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[quote name='fendurt' timestamp='1396004427' post='2408847'] Does any of you people know if the 55-02 MM-p'up is wired in series or parallel? And how to rewire to series or parallel? [/quote] it sounds like series to me.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1395833363' post='2406789'] Honestly, I'm not a fan. Looks too "stingrayesque" and I'd want to do something more out there and want it to be my own Just IMO ofcourse [/quote] I hear you. The problem is that every design I tried that was not Stingrayesque was pretty... ugly. BUt that's just a reflection of my imagination/taste, I suppose. The Stingray-derived plate was a "safe" one. As it's a look I already like, as you may have guessed I was going initialy for a Sabre-like design, as I also like metal plates, but I could not find a metal plate I liked enough, and it involved more of a permanent conversion. Essentially, everything else I tried looked ugly or was a direct derivation of something else.

[quote name='Opticaleye' timestamp='1395785680' post='2406403'] Here's my L1000 with added pickguard. I've added some fake screws since the photo was taken (and the correct knobs). [url="http://s139.photobucket.com/user/optical_I/media/wunkay4.jpg.html"][/url] I had it made to my template at Sims custom shop. [/quote] that's a cool bass!

pearloid? tortoiseshell? black pearloid I could stomach... but even that's a bit too "bling".

[quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1395784871' post='2406388'] Second one, but the teardrop should be completed by the last fret, not the base of the neck. Looks like a plan! [/quote] That's a little high (for my liking)... It does not finish at the base 'though, it looks like this really:

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1395698085' post='2405330'] I was playing fretless along to a few tracks and it just wasn't sounding right. Tuner showed bass and in tune and correctly adjusted for intonation - is [i]my[/i] intonation that bad? Checked and re-checked. Then I thought 'hang on a mo' - at some point I'd accidentally pressed the CALIB button on my Pitchblack, so I was tuned to A=441Hz. I reset it, and sure enough all 4 strings now showed sharp/ Re-tuned and all is well. I was even thinking about jacking in my risible attempts on fretless! Also it was worse when I was trying to play on the lines - I seem to be far better off following my ears now. [/quote] Ha ha! I've been a victim too. Worst was when the THREE guitarists in my band shared a tuner that was calibrated to either 439 or 441. I could not believe all three of them were wrong, I mean, they sounded ok together... but... I was supposed to be in tune... was my bass' intonation so far out suddenly?

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1395528816' post='2403495'] That's very cool, there's 2 string players in the flat downstairs and they occasionally have other players round for practice. They usually practice short sections but when they play full pieces, alone or as a group they're incredibly good. I sometimes just put a wildlife documentary on TV, mute it and listen to them play. Makes me embarrassed to play my trumpet in my room as I'm terrible! [/quote] You should switch to trombone. That way your neighbours will just think you have an elephant as a pet. My neighbours think I have one, and that I torture it. I expect RSPCA to show up any day.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1395779417' post='2406276'] just as i hit the post button you put the black option on [/quote] just for you, baby No, there really is no option, it's going to be black. 3-ply: black/white/black. The original pictures are only white because I printed on white paper

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1395778885' post='2406259'] Number two! Black/White/Black, obviously. ...though White/Black/White would also be acceptable... Think I prefer White/Black/White now, to be honest. Show off the pickups. [/quote] 3-ply black/white/black, of course! I considered white, but what I like about the black is how the pickups are "disguised" in it. When looking at the original pictures, in white, I lean heavily towards #3. However, after I see it in black... #2 is a strong contender too.

and a quick mock in black, so this is closer to what they could look like:

I have a natural/maple L2000 Tribute series G&L which, visually, I think will benefit from a black pickguard. L2000 purists look away now: I have also removed the original preamp and installed a John East MMSR 3-band. I actually intend to fit a U-Retro instead, with its two switches. I will cover the third hole with the pickguard (which will be attached with double sided sticky tape, no drilling). I've been designing the pickguard in Illustrator, printing and cutting the results on paper to ensure it all fits etc (special thanks to machinehead, who sent me his template... I did not use his design but it gave me a perfect template for the pickup cutouts ) So, I think I've made up my mind, but I wonder what you think. The three final designs are all MusicMan-inspired (what a surprise! ) The first one is tear-drop shaped, based on the pickguards mounted on OLPs: That's actually not the very final design, as I extended the pickguard where it meets the neck on the final version, but it's nearly there. The second one is also tear-drop shaped, but more round at the bottom and more "tear-dropesque": and finally, the number three is more oval, slighly more similar to a Stingray's: So, what do you think? Sacrilege? Ok, but all three are rubbish and you have a better idea?

F U G L Y!!! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Fender-Precision-Bass-1979-USA-Olympic-White-Hard-case-P-X-Jazz-/181339280962?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a38a9d642"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Fender-Precision-Bass-1979-USA-Olympic-White-Hard-case-P-X-Jazz-/181339280962?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a38a9d642[/url] ... on the other hand, if the routing for the second pickup was clean, it could be nice.

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1395759694' post='2405888'] I do seem to remember being here before. Weren't you going for a custom P some time ago? I to have had those P moments. We've often commented about it. I particularly remember your CV even with the old style pickup. Damn that was nice! If the SR does it for you then you do need to get a 'proper one'. My blinged SR with the Wizard trad has a lovely sound that only a P can do. Even my short scale Satellite with some £2 pickup in it has a wonderful warm thump. Ill still go back to my J's though. Keep us posted. Im intrigued to see what your going to plump for. As for me, Ive got my eye on a 6er A [/quote] 6er? I have a couple of Stratocasters and a Les Paul. That's the sort of 6er you mean, surely... not... the other... kind... The idea of a "custom P" was not really a P. It was going to have a single P pickup, but a lot closer to the bridge, therefore removing it's "P-ness". I'm still going to do it, just building it from the bits of the 3rd SR Precision that I have in my room: maple fingerboard neck, half-stripped body (will just be oiled natural, perhaps dyed a bit). I'll just be looking at maple neck Precisions and hopefully trying a bunch, until I find "the one". Not in a hurry. Fortunately, it's a bass model that's extremely common

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1395746248' post='2405671'] Knowing your love of bridge pickups you should try a BB series Yamaha. Its not quite *the* P sound but I think you might like it. You're welcome to a go on my 414 if you fancy [/quote] Funny you say that, I have been looking at BB series Yamahas too... Would love to try yours!

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1395732337' post='2405508'] Are you serious? A [/quote] Incredible, eh? Considering it's the style of bass I have owned longest and owned the larger number of (mostly because I went "meh, I don't like this" ) it's a surprising revelation. It's also given me a new sense of purpose: I do want a decent P now. It means maple fingerboard (of course), with a very nice neck (wide and chunky, but "just so"), and that has that "thump" in it (which means trying a bunch...). One day. The P certainly has its place beside the Stingray and Jazz. I have generally used a Jazz neck pickup to mimic a P, which it does to some extent, but there's something missing that even a lowly SR Precision has.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1395705797' post='2405448'] I have a Frankenfender P bass with a 1980's, Mighty Mite pickup, stuck in a Squier body, attached to an old P bass neck. I've not been able to put it down since I put it together a few months ago. I play it in my Ska band and it sounds epic. It also sounds great recorded. I thought I hated Precisions, what happened? [/quote] It's a disturbing feeling, isn't it?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1395737187' post='2405551'] When you need a P, there's no point in fighting it ... [/quote]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1395673768' post='2404893'] Anchorman reference... Clearly didn't come across like that. Apologies! [media]http://youtu.be/gId6nrMDmUU[/media] [/quote] sorry, I have not watched Anchorman!

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1395671627' post='2404864'] Are you just looking at basses and saying you love them?... Do you really love P bass, or are you just saying that because you saw it? [/quote] are you serious?

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1395650557' post='2404597'] These things can be easily rectified ! [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/bitsa-main.html"][/url] [/quote] Nice! I have another SR P bass in pieces, and I intend to put a single P, but at the pace more or less where you put your second one (approx. Stingray location), or a bit closer to the neck perhaps. P type pickups sound great there!

Boss LS2. It'll also allow you to mix a clean signal with it if you want to.

I have owned P basses on and off over the years, but never grew on me enough. Yesterday I took one of my Sue Ryder P basses, which was strung with Status flats and had a Wizard Thumper pickup on, and I put on a set of roundwounds (Rotosounds swing 66). The action was never optimal because the neck needed a shim... so I did that too. Wow. I already had a "revelation" last summer with my Squier 'Mike Dirnt' Precision... but I forgot about it, and that bass just feels "flimsier" than the SR. It's not going to replace my Stingray of Jazz... but I'm definitely going to stop looking down at Precisions. (yes, I did, )