LukeFRC

as with any bass you have to balance the pickups. [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1371052751' post='2109201'] Regarding the tonal imbalance between the P and J on a typical PJ bass , it is an inherent problem , and a pet hate of mine , but some designs deal with it far better than others . Unfortunately , the ones that deal with it best tend to be pretty expensive . Two that spring to mind are the USA - made Lakland Bob Glaub PJ and the Yamaha 2024/25 Super BB's . The Lakland uses a specially designed for that particular PJ model linear humbucker in the Jazz position that seems pretty even in relation to the P pickup , and the J - style pickup on the Yamaha is so beefy it would match any Precision pickup . [/quote] mind you I'm sure you could get a set custom made for you that would do the same without the cost of a US Lakland or Yamaha 20xx!

have you just described the East U retro? or are you wanting to build something yourself? there was a load of guy on talkbass who designed a modular pickup- think it was vairable Z preamp, active blend, bass treble and mid sweep, and probably a few other options. TB11 http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/tb11-preamp-project-669517/

Go for something either dirt cheap now, or very original, or something very rare. Best thing is a combination of the three. That overwater original in the for sale section is cheapish, very original and fairly rare- but your guess is as good as mine that in 30 years time it will be worth much. Something like my JV Squier isn't really original (it's a fender for pete's sake) but it is pretty rare and is pretty cheap when compared to the less rare 70's and early 80's fenders of similar type. again... will it rise in price at all?

So a bit of background.... I have a Warwick streamer stage one - it's got a very clear top end and upper mids and also a big fat bottom end too. I wasn't happy with the tone so stuck in some barts (passive at first, sounded good) and the Glock 2 band. What did I think? I you like a clear transparent preamp this is good, not as much colour as say a aguilar or the MEC preamp- set flat it pretty much sounds the same in active and passive modes. It has a very powerful bass control... shelving at 30 or 40hz (can't remember) very powerful. It has a very very very high treble control - daftly high, so it doesn't boost the top end like most preamps do - in fact this isn't a bad thing as it adds more top end presence rather than hiss.... In passive mode it has a passive tone role off- which is quite a nice feature. so why did I rip it out of the bass after less thanr two months? well... this preamp didn't suit that bass. The low end was very powerfull but combined with the big bottom the bass has naturally to just add boom. But in a way that it sounded thin without any bass boost. The top end of the streamer and the glock also didn't get on - boosting at all just didn't make much effect and that it did didn't sound good. After weeks of just using it in passive mode it came out. So you didn't like it, would you use it again? I didn't like it on the streamer. But I would possibly use one again. All the time I was struggling with where they had stuck the voicing on the preamp I had two thoughts in my head- one the mid control would have been good. and two - this would sound epic on a jazz bass. The voicing would seem to match a more traditional bass sound - it's relativly uncoloured, pretty cheap and not a bad bit of kit on the right instrument....

tried the two band if that's a help?

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1370885849' post='2106921'] The clue's in the name [/quote] wow that's clever!

I'm trying to work out who's who!

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1370872801' post='2106641'] I've just put it up there to see what they say. [/quote] I got there first last night

Thing is according to the Warwick history PDF thing JD thumbs started in 1985... and this is july 1986. - it is odd compare it too another JD thumb... the bottom horn is two frets worth longer - where it joins the body looks a wee bit futher up towards the neck... but the top horn is more cut away but seems to be similar length- but not the same shape.... it's just an utterly different body shape - even the body isn't offset in the same way... would you expect the rear strap button to be dead centre? very odd - posted it on the warwick forums yet John?

Rasta on here traded me this old Aria thing, beaten to hell, different pups in, messy looking. sounded glorious. rather than selling it on i should have just had the frets put back on

I'll b in the mosh pit at the front WoT

mmmm nice looking! i do want to try an ACG

odd how they changed the look of them from the outside

this whole thing is utterly confused on the idea of what pop is. All the time, every decade you'll have good and interesting stuff being made. And you'll also have the popular mainstream stuff made to make money for the industry. Most bands will have nods to both and every so often you'll get something that either mixes to two to be great music and pop. Radiohead would be a modern example of that maybe - very successful, sell a lot - but still can go and record OK computer and then random should have been unsucessful stuff like Kid A. Every so often maybe you'll get a band who are pop and good and manage to hit a resonant frequency on society and culture... like the beatles did. To pull examples of good stuff from pre beatles and then someone say "oh but that's not pop" misses point or two I think.

to be honest- I just read that thread in the OP - they both come across as right idiots- I'm not sure I blame Mr Hall that much for all that in there. Like the fella's been gigging with a guitar for several months and loses two bits of it.... even our nice EU warranties wouldn't cover that. Easiest thing would just been to look up the part in the american version of maplin (mouser??) and buy some rather than get into a bitching fight with the company who made it.

woo well done on the win!

all I will say on this matter is number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine

I've seen plenty of sandbergs in the shops... and Sadowsky. never a Lull. Looking at them though - I've always seen the sandbergs as equivalent in price to Fender and Musicman and the more mass produced basses- you get maybe better quality but without the "brand" that the americans have. Sadowsky pitch their metro line above the fender while the NYC line and Lull are obviously even more boutique. So American boutique manufacturers vs European small batch production in Germany... (you could stick german Warwicks in this question too) are american basses overpriced? are sandberg equivalent to sadowsky? based on price... is the pound stronger against the dollar or the euro? But at the moment... you could get a custom built bass by a small british manufacturer (ACG, ALPHER, OVERWATER, LETTS come to mind) with a starting price about that of a US built mass produced american standard fender..... I'ld suggest that that is where the value is at the moment!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HanKNe502i4 i like this. The beatles are odd - great music but much like the stone roses first album - nowdays something about the production and mastering makes it sound a little flatter than other stuff to my ears (yes I know that this is very possibly cos it's actually better quality etc) you have to stick with it to enjoy it.

over even!

this is one of the best threads on basschat. almost 6 years old now!

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1370152617' post='2096938'] Yes they are, or my Alembic at £1k would have gone in seconds [/quote] you know I have been sat there, and every time I go by the sale forum wonder why your bass hasn't sold yet. It looks good! [quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1370169335' post='2097111'] Recently Ive pretty much gone for trades on here to accommodate the fact that basses in the >£1000 bracket seem to be slow movers. [/quote] Trades seem to be the way forward - my last deal on here was a trade of an acoustic I wasn't playing - the fella didn't have money but he did have a couple of old basses and a Pod thing - well sold the pod and one of the basses- stripped down the other bass, stuck a new body on it and built the jazz bass in my profile - which was gigged for the first time on sunday. Better deall for us all that money changing hands. [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370174558' post='2097185'] I picked up a gem recently on ebay where it was collection only and the auction ended at 9.00 a.m. ........... Result!!! [/quote] I had a bike - he had it in parts... but had the parts of two bikes, photo just showed a frame, collection only ending at 4:45 on a friday... and he had spelt every single keyword incorectly.