franzbassist

Pyramid do them, and the Chicago Music Exchange La Bellas are pure nickel too I think.

Ended up adding threaded inserts as well. A bit belt and braces but the pickups feel rock solid now.

Unlined fretless here. Similar to @jonnybass for me: chords are risky above the 12th for me, but I'm quite comfortable playing them below that as my "fretting" hand seems to naturally adjust to the spacing now (ref your muscle memory thread). Same for melodies. The plus to this is you're playing in the middle of the 'board, so tension's really nice and the notes sound full and fat too! I found the best way to improve is to just play loads, and play along to solo passages in tracks you like or might be playing live. The drone point is a good one too.

I play mainly 5 string fretless

A quick update on this. A decent chunk of quality hard foam across the centre of each pickup cavity, plus screws a good 5mm longer than the stock ones, and there's no more rocking. I did toy with the idea of installing threaded inserts, but I can't see them being needed now the pickups are stable. Thanks again for all the comments.

Thanks, both. Yes, I'm thinking a big chunk under the centre of the pickup between the existing foam/sprong setup should do the job. I only have pick and pluck at home, which isn't adequate as too soft, so ordered up some closed cell foam blocks to use instead.

So I've just installed some Bartolini MK6CBC pickups in a bass. All great and sounding good apart from the fact that as they are only held in place by one screw at each end they wobble like crazy, plus the screws (#4 pan head 1 1/4" long) are only just long enough for the job. There are two springs surrounded by foam about 30% of the way in from each end. My first thought is to add foam at either end of the pickup, with a small hole cut to allow the screw clear access. I'd like to steer clear of the central part of the pickup as that's where all the wiring is. I also need to find some slightly longer screws, as the 1 1/4" ones really aren't quite long enough. I thought this would be easy! What does the BC collective think is the best way forward?

Thanks, both. Yes, I think I've got fairly close now using the octave and fuzz in my Boss MS-3.

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They've made me a few standard items and a couple of custom one-offs over the years. Superb quality and service!

I use Weller Rl60/40-250 General Purpose Solder Resin Core, which is lovely to work with.

Two fab looking basses! Are the pickups on the SCMS parallel to each other, or is the bridge pickup angled slightly more to the bass strings? I can never tell from photos of these basses!!!

I sold Oli a bass and he was an absolute pleasure to deal with. I'd happily transact with him again.