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Looms lime the k and m are close on your meyboard @uk_lefty...

I would add that fourth pickup like @tauzero mentioned, and, instead of blends, simply use a stacked volume/tone per pickup and put a Stratocaster type output at the same place. This way it would be very easy to use, but the sum of the parts would cost more than the body itself. I did something similar with a three pickups bass, but in a way better look and I always use a router...

What you say @spongebob about the Nordstrand (MM 4.2 I guess) is very interesting as I had quite the opposite on my SBMM Radio Knobs. In fact, the D and A strings were too powerful and the G string was lacking some brightness, but not weaker. I changed the Ernie Ball Slinky 2833 roundwounds for Fender 9050L flatwounds: all became totally even and way better sounding... Here they are:

Check Nate Navarro testing a Sterling by Music Man Ray4, there's not much more to add, to me way better than the American Sub series on all aspects and I had a few. Quality wise there's a huge difference between a 1976 Stingray and a 2024 Stingray, the original simply being a plank with a neck very roughly made, but the pickup and preamp are pure genius and that's what makes the sound of the Stingray.

Everything screams AliExpress here...

🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮 : It's a fiver.

With lead free solder you need to use way higher temperatures. 300 to 350° Celsius is for old solder with lead. 450 to 500° Celsius is for new lead free solder, which, by the way, is deep shìt.

Isn't the thumb the first finger?

The Pre and Post you mention @Frank Blank is the the Pre Ernie Ball era, so the Leo Fender era starting in 1975, because of the non compete clause after the sale of Fender to CBS in the first days of January 1965. The first instrument, the Stingray, was made in June 1976 with the Radio Knobs, a white pickguard alongside long pole magnets pickup and the last in early in March 1984 when the company was sold to Ernie Ball. The preamp was first black epoxied, so unfixable. Check this website for all the explanations needed: http://www.musicmanbass.global/ Having a 1978 2 EQ and a 1987 rosewood fretboard 3 EQ at home alongside 2 Sterling by Music Man Ray4's (a Sunburst turned into a Radio Knobs with a Nordstrand MM 4.2 pickup coupled to a Nordstrand 2B-MM preamp and a Pueblo Pink fully stock except for the pickup wired in parallel for more tone accuracy), all I can say is that the real tone of the Stingray comes from the pickup wired in parallel coupled to the 2 EQ preamp. The 3 EQ preamp is interesting, but the added midrange changes the overall tone. If you are short money wise, buy a Sterling by Music Man Ray4 and simply wire the pickup in parallel, you'll be amazed by the tone. The maple fingerboard works terrific with flatwounds and the rosewood fingerboard works very well with roundwounds. If you have the money, buy a Pre Ernie Ball, but prefer a model from 1978 on as all the original flaws have been corrected: the mutes won't cut your hands anymore, the saddles are aligned with the strings, the pickup has lost its too strong long pole magnets and the preamp is not black epoxied anymore (so fixable), but still lacks an anti reverse polarity diode and a battery switching output jack (yes the battery is always on even when it's not plugged, but the consumption of the LM4250 chipset is deliriously low and won't empty your battery before years, no kidding), but it takes 2 minutes to solve this.

You have become powerless @colleya : https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/230706409508025--music-man-stingray-special-5-pueblo-pink-rosewood-fingerboard

You know, I've seen a lot of these bands live, and if there's no melody or a huge sense of fun and entertaining, it simply won't work. Freak Kitchen were masters at it, just like the Mörglbl Trio. Steve Vai had a broom in his derrière. Joe Satriani was totally non communicative and 3 hours of me, myself and I is a bit too much. Terry Bozzio was impossible to see behind his 15 meters long drum set. Alex Skolnick was great, but the band was a bit dated. And don't get me started with fusion bands... So I guess Charles knows all this to give a great show and maybe I'll be there if they show up quite locally. PS: The worst concert I've ever seen in this genre, apart from the Luxemburg's jazz conservatory teachers gig, was Stanley Clarke with Al di Meola and Jean-Luc Ponty, which was just a showoffs showcase.

It's here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/forum/22-items-wanted/

In the "Items wanted" section, but I'm afraid you won't have access to it as you're a newbie and don't have a subscription...

Funnily enough, if you pronounce Jamiroquai the French way, it means Snarling Jami...

Guy bought my Sadowsky MetroExpress Hybrid 4 fretless. What can I say except that all went fast and easy. A super smooth transaction. Cheers mate 🍻

Thanks to Modulus and Lane Poor...

Much ado about nothing...

I do it every time to simply inform the other potential buyers that the item is sold. I also do it when the item is on hold and then state it as sold. It's simply being courteous and communicative in a world where it seems to have totally vanished. I must have done it hundreds of times now.

It took me a while to gather them, but I found the last one in September in Germany... Note the big difference in colour (pedal and box) between the 1982 model and the others. The other differences are: - Imperial nuts (external, I didn't check the thread) for the 1982, - Solid shaft pots with locking screw knobs for the 1982 and 1983, - Split shaft pot with push-on knobs for the 1984 and 1985, - Nylon washer for the footswitch lid screws for the 1984 and 1985, - No adaptor indication label near the socket for the 1982 and 1983, - A yellowish mica type of plastic with a bit of foam (2x3 cm approximately) between the circuit and the back cover for the 1982 and 1983, - A transparent plastic type corrugated sheet between the circuit and the back cover for the 1984 and 1985, - The "r" at the end of the name for the 1982 and 1983. The rest is identical, especially the circuit board and the tone seems more reliable on the 1982, less bubbling and less idiosyncratic with a slightly better tracking. All pedals tested with the same new battery brand, same cables, same bass, same ears and same player. I will try to find other differences should there be some.

My tribute to Tony Levin...

Oops, mine is in the 3.000's, so won't be before the end of the year.