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Mine weighs 7lb if that helps.

I remember going on holiday with my parents with a walkman and just a copy of Levitation when I was 15. One of the last holidays I had with them, I still love that album, although haven't listened to it for a while. I think i will tomorrow!

Good article though!

When I were a kid, so early 80s, we went to see them a couple of times a year, which was because they toured a couple of times a year. It was a required outing!

People who are not on here!

I am too

No, that is not right. If it is wired correctly, the volume control should short it out completely. The J is right, the P volume is wrong, or somehow not connected

I have a spare bass. I always throw my hofner B2V in the car, its takes no space and stays in the car, just in case. I don't have a spare amp, but can always go into the PA if required.

When you have a VVT on a fender style control (as opposed to a gibson type control which is the other way), the pickup is shorted to ground by the volume control to stop it contributing, So if you put your meter on the black and white leads on that P pickup, which as you have said is measuring 8.4K. As you turn the volume down that number should go down to 0 when it is fully down. Same with the J pickup and the other volume.

Well, I am not an expert at these things, but I would put the rug on the floor

Well, I got mine 5 years ago and they were out of production then, so there are just not many of them around any more in any country. How about the SR5, that came after it and was similar

Maybe leave it for now and enjoy your holiday for a bit while just playing on one pickup? I am hoping your read them wrong and it is 8.4k rather than 8.4 ohm or you have a piece of wire! OK, so each pickup is shorted out when its respective volume is completely off? If so you shouldn't be able to hear anything when both volumes are off

hahah - ok! I don't have the freless any more but I have one of the EHBs instead (and a poplar shuker). Yes, you have a lot more marking on yours, mine is much 'quieter'. There is a bit more near the controls.

If it is louder (much louder) when either pickup is solo than when both are present, it is out of phase - there can be a slight drop in volume when they are both up, but not to the point where it is problem. That indicates that you don't have an earth on your volume, and thus probably your pickups, and that would cause lots of trouble. Ensure that there is a continuity at all times between the sleeve of the jack socket, one pin of the volume, one pin of the tone and one side of each pickup. Actually, what are the controls on this? Is it volume volume tone, or volume balance tone? If it is VVT, the pickups should be entirely shorted out when the volume is down. so check that too. I am making an assuming this is passive - tell me if this is wrong

OK, probably best to put a post in Bass guitars wanted. There aren't many of these as they weren't current for a long time, they were neck heavy (due to the lightness of the poplar) and that was a long time ago. Last one I saw in a shop was in a german one. Theres mine, the second on the left

Depending on how tinny, either one of your pickups is out of phase (either the coil is wound the wrong way, the pickup is in backwards or the lead is reversed), or its a feature of the bass. I would just swap the wires from one of the pickups round and try again

Not sure what you are asking there. I certainly have one, it is one of my favourite basses, in fact, used to be #1, but there is a bit of an argument going on with the new basses! Mine looks a bit nicer than that I would say So yes, I have one if you want info on it. If you are looking to buy one you probably need to put a post in the wanted sales group

You are joking, I have spent much more time in the last few years fixing the lights on the drums than any battery work

The led will probably take orders of magnitude more power than the preamp.

Agreed. I can play some things wrong really fast!

The only times where I have had a flatter battery on a gig, the battery went flat over a number of days, not less than a minute. That is an odd thing. My first ibanez got quieter and quieter and I didn't realise what it was at the time but it was that Ihadn't changed the battery in the 4 years I had it. Must be taking a lot of power (or a defective battery) to do that. Luckily if it was going to go dead in a short time I only need to get to the end of the song and then I have enough time to change the battery while the guitarist is tuning!

I have spare 9v and a box of AA & AAA. And a screwdriver for those basses. Never lost a bass mid gig, but I had a problem wtih a badly wired bass (my wrongo) that didn't actually have an off, so you had to take the battery out, until I fixed it, and the one time I gigged it I had forgotten to do that.

Or https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113707992641 to its friends!

Ow, seriously not cheap. That is way out of my price range for a power supply when all I really need is a couple of plugs, but thanks for the offer!

Not something I would want to listen to but very tallented and also I think a fantastic practice in translating what you hear into what you play.