Hellzero

The Sadowsky MetroExpress Hybrid is surely the best option for you. Too bad you're a bit late to the party as Thomann has been heavily discounting them, but there are no fivers anymore.

Some Leduc basses in quartets and pairs.

In fact, it went from 6 to 3 strings to end up with 4. 😉

Yep, first thing to do when it's too good to be true as it's better to be virtually disappointed than really crooked.

You have to rethink your fingering(s) for sure, but even though, you'll discover some new ideas, ... by mistake. Just give it a try, it's worth it.

And also the very first Alembic 72-01, so from 1972, owned by Jack Casady after his heavily modified by Alembic Guild Starfire bass... Quote from the Alembic website: "The very first Alembic bass, number 72-01, was made for Jack Casady, then of the Jefferson Airplane. In 1972 the bass cost more than four thousand dollars. It sounded and resembled nothing that came before it and was to be the bass that has influenced and shaped bass design ever since."

Superb! 😍

By the way, here is the definition of empirical, so you'll stop, at least, mismatching its meaning which is kind of the opposite of using scientific theory... (Having studied ancient Greek and Latin helps a bit to understand etymology and the correct use of words) Search results for 'Empirical': empirical and empiric adj 1 based on experiment, observation or experience, rather than on theory. 2 regarding experiment and observation as more important than scientific law. empirically adverb by means of experiment rather than theory. ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Latin empiricus, from Greek empeiria experience. The Chambers Dictionary (13th edition)

Excellent work @rwillett !

You could have the perfect pickup fitting solution by simply adding, between the two bars, a predrilled plate with glued nuts to accommodate any type of pickup, so being able to adjust them in the two dimensions and even three with slots and screws on the two sides.

Simple question: How many of those believing that tonewood is totally irrelevant believe in any god?

... almost deaf. 🫣😉🤣

Urm, just cut them to the desired length and always pre-drill before screwing in anything. 😉

Shetland Isles are well known for their sunny non humid weather, that's certainly why this bass has almost no sign of rust. The pictures look like they have been taken in a place like Italy, check the one with the Ferrari logo in reflection on the pickup cover and there's so much sun and heat that the door is opened, which is also a well known fact that they have their doors opened all day long in the Shetland Isles to let the heat and sun in... You certainly can thank your bank.

What about a 54 Strat, it's all I have, sorry...

And we bought them the same day after you whatsapped (it's called a neologism 🫣) me the link @binky_bass just to understand a few days later their pressure tactics. That said, I still have them too and they are really good and very large straps.

The OBP-3 is a preamp made by Aguilar, not a pickup. 😉

There still is the Lightwave optical solution with also close to zero latency, now belonging to Willcox: https://www.willcoxguitars.com/product-category/hexfx-editions/ I owned one of the very first generation (with its lot of luthiery issues) and it was working really well with absolutely no audible latency even down to a low B. The perfect fine-tuning of the system is easy to achieve, but not for everyone...

And, by the way, positions 2 and 4 are not out of phase, but due to the distance between the pickups some mid to high mid frequencies get cancelled (because of phase opposition indeed), hence the scooped tone ... exactly like on a Les Paul. If these positions 2 and 4 were really out of phase, there would be close to no sound at all, you know that very thin sound you sometimes hear when 2 pickups are ... out of phase. 😉

What the hell are you trying to say, Joe?

Are you Joe Biden?

Nope, it's the Jazz Bass. 😉 The Precision Bass is just a Telecaster Guitar, an Esquire Guitar if you want to be precise and picky, with less strings and longer scale...

Lightyears better than the CTS, which are absolutely not good pots: remember that Leo Fender was a genius for sure, but also cheapskate, so everything he used was simply what was the cheapest, including those CTS pots and, just to name one other, Jensen speakers. It's amazing how people can be manipulated to believe false things and refuse real facts.