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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1503749282' post='3360680'] I'm "quoting" you on that. [/quote] Are you, indeed? I guess that's the question, Mark.

I'm not seeing the point of this conversation .

Tasty! Love the colour

[quote name='Tweedledum' timestamp='1503487871' post='3358600'] Sounds good! (Looks good, too.) Here's my HB-50 mod: <pic> I stripped the body and sprayed it gold and installed a Harley Benton lefty Jazz Bass neck to get closer to a Dusty Hill kind of vibe. I like the Wilkinson pickup. It sounds pretty good actually. [/quote] How well did the HB Jneck fit the pocket? Decently, I'm guessing.

I don't mind that, personally. I do think there's not much point, because nobody more than five yards away can see anything except smudgy blue.

^This.

Couldn't honestly blame him if he did, really I haven't enough knowledge of electronics to guess what the fault actually is, unless it's decayed winding insulation in the pot of the offending pickup.

Errm... does he mean that the volume control works?? I presume not.

That's quite amazingly bad. I bet it dives like crazy, as well.

That's very silly. I quite like the idea, but the thing itself makes me wonder whether there are lots of magic mushrooms in the fields nearby.

£200 seems pricey, but they are nice. I'll be watching with interest (not going to buy, already got one and I don't really do white basses for some reason).

There once was a chap who played cello He said that it made him feel mellow Then he borrowed a bass And got quite a long face And now he's an unhappy fellow. No, I don't know what it means either.

I've no personal experience with this, but it does occur to me that changing string types (rounds to flats to tapes, or whatever) would change the feel of the strings so it might compensate a bit. Obviously it might not work well for your public playing.

"You heard it wrong. Those were the right notes."

I've a 61mm-width one which would need the headstock shaping (it's a paddle). That might suit.

You could always put some cyanoacrylate on the excess finish in the bridge recess, to see if it causes blooming

It's a bit on the black side for me, but that's just me being traditional (I like wood ). I should think it's really, really nice to play. Not in my reach, I fear.