Woodinblack

I would also say it looks like your earths are not connected to each other so just floating, but until you can take a good focused picture it is impossible to say for sure.

I am getting it right that you currently have Volume, Volume, tone, and you want to covert to just volume, volume? If so you don't need any other pots, just remove the tone pot and ensure that the wire that went from the volumes to the tone and jack still goes to the jack

Thats beautiful. I don't really like fenders that much and I don't play a 4 string, but that finish is great (well, I think the scratch plate ruins it a bit, but it comes off!). Yes, the gig bag idea is silly. its not like it is a budget range instrument, a decent quality gig bag that you can actually use costs very little from a manufacturers point of view, why not provide one?

That really depends on whether you think that that headstock is uglier than a fender headstock, I guess its what you are used to. Would pick that in a heartbeat over the tele headstock - its about as ugly as a normal fender headstock.

Maybe if they install a card reader you can visit, seems to be the difference!

They were thinking with that hideous scratchplate, noone would care if the pickup was the wrong colour!

Yes, a hideous clash that is even worse than tort scratchplates which is pretty awful.

In fact, after mentioning the telecaster style headstock, the original P bass pick-guard. What the hell is going on with that. In fact, extend that to the 50s P bass. The later P bass is not so bad once they got rid of all the metal and put a slightly better headstock on it.

I had one of the original CV P basses. I can't see they would have intentionally made the next generation worse for any reason. The only thing that was even slightly suspect were the tuners, that felt a bit cheap, but only a bit, not much worse than others of that style.

Probably a good reason for that

Well, thats fine, can't see why you would want to do it another way.

Yes, if you wanted to go to a 5 you could just move the E further up and put a b nearer the end.

So what you are saying is that you don't dislike reliced basses, you just don't like the colour of some!

Looks at all the fenders out there.. the world has turned since 1950s? Are you sure?

I don't get foderas, I know they are supposed to be fantastic things, but so much of their design looks like an afterthought - I always hated their random knob position, but that is just jarring. And not only that, when tuning you have a lifetime of picking the wrong tuner - tuning strings in order means furthest, nearest, middle!

I can probably put up with any single thing on a bass (Given the neck profile, string spacing etc was ok), although some headstocks are hard to love (esp fender tele style) as luckily most things that are really terrible such as tort pickguard or silver hardware can be replaced.

Same here, exactly. Syntronik Free - seems I got it years ago and forgot about it.

Not if you are standing in the same room as it. When I saw them i needed earplugs and my wife went out to the hall!

This just popped up on Hot uk deals: Cort GB55JJ 5 String Bass Guitar In Seafoam Pearl Green £239.20 / Olympic White or Natural £263.20 Delivered Using Code @ Kenny's Music HUKDGB55 https://www.kennysmusic.co.uk/cort-gb55-jj-5-string-electric-bass-seafoam-pearl-green Seems a good deal. I was almost tempted and though, nah, trying to cut down. But if someone wants something basic, seems pretty good for under £240

The SA2000s were impressive. Friend of mine is selling an SA800 which was briefly tempting.

Those are literally the two on my main list for my new group. Except the I can't go for that is also the Ceelo Green one:

The B string on a guitar is always out of tune, it is the main problem of a guitar!

Just for reference, I have no idea who Jeff Berlin is, but I assume he is someone who can play quite fast!