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[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1361731152' post='1990034'] I had them on my 4 for a while - far too high tension. I've now gone the opposite way and fitted a set of TIs. [/quote] Same here. My second most disliked type of flatwounds (the first being Rotosound). About as compliant as a stroppy teenager.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1361559588' post='1987668'] WTF is that? [/quote] A split P pickup, mirrored. Hutton said it was all done with mirrors.

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1361558790' post='1987651'] It's all done with mirrors Matt. [/quote] But then doesn't it end up looking like this?

This is quite surreal for me, as it's usually me getting frothy mouthed at people slagging off Gibson basses. I'm not sure who's genuinely upset, who's taking the mick and basically why the world appears to have turned upside down

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1361548506' post='1987391'] Are those Thunderbird type pickups? [/quote] No, they're Z pickups, able to be coil tapped (hence the mini toggles).

Is it OK to be SG and long scale?

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1361193549' post='1982455'] was the bass player in the Stereophonics doing an 'economical' bass line to standing there? This is the one I've been unsuccessfully trying to play, at the right speed anyway D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6 A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------ E------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------ D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6 A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------ E------------------------------------------------ but I can manage the Stereophonics one comfortably . [/quote] Is this right, or is this a simple version? http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/mp3/sgz%20soundclips/01_neck_series_tone10.mp3 I'm probably still a bit slow... McCartney I ain't.

[quote name='ChickenKiev' timestamp='1361485290' post='1986585'] I wonder if there will ever be an epiphone version..hm. [/quote]

[quote name='richardjmorgan' timestamp='1361475617' post='1986396'] Yeah, I totally wasn't suggesting there was - I assumed the fact I phrased my original post predominantly as a question would've been enough to convey this. Seems I've stirred up a bit of Fender rage though, which absolutely wasn't my intention! [/quote] I know you were merely being curious

I had a Yamaha BB300 with the reverse P pickup. It sounded really nice. Because I didn't hear the pickup aligned the other way round, I can't say whether or not its "reverseness" was the reason why. My current Yamaha is a BB450, and its P pickup is the Fender way round. It sounds really nice. It sounds like a nice theory but don't get too defensive, Fenderheads! Ultimately a bass either sounds good or it doesn't and there isn't a "right" and "wrong" in this.

See the section on humbuckers: [url="http://www.1728.org/guitar.htm"]http://www.1728.org/guitar.htm[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Spl1cOf-o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Spl1cOf-o[/url]

[quote name='kidcongo' timestamp='1361131136' post='1981614'] Thanks for the feedback guys. I was worried I would unleash some hate from the G&L purists. [/quote] Relax, I for one am not put out by your modification. Considering the body shape of the ASAT there's a historical reference point for it and I think it looks nice. Now if you had replaced the MFD pickups it might have been a different story...

It's not for me, and I'm not an idiot either

Yamaha [i]basses[/i], no question. You could probably pick up an RBX170 in a shop for less than £200. I haven't played one, but my bass tutor plays one in his soul band, I saw him play once and it sounded pretty good to me and he seems to have no desire to get anything else. Take from that what you will. My experience is mostly with BB models, a little more expensive, but still great basses for the money (played a BB614, 300, 350F, 450).

What tuning are you proposing - F,A#,D#,G#? Am I reading you right? Why tune up? Just move everything you're playing one fret further away from the nut? Or, if you absolutely must have open strings then use a capo?

The G&L Tribute M-2000 impressed me, and it had a Tribute L-2000 and an El Toro raising my expectations first. Not only did it defy those expectations, it even managed to carve out a niche for itself when here was me thinking it would be a slightly "active" sounding L-2000. How wrong was I? The preamp is matched beautifully to the MFD pickups. The frequencies at which the bass/mid/treble controls operate are well chosen. There's lots of bass, mad (possibly too much) range on the mid control, and even with the treble cranked up full there's a musical sweetness to it and none of the harshness that I have found with the treble boost function on the L-2000. All it ever seemed to do was accentuate string noise and generally sound quite grating to the point where I gave the setting up as useless. Not so with the M-2000. Also love the feel of the "reissued" #12 neck profile, slightly thinner at the nut than the Tribute L-2000 and quite a bit shallower, but its no Jazz. It's just comfortable. Familiar looks, simpler operation, and sounds quite different to its sibling. I think G&L are onto a winner with this one, should calm down those who find the L-2000's array of switches a bit daunting, irritating or off-putting, while not committing outright blasphemy to those die hard tookay fans. In summary, I was pleasantly surprised by my Tribute M-2000. Bought on a whim, but it's more than good enough to earn an extended stay in my collection

You'll only ruin it if you rush it or cut corners.

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1360746833' post='1975608'] Who's this Tim bloke then? [/quote] http://basschat.co.uk/topic/111461-why-does-no-one-buy-anything-on-this-site/ Wow, it's been going on for more than 2 years now