Osiris

Hard to say really as I found the bass balanced pretty well before I fitted them. Plus I also use a wide suede backed strap which is good for keeping your bass in place without it neck diving if its that way inclined. So that doesn't really tell you anything, does it But as you say, they're great little units considering how inexpensive they are.

Play it again - Atomic Rooster

Yes, mine has had a new bridge, pickups, pots, output jack and machine heads. All done on the cheap and probably no more than £80 in parts, most of which went on the monstrous Entwistle Neodymium pickups. I picked up a set of cheap and cheerful Wilkinson machine heads off here for about a tenner, they're the smaller style like these bit they fit perfectly into the existing ferrules so it was just a matter of screwing them in. They're light weight and feel solid, they've been on for a couple of years and are still smooth and I've never had one slip so I'm not sure what else you'd get if you went for something more expensive. I probably ought to fill in the old holes where the original Fender style machine heads are but 1, I like the scrappy look and 2, I'm a lazy bastard. Changing the bridge was also a doddle, any Fender fit bridge will drop straight in, I think mine is an eBay £10 high mass special, but like the cheap machine heads it does what it's supposed to do, no complaints from me.

Lullaby - Warrior Soul

Helter Skelter - Some highly overrated 60's band

The Wizard - Black Sabbath

There's a blast from the past Goat F**king Virgin Killers from Hell was a regular on my turntable in my teens! Speaking of which... Anarchy in the graveyard - Chaotic Dischord

Set fire to someone in authority - Sick on the Bus

Benny two dogs - Red Sun Rising

Hang the pope - Nuclear Assault

Houses of the holy - Led Zeppelin

Somnambulism - Therapy

Whiplash - Metallica

Agreed, it's a ball ache having to take the neck off to adjust the truss rod but I guess they're trying to make the bass authentic to the '66 original. Having said that I bought one of these to save the hassle of having to take the neck off. It's not particularly cheap for what it is, which is essentially a bent bot of mental, but it makes truss rod adjustments a doddle. StewMac Truss Rod Crank for Tele | eBay

I'm free - The Who

I've got 2 Mustangs, a PJ and a JMJ and they are very different basses. I've had my PJ wired with a blend pot as I found the stock 3 way pickup selector switch was too limiting, the blend makes the bass much more versatile as you'd expect. The pickups are clear sounding and work really well together and give a range of familiar Fender tones from the trademark P grunt to that wiry bridge pickup sound. My favourite setting with the blend is just off centre with a bias towards the P pickup which gives a full but clear tone that sits nicely in the mix. The neck is a slim, jazz like profile. The JMJ is different in almost every way. The custom Seymore Duncan pickup has a big, full tone with less top end than the PJ, it's very much a fat, rounded vintage tone. It's not as versatile as the PJ but it's got that tone that both works with the band and puts a grin on my face at the same time. The neck has a chunkier profile, feeling more like a Precision profile. The lovely @Adee had an American Performer Mustang that I was fortunate to have a ply with before lockdown. It's more like the PJ than the JMJ but with higher grade hardware and a more pleasing neck finish than the PJ. But that's not to say the PJ has crap hardware or a poor neck finish, as it doesn't. But the pickups on the American model sounded a bit bland to my ears, they lacked the character of the PJ and the JMJ. Out of the bunch I felt the American was the weakest model simply because the tone was the least exciting to my ears, not a bad sound as such, just nothing that grabbed me. And it's also around a grand or so. As the PJ and JMJ are very different basses they both have their appeal and I'll pick up one over the other depending on my mood. But the following day I'll happily play the other. I like them both a lot. There's also the Vintera and new Squier models but I've played neither one so can't comment as to how they compare.

Cyanide sweet tooth suicide - Shinedown

Pre-ignition - Voivod

Doesn't look like it going from the lyrics online but it could be that the Damned version is maybe a nod to Syd, perhaps? Dunno. Anyway, back to it... Fool for your lovin' - Whitesnake

Gigolo aunt - The Damned

Babylon's burning - The Ruts

Not entirely true though, is it.

Echoes - Pink Floyd

Holidays in the sun - Sex Pistols

Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden