LewisK1975

Whilst this is absolutely true, the main sound I'd be looking to get in the ball park of is the Wal sound, which do have the rear pickup further back. Here's a great vid of a Bass which Carey Nordstrand made for Justin Chancellor (I think Chancellor ultimately rejected it), but it shows that you can get pretty darn close to the Wal tone, without paying £5k+ for it..Be sure to listen with headphones / good speakers!

True! - Forgot about those...

Been considering a dual MM Pup bass for some time. I know I prefer the feel of precision shaped basses, but can find myself liking the sound of other types of Basses. A look through the limelight gallery on the Classic and cool website showed this! Whilst I would change a few things aesthetically and probably have a preamp onboard, it's about as close as I've seen to what's in my head... I wonder what clever sort got their hands on that!

Been toying with the idea of a double MM Pup arrangement and then I see this on the Limelight gallery: Aside of some personal changes I'd do with the aesthetics, it's pretty much exactly what I had in mind. I wonder what clever sort got that one?

Came across these on Facebook the other day and subsequently searched Youtube and there's plenty there too, absolutely awesome. Here's their version of Distant early warning:

Scratches chin.....

Definitely looks like a mod to me, one nearest the neck has been added...that bass is one of the 'longhorn' types Fender did for a short while too...nice basses.

I was lucky enough to score one of the 60's Fiesta Red ones locally. Slapped some Thomastiks on it and you're in Jamerson heaven!

I'm also in for this one, got a lovely LTD Fretless. Picked it up locally for £150 with a case.

Twas a major selling point when I got my Elite Precision. Guess what, after my initial setup to my preferred strings, I've never touched it!

There's nothing you can do to make the standalone combo louder than it currently is. The 'power amp in' socket is a direct input for the combo's power amp section, for connecting a separate preamp to the amp, which I'd think will disable the connection from the combo's internal preamp. If you like the sound of the amp and want it to be louder, you can connect the 'preamp out' to a separate louder power amp. That power amp will then need it's own speakers. Hope this helps.

Billy Sheehan does seem to have an aversion to 5/6 string Basses. On the (drop tuned) Sons of Apollo record, he's used a 4-string tuned BEAD, and is actually touring using a double neck, which has BEAD on the lower neck, and EADG on the upper neck which is used for his solo spot.

+1, that is GAW-JUS!

I made the switch in my main covers band about 2 years ago, mainly due to complaints from other band members about general on stage volume. I agree Chris, it's a total revelation when you get your mix right. We also use a Behringer X mixer, but ours is the X-18. I agree totally on that too, it's a fabulous bit of kit for not a massive amount of money.

No GAS right now Marc, spending on home improvements has put pay to that for a while. Just curious, as we've see Precisions with Jazz necks a lot, it's not usual to see them the other way round..... Same here BB, not a fan of the A neck either! I feel OK on a B or C though, and like the Jazz sound.....

Fender 'A' neck - 1.5in nut - Standard for Jazz Bass Fender 'B' neck - 1.625in nut - Standard for modern Precision Fender 'C' neck - 1.75in nut. - Found on re-issue / certain sig model Precisions So, we know that there have been Precisions made by Fender (certainly in the 60's/70's anyway) which came fitted with Factory 'A' necks. My question is, has anyone ever had a Jazz Bass fitted with a Factory B/C neck? (Don't include the 80's Japan Jazz Bass special, that was essentialy a hot rod Precision!) I've certainly never heard of one......

Same here! It really is screaming for some new Bass stuff now isn't it? Really should have a good sansamp clone on it for a start!

Might dip in and out, it's also Download highlights on Sky Arts from 9pm too...probably be recording that anyway...

Pretty cool, but fugly!

That is a sweet little setup! 😍