Jean-Luc Pickguard

The two back screws in tis pic look like they came from B&Q rather than being the type used on instruments, so maybe the bridge isn't original to the bass? In your position I would be inclined to order something like this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276111677941 and be prepared to fill & redrill the holes if they don't match up.

Here's the latest iteration of my pedalboard. As you can see I am limiting myself to boss pedals at the moment (apart from the thumpinator). I have just today replaced my LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer with the more advanced — and hopefully less hissy BC-1X Bass Comp. I also have a CEB-3 Bass chorus which I took off the board when I bought the AW-3 Dynamic Wah recently. As my board (The most excellent Harley Benton Spaceship Power 50C) has now run out of space, I'll try to not aquire any new pedals for a while, however if a secondhand BB-X1 Bass driver in excellent condition pops up at a good price, the Monte Allum modded ODB-3 might be evicted depending on the results of a shootout.

The Golden Goat — Snakefinger

I'm a perfect example of the Dunning Kruger effect. I think I'm an excellent bass player but in fact I'm somewhere between terrible and mediocre.

Simple Song — The Residents

Will there be wine & biccies?

Turning the enhance right down on the LMB3 did reduce the hiss a bit, but there was still too much. I'm hoping the BC-1X will work better for me. My new (secondhand) BC-1X should be here tomorrow, so I'll be able to put it on my board and do some A/B testing

Anyone else found a boss LMB-3 to be a very efficient loud hiss generator, even with no signal present? I was having a loud hiss issue with my rig at rehearsal last week and although I suspected that the cab's tweeter had got switched on in transit, on checking the cab at rehearsal today I found that wasn't the case. Then I unplugged my pedalboard and plugged my mustang straight onto the amp and the hiss was totally gone. Only the LMB-3 was actually active on the pedalboard when it was plugged in, with all four knobs at 12 o'clock. I have recently started adding in a bit of extra mids and treble on my ABM600 amp which I guess is exposing the LMB-3 as a bit of a hiss generator whereas it wasn't as noticable when I ran the amp with a flatter eq. I've brought the pedalboard home, so will try to reproduce the issue with my practice amp and investigate further. I've also just ordered a (secondhand) BC-1X so I can also investigate whether that might work any better than the LMB-3 and not add loads of hiss.

I had rehearsal this evening so I checked how the tweeter switch was set on the back of the cab and I was surprised that it was actually off! Taking my pedalboard out of the equation and plugging the bass straight in totally eliminated the hiss. I suspect the boss LMB3 was causing the issue, but I'll need to investigate further.

Baaa baaa ann — Beach Boys

Material Girl — Madonna

I Love a Man In A Uniform — Gang of Four

Thomann has them listed as being in stock in 4-5 weeks

Here's a video I found interesting which compare's Fender's different mustang bass versions. My classic vibe mustang came with a pickup from a vintera mustang fitted by a previous owner (shame they didn't put on the hipshot lollipop tuners from the vintera as well), however the stock pickup in the classic vibe measures up very well in the shootout.

The rules of this thread do not permit two letters in a song title to be changed It's the thin end of the wedge; if we allow that we'll eventually have people submitting songs where all the the letters have been changed.

Ah, but that thread also allowed adding or subtracting letters. This one is stricter in that one letter can only be substituted. Anyone found adding or subtracting letters runs the risk of getting a Paddington Bear hard stare.

Thanks for all the responses people. I'm beginning to think that my prior dismissal of tweeters may have been somewhat misguided, and the tweeter being switched in may have contributed to how much I liked the tone I was getting. I wasn't enjoying the amount of hiss coming from the cab so I will have to figure out how to eq as much of that out without negatively impacting the tone. I'll have to turn up early to rehearsal so I can investigate further.

I've always used cabs without tweeters. I predominently play mustang basses with stainless flats, so I'm not expecting anything particularly shrill to come out of my amp. My amp is a lovely Ashdown ABM600 Evo IV. I keep this at the guitarist's studio where we rehearse and I use the cabs he already had in the studio - an Ashdown ABM 115 with an ABM210 with tweeter on top (in portrait mode rather than landscape if you get the drift. I'm not sure what generation the cabs are, but they're probably at least ten years old. I kind of recall switching the tweeter off on the 210 when I first set it up, but at the rehearsal this week the bass rig was hissing very noticably, so I'm guessing the tweeter switch got knocked back to 'on' when the cab was in transit from the last gig. The thing is that I have rejigged my pedalboard and at the beginning of the rehearsal and spent some time adjusting the eq on the amp which resulted in a slight bass cut and a slight boost to the mids. I'm pretty sure I kept the treble roughly flat. Listening back to the recording of the rehearsal confirms that the bass tone was the best I've had in living memory but the hiss was very noticable. i think the slight bass cut removed some mud and adding mids added clarity. I also had the volume a bit higher than usual which enabled me to play (fingerstyle) with a lighter touch. We're rehearsing again on Monday and I'll try to keep the same settings but check the tweeter switch and A/B with it on/off. Will switching it off take away some of what I liked so much about the tone I got this week? or should the tweeter only really concern itself with the very high slappity thwackity frequency range which would be absent from my signal? I'll report back with my findings next week, but I'd be interested in what others think about this.

Dead Kennedys — Too Drunk To Funk Tom Browne — F*ckin' for Jamaica

ABBA — S.O.B. ABBA — Super Trouser

Bauhaus — A Cod In An Alcove

Rober Palmer — Some Guys Have All The Suck

Average White Band — Sick Up The Pieces

Lynyrd Skynyrd — Sh@t Smell

Whitney Houston — How Will I Knob