dive as a result)... I love maple fretboards and I am generally finding bigger necks to give better tone. So this bass is a complete win for peanuts for me...

Where have I been? I've only cottoned on to Precisions in the last few years in a proper way....and this bass....absolutely killing. https://shop.fender.com/en-GB/squier-electric-basses/precision-bass/classic-vibe-50s-precision-bass/0374500501.html I very rarely gush about instruments. I have owned many very fine and expensive ones, and still do. But I am telling you right now, in a way that is very rare for me, that this is an absolutely astounding instrument. Not 'for the money'. Just plain great. I could easily recommend everyone have one in their collection. Originally, I was looking at getting a Fender roasted maple neck for a project P bass, then realised I could basically just buy a new inexpensive bass and be content with project one 'as is' for now. Been tempted by the Harley Benton version of the 50s P bass for a while, but didn't want to do any fettling at all....so stumped up £339 on the Squier on the assumption that if I didn't like it, back it would go to Thomann. Was very inspired by this video and its super gnarly tone - linked below for your pleasure: Now all I can say is this bass - or at least this particular one - is killing. It sounds just like the video, which was my main criterion. The fit and finish is excellent. Two tone burst is well done, I like the vintage tint on the neck, the neck pocket is tight. It looks great. I will take the pickguard off and report whether there is routing under there or not, but reports from others are good on this. The hardware is good, not Hipshot, but good. The bridge is BBOT with threaded saddles - I like this and find it perfectly functional. It intonates well and the strings don't move side to side. The tuners are better than those that were on my cheapie SBMM Sub Ray4; they aren't so stiff and they work fine. Tone and volume pots feel and work fine and tone pot gives a fair bit of variability to the sound. I do have a niggle here - the edge mounted jack doesn't feel as 'tight' when I plug into it as it could. I may need to open it up and tweak that. The nut and fretwork is frankly unbelievable for this price. I was surprised. Proper bone nut, properly cut; I don't need to file it down at all. Narrow tall frets with no sharp ends and well seated. I can get a setup of my customary low relief (0.003" - 0.005" at 7th fret with capo at first fret and holding down strings at last fret) and 5/64" action on E string 12th fret going up to 4/64" at the G string 12th fret. No buzzing anywhere. This is good quality fretwork in my view - I won't need to consider a fret level. The neck is a modern C profile and is glossy. I have no issues with this finish. I have plenty of instruments with different finishes on the necks and find it easy enough to accommodate them all. Nut width 42.8mm and feels comfortable. It comes with 45 - 105 D'Addario nickel rounds. My favourite string brand and one of my preferred gauges. Sweet. It's a light instrument. I need to weigh it, but it feels just under the 9lb mark I think. I will report back. There is a slight tendency to neck heaviness on the knee, but not on the strap. It's about normal for what I see with most Fenders or Fender-style clones. Unlike the Ibanez Talman TMB105 I bought earlier in the year, I see no need to get lighter tuners. Sound. Everyone's hands vary, but I think this bass could cover any style. I played slap, pick lines, fingerstyle, jazz, funk and felt delighted with all of them. This pickup is really responsive to right hand dynamics in a way I haven't appreciated in a while and it has a beautifully gritty tone if you dig in just a little. I see no reason to change the stock pickup. The sound responds nicely to where you place your right hand; I think it by and large sounds best directly over the pickup, especially digging in. There is hum if you take your hands off the strings - it is a single coil - but when your hands are on the strings, I hear no hum. The tone knob is useful. I don't see any need to mess with the pots/electronics, apart from my previous comment about having a look at the tightness of the connection when I plug a cable in. It could well be the one I picked up is one of the better ones out there. But this particular instrument is an absolute peach. I can heartily recommend this instrument to anyone, which is relatively rare for me. It's not a good bass 'for the money', it's just plain good. Thanks for reading. Pete Nearly forgot...pics or it didn't happen...