kodiakblair

Here's my YOB bass, 68 Wilson Sapphire. Sadly I've the Dorian Gray tale in reverse, I get more decrepit every day while the Wilson seems remarkably free from the ravages of time ☹️

As has been pointed out already you'll face no problems, most 'active' basses pair normal pickups with a 9v or 18v EQ section. Easily affordable stacked or split 5 string jazz pickups though are pretty thin on the ground 🙁 You could look at fitting dummy coils but that'll involve surgery, hidden below the scratchplate being the handiest location.

I wouldn't worry too much, depending on who you use it might not be that expensive to fix. I was looking for a hum cancelling single coil ( twice the work + custom bobbin) with a ridiculously high wire count ( 3 times the standard length required), extra long slugs were needed to accommodate all the wire. This considerable move from standard off the shelf spec cost me just £10 more 🙂 There's not a great deal can fail in pickups. Hook up wires can detach (spot of solder/ job done), slugs can lose power (recharge by passing between neodymiums), magnets can detach (glue them back on or replace). Most of the UK folks charge about £30 to repair single coils, £40 - £45 for humbuckers. It's roughly the same for rewind work 👍

Maybe go with the Entwistle humbuckers Rapier are using in their Watson/WEM/Wilson Saffires.

@neepheid My gut feeling is it's some crossover from the guitar world, like this sudden need for infinite sustain we are all meant to have these days😄

I'm never saw the point, my wee stubby fingers never come into contact with the fretboard edges. TBT, I can't think of a situation where they would.

@uk_lefty I remember reading this bold statement on BC several years back, think it was from Camden Rob. "TBH my Harley Benton JB-75 is more than capable for 99.9% of what I do, I have 3 Wal 6 strings for the other 0.1%." 😄

Lower register is muffled, as I move up the neck things get clearer but also louder. I really need to play with pickup heights, there's a lot of clipping.

It's very loud.

Good pickup , I used one in my last 'knock together' https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/484769-shorty-thrown-together-yesterday/

Far too close. Ric pickups are centred on imaginary 24th and 36th fret positions, that puts the bridge pickup just over 4" from the saddles. Ali-Ex bass looks to be around 2.5" from the saddles.

They've been gone for years, at least 2 maybe 3.

Some time after March 2018. Prior to then all PB-50s were right handed sunburst with Wilkinson single coil.

Bloody Hell, that puts me on the spot 😄

I bought a Fazley surf green guitar just I could convert to short scale bass and Install a Warman quad rail. Turned out great. Another Warman favourite of mine is the Jazz Bar, used them plenty of times.

Not all have the hole. It was absent from my first 4 PB-50's. Present on one from the first run when Thomann switched factory in May 2018, absent from the red left hander bought last year. Yes, I've owned multiple PB-50s and never felt the need to return a single one. It's been one of the most important basses I've ever bought, had a house full of pretty basses with active EQ, CF/Graphite necks, fancy aftermarket brand pickups/ tuning pegs/bridges etc. One £78 purchase put an end to that malarkey. 9, soon to be 10, years later, PB-50 still brings a smile to my face 🙂

Fender Deluxe is 3 screw/through body. The Wilkinson compensated is also 3 screw/through body but looks much more in period.

Had loads of them. A Wal, Fender with 2 wide range HB, several Peavey Cirrus, Peavey C-5 and Grind; thats just tip of the iceberg. Also had 5 Peavey T-40's. Spin-a-split for single coil was a crap idea so I nipped the red wire an left them humbucker only. To further irk the purists one got a preamp, another converted to 5 strings 😄

Aye @Pea Turgh is right, Brian is the man for the job 👍 @BMBR Either ask him for a PDF to print and try for size or send him a tracing, sending up your existing plate is an option but it's a bit of a hassle.

I bought a couple of BBOT with 16.5mm spacing on Ali-Ex. That was just last month so still have the seller's details. Went for black and chrome at £9 each. @Rayman Just remembered, I've a single pickup version upstairs in need of a bridge. Will be ordering again from Ali-Ex soon, if you'd like one just let me know.

Search on that emporium of legit goods, Ali-Express, turned up plenty of them 😄 I wonder what the real company thinks about them.

I've never heard of South Korean Alpha pots before, Alpha is a Taiwanese company. Opened their factory in 1970, specifically to make potentiometers. Paid off as they're a massive now. Bourns' factory is about half hour from them, CTS plant 4 hour drive south.

Mine arrived within 2 weeks, paid 20% VAT same as on any purchase from outside the UK.