Joe Nation

I'll take it if Jimothey doesn't want it.

Well I never knew that. So perhaps it's not quite such a misnomer after all...

He completely lost me at "I worked for Apple, I worked for Tesla, I drive a Tesla...". Hard pass.

Using the original 4x1 tuners to boot, so it looks ever-so-slightly more rubbish!

Anyone who lists an item with two identical (rubbish) pictures of the front and one of the case, no detail shots or decent lighting, and asks five grand for a bass (even if it's worth that much), is getting a hard no from me.

Someone needs to open a shop called Bass Strings Direct to stop all this confusion.

The parallax distortion of the photos will make the body half look smaller than the neck half, because of where the camera was positioned. But unless the neck is specifically designed for that conversion, it may well be out of whack.

On 25/04/2022 at 13:21, chris_b said:

People like them and order them, so Fender make them.

FTFY: Fender make them, so people like them and order them.

Is it just me or is it odd that the E string is on the narrower spacing but the G is on the wider one?

On 23/04/2022 at 13:19, fleabag said:

digital verniers

*engaging pedant mode*

That's a misnomer - those are digital calipers. Vernier calipers use a sliding subsidiary scale alongside the conventional graduated scale, with a graduation of n+1 increments over the length of n graduations of the conventional scale (eg 10 graduations over 9mm). This allows for interpolation of more accurate measurements. Wiki

*disengaging pedant mode*

Lovely work Andy.

Did you know the Chinese use the same word for crisis as they do for opportunity? Crisitunity!

Caught by the Fuzz - Supergrass

One of the retrovibe necks might fit - the heel width is 56mm, I've no idea how wide the pocket is on a P body though.

That's a good point, glad I didn't waste my time figuring it out! The Fluence has a solder bridge on the PCB to select the default single-coil, but you can wire it to a switch. I doubt my useless ears could tell the difference either way.

I have also just come across - I think - a push-pull 3-way rotary, so I could have the coil split on the same knob as the voices. Not sure if it's worth the hassle frankly, but I think I'd prefer if that way.

@Cato huh, I never knew that. I can understand his guilt.

https://www.fishman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fluence-SB1-Single-Bass-Pickup-w-Dual-Concentric-2-Band-EQ-1x9V.pdf

This is Fishman's wiring diagram for a single Fluence pickup, the 3-way switch is bottom-right. Looks like the black wire is the ground, the orange wire is pin 1 and yellow is pin 3, as per your diagram. I think you're right about the (off/off)(on/off)(on/on) switching of those two wires.

I thought about trying to do something really cool with the coil tapping, like humbucker/inside coils/outside coils on another rotary, or even a 9 way switch with a single position for each possible combination. But that seems like a bit too much faff for my taste. I'll stick with the push-pull volume knob for now.

You're a legend, thanks @neepheid. I think you're right about pic of the Schaller, it's an M model which is 5-way. I've done some other research and although I couldn't find exactly what I needed, I think I've got it figured out - unless anyone else cares to weigh in?

I was just wondering the same about Kurt Cobain while listening to Nevermind this morning. We would never have gotten the Foo Fighters for one thing.

*Squier. If the bridge saddles were touching when you checked, did they get knocked or something? How's the intonation and string height, compared to where it was when it sounded good? Have you checked pickup height? Too high and the magnets can pull on the strings and dampen the vibration.

21 minutes ago, binky_bass said:

stable as a cable

sound as a pound

Lots of stuff already mentioned:

Anything relic'd, especially if it's homemade, OTT or has had fire anywhere near it. If you want it to look old, you have to wait until it gets there on it's own!

Scratchplates that don't match the shape of the body (the Sandburg above is passable, at least it's a design choice and not just bad/lazy design, but it'd look 100% better if it followed the shape).

Pickup covers - what are they even for?!

6 strings or more - unless my fingers were to suddenly grow an extra inch or two.

Headless bridges with tuners that stick out an extra 6 inches at the butt, and/or really weird butt shapes to accommodate them.

I've got a single Fishman Fluence pickup to go in my 5-string project build. It comes with a push-pull volume pot, stacked treble/bass pot and a 3-way DPDT toggle switch to select the voice of the pickup. I'd like to fit a rotary switch in place of the toggle, so I can have three matching knobs. Would this 3-way rotary Schaller Megaswitch work?

My wiring skills are non-existent, so I'm all in a muddle about how these things work. The standard toggle has six tabs but the megaswitch has 12, I assume it's just a matter of establishing which tabs to solder and in what configuration, to get the right functionality. There are loads of schematics on Schaller's website are for wiring up conventional pickups in conventional configurations, but nothing shows the basic workings of the switch.

Edit: I just found this MEC switch, which looks similar but has 8 tabs. No schematics at all on MEC's website.

3 hours ago, BassAdder27 said:

I would buy it if there was a way of getting it to Suffolk !

We do have roads out here, it's not that rural 😆

Question is, do you have the beard to match?

How thick are the bodies and necks? I'm guessing the P neck is slightly wider than the Jazz. This can add a substantial amount of wood, and also the pickup/control cavities can take a lot out. Also the electronics can add a bit of weight if there's a lot there - 2 active pickups with a battery and 4-5 pots will be a good bit heavier than a simple passive P vol/tone setup.