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I'm a big fan of the Peterson tuner app iStroboSoft, available for iOS or Android. Not free, but worth every penny : https://www.petersontuners.com/products/istrobosoft/

With two Tony's saying the same about tone, you can't be wrong. Tony's Tone Tribune !

Closer to a vintage pickup than the Entwistle and waxed, which is rare enough to be mentioned. To me, the best replacement pickup to get the original tone (back). If you like the Fender 1975 fitted, you'll love the ToneRider.

Then try a ToneRider, best P or J pickup for the money ever and I'm absolutely not affiliated with them. https://tonerider.com/category/bass-pickups/?v=920d0c66f3d2

More traditional in the look, but really ergonomic and light, the Sivcak basses with top notch quality on every aspect and lightweight. https://www.sollerguitars.com/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=item&cid=28:seria-ndhs&id=522:ndhs-5-063916&Itemid=101&lang=en Or this one : https://www.sollerguitars.com/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=item&cid=30:seria-tb&id=151:tb-5-045211&Itemid=101&lang=en These basses are a big next level compared to Maruszczyk, with something he doesn't have : an aftersale service. You can also configure your own bass too. Check the prices too !

This Ibanez AFR is ticking all the boxes, except that it doesn't have a neck pickup. And it's a damn terrific ergonomic bass : https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/detail/afr5pbp_1p_01.html Here is a video by someone who knows a bit about basses : You can find them in different iterations at bargain prices quite easily.

The AER BassCube first generation with it's 3 channels will handle the electric bass perfectly, the double bass with all the necessary settings and the "stereo" Chapman Stick too. Check the manual here to understand the huge possibilities of this powerful and transparent sounding combo : AER BassCube.pdf

Yep, at the bin !

Looks like there was a discount on pots and switches... 😂

Try the ToneRider, dirt cheap and excellent pickups : https://tonerider.com/product/precision-plus/?v=d3dcf429c679 That said, the typical Jaco tone on a fretless comes from the bridge pickup. A P-Bass won't get you that tone. The strings and almost no neck relief is important too. No bloody flats on a fretless if you want it to sing (except Thomastik Jazz Flats). Boost the 800 Hz on your amp, cut the highs and put the basses just a bit above the center click, that will help achieve the mwah.

Here is Sivcak OSC models page : https://www.sollerguitars.com/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=category&cid=29&Itemid=101&lang=en

Excellent basses, @owen. I had one, very light and very well made.

Ceramic pickup s*cks ! 😎

Definitely looks like a gray bottom 1975 Fender Precision Bass pickup.

I'll summarise it even better : a totally unknown self pretending luthier doing some TalkBass talk. I've owned some 300 basses and played more, they all sounded different, but the most important thing is way more obvious : the sound is in the fingers. Concerning the strings, there has been a very interesting comparison test for the Newtone strings that simply proved that the sound is made by the player. It's here : That said, it's an always resurfacing subject. I'll let the players make their own opinion based on their experience and I'd like to see the hearing test of those people unable to hear the difference and trying to convince the other that they are right. To me, it's up to the listener and/or player to decide without being influenced.

So, for those living in modern days, where precision matters, it's exactly 3.17514659 kilos. Very light for such a bass. Again congratulations to you @Andyjr1515: it's a superb bass ! I think I like combination 124, but 123 is good too with that humbucker on neck pickup. That said position 001 is my favourite, but what does it do exactly, except sparkles @Jus Lukin ?

That's it, they call it RHT for Right Hand Tuning. It's also in my weight bracket with 4.130 kilos.

My new LeFay Remington Steele 6 RHT CC CAP Big Block :

Excellent. I love those loonies !

I've seen Motörhead a lot of times starting in the 80's and until I saw PIL in the early 80's I thought they were the loudest band ever. I was almost totally deaf for a few hours after PIL in Deinze in 1983 or 1984. Then I saw Faith No More in the 90's, dead loud. And then Magma a few times in the late 90's in small venues and they were louder than loud especially their only date in Luxembourg, which was even louder than Dinosaur Jr. Magma was so loud that the dB meter at the bar, at the other end of the venue, was always clipping at 120 dB ! Now there are strict restrictions concerning power at venues over here in Europe and that's a good thing.