Hellzero

Yep, these are these £160k thingies...

First, a selfish present: A Fazioli F308 grand piano and I have the room for it. Second, a non selfish present: Almost the same as @Dad3353, peace and harmony for every living species on an unpolluted planet.

You are right, it's indeed Passion Dance from Mc Coy Tyner. I played your partition on the piano, but it didn't ring a bell, certainly because I couldn't get the feeling. But now here's what I hear and I hear an F as the first note, not a D, sorry for the writing, but it's not the most important thing to me as I use it as a reminder only...

Excellent work as usual @Basvarken !

It could be Anthropology from Charlie Parker, it sounds like that...

It could be almost anything from the bebop era... Hard to tell what from so little.

Just for the record, Jannick Top and Philippe Bussonnet (both Magma bass players) are tuning their bass in fifth (C G D A). Jannick Top being a classical cello player he started tuning his bass in fifth in the early 1970's... Philippe Bussonnet is using the same tuning in fifth because he wanted to sound like JT.

Indeed.

Chris bought back the neck of his Beedster II. The transaction was smooth and easy as usual. Cheers mate.

That said, the pivot point is not near the end of the neck, but it will work, start with 1 millimetre shim. If the pivot point is at the equivalent of the second octave, the elevation with a 1 degree shimming will be 1.06 centimeter.

There is this formula which is very simple to calculate the elevation: length x sin(degree), so assuming the length from the nut to the end of the neck is 81.28 centimetres (as the scale length is 32 inches), you'll get an elevation of 1.41 centimetres at its end with a 1 degree shim. So roughly, a 1 millimetre shim will give you the equivalent of a 1 centimeter bridge elevation. Check the elevation you need on the bridge and shim the neck accordingly.

... Urm, urm.

You can shim this bolt-on neckthrough, but it won't solve the problem unless you sand the upper part of the neck flat with the body so that the bridge sits flat again. This will work. PS: You can sand the part under the bridge only, which would allow a going back, in case it was necessary.

Should you have 24000 € burning your pocket, it's not a delirious price for an original 1955 Fender Precision Bass in excellent condition and owned by Jean-Marc Haroutiounian (born in 1964, so he can't be the first owner), a French professional bass player known for his work with Michel Sardou. That said, it's at 22000 € on Reverb, meaning he certainly will accept the price they retail for, which is around between 15~18000 € depending on its condition. The ads are here: https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-2396807 Fender Precision 1955 - Sunburst https://reverb.com/item/88147330

I understand your point of view as I've been playing the 4 same pieces since September to get them perfectly: That bloody Rondo alla Turca has been driving me mad, but I got it... Tuesday is my lesson day and we'll move to a new piece, certainly something by Bach. I practice one hour a day at the minimum, with great rigour, and it's paying a lot, but I'm not into grades anymore, only learning and playing for my own pleasure ... only pieces I like. And my tutor totally agrees.

Turning on the volume knob on the bass? 🤔😂

Nope, definitely the Rolling Stones third era (the first being with Brian Jones and the second with Mick Taylor) for one photographed rehearsal of Some Girls in 1978, with Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman (with his Travis Bean TB2000 bass) and Mick Jagger. And if you don't recognise them, it's time for an eye check as it's more than obvious: Click twice on the image so see it in full definition. The rest of the unknowns have now been correctly named. And in Jailhouse Rock, press photo of 1957.

There is no such thing as short scale wiring, as a pickup is a pickup... By the way, did you remove the blue heat shrink tubing to discover that there are 4 wires (+ ground) and that the wiring diagram above shows you how to wire a push-pull to have the pickup in split (single coil) and series modes, which is roughly what you want? You could also have the push-pull wired for series/parallel modes, which is not complicated at all if you know what you're doing.

I received the CD yesterday and it's so good that I listened to it 3 times in a row. I can only recommend it.

You didn't search that much @Swills , it literally took me 5 seconds to find the wiring diagram of this pickup (just remove the blue heat shrink tubing to have access to the 4 wires and certainly a fifth ground screening wire): It doesn't matter if it's a 4, 5 or 6 strings bass, the wiring is the same and yours simply has a metal cover. https://sandbergshop.gambiocloud.com/Sandberg-M5-Bridge-Powerhumbucker-Pickup-201.html?language=en

Totally right @tauzero : https://www.sandberg-guitars.de/basses/sandberg-florence-bass-series/

If it's a real Apple product, go on, otherwise buy the real deal or you'll lose your money. 😉