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I'm looking at ordering a s-s Elwood C and have pretty much spec'd the construction and finish of it (actually 2 alternatives that I have yet to decide on!). What I'm not sure about are the pups. The standard ones for the Elwood C are Adrian's single coils. Does anyone out there have experience of them - or the others he offers like Delano and Glockenklang come to that? Only ones I know are the Domanskis on my Cazpar (which I like). And what about active versus passive? I'm not likely to be playing anything that requires any tonal extremes, so I'm inclined to stick with passives. What I do find neat on the Cazpar is the switchable humbie.

Remember trying one same as the OP at The Bass Centre around the turn of the '80s - a privileged experience! Also a privilege to have that emporium a short tube ride away.

Wow, that makes what can only be described as an Entwistle-like statement - wear it with pride!

"My strap ends are particularly thick and 'spongey' though which might explain the movement?" That would be your jock-strap then... (Sorry mate, you knew somebody would rise to the bait )

I'm using both on various straps/guitars. I find the EBs are a bit less fiddly to use but both types are equally prone to the nut working loose. For particularly heavy basses I'd recommend the Schaller type as they look more robust. Saying that though, I can't imagine EB would sell anything that might break - and they do look cool!

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1480965842' post='3188516'] Can anyone let me know Adrian,s Email address.? I'm after a pickguard for my Elwood 5. [/quote] If you go onto the 'contact' section of the public-peace.de website, there's a link to 'info@' which goes direct to Adrian.

Well posted! There's rarely a day goes by without me celebrating the good bass stuff I'm lucky enough to own. No Warwicks but that's not the point - mind you, maybe after 50 years of playing it's about time I tried one

Love the Spector Shorty!

Bugger! Talked myself out of taking part in the auction on the assumption that there'd be the usual flood of bids jacking the price up in the dying minutes. Guess what - the second bidder (from yesterday) got it for £64!!

[quote name='grandad' timestamp='1480765064' post='3186957'] I began my bass playing with 34's, Precision, Jazz, Speakeasy, etc. I've enjoyed trying out numerous makes and models. All 4 stringers. Since about 3 years I have only short and medium scale instruments. Here's a good read regarding the merits of a shorter scale. [url="http://www.innertainment.net/medium.html"]http://www.innertain...net/medium.html[/url] [/quote] I only gig s-s basses too nowadays, so I really appreciate this article - thanks!

Just fired off an e-mail asking Adrian if he's exhibiting at the London Bass Show in March. Here's his reply: [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Hello, [/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I don't know, maybe. Write to the organization you will see me at the stage. Greetings Adrian[/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Can anyone more familiar with the show tell me what he means?[/font]