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My first bass was an Epiphone EB-3. I added a Hipshot Supertone bridge to it. Sold it a long time ago and not bothered about finding it again - unlike my Epiphone Les Paul Standard which I did sell, regretted and thankfully managed to track down and buy back from the guy I sold it to

You can hear it a bit better than a solid bass if you're just picking it up for a quick noodle and you CBA getting the amp out. Beyond that though, I concur with the assessment above.

Are you trolling now?

This is the relevant page from the big document I linked you in another thread: With thanks to Cadfael. In both schematic and wiring diagram form, it can't be made any simpler than this in my opinion. Also, why are you using 250k pots and expecting the same results? You have fundamentally changed something about the circuit by using 250k pots instead of 2.5k. I'm not surprised it's on/off - the zero point is fine but you hit 2.5k very quickly on the sweep of the 250k pot and anything beyond 2.5k will result in no change to the output of the circuit. That's why you're experiencing on/off type results. Once the pot hits 2.5k resistance, the other 247.5k of resistance isn't going to block the signal harder, after 2.5k it's just blocked from going to ground/through the tone circuit. Only a hundredth of the pot's total sweep is going to have any effect. That's why it's on/off.

Excellent Chinese made instruments exist.

There's no such thing as an "idiots schematic", it's just the schematic. That's like asking me to write something in idiots alphabet. I already linked you a pdf chock full of both schematics and wiring diagrams in which the JC is featured. Even told you which page it is on. I can't make it any easier. If you don't understand schematics and you don't know how to troubleshoot electronics then as I said in another of your threads about this, it's maybe time to take it to a tech.

Gibson Victory Gibson Q80/Q90 Gibson 20/20 Gibson IV/V Each less successful than the one before. I'm on my phone, so if you want pics, look 'em up.

It's maybe time to take it to a tech.

No-one said these were inherently bad because they're not MIA. Seems like defending them before they needed to be defended. I think they look good. My beef with the price is that it'll drop off a cliff in the second hand market, because it's not a Fender. It doesn't matter where it's from. It could be the best P bass Fender never made - that won't matter a jot to a predimonantly ill-informed marketplace. Because of this, and because I can't be trusted not to get bored/distracted and sell basses on, I would never consider buying this bass. But I hope that they work out for you, that you never sell them and enjoy playing them for a long time.

Bit of a trek for us, hope you find something!

It seems you are not alone (just search the forum for DV247):

Got a link to this article you refer to? Can't really comment on it if I haven't read it...

I'd snap one up if I saw it for £50, that's for damn sure!

I'd estimate somewhere between negligible and non-existent.

It's Gibson, who knows when they'll appear? Who knows if they'll appear. I note the chrome pickup covers though - looks identical to the Epiphone ones, even down to the chrome ring on the bridge pickup. If they're the same pickups then what's the appeal of this NR? If you want something with these pickups and a better bridge but not a reverse Thunderbird shape then just get an Epiphone Embassy? Unless you simply must have an NR Thunderbird shaped bass I guess. I had one of the NRs from last time around (circa 2014) and I remember it being a big bass, but with the usual TB+ pickups it wasn't exciting enough for me to keep it. It wasn't a bad bass, it just felt a bit too ordinary considering the price tag.

Yeah, I had a look back, I lost a bunch of old email when Hotmail was transitioned to Outlook - earliest stuff in my hotmail (inbox) is 2014 - thanks Microsoft. The sent items remain but nothing relevant found there.

Just replied to a thread about a bitsa and it made me recall a bitsa I put together a dozen or so years ago. Wasn't super fancy, a Squier P with a comedy logo, better tuners, an SD QP and a Badass. I sold it in August 2009 as per this thread: But can't find any PMs from back then and nothing in my feedback thread about it. So I'm curious - anyone here got it now, and is it still a thing or was it harvested for the bridge and pickup long ago?

In my experience, you'll never recoup your investment on a bitsa. Lack of provenance as a package kills the value proposition and you just end up looking like you're over-justifying the value when you list all the great components it's made of. Further compounding things - the weakest/cheapest component appears to me becomes the benchmark which drags the whole thing down. You'll lose less by breaking it up again and selling the parts individually. Also, pretty sure you can get humbuckers in a J pickup shape. Or get the router/chisels out. Unless you're thinking of ending this project because you think you've taken it as far as you can/want to.

G&L USA have neck options. G&L Tribute is a case of you'll take what they give you. Tribute L-2000s have wide, super chunky necks. Tribute M-2000s have a nice in-betweeny neck - shame it's disappeared off the G&L website. Tribute SB-2 has a Jazz nut width but reasonable back to front thickness.

I'm not going to put up with fees being reduced - if venues are permitted to operate at capacity. If there are still capacity issues then I would expect to take a hit in proportion with that.

I ignore the word completely in ads, it's almost never true.

Yes. Are there any other units of resistance?

Godspeed - I hope you're well strapped onto that tall horse you're sitting on...

I'm tired of this; you think you're right and I think you're wrong so I fear this is going to go round in circles until one of us hurls.

So you're going to completely skip over the part where the "beginners/amateurs" in your analogy still get paid then? Why should "amateur network engineers" get paid but amateur musicians not?