neepheid

You are correct to point out that the main thing in my crosshairs when I wrote that was the bolt on Epiphone and perhaps I should have been clearer that I was specifically saying "don't buy one of those if you're trying to achieve what that particular T-bird is" I've owned a set neck Tokai (TB48?) before and it was a fine bass.

I was going to say - everyone is aware that it's not against the rules to fit rounds on a P Bass, yes?

Ahh, strict adherence to one bag. Got it. A strap for every bass, that tracks. For everything else, I have a pedalboard, so there's a tuner on there, and cables/wireless bugs go in the bag with it too.

Umm, u ok hun?

Ahh, this year's FOMOcaster is here

Obvs, the government come first - didn't realise they were owed. Everyone else can basically eff off then...

Probably be bottom of the heap - staff first, suppliers next, customers - who gives an F about them? I'll only be out around £100 - long since written off - order's been in since September last year. Others may not be in a position to be so cavalier about it

https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/01/online-retailer-bax-music-files-bankruptcy

Black and gold is always a good look...

I use a MB 12" combo on top of a NY 12" cab - best rig I've ever owned. Rarely needs to go above half on the master. Light, modular, loud. The combo on its own is more than enough to handle band rehearsals. The two of them fit (snugly) in the boot of my car. Very happy with my amplification life right now.

It's a no from me, I'm really not very keen on that burpy tone, as well as it might be played.

Well, I don't think I'll be receiving it... or getting my money back - looks like Bax is circling the plug hole

That looks ominous at the top of the page there... also the order button is missing, even from stuff that's showing as in stock.

Well, the obvious answer would be to procure that exact pickup, or any split P pickup found in a MIM P bass of that era. Not the easiest thing to find, as I'm sure you've already found - not something you can just rock up to a shop and buy, is it? It's actually making it harder, that you have a specific type of sound in your head. I've swapped pickups many times (probably too many times) but it has always been from the point of view of wanting something "different" but still "good" as my ears define it. My last P pickup swap was from some barely functional garbage in a G4M bass (one half of the pickup was microphonic for a start) to a Lace Aluma P, because I wanted to try something a bit different. In no way would I suggest such a pickup in your case, that's a completely different beast. My upcoming P pickup swap (again going into a super cheap bass) is going to be either an Entwistle PBXN (Neodymium) OR a Tonerider Duke because I fancy trying some high output P pickups and these two achieve this in different ways - the Entwistle by using stupidly powerful magnets (don't get the two halves stuck together - they're a nightmare to pull apart, in fact you have to slide them apart because the magnets are stronger than the glue holding them in place!) and the Tonerider by overwinding the coil. Sorry for the shaggy dog story, I got sidetracked. TL:DR, I'm no help here whatsoever, and hopefully someone will be along shortly to tell you the name of a readily available aftermarket pickup which is a dead ringer for a MIM Fender job.

Why do you want to do this? Not trying to pick an argument, just curious. What do you want to gain/achieve from this pickup change?