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[quote name='bubinga5' post='1036927' date='Nov 25 2010, 09:00 PM']if you were my next door neighbour and we were doing a deal on a bass would you make a profit on me?[/quote] Might do.

I've sold stuff on here at a profit, I've broken even, I've sold at a loss, I've given stuff away. It's no-one's business but mine, frankly, and anyone who wants to stick their oar in will be robustly rebuffed. You don't like the price of something I'm selling - don't buy it!

There are people who are much better bet than me for pricing estimates. Like Jules. Try asking the question at [url="http://forums.vintageguitars.org.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=19"]this forum[/url]?

[quote name='Truckstop' post='1036469' date='Nov 25 2010, 03:20 PM']Cut only? That's interesting. I don't remember that being covered in my dream... So there's really not much difference between a USA and a Tribute? Truckstop[/quote] Yeah, the bass and treble controls are passive, cut only. The trick is to run them both around 80% for a kick off then adjust as necessary. While they have an active mode, it is little more than a line boost. There is a treble boosted active mode which can impart a little more top end sizzle if that's your thing. I think the idea is that the MFD pickups are so damn good that they don't need help from active EQ. I'd have to say that in my experience that is true - I mostly use my L-2000 in passive mode. Main differences (USA vs. Tribute): better tuners, slightly more attention to detail (like tuners being screwed on straight!), US made hardware instead of licensed reproductions, choice of neck profiles (for 4 stringers), probably nicer looking woods, more choice of finishes, options like body binding.

G&L Tributes are excellent basses - if anything they're too good in the sense that I feel no desire to own a USA G&L. Same pickups as USA models, which let's face it is where most of the sound comes from. I have an L-2000 and I have found it to be excellent quality. I don't see how an L-2500 will be any different. The only thing you need to get used to is the EQ, which is cut only.

Won't you need a stereo jack?

Confirmed that it's a strange imperial size, but I can't remember off the top of my head what it is.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1033580' date='Nov 23 2010, 09:47 AM']I'm hoping to have it completed and all the wrinkles ironed out for Moffat.[/quote] Rough translation - up all night the night before the bash

Try raising the nut by putting a strip of wood veneer underneath it. That should raise it by approx 0.6mm.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1033498' date='Nov 23 2010, 08:06 AM']Gibson 3 point bridge as used on the thunderbird - remove or break a string & lose the saddle Gibson headstock joints where they snap off at the slightest knock[/quote] Agreed on the 3 point bridge, it's all kinds of awful. Thankfully for those who it bugs sufficiently there's the Hipshot Supertone replacement bridge

+1 for Interparcel -000's for Royal Mail/Parcelforce for their limited insurance and the fact that the counter staff will happily sell you insurance which won't pay out.

I like 3 pickups on a bass, and I disagree with some of the opinions offered here. I have recently acquired a Danelectro Hodad which has 3 lipstick pickups and all 7 combinations available. The difference is that they are all wired in series, so you get progressively more oomph the more you switch in. Because they're all single coils, there's no "mud", even on the neck pickup or neck+middle setting, unless you want it by using the tone control. I find that the different combinations bring a lot of tonal variety to the table. I also have a Gibson G-3 but it is wired somewhat differently in that it only has a 3 way switch offering neck+middle, all three or middle + bridge. I don't think a single coil Jazz pickup at the neck position will produce too much (or at least not as much) "mud" like a neck mounted humbucker a la Gibson EB-0/EB-3/later Fender Telecaster Bass would. The best part is that on a Jazz if you go for it and don't like it, you can cover up any routing with a new pickguard. All the same, I'd experiment on a Squier or Jazz copy rather than butchering a prized MIA Fender

Gibson G-3 Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard (pre selector switch mod)

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1029245' date='Nov 19 2010, 01:06 PM']I get mine from [url="http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk"]http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk[/url]. Steve is a great guy to deal with..[/quote] What a shock that you'd jump in with the answer first

I just tried to use the word s-w-a-n-k-y (as in elegant or ostentatious, synonyms include stylish, chic, smart, fashionable etc.) in a post. Unfortunately I think it takes exception to the word you are left with if you remove the first and last letter. Isn't that a little over-zealous? Up to you of course, but I thought it was annoying because I was trying to use a perfectly legitimate word.

EMGs do indeed come with all the wiring you need to get going - The J-X set comes like this: [url="http://www.emginc.com/products/index/214/245/2"]http://www.emginc.com/products/index/214/245/2[/url] Which looks pretty comprehensive to me. In my experience, EMGs are amongst the easiest things to get going nowadays with the quick connect stuff (no soldering). That photo on Thomann suggests slightly older stuff when the pickups came with traditional soldered looms. Hope you get the sw@nky new stuff EDIT: profanity filter, are you seriously saying I can't say [url="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sw***y"]S-W-A-N-K-Y[/url]? EDIT2: unbelievable - it even messes up URLs!

Wah, my bass isn't selling!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1027667' date='Nov 18 2010, 10:03 AM']Another cretin making up fantasy rubbish to try & sell their broken junk. Can anyone explain why it is these retards seem to think that everyone else is even more stupid & ignorant than they are? Unbelievable! Jon.[/quote] They're possibly not retards - merely working on the statistical possibility that there's always someone out there who's more cerebrally challenged than oneself. "There's a sucker born every minute"? You're clearly not in their target market and I think you feel hurt and left out as a consequence, feeling the need to lash out because of your feelings of abandonment and rejection

In order to buy the right pickup (there are so many possibilities!) it would help to know what you don't like about your current sound and how it differs from the sound in your head that you want. To answer your questions - yes I have changed the pickup in a Squier P - I put in a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound and it certainly beefed up the sound, more output, more everything really (bigger pole pieces, more winds). I'm not suggesting that it is the best P pickup out there as I haven't tried enough to make such a judgement, but it's a decent improvement for the price. It's not tough to do. Assuming you're keeping the rest of the electrics it's a case of remove strings, remove pickguard, de-solder 2 wires, remove old pickup, fit new pickup, solder 2 wires, replace pickguard, restring, DONE. Oh yeah, keep the original pickup. If you sell on this bass, you may not get any more money for it just because it has brand X fancy pants pickup in it. Put the original pickup back in, sell it as stock, and you'll get some money back on selling the replacement pickup separately (or put it in your next bass if it fits )

I'll vote for "health hazard" No idea on price, sorry!

Heh, was idly trawling eBay and stumbled upon the Godin Shifter:

Found another one - Spear Flextool: J/P/MM

Heh, it's fun to watch basses you have no intention of buying