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The only direct bridge replacement is the Hipshot Supertone bridge. I have one on my RD Artist. It looks like they're using those guitar humbucker sized pickups. I had some in an Epiphone Les Paul Standard. I changed them out for a set of EMG-HB (active pickups). They fitted straight into the existing pickup rings. I think that there is the Rio Grande Pitbull pickup which should also fit right in - it's passive and coil-tappable if you wish. Also you can get TV Jones pickups in what they call "English Mount" which should also fit into Gibson guitar sized pickup rings.

Odd, isn't it? I don't use it much (the P pickup is too good ), but I always marvel at the bridge pickup in my BB614 - it's silent and easily keeps pace with the neck pickup. Just my opinion, of course.

I like basses, ergo I own multiple ones. I play whichever one takes my fancy at the time but I do make sure that they all get a run out (even my office bass gets out into the real world sometimes) and it's not a chore because I like playing all of them. I have no time for agonising about "which bass sounds right" - they all sound like basses - so I just pick one up and get on with it. In short, I don't worry about it at all.

If Mr. Ou7shined can't make that then I'll eat my hat!

That's a new one on me as well.

Hercules mini fold up stand thing all the way for me. They fit in my bag of gig stuff, it's no hardship to bring one along. If I ever forgot it, I would put the bass back in its case/bag and put it somewhere safe. There's no way I'd rely upon leaning it up against an amp or whatever. Last gig I had two stands on me accidentally. Pure luck and just as well - our guitarist had forgotten one of his stands. I'm not doing much to smash the stereotype of the bass player being the all round useful guy then...

A new bass isn't going to get you any more volume

No, was going to be playing one but it fell through. Ahh well, a bit of time off to practice and jam out new material before the next gig (29th June)

Do you know where they live? Go and visit 'em. It's easy to ignore/fend off communication at distance, it's not so easy when it's face to face. If you think there will be aggro/contentious things said and want some reassurance/witnesses, take someone along with you.

I purchased a bass from Eamon, he sent it quickly, well packaged and kept me updated throughout, top man. Just how it should be done.

Seriously though: Favourite brand: Gibson Favourite model: dunno, my three (currently) are very different and I love playing each of them. Why? Because contrary to what some might say, they really are tremendous basses. I love the sound, I love the looks, I love the chunky necks and if I'm perfectly honest then despite my potty-mouthed advocacy of Gibson basses I paradoxically love the fact that relatively few people play them. Me vs. the world and all that. But I'd still play them in a parallel universe where they were the most popular basses in the world because ultimately, to me, they're fantastic.

I never use the active settings on mine, it really doesn't need any help being heard Yes, series mode does give you a higher output. If your amp has an active input or a pad switch then maybe try using that, even though the bass is inherently passive? Otherwise, set the amp input gain accordingly so that your preamp isn't clipping. Seeing Ed Friedland go through all the settings in this video I found most helpful in getting my head round it all: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT4AP58jC5o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT4AP58jC5o[/url]

BAZINGA

I swear by Fenders me, as far as I'm concerned they're the only basses worth considering, all others are failed derivatives of the original blueprint.

You do get switchable 1x12 cabs - admittedly the only one I know is the Hartke HyDrive which is switchable 4/8ohms. Of course, if you use two of these you'd better make damn sure you've got the switches in the 8 ohm position if you're using them in parallel with a min 4 ohm amplifier

Looks like a Hofner to me, they did solid bodied basses too - [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/gallery2/bas.html"]http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/gallery2/bas.html[/url] - see section "HOFNER SOLID BASS GUITAR (VERSION1)". I'd guess it's one of the first series, but with the longer horns - [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofner/basses/bas17.html"]http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofner/basses/bas17.html[/url] ("It appears that, after a year or so, the body was changed to a "Strat" type body (but still with the "set-in" neck)") Headstock shape looks right, truss rod cover looks right, square tuner buttons look right, rectangular angled pearloid control plate looks right, can't really make out much else.

Saturday's gig was a good un - we were playing at Macduff Arts Centre, a lovely former church, a great sounding room. Privileged to be on the same bill as Martin Stephenson, who was terrific, really enjoyed his set. The audience had thinned a little when it came to our turn (understandable, some people were there with kids), but those who stayed danced about like eejits Highlight of the night for me was me starting the bass riff to Bring Down the Birds to a resounding and hearty "YEAH!" from someone in the audience I took the Yamaha BB614 for a spin that night, and it sounded great through my RedSub head and Zoot cab - no PA support required - and got compliments from the sound guy about it too. Sweet. Here's a pic of the stage (during Martin's set): Dunno yet if there are any pics/vid from the night of us, if I find them I'll put them somewhere appropriate.

To be fair, the seller has enabled Best Offer...

[quote name='ebay'] We will just say that its a well established bass player, played in woodstock in 1969, same stage as hendrix... [/quote] Not that it really matters a damn (isn't there enough price inflation in old Fenders without quarter-namedropping a famous owner too?) but does that mean that it belongs to Billy Cox? Or just someone who played on the same stage as Hendrix, but not at the same time as Hendrix? Pah, I hate guessing games.

I think you're missing a link...

16%? That sounds about right, judging by the bass:guitar ratio in our local shops

They have their fans, but I wasn't impressed. I tried a modern day reissue, can't comment on the original ones. I found it rather uninspiring - a bit weak and anaemic on any setting. Pretty meh all round. The Gibson G-3 which I tried at the same time blew it away when played through the same amp. So I bought the G-3!

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So, how is the gift horse's mouth?