EliasMooseblaster

Funny you should say that; I did get my daft 3-pickup bass experiment up and running a while ago, and I'm quite pleased with it. It's P/J/J rather than three humbuckers, but with any luck I'll get some sound clips up at some point - might give you an idea of what's possible!

I'd guess that Humbuckers in those positions would give you tones similar to a Thunderbird with one of its pickups soloed. Personally, if you're sure you just want one pickup, I'd go for the "traditional" P position, in the middle. It's a lot more versatile than the bridge position...I always find the latter can be quite fun on its own but loses a lot of crucial bottom in a band mix.

I've heard this quite a lot about the QP - if you're after the opposite, I reckon the SPB-2 may also be worth a punt. Brighter and more middy - the honk is strong in that one.

Gently tip a small amount of baking soda into the E and A slots until you have about as much lift as you need. Then pour in a couple of drops of superglue and let it solidify. A surprisingly effective fix. Doesn't sound like it should work, but my chemist friend tells me that they combine to form a sort of basic cement.

One might even say it Stopped Making Sense...

The Bree Louise...I think that was probably my favourite pub in all of London, and I explored them pretty extensively throughout my 20s. Absolutely gutted that it's gone.

Never have I seen a guitar look more like an '80s corporate training video...

If the active model plays even half as well as a passive, then you're looking at a damn good bass. The main differences I think you'd need to watch out for are: (i) neck profile - the Model T's neck is much more like a Jazz bass than a P. Wide and shallow, but very fast. Bit of a surprise at first, but it didn't take me long to warm to it. (ii) The pickups. They're not Fender pickups, and they will always sound subtly different. Don't know how the EMGs will compare to the passive SD Basslines in my own Model T, but the "different" sound was no less satisfying than the Fender. And for comparison, I did put a Fender CS '62 RI pickup into my kit-built P bass copy a few years ago, and it now does "that" Precision sound very convincingly for a fraction of the price...so you could always pop one of those into a Squier or HB Precision as your backup and free up even more money for beer!

I can never remember which of the "Session" and "Studio" models is the active or passive version - I have the passive one! I think it was about 2013 I first picked mine up, and it's still one of my favourites after all that time. Funnily enough, I did have a go on a US Std about 12 months after, and started to wonder if I should trade the Schecter in. The fact that I'm still happy with the Model T, and not really pining for the Fender that badly, makes me think it was the right decision to stick with it. They are different, no two ways about it, surprisingly so for two ostensibly similar designs, but I don't think the Fender was necessarily £500 "better" than the Schecter. I still maintain that the Model T is a wonderful instrument.

I've just remembered a particularly daft one...when I was first taking an interest in getting a valve amp, the Orange Bass Terror appealed for the obvious reasons of its size. One shop didn't have them in, but helpfully directed me to one up the road, who they said were the main dealer for Orange in the area. They even took the trouble to tell me about the isobaric 12" speaker that Orange were experimenting with at the time. "Do you have those little Bass Terror heads?" "No, but we've got the combo." "Ah, OK, I was looking for a head as I already have a cab. May as well give this a spin though - do you know if it's one of those fancy isobaric speakers in the combo?" "I don't know." "Fair enough. May I try it?" "Erm..." The guy's face drained when he realised there wasn't a bass guitar anywhere in the shop. He quite literally ran to the shop across the road and begged to borrow a bass from them. Of course they'd lent him the cheapest thing they had, with the deadest strings. By the time I'd tuned the thing and found a sound I was halfway happy with, he was looming over my shoulder again to ask what I thought of it. Presumably he'd promised the other shop he'd only be five minutes with their bass. You won't be surprised to hear I left the shop empty-handed.

Ssh! I assumed nobody would have time to listen closely to all these clips beyond the first 60 seconds...

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest a Who song. Yep, with John Entwistle on bass and everything: Admittedly this is dredging right down to one of the few good tracks off probably their weakest album, but even though the bass tone is completely over the top, the playing is surprisingly restrained, especially by The Ox's standards.

This sounds like a job for Dave Hall: http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/

Oh god...too many shops I've been to where I've had to quite bluntly tell them, "I've tried Ernie Balls before, and I don't particularly like them." A few years ago an old house mate mentioned that he'd be up in central London and was meeting some friends near Tottenham Court Road, so did I need anything from Denmark Street? I replied that yes, actually, I was hoping to get some new strings, and wrote down the gauge and two preferred brands. Then as a failsafe I added "NOT ERNIE BALL" in case. Apparently the guy behind the counter gave "a knowing laugh" when he saw the note.

That does look lovely! (Your 1W Blackstar isn't an HT-1 by any chance? I do love the way my own Tele sounds through one of those!)

Good point; in most other languages it's pronounced to rhyme with "crass" - basse in French, basso in Italian. As for SeiBass...I always thought it was pronounced more like "sigh." Glad I never phoned (phanied?) a shop to ask if they had one!

You may be unsurprised to learn that Alexander "ooh I've made my own scale for that" Scriabin assembled a scale which uses all four of the notes in a 7b5 chord - scroll down for the section on his "Promethean" scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexatonic_scale

I'm sure it's just an optical illusion caused by the fanned frets, but it looks to me like the neck is bending slightly downwards...the most extreme form of neck dive?

Airick the Half-a-Bee?

Good god, I don't even know where to start...the bass guitar string sitting on top of a packet with a picture of an upright on it...the description which is for a 4-string pack of standard gauge Warwick Reds, with no mention of a high C...and not just the ridiculous price but the offer to bung them twelve quid a month for the next two years. Consider my mind well and truly boggled.

Time to dust this thread off, as I think I might be developing a mod addiction. I installed the DiMarzio. It sounds wonderful (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJSTRSG-ILU for a demo) The other night, I replaced its volume pot with a push-pull, and after a couple of hours of faffing and head-scratching, I have it switchable between series and parallel.) Now, I'm looking at the rotary switch again...and wondering if there's a way to wire in a fourth setting which puts the bridge pickup out of phase with the neck. Who's feeling brave?

Your real name is Finbarr Saunders, AICMFP

Funny you should say that - I still use an original flavour Little Bastard 30 for both. It's great for recording as it still has a nice warm tone even at modest volumes, although you'll need some good soundproofing if you want to push it harder. Similarly, it's done me well for smaller gigs and can be astonishingly loud with the right cab. (Though I do defer to a CTM-100 for larger venues!)

I always feel bad for laughing, because I know their grasp of English is infinitely better than mine of Japanese...but then, "One Seymour Duncan pickup is arranged from the rear..." - well, if that's what you're into...

I think I'm right in saying that some similar firms have come a-cropper when enough employees/"sub-contractors" have banded together to take them to court - I'm sure someone like Hermes or Deliveroo was ordered to changes the terms of their contract to offer basic workers' rights such as sick leave.