prodigal nobody returns

[Nobody]

Hello fellow kids. It's nobody. I have returned to the bass world after leaving and realizing the rest of the world is crazy(which coming from me is really saying something). Anyways... 
I needed something to distract me from all the bullsh!t going on in the world and decided I missed making low growly noises so I bought a bass after selling all my stuff a few years back. I always wanted a bass like Mike Watt's heavily EB3 but the vintage Gibsons are out of my price range and I wouldn't feel right modding one so I looked into Epiphone EB0s. I found one used on reverb in good condition that already had the pickup replaced with a DiMarzio so I bought it. It also came with the original pickup and that got me thinking. I moved the DiMarzio pup to more of a middle position and use the original pup cover as just a cover over the original cavity. It looks pretty professional as long as you don't take the pup out and look at the new cavity(It's not pretty but it works). Before that I disassembled the whole thing and deglossed the finish(except the front of the headstock) with fine steel wool and put on a Hipshot bridge. It looks a lot nicer with a satin finish IMHO. I finished soldering the pup in Friday and got a used Ampeg Micro CL yesterday. The Epi sounds HUGE through that amp. Punchy. Bright enough. Growly. Easy to play(my first short scale). Neck dive like crazy! I moved the bridge side strap button up about 4 or 5 inches(sorry I'm a Yank)10 to 13 cm and that helped a little. Then I moved the heel strap button to the lower hole instead of the upper hole of the neck plate and the also helped. The combo of the two made it good enough. Then today I remember a P bass I had seen at a local pawn shop that had a P bass Special(JAZZ) neck on it that I kinda wanted so what the heck... I bought that too. I got the P bass home, tuned it up, plugged it in, turned on the amp and... NOISE FOR DAYS!!!!! The pickup is microphinic and a touch technotronix or something like that..... I'm probably going to have to replace the pup and I'll probably upgrade the pots and jack while I'm at it. I'm absolutely cool with that since as I mentioned before, I'm looking for things to keep me distracted from the mess the world's in right now. I hope you're doing well. 
 

Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and
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[theyellowcar]

Nice work on the Epiphone. At first glance it looked like one of the semi-recent Gibsons with the satin finish (yes, I admit, I skipped to the pictures first) 

 

I’m also loving the Micro CL. Super cool.

Welcome to the party!

[Bunion]

Love those little Ampeg’s they kick out some sound. 
welcome back 

[Vin Venal]

Have you seen Mike Watt's signature Reverends now? 🤤

[Nobody]

8 minutes ago, Vin Venal said:

Have you seen Mike Watt's signature Reverends now? 🤤

Yes. They're pretty cool. I wish Reverend would bring back the Rumblefish.

[Bassassin]

I'd try fitting the original pickup (not just the cover) and wire the two pickups to a stacked volume pot. That'd probably be fairly raucous.

[Nobody]

6 hours ago, Bassassin said:

I'd try fitting the original pickup (not just the cover) and wire the two pickups to a stacked volume pot. That'd probably be fairly raucous.

I might try that after I get some more practice with wiring/soldering the new pup and pots in my P bass(which I ordered yesterday :D)
I've got a DiMarzio Model P with cream cover on the way.

[bartelby]

Nice!

I've always wanted to do a Mike Watt tribute EB too. 

I picked up an Epi EB3 last year, it's black and 34" though. 

[Nobody]

Got the DiMarzio installed in the Fender. DiMarzios definately have their own sound. I like it but I ordered some flats to tame the P bass a little. I put on a new set of D'addario nickel rounds on after I installed the pup and it will easily rip your face off if you're not careful.