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ooh ... that's a thought...

Having now messed about with blending the pick ups I'm not entirely sure it's going to be worth the trouble. Nothing actually wrong with the tone off the bridge - but just not enough of it.. Might just see if I can lift that pick up a bit for a better balance.. It's just minor tweaking required I think

I'd not considered that, though I'm inclined to leave the neck pick up just as it is, and I'm not a fan of adding extra components, then I'd need to know which resistor etc.. So - an interesting idea, but beyond my technical thinking. Flea bass pick ups worth investigating I think..

So the recently acquired (ex Karlfer) Road Worn Jazz has now been fully fettled and wearing a fresh set of La Bella flats... I'll spare you a full review as it would need to remain dairy free. - But you all know what a Jazz sounds like and this is a nice one.. Only thoughts are on the pick ups. Neck is lovely - no issue Bridge sounding a bit weedy to my ears - whacking the gain up on the amp sorts it out - but I don't really want to be doing that - the amp settings need to work for both pick ups.. So I'm inclined to swap it out for something a bit hotter - Tone etc all fine - I just want a bit more of it. Kinda like the Lindy Fralin pick ups (been great on a Stratocaster in the past ).. But heard good things about the Fender Custom shop ones too and there's always Seymour Duncans and Dimarzios to consider. If it is going to be a Fralin then theres the 5% or 10% overwound options to think about .. Anyone any experience ?

And great to meet you too, shame we didn't have time for a longer chat.. Very pleased with the Jazz.. as soon as the La Bellas arrive it will be off to the legend that is Mick Johnson http://www.mickjohnsonguitars.com for a bit of tweaking the way I like it.. I'm fully expecting quite a bit of P*## taking from him over the Road Worn finish.. but once we've got that out of the way - i'll have another weapon in the armoury .. Thanks again Karl..

So, I last appeared here in 2012 selling my Shergold Marathon Bass - to Nick I think.. (might be in the market to buy that back if I can twist his arm ! - and he still has it) At the time I hadn't gigged for years, and wasn't really keen to play alone... Migrated to 6 strings with my old Macaferri Gypsy Acoustic, then via an Epiphone Dot, subsequently upgraded to a Gibson 339, and added a Baja Tele, and American Strat... Sometime in 2016 having a drunken conversation I was persuaded to "Get the Band Back Together" - Our guitarist was '50 and anxious to gig again whilst he still could - I'd initially assumed I would be playing guitar.. but no-one else wanted to so I ended up bagging the Bass Place.. Acquired a Reverend Dub-King in Orange.. short scale - persuading myself that it was easier to swap between that and a 6 string without getting disorientated and also appropriate for my daughters small hands as she was just getting into guitars.. The Dub-King is a cool bass.. with a great variety of Tone.. still have it, and love it - though not getting played loads now. Amplification is a Mark Bass New York Combo - can't speak highly enough of this, and there's an old Rozz compressor, Boss tuner, Digitech Luxe, MXR Octave, and Mr Black FwonkBeta on my pedal board. Got back into a Standard scale bass with an American Precision - white with a maple neck (After going in to buy a high end Jazz Bass and picking up the P bass just as a comparison)... Finding the single Pick-up simplicity utterly liberating - though I do play with the tone knob a bit. Done a few gigs now as we all just got the bug again - but as we've all got day jobs - It's one big party gig a year + the odd special event - theres no appetite for regular gigging - but we are all keen to get to be better players. Whilst I've got a bit of time off before the next one I was going to experiment with Flats... What's the consensus - do these go on the Reverend - or the Fender ? And working on my "BassFace".....accused of this by my daughter... basically when I'm well into my groove, my expression looks like I'm having a stroke...apparently... though photos seem to confirm... Anyone else suffer ?