Clarky72

This one above that I'm using weighs next to nothing and still has the tonal variety of the heavy monsters.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1499251494' post='3330248'] But that's the best bit! [/quote] haha!

All built up and sounding huge. Sansamp runs direct into the Peavey IPR1600. The GK is a separate as a backup. All wired up to a tidy harness on the back to save fumbling around in the dark on stage.

Here's my Warmoth Jazz whiteout

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1493209321' post='3286500'] There's nowhere to put your thumb on a Ray.... Just sayin'.... [/quote]

Although its not the bass he's most known for, I'm surprised fender haven't cashed in with a signature model yet...

[quote name='NJE' timestamp='1393241365' post='2377603'] Its a tricky riff but slow it down with a metronome and you can get it fingerstyle without too much bother. I have just about got it, and get a reasonable facsimile of the bernard tone with the bridge pickup on my roscoe beck with the tone almost or fully off. I have had a few compliments that it sounds like the record. I tried doing it using bernards 'finger plectrum' technique and its very awkward and painful, to be honest unless your doing it for personal reasons to nail it 100% i doubt anyone at a gig would ever hear the difference. I cant find a video where Jerry Barnes the current chic bass player plays that riff at all, they re-arrange it live. Perhaps even Jerry cant do it justice. [/quote] He's pretty much got it down... https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ_EjWLhKjD/

Brilliant!

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1492689292' post='3282340'] I bought a set of cream covers on EBay for my Precision and simply fitted them over the pickup that I had and liked. I'd looked at DiMarzio but this seemed the easiest sensible option. It cost me just a few quid. [/quote] Good plan! It does seem the only way to get a white musicman pickup is to buy a cheapo off ebay and just use the cover.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1492686279' post='3282278'] Try Herrick pickups, I`m sure Martin will be able to sort something. [/quote] Lozz, have you used any of their pickups? Just asking as I've never heard of them before...

They seem to do great jazz in cream but no humbuckers/soapbars/musicman pickups sadly.

So I'm building a new bass. I'm looking for a jazz and a musicman pickup in white or cream. The jazz is easy enough as there's loads of replacement covers available, but does anyone know of a company who make great jazz and humbuckers in white or cream? Thx

I reckon that's the best bet. Cheap pickup, whip off the cover! S

Good shout!

I tried Ernie Ball, and no joy. They refuse to sell spares without me supplying the original serial from the bass. I gave them the serial for my Stingray and they wont sell me two white covers as my bass is a 4H, not a 4HH. (I wasn't planning on putting them on my Ray, but didn't tell them that).

Resurrecting this thread, has anyone found anywhere that sells them?

I know the feeling, at first I thought the GK MB500F was as good, then I plugged back into a GK1001RB and oh...

I've been all over the spectrum of amps, from the amazing but ridiculous Ampeg SVT Skunkworks which took 2 of us to lift it onto the 810, to the god awful GenzBenz Shuttle which needed repair after 2 months and sounded like cr*p for its entire life in my hands. I miss my GK 2001RB and the Skunkworks still, monster amps, but better when someone else is carrying it for you. Now settled with an Ampeg SVT-II non pro for the big gigs, Ampeg SVT-III non pro for everyday pub gigs, and a Sansamp RBI + Peavey IPR1600 for when we're limited on space in the cars or I have to carry it a long way. Oh, and there's a GK MB500 Fusion in the cupboard too just for fun.

Thanks mate!!

Thank you EBS Freak! Now to find someone who can solder for me....