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The Caprice and Cutlass have been discontinued, perhaps unsurprisingly. I'd still love to get my hands on one, but I suspect I'll never see one in the flesh.

It certainly would look cool. There probably IS a reason for not having only switches, I can't think of one however. If there's an on/off switch, that would make up for not having a volume knob, right!?

Good idea, I have a 4 hole plate, so that would work! (with no woodwork)

That is something I've considered. It would certainly look really cool on this particular bass. Not sure I want to go down the active route - I have an EB Sterling which covers active duties. However, some kind of switching has also crossed my mind - a rotary neck/series/parallel/bridge/kill switch could be cool. Would just need to figure out how to wire the damn thing!

I've been threatening to buy a Sub Phatty to keep me occupied through lockdown - it would be my first keyed instrument. Nice to join somebody else's journey since you've done exactly what I'm gonna do. You simply must learn this.

Hi all, Just got my hands on a beautiful CIJ Jazz bass at a local music store in Bangkok. Plays great, cosmetically great and (I thought due to the pandemic) a suuuper low price. They "didn't have" a bass amp in the shop to plug it in to, no problem, took it home anyway. Turns out the pots are all broken, and turning them causes buzzing sounds, silence, unwanted pickup combinations etc. So, I'm in the process of deciding what to do with the electronics, I'll be re-wiring them myself and would like to strip it all back a little bit. My original idea is 2 on/off switches for the pickups (I have never used the volume controls to blend pickups), NO volume control and possibly NO tone knob. I only want to do something wacky for the sake of it, since I have to re-wire everything anyway. My question is... what would YOU do? and what WOULDN'T you do. Inspire me! Nice one! z

I was trying to explain the genius of Jamerson to my non-bass playing friends, ended up coming across this great visual representation of his playing which communicated it much better than my words.

That has got to be it. With a little more research it's confirmed - Bernie Worrell mentions it in an interview. Thanks folks! Now, where to find one...

Hello BC! It's good to be back. I am here with a quick question. What is THAT sound? To me it sounds like rubbing a pane of glass. It's apparent in many, many P-Funk tracks - which is where I've noticed it moist prominently. I'd often wondered what it was, and I didn't know what to google and nobody I know has the answer. I bet it's obvious and I'm being stupid. Basschat, what is that sound? Here, it kicks in around the 20 sec mark. Cheers!

I like the Funkadelic vibe. Sounds like it could be a cut from "Standing on the verge of getting it on"

Such precision. Joe Dart is wonderful. I gave Dean Town a go, and the best I could do was get just past the first verse Notice the well placed fade out. Tell ya what, a short scale bass is useful for this kinda stuff.

Or indeed, anything!

Sold Bert my Freqbox. Super easy, diamond geezer. The sale was stress free. I'd happily let him give me money again.

I love it!

So that's where it ended up! I miss the BIG Bongo dearly. I think it's just too good a bass for me, totally wasted. My 1993 Sterling 4 is the one for me.

Do it. 5 string Bongos are the sh!t. BONGOS by Zak Duarte, on Flickr

What's that little guy on the far right? I spot a pre-EB/Early EB headstock logo, gold hardware, early string tree placement and a mahogany finish... not a configuration I'm familiar with

The Sterling HH switching is the same as the 'ray, except the coils are in series. The 'ray is wired parallel.

POW! straight into the pocket. Great tone. Spot on.

This vocalist is the most unreliable person I've ever worked with... it could be a while! Thanks for listening

Ohhh there is a vocal version in the works. I like to put up instrumentals / works in progress on my personal soundcloud, and the actual song will appear at some point. Regarding tempo, this wasn't supposed to be a dance track, it just mutated into one. Don't know how that happened

Big synth bass courtesy of a vintage Juno. I'd really love some feedback on this one Thanks!